11L-Ol'Blood&Guts(Axis) vs. The Desert Journalist (Allies) +6 Bid, NO's, no tech

[Guest]

UK hwlo inf

NCM
3inf art Sud => Egy
dd 2trn sz14 => sz13

Mobilize
2ftr in sz18
art in Ita

Collect: 25 + 2 saved = 27

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[Guest]

forgot art in Ita

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[General_D.Fox]

US 15
With $40, buy 2 BBs

Combat:

Wake
1 inf WUS to Wake via trns

NC
Fleet to Sz 46
1 sub Sz 57/42 to 46

Placement
2 BBs Sz 56

US collects $45

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[Guest]

Ger16-Buy: 4 ftr, 5 trn…save 2

CM
1. 5arm Rus => Ura inf
2. 3inf art Ger/arm Nwy/arm Ger/3ftr sz5/bmr Bel => UK 3inf 2arm 4ftr

UK 3ftr, bmr
aa gun
Rolls: 3@1 1@1; Total Hits: 03@1: (4, 6, 6)1@1: (5)

[Guest]

UK
A-3inf art 2arm 3ftr bmr
Rolls: 2@1 2@2 5@3 1@4; Total Hits: 52@1: (2, 6)2@2: (1, 6)5@3: (1, 3, 2, 4, 4)1@4: (4)
D-3inf 2arm 4ftr
Rolls: 3@2 2@3 4@4; Total Hits: 43@2: (3, 5, 1)2@3: (4, 2)4@4: (2, 6, 5, 1)

[Guest]

UK
A-2arm 3ftr bmr
Rolls: 5@3 1@4; Total Hits: 35@3: (5, 1, 2, 4, 4)1@4: (3)
D-4ftr
Rolls: 4@4; Total Hits: 34@4: (3, 1, 6, 1)

[Guest]

UK
A-arm ftr bmr
Rolls: 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 22@3: (5, 3)1@4: (4)
D-ftr
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)

[Guest]

UK twlo 3inf art arm 3ftr…armor left to occupy London

Ura
A-5arm
Rolls: 5@3; Total Hits: 35@3: (4, 2, 1, 6, 1)
D-inf
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 11@3: (3)

[Guest]

Ura twlo arm

NCM
bmr UK => Fra
11inf 3art Ger => Fra
5arm Rus => Bst
2cv sz5 => sz7

Mobilize
4ftr in Ger
5trn in sz5

Collect: 73 + 2 saved + 15 plundered = 90

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[Guest]

Jap16-Buy: cv, bb, 2 ftr, 6 sub…save 0

CM
1. sub sz53 => sz52 autokill trn
2. inf art Phi => Haw
3. 6sub 3dd 2cru 8cv 16ftr 2bb sz50/dd cru 2bb sz38 => sz46 6sub 3dd 5cru 7cv 14ftr 2bb

sz46
A-8cv 6sub 4dd 3cru 16ftr 4bb
Rolls: 8@1 10@2 19@3 4@4; Total Hits: 178@1: (5, 2, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, 6)10@2: (3, 1, 2, 5, 1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 4)19@3: (3, 6, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 6, 6, 4, 6, 1, 3, 3)4@4: (3, 2, 5, 3)
D-6sub 3dd 7cv 5cru 14ftr 2bb
Rolls: 6@1 10@2 5@3 16@4; Total Hits: 156@1: (4, 4, 4, 3, 6, 2)10@2: (5, 4, 5, 5, 2, 6, 4, 6, 2, 5)5@3: (1, 3, 5, 3, 3)16@4: (5, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2, 6, 2, 5, 5, 3)

[Guest]

Ok, with capture of Haw and the US trn sunk, that gives the Axis the 15 VCs required for victory with no chance of liberating any of them.

I plan on attacking until death of one of the fleets so I will do OOL based on best defense for both fleets since the game has been won just to see which fleet wins. This actually give the US an advantage since there would be no place to land the ftrs if the Japanese retreat and the cvs are sunk with ftrs in the air.

US losses : 2 damaged bb, 6 sub, 3 dd, 6 cv

Jap losses : 4 damaged bb, 8 cv, 3 sub

A-3sub 4dd 3cru 16ftr 4bb
Rolls: 7@2 19@3 4@4; Total Hits: 167@2: (6, 5, 2, 6, 5, 4, 2)19@3: (5, 3, 3, 3, 1, 5, 6, 6, 1, 1, 6, 1, 5, 5, 5, 2, 3, 2, 2)4@4: (4, 6, 4, 3)
D-cv 5cru 14ftr 2bb
Rolls: 1@2 5@3 16@4; Total Hits: 111@2: (4)5@3: (3, 2, 6, 3, 1)16@4: (3, 5, 5, 6, 2, 2, 1, 6, 2, 6, 6, 2, 6, 1, 6, 5)

[Guest]

Jap losses : 3sub 4dd 3cru ftr

US losses: cv 5cru 10ftr

sz46
A-15ftr 4bb
Rolls: 15@3 4@4; Total Hits: 915@3: (3, 3, 5, 3, 6, 2, 5, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1)4@4: (6, 3, 5, 5)
D-4ftr 2bb
Rolls: 6@4; Total Hits: 36@4: (4, 6, 6, 6, 1, 2)

[Guest]

sz46 cwlo 8cv 6sub 4dd 3cru 4ftr 4bb damaged

NCM
12ftr sz46 => Car
arm Cng/arm Feq on 2trn sz23 => sz18
cv ftr dd sz23 => sz18
art Saf on trn sz28 => sz23
arm Rho/arm Egy => Feq
2trn sz33 => sz27

Mobilize
5sub cv 2ftr bb in sz62
sub in sz38

Collect: 81

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[Guest]

I do believe that is the game….very well played. I will wait to post until you see it. Let me know if you want a rematch.

[General_D.Fox]

Yup, good game for sure. I nearly had this one too.  :-P Unfortunately, and this is where I think I began to lose the initiative, attacking that Italian army in Bulgaria was my undoing in the 5th or 6th round.

This one was definitely one of the longer games I have played. I will give you a shout when I am up for a re-match. That might be soon depending upon how I feel.

Thanks for the great game.

[Guest]

It was a close one and you are right. The Italian assault on Ukraine where the Russian armor only had 1 hit was what turn the tide for the Allies. Thanks for the great game and I will be around when you want to play another one.