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@trulpen well played. We can rebid. Give me a moment to look over the first few rounds of this one.

I’ll post the result as an abandon, but if you do get back we can continue the game without problem.

Sounds good. I’ll set it up.

There’s a lot to look at, but atleast I can comment on the bid/start. When investing 2 inf, 1 art in China, I would suggest to actually place 1-2 fig for Russia in Moscow and/or Stalingrad.

DOW between Russia and Japan is rather inconsequential in OOB, so Russia might as well hit the trigger from the start. That way Yunnan will be secured for China from the bat with 1 inf, 1 tac and 2-3 fig extra. This is a very serious issue for Japan and is key for the strategy of KJF.

Subs for Britain is also a great bid, but I think the above provides even more impact on the game.

2 inf, 1 art, 2 fig equals 30 IPC, so that leaves 12 IPC for 1 sub in either z91, 106 or 111, 1 inf on NG (if allowed) and then another inf perhaps in Sudan or whatever.

I believe doing Taranto is a weaker move actually than doing Gibastion or falling back to z81. It does take out a big part of the italian fleet, but also sacrifices the british fleet. There’ll likely be a better opportunity to sink the italians at a somewhat later stage.

Allowing Axis to control Gibraltar is a serious draw-back for the Allies. It blocks movements from the Atlantic to the Med and allows Italy a secure NO. Also, z91 is a key square for allied fleet maneuvres and not controlling the harbour in Gibraltar is a clear nuiscance. US don’t want to have to build and protect a harbour, and likely also an air-field, in Morocco.

@trulpen said in L21 #1 trulpen (X+6) vs FlyingBadger (A) P2V:

It’s hard to do a thorough and detailed analysis of our game, but I might have a few general points.

UK successfully crushed the italian fleet, but was at the same time left rather crippled for a while. US stepped in, but perhaps there should have been more pressure in the Med early, making Italy sweat a bit?

Russia is very different from BM3. Richer and more powerful. I think Germany was allowed to make progress a bit too easy. Especially the mIC in Ukraine should’ve been possible to defend for atleast a while. It’s a valuable asset. You defended well, but was pressed back early on.

The Pac is extra complex with all the island-hopping possibilities. Perhaps US was more pressed focusing on countering Japan than going for the Med? As it turned out Japan evolved into a Godzilla, which was probably unstoppable towards the end.

That’s perfect, thanks. Just a few pointers to work on is enough. I feel turns 2 and 3 are areas I need to improve on (both for Axis and Allies), probably too conservative which gives the other side the chance to dictate the play and grab extra IPCs, then it becomes a bit of a heroic fighting retreat from there. I try to stay objective aware in the Pacific, but still struggle with the chess match of move / counter-move with the fleets. It’s good fun though and a nice change up from G40 / BM.

I’ll start our new game soon, just slowly thinking about what to do with Japan as I’ve not been too good with them in other PtV games. Seem unable to hold onto Yunnan never mind conquer the Pacific…

@simon33 said in L21 #2 trulpen (X) vs Simon33 (A+16) BM3:

Result posted. I really thought I was ahead in this game but I forgot to cover Pacific victory.

I’m disappointed in this one.

I believe you’ve done that to me. Twice. It’s understandable to be disappointed.

@sovietishcat said in L21 #1 trulpen (X) vs Sovietishcat (A+24) BM3:

@trulpen I surrender, GG . The allies are done!

Good game, well fought!

No worries. Just good to know you’re around. Good luck with the applications!

@trulpen we dont need formalities

I’ll post it in a new thread, which we can use for the game.

Great analysis, but it could be worth a shot to try it out. After all it’s a dice-game.

Anyway, hope to be able to play next year.

@trulpen Your axis play is very hard to counter, trulpen. I’ll try something different in the med sea area as allies.

Ah, yes, didn’t really comment on the US investments. That’s one of the trickiest aspects of the Allies. US really needs to contain J, but at the same time help UK exert pressure on G and I.

That’s one of the strong points of investing in UK-fleet, since US will have to invest less in war-ships and can focus more on trannies and land-units to the east and more cream to the west.

@aagamerz13 said in L21 #1 trulpen (X) vs aagamerz13 (A+15) BM3:

@aagamerz13 gg well played lets have a rematch.

You too. There were several sensitive battles and I was lucky enough in all of them.

@pejon_88 said in L21 #2 trulpen (X+4) vs Pejon_88 (A) P2V:

@trulpen you know very well that in our particular game, your decision was far from fair play. Up until now, I don’t remember you ever changing your opinion based on another player’s argument. I told you before that it would eventually come back and haunt you and didn’t want to bring this up, but maybe there is a reason at least three players, me included, have reacted towards your play style. So far I have not seen any other player get any complaints on the forum. I would imagine that is because any disputes are solved between these players almost instantly.

Sure, I can live with it haunting me. Won’t be for very long anyway.

@trulpen I had to limit myself to containing in the Pacific … maybe

and go into the Atlantic where there was the greatest threat…

@ksmckay only now, after 10 months, I noticed that you also jumped in and gave me newbee precious comments… Greatly appreciated - thank you very much:+1: ! At the time, I was under the impression that all comments to my game came from Trulpen.

After one year at axis&allies.org, I love the community and find it awesome that strong players play weaker and newer players and give precious advice to improve the gameplay.

@ghostglider said in L21 #3 Ghostglider (X+12) vs trulpen (A) P2V:

Thank you for a good game

Thank you. It was a crushing.

Well fought!

@simon33 said in L21 #1 trulpen (X+6) vs simon33 (A) P2V:

Going to concede this one. I have taken too long about this.

No problem. Nice playing with you.