crockett36 l vs The Good Captain x

[crockett36]

@the_good_captain midway yeah yeah!

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 bomber and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 14 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        2 infantry moved from China to Kwangtung
        2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Kwangtung
        1 armour moved from Manchuria to Kwangtung
        1 fighter moved from Manchuria to North Pacific Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from China to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Japan to Hawaii Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Manchuria to India
        1 battleship, 1 carrier and 4 submarines moved from East Indies Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from East Europe to Anglo Sudan Egypt
        1 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug
              Japanese take Evenki National Okrug from Russians

    Combat - Japanese
        Strategic bombing raid in Anglo Sudan Egypt
            Bombing raid in Anglo Sudan Egypt rolls: 2,5,1 and costs: 8 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 8 PUs
        Strategic bombing raid in India
            Bombing raid in India rolls: 6,3,6,1,6,1 and costs: 23 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 23 PUs
        Battle in Kwangtung
            Japanese attack with 1 armour and 4 infantry
            British defend with 1 armour
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 4 infantry in Kwangtung, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour in Kwangtung, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Kwangtung
            Japanese win, taking Kwangtung from British with 1 armour and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for British: 1 armour
        Battle in North Pacific Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter in North Pacific Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            1 submarine owned by the Americans retreated to Midway Sea Zone
        Battle in Wake Island Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            1 submarine owned by the Americans retreated to Okinawa Sea Zone
        Battle in Caroline Islands Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 4 submarines
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 4 submarines in Caroline Islands Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Caroline Islands Sea Zone
            Japanese winJapanese winJapanese win with 1 fighter remaining with 1 fighter remaining with 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 4 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
        Battle in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber
            Americans defend with 2 submarines
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
            1 submarine owned by the Americans retreated to Midway Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        Russians lost 1 PUs to rocket attack by Japanese
            Rockets  roll: 1
        1 bomber moved from Hawaii Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from North Pacific Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from India to Manchuria
        1 bomber moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to East Europe

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 infantry placed in Manchuria
        1 bomber placed in Japan

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 31 PUs; end with 45 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.50
British regular : 0.67

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[crockett36]

@the_good_captain Axis & Allies The Good Captain US 11 Russia 12.tsvg

How many bombers have you lost? I just popped a factory in fic. This gives your bombers access to all the money in Washington. I’m looking forward to pointing out the absurdity in my reaction video. Of course, the fix is easy. If you roll the three dice, they eliminate from the board units in the territory equal to the numbers rolled with this formula: 1 die point=1 ipc. You took 23 ipc away from London by bombing a factory in Asia AND no unit was lost in India.

Any other tech close to the magnitude of heavy bombers?

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36 I have a few things to point out and a few questions.

1. Shortly after I posted the Japanese turn, I got a dice report that the USA invested in two tech dice that failed. When I look at the turn history you just posted, I don’t see any of that. Did you not mean to roll for tech?

2. The industrial complex you purchased is not a legal purchase. It violates the same rule I mentioned earlier about piece count limitation. There are only four industrial complexes that can be purchased after the initial setup (12 total). Incidentally, there are only three AA guns. By the way, why aren’t you purchasing AA guns for your UK industries?

“Is there any other tech close to the magnitude of heavy bombers?” - Not at all. And I would hold this game up specifically as an example of what is so amazing about it. This game was completely lost for the axis. However, the HB tech has created, at least for a time, a competitive game where in any other version of axis and allies concessions start being offered. We are having a close, fun game thanks specifically to the power and “magnitude of heavy bombers” as you point out. I do feel strongly you need to get AA guns up around your industrial complexes though.

Would you like to chat on discord again? I feel like we both have a lot to say. I have a lot of clarifying questions around the “fix” you offer as regards HB. Also, I thought about what you asked me as regards anniversary - how would I fix tech? Though I would still perfer to leave it out, if the game designer was ordering me to incorporate it as it is written without making it options I would do this: I would make tech inaccessible until turn 6. Its in the game, not optional, all 12 as written. Just not on the first half dozen turns. Wanna chat?

[crockett36]

Love to talk. I have discord on my phone. I’m bouncing around in my UPS truck all day. So post a time and I’ll turn on notifications.

Yes. I did a video where I said that I started a turn and got too tired and clicked out of it. OOPS. So I have to manually adjust the ipcs. So I will adjust the purchases.

[crockett36]

@crockett36 I realized I had to do the turn over because the factory effected everything. Is that okay? If so, this is my turn. Boy did it take a long time to get here. Axis & Allies The Good Captain US 11 Russia 12b.tsvg

Thanks for the note about the AA gun. I am so used to factories have a built in AA gun. It literally didn’t occur to me. And the piece limit. A little bit of a learning curve.

[crockett36]

@crockett36 Yeah, in my previous upload I didn’t spend 10 ipc. I was at work and had no internet so my video and the game had to end when I did combat. I’ll post the video after I update it.

