L17 G40 BM3 Play Off 1/2 Final Me1945 (Axis) vs. JDOW (Allies +10)

oysteilo

this is something new. I feel worried about giving up +38 to wittman in oob version for my playoff. I will follow this

JDOW

What exactly do you mean by “new”?

JDOW

Allied bid in BM?

JDOW

ok, guess you obv meant the bid :-)

oysteilo

@JDOW:

ok, guess you obv meant the bid :-)

yes

Me1945

No scramble.

JuanSpain

Good luck gents! Interesting match!

JDOW

Before I roll dice. Please note that the Fighter that fighter that went from UK to sz should be the one from Scotland, not UK.

So Scotland fig goes to 97, both UK figs go to 110.

JDOW

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier and 6 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Americans
Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans
Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Americans from Neutrality to War
Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians
Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians: Changing Relationship for Italians and Americans from Neutrality to War
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States

Combat Move - Americans
Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared for rulesAttachment attached to Americans

Non Combat Move - Americans
1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to Midway
1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to Wake Island
1 tactical_bomber moved from 10 Sea Zone to Wake Island
2 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from 63 Sea Zone to New Zealand
1 bomber moved from Central United States to New Zealand
1 armour moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 86 Sea Zone
1 armour moved from 86 Sea Zone to Brazil
Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies
1 artillery moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 artillery moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
2 mech_infantrys moved from Central United States to Western United States
1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
1 cruiser moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States

Place Units - Americans
1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone
6 submarines placed in 101 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
Objective Americans 8 Pacific Airfields: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs

Purchase Units - Chinese
Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
Chinese buy 3 artilleries; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Hunan
1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Hunan

Combat - Chinese
Battle in Hunan
Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
Japanese defend with 1 infantry
Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Hunan
Chinese win, taking Hunan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
1 fighter moved from Hunan to Szechwan
1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Szechwan
1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
3 artilleries placed in Szechwan

Turn Complete - Chinese
Chinese collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Purchase Units - British
British buy 1 armour, 1 fighter and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by UK_Pacific from Burma: 1 mech_infantry
EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Burma: 1 mech_infantry
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
1 mech_infantry moved from Burma to French Indo China
1 fighter moved from Burma to French Indo China
1 fighter moved from India to French Indo China
1 tactical_bomber moved from India to French Indo China
1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Scotland to 110 Sea Zone

Combat - British
Battle in 96 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 fighter in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1,00 expected hits
Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone
British roll dice for 1 fighter in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
British roll dice for 1 fighter in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
1 fighter owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone
Italians win with 1 destroyer and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -22
Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
Battle in 110 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
Germans defend with 1 submarine
British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits
Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,17 expected hits
1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 110 Sea Zone
British win with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
Battle in 97 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
British roll dice for 1 submarine in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3,17 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1,17 expected hits
1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 1 submarine owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 2,50 expected hits
Italians roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,67 expected hits
1 bomber owned by the British and 1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
Casualties for British: 1 bomber, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
Battle in French Indo China
British attack with 2 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Japanese defend with 2 infantry
British roll dice for 2 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in French Indo China, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,83 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in French Indo China, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
2 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 mech_infantry owned by the British and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the British lost in French Indo China
British win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
Casualties for British: 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
2 fighters moved from French Indo China to Szechwan
2 infantry moved from Burma to India
1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
British take Persia from Neutral_Allies
1 artillery moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
1 aaGun moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
1 aaGun moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
2 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State

Place Units - British
1 armour placed in Union of South Africa
1 fighter and 3 infantry placed in United Kingdom
1 infantry placed in United Kingdom
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Quebec: 1 armour
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba: 1 armour
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - British
Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,6,3
British collect 27 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 27 PUs
Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 30 PUs
Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
UK_Pacific collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs
Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 97 Sea Zone: 1 fighter
EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 97 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 97 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Malta: 1 fighter
EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 97 Sea Zone: 1 fighter
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Gibraltar: 1 fighter
EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Malta: 1 fighter
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -0,17
British : -4,17
Italians : 2,17
Chinese : 1,33
Japanese : 1,00

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JDOW

Too bad, this game is now already entirely screwed up by the dice.

You get a near flawless G1, your partly risky J1 DOW works also great.

And now that worst case disaster for UK. Losing in 96 was the worst and then 3 hits in 97!!! LOL plus the double hit in FIC.
Including the strategic impact that +10 bid turned into at least -50 now.

in a live game I might just flip that board at this stage and call it a game.

As this is the play-off game I will just suffer a painful, slow death from now.

Happy bashing from here!

Me1945

We can set up reroll provisions for the game. Feel free to reroll any battle at any mode - LL for expl. That is just a game.

Me1945

in a live game I might just flip that board at this stage

This is my normal reaction btw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRzA115oX0

JDOW

Thanks for the generous offer. But I refuse. To me, the dice are the spice, regardless how painful they are sometimes.

Please go ahead.

oysteilo

@JDOW:

Thanks for the generous offer. But I refuse. To me, the dice are the spice, regardless how painful they are sometimes.

Please go ahead.

The way it should be JDOW!

Really the only thing that went really bad was 96, you can choose other causalties for 97 (it went bad, sure, one extra unit lost). The double hit in FIC , you must be prepared for, happens 1 out of 10 times

96 is a hate zone for me after loosing that battle with the same units two games in a row…… And after all no one “complains” more about dice than JDOW. Good to see you stick with the score even though it sucks big fat one. Kudos

JDOW

Yes, after 96 fail the entire taranto game plan collapses. Other casualties dont help. With the extra tt the air is nowhere safe. Also, 1 fig has to land in yugo in case i damage the carrier. I havent seen a better option. And i was too much on tilt to explore to land the air in syria protected by tank and mech. But iEverything is ill in the med after 96 fails and not just enough, italians even keep the dd.

JDOW

Well, ME1945, probably just give me a night to reconsider my casualty choice in 97 if you don’t mind.

I admit, I was on tilt and I did not consider that I lost in 96. The idea to keep max defense in 9 is of course to not give Italy an easy shot on the fleet.

Now, with the extra DD Italy has a shot for sure, so I’d like to explore the option to land as much air as possible in Syria.

Still, I would need your approval anyway as I might not have known that you’ll hit a third time in round 2.

JDOW

I considered to land in Malta but refused because you could hit with 7 units total. In Syria, however, your figs cannot reach. Maybe I try to land my air there.

Still, this gives Italy other free shots anyway, so they go crazy for sure.

Me1945

Take another look. I won’t touch the game for a day or two.

JDOW