ABH (Axis) vs ShadowHAwk (Allies +60)

Let’s see what happens with a 60 bid.

No problem.  Getting the perfect balance of plan and bid will be critical in this game.

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.9, time: 10:14:44

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 6 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            3 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to Yugoslavia
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone

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Time for some uber-conservative gameplay for the European Axis powers.  They are going to have a bad start  :?

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 6 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            3 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to Yugoslavia
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 10 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Neutral_Allies defend with 5 infantry
                Germans win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 8 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 5 infantry
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 2 submarines and 4 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 cruiser; British defend with 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Germans win with 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 32
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser
                Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
            Battle in 106 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                Germans win, taking 106 Sea Zone from Neutral with 2 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys
                French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry; British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery
                Germans captures 19PUs while taking French capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking France from French with 6 armour, 1 artillery and 4 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
                Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 2 artilleries and 7 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
            Trigger Germans Conquer France: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation_Switch attached to French

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            3 aaGuns moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            3 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from Neutral_Axis
            1 cruiser and 1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yugoslavia to Southern Italy
            1 armour moved from Romania to Bulgaria
                  Germans take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
            2 infantry moved from Denmark to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
            3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            3 infantry moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary

Place Units - Germans
            6 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Germany
            Germans undo move 1.
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            6 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Germany
            Germans undo move 1.
            1 infantry placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 39 PUs; end with 58 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 factory_minor and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
                  Japanese take Chahar from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe
                  Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            2 bombers moved from Japan to Yunnan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Manchuria to Hunan
            1 fighter moved from Formosa to Hunan

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Hunan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Chinese defend with 4 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Chinese: 4 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 bombers, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangsi
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
            1 artillery moved from Jehol to Anhwe
            1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Anhwe
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 36 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria
            1 fighter moved from Okinawa to Kwangsi
            1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 artillery moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Iwo Jima to 17 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 17 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 armour moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 cruiser moved from 20 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Korea
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Korea
            1 battleship moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 aaGun and 6 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi

Place Units - Japanese
            2 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 factory_minor placed in Kiangsu

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 30 PUs; end with 30 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 40 PUs

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No scramble, but my brave Italians are going to win all of those battles.

Yup!

My Italian navy against your UK navy in SZ 97.  The sub got a sneak attack hit.  Take the cruiser or tip the carrier?

(destroyer, cruiser, sub, 2 fighters, bomber) vs (carrier, cruiser, 2 fighters)

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland
                  Italians take British Somaliland from British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland
                  Italians take British Somaliland from British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the British
                1 submarine owned by the Italians retreated to 95 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -14
                Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Southern France from French with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                2 fighters owned by the British could not land and were killed

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
            1 armour moved from Albania to Romania
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia

Place Units - Italians
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5
            Italians collect 10 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs total

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No problem; I wanted to check because it could have been such a pivotal battle.  The RAF pilots were quite mad about your decision.  They are screaming:  kill the cruiser first.  The cruiser darn it!

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland
                  Italians take British Somaliland from British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the British
                1 submarine owned by the Italians retreated to 95 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -14
                Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Southern France from French with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                2 fighters owned by the British could not land and were killed

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
            1 armour moved from Albania to Romania
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia

Place Units - Italians
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5
            Italians collect 10 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs total
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 95 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 92 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Gibraltar: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Gibraltar from British to Italians
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Southern Italy: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Southern Italy: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

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Yeah, I am sure that you probably could beat a large fraction of league players provided a +60 bid, Adam.  So far it has been relatively manageable.  At some point people will discover evil things to do with the money for the allies that will make the game completely unplayable for the Axis.  This game has a rough start for the Axis but I think that I can pull through in the long run.

There certainly were other ways that we could have resolved that sea battle.  I was going to do a turn-by-turn request for OOL since so much would depend on the dice situation.  I would have gone on to a 2nd round of fighting if you had taken a plane as the second casualty.

Regardless, the fleet is getting sunk on this German round and I think that we should just go on.

The tripleawarclub dice serve has been refusing to roll dice for me.  Could you test and see if it will work for you?  I could wait to get it working again or just use the internal server for a while.  Let me know your thoughts.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 6 armour, 1 artillery, 4 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 96 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 artillery moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 mech_infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 armour and 4 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Greece
            2 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Greece
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
            2 bombers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 96 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Greece
                Germans attack with 3 armour and 4 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Germans win, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 4 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from French with 1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer; British defend with 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Germans win with 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 29
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            2 bombers moved from 96 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            3 aaGuns moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
            1 infantry moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
            1 artillery moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
            3 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Poland
            3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania
            5 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
            5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from France to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone

Place Units - Germans
            6 armour and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            2 infantry placed in Western Germany
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in France

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 43 PUs; end with 43 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 48 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

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Thanks; I stopped cheating around age 6 when I realized that there isn’t much joy of getting a win that way.  Let me know if you can get the TripleA dice server working for you.