S04 - Gamerman (allies) vs Yoshi (axis) ; +8 bid : 1inf, 1tnk egy

[Gamerman01]

Z23 - CV (Z12) FTR (FEq) FTR (Cng)
Z1 - 2 TP, CV, 2 FTR (Z10) 4 INF (ECa) (1 INF on each of 4 British TPs)
GBr - INF, ARM (ECa) 2-1-2
ECa - 2 INF, ART (EUS)
Z7 - DD (Z2) TP, 2 CV (Z6) 2 DD, CV, 2 FTR (Z12)
Rus - BMB (Cau) FTR (GBr) 4 FTR (Z6)
Z8 - SS (Z13)
Z2 - CV, 2 FTR (Z12)

Place 2 INF, ART, 2 FTR, BMB (EUS)
Collect 42, 42 on hand

Fourth consecutive USA turn that a bomber was shot down by AA.  That doesn't work for me.

[Gamerman01]

Move the other destroyer from 2 to 7 also

[Yoshi]

Some computer problems... won't have access to it before next week, so you won't have news for me before...

[Yoshi]

Germany 14:

Repair Caucasus (5)
2tnk (10)
1art (4)
13inf (33)

Combat Moves:

Archangel (1inf, 1art, 1AA)
23inf, 3art, 10tnk Bel (via Karelia too)
8tnk Epl

Norway ()
1tnk Finland blitzback

Kazakh (1inf)
2inf Caucasus
2bmb Germany

Dice...

Archangel rd1
A: 23inf, 3art, 18tnk

Rolls: 20@1 6@2 18@3; Total Hits: 16

20@1: (3, 5, 1, 4, 5, 1, 4, 5, 3, 6, 1, 5, 3, 6, 6, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3)6@2: (4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 3)18@3: (6, 2, 2, 5, 6, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 5, 1, 2, 1)

D: 1inf, 1art

Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 2

2@2: (1, 2)

Kazakh rd1
A: 2inf, 2bmb

Rolls: 2@1 2@4; Total Hits: 2

2@1: (5, 4)2@4: (2, 3)

D: 1inf

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 1

1@2: (1)

[Yoshi]

Results:

Norway taken (mt).
Archangel taken, 2inf lost.
Kazakh taken, 1inf lost.

NCM:

2bmb Kazakh -> Caucasus
7inf Poland -> Epl
8inf Germany -> Poland
1tnk Germany -> Epl
1AA Bel -> Epl
1inf Epl -> Bel
1inf Epl -> Ukraine
1SS sz15 -> sz13
2inf Germany -> France
4fgt Poland -> France

Place Units:

8inf, 2tnk Germany
3inf, 1art Caucasus

Collect $41+15=56

[Gamerman01]

R14 with 15, buy 4 INF (save 3)

Combat moves -
Kaz - INF (Nov) 2 FTR (Rus)

Rolls: 1@1 2@3; Total Hits: 0

1@1: (6)2@3: (5, 4)

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 0

1@2: (6)

[Gamerman01]

Kaz2

Rolls: 1@1 2@3; Total Hits: 1

1@1: (6)2@3: (6, 2)

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 1

1@2: (1)

[Gamerman01]

Rus - 6 INF, ART, 6 ARM, AA (Nov) 2 FTR (Kaz)

Collect 9, 12 on hand

[Yoshi]

Japan 14:

Purchase:

2bmb (24)
4tnk (20)
11inf (33)

Combat Moves:

3bmb Yakut -> Russia SBR

1bmb Germany, 2bmb France -> UK SBR

Algeria (3inf, 2tnk, 1AA)
1inf, 2art, 2tnk Libya
2inf Libya via 1tp sz14 -> sz12
2BB sz14 -> sz12 bombardment

Gibralatar ()
1inf Libya via 1tp sz14 -> sz12

Novo ()
1inf Chinghai

Urals ()
1inf Eve

Dice...