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36 said in crockett36 l vs The Good Captain x:

@crockett36 Yeah, in my previous upload I didn’t spend 10 ipc. I was at work and had no internet so my video and the game had to end when I did combat. I’ll post the video after I update it.

I work 9-5 pacific time so in case we don’t speak before you upload your video, my response to the absurdity of US dollars being affected by a complex in French Indo-China would be the same as anyone asking “why do infantry get to shoot down aircraft” or “why is a bomber from midway able to bomb the West Coast” (both of which I have seen/heard made before).

This is a game that is slightly more complicated than Risk. It’s more ‘game’ than ‘realistic war simulator’ and that is its appeal. All of the pieces and rules around axis and allies are in regards to a projection of military clout - almost nothing is literal at the scale this game represents. There is a lot more to discuss and I’m all for your response video, I just worry that you may accidentally misunderstand my argument by some degree. I’m fine with it either way though.

Here is my “Defense of Classic” video that might clear (or confuse) things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvoZqqUr1p0&t=438s

[crockett36]

@the_good_captain I have no time to get to it anytime soon. Hopefully the week after Christmas

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36 said in crockett36 l vs The Good Captain x:

@crockett36 Yeah, in my previous upload I didn’t spend 10 ipc. I was at work and had no internet so my video and the game had to end when I did combat. I’ll post the video after I update it.

^ what video are you talking about here?

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36

Game History

Round: 12

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

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 infantry moved from East Europe to Ukraine S.S.R.
              Germans take Ukraine S.S.R. from British
        1 infantry moved from Germany to West Europe
              Germans take West Europe from British
        1 bomber moved from East Europe to Anglo Sudan Egypt

    Combat - Germans
        Strategic bombing raid in Anglo Sudan Egypt
            Bombing raid in Anglo Sudan Egypt rolls: 5 and costs: 5 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 5 PUs

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 bomber moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to East Europe
        3 infantry moved from South Europe to West Europe
        6 infantry moved from Germany to West Europe
        1 armour and 6 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe

    Place Units - Germans
        1 infantry placed in South Europe
        5 infantry placed in Germany
        Germans undo move 2.
        Germans undo move 1.
        6 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 29 PUs; end with 31 PUs

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[crockett36]

I’ll post it soon. I videos myself taking the turn

[crockett36]

@crockett36 ups is extremely busy. Grandkids were visiting. Soon.

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36 no rush at all. take as long as you need my dude

[crockett36]

@the_good_captain https://youtu.be/sXv8U_69Kuo

[crockett36]

@crockett36 So this is not public because I didn’t have internet access to finish. So it’s actually not that long. Ice cream keeps recording even though I closed my laptop to start my day at UPS.

[crockett36]

six more days to go. I’m playtesting next week, Thursday. Question, are you the kind of guy that could drop everything and catch a plane, one day here, the next day back? Theoretical question.

[crockett36]

Axis & Allies The Good Captain Russia 12.tsvg

[The_Good_Captain]

@crockett36

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 2 bombers and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 6 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
            Japanese loses 3 PUs for violating Mongolias neutrality.
        1 armour moved from Kwangtung to French Indo China
              Japanese take French Indo China from Americans
        1 armour moved from French Indo China to Kwangtung
        1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands to Japan Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Japan to Okinawa Sea Zone
        3 bombers moved from Manchuria to India
        1 bomber moved from East Europe to Karelia S.S.R.

    Combat - Japanese
        Strategic bombing raid in Karelia S.S.R.
                Russians roll AA dice in Karelia S.S.R. : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in Karelia S.S.R. rolls: 3,4,6 and costs: 13 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 13 PUs
        Strategic bombing raid in India
            Bombing raid in India rolls: 5,1,1,2,1,5,2,6,1 and costs: 24 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 24 PUs
        Battle in Okinawa Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber
            Americans defend with 2 submarines
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber in Okinawa Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Okinawa Sea Zone
            1 submarine owned by the Americans retreated to Caroline Islands Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
        Battle in Japan Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter in Japan Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Japan Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
        Battle in Wake Island Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            1 submarine owned by the Americans retreated to North Pacific Sea Zone

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        British lost 5 PUs to rocket attack by Japanese
            Rockets  roll: 5
        1 bomber moved from Okinawa Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        3 bombers moved from India to Manchuria
        1 bomber moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Germany
        1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to French Indo China
        3 infantry moved from Manchuria to Kwangtung

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 infantry placed in Manchuria
        2 bombers placed in Japan

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 32 PUs; end with 38 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -1.00
Russians AA : -0.17

J12.tsvg I am open to flying over there, I just can’t do it the way you described. I would have to plan it out a bit more. I really appreciate the invitation though.

RE our game: The sub in the Caroline Is. could be in the Philippines. The sub in the N. Pacific could be in Hawaii, Caroline Is. or Solomon Is. Feel free to EDIT either or both of those as you see fit.

RE chat: Holidays got busy. I think/hope I’ll have some time this week. I’ll give you a heads up.

[crockett36]

Larry s not going to be there so we’ll angle for another time.