UK AA

Rolls: 3@1; Total Hits: 0

3@1: (5, 6, 5)

Russia AA

Rolls: 3@1; Total Hits: 0

3@1: (2, 5, 2)

[Yoshi]

UK SBR

Rolling 3:
(3, 4, 6)  

Russia SBR

Rolling 3:
(4, 4, 4)  

Algeria rd1
A: 3inf, 2art, 2tnk, 2BB

Rolls: 1@1 4@2 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 7

1@1: (1)4@2: (5, 6, 2, 1)2@3: (3, 1)2@4: (1, 2)

D: 3inf, 2tnk

Rolls: 3@2 2@3; Total Hits: 4

3@2: (1, 2, 1)2@3: (6, 1)

[Yoshi]

Results:

Russia 10 damage, total 12.
UK 13 damage, total 15.
Gibraltar taken (mt).
Algeria liberated, 2inf, 2art lost.
Novo taken (mt).
Urals taken (mt).

NCM:

1SS, 3DD, 3CV sz14 -> sz12
1fgt Germany -> sz12
3fgt Caucasus -> sz12
2fgt sz34 -> sz12
8fgt France -> NWE
7fgt sz14 -> NWE
2inf FIC -> Sud via 1tp sz37 -> sz34
2inf East Indies -> Sud via 1tp sz38 -> sz34
1art EAF -> Rhodesia
1SS sz34 -> sz28
1CV, 1fgt sz38 -> sz34
1CV sz37 -> sz34
2tp sz34 -> sz38
2inf SFE -> Yakut
6inf, 2art Yakut -> Eve
2inf Japan -> SFE via 1tp sz63 -> sz62 -> sz63
2inf Japan -> Manchuria via 1tp sz36 -> sz62
2inf FIC -> Yunnan
2inf Yunnan -> Sikang
5inf, 1art, 1AA Sikang -> Chinghai
1inf Persia -> Caucasus
1inf Persia -> Kazakh
1AA Persia -> India
3inf India -> Persia
1AA Libya -> Egypt
1inf Egypt -> Libya
1inf Egypt -> Sud
1SS sz51 -> sz45
3bmb UK -> France
3bmb Russia -> Caucasus

Place Units:

3inf India
2tnk FIC
4inf East Indies
4inf, 2bmb Japan
2tnk Egypt

Collect $61+15=76

[Gamerman01]

All right, that's enough.  Seems like the right time to resign.

Very well played - it will be interesting to see how many consecutive tournaments you can win!

[Yoshi]

Thx. The beginning of the game was really tough in the Pacific. As you said, the battle of Ukraine of R2 was a very big problem, and I guess a good part of the game has been played there. I have no idea if making this attack was good or not, since after all you had the possibility to retreat which kind of make up the lower odds ; but I believe you made a big mistake by rolling a second turn there ; of course, you were not supposed to be diced like that, and that's really unlucky ; but after the first turn you had no more odds of winning, and in average you had nothing really nice to win...

After that, I guess you needed to invest towards Europa with the US, which enabled Japan to overcome them in the Pacific, and when you switched from Pacific to Europa, I was quite confident with the game. Defense in Europa was tough too, but I believe that without mistake on my part, you did not have real odds to overcome the axis in this area (since I had Caucasus, which was locking Russia outside of this fight).

Good game overall ; I think that as usual in a game with a good level on both sides, minor details made the difference.

Yoshi

[Gamerman01]

Well said - thank you

Maybe we will meet again - in the World Cup tournament

[Gamerman01]

As you said, the battle of Ukraine of R2 was a very big problem, and I guess a good part of the game has been played there. I have no idea if making this attack was good or not, since after all you had the possibility to retreat which kind of make up the lower odds ; but I believe you made a big mistake by rolling a second turn there ; of course, you were not supposed to be diced like that, and that's really unlucky ; but after the first turn you had no more odds of winning, and in average you had nothing really nice to win...

It was a gamble.  Against the best player on the site I wanted to take a shot when I could.  If I get lucky it is a big advantage to me.  It backfired, and the only way I could get back into the game again is if you let me, and you didn't.  Again, very well played