11L 41 DarthMaximus (Axis) vs. Boldfresh (Allies +5) no tech, + NO

[DarthMaximus]

@Boldfresh:

are you aware there was a 0.5% chance i would lose a fighter in that battle at the start, and of course a 10% chance i would lose a fighter after the round 1 whiff… incredible how common that is for me.

Yikes!

[DarthMaximus]

Results

cauc - taken, wol

Non-Combat Move

3 inf to ukr from bul
1 inf to ger from fra
1 inf to fra from ita
2 inf to ger from blk
1 inf to bul from blk
1 arm to ger from ita
1 arm to bul from ita

Placement

2 arm on Ita

Collect 13

08eIta.AAM

[boldfresh]

i totally agree with your logic, i’m not saying you have made any bad attacks.  i set up india as an attack that could really hurt me, but that i was hoping you’d make in order to give myself a chance to catch a break (pretty much forced to try and get SOMETHING to happen that would change the tone of the game, which was me getting crushed on the russian front).  and i did catch a nice break in india.  but since then, two battles which should have gone decidedly in my favor have re-crushed me to a pulp…  :oops:  after India, i thought you might get a tad bit more conservative, so i thought you wouldn’t make the naval attack unless i gave you some nice incentive.  i obviously wanted you to make that attack (which was not a bad attack for the reasons you stated) but boy did it turn out hideously for me.

[boldfresh]

let’s just say i’m the guy you wanna be playing right now if you’ve been on a string of bad luck…  :-P

USA with 52 buys des, 3 ftr, acc

CM

z48 (bat) -  sub (z37), 2 ftr (z56), bom (wus)
car () -  inf (haw), inf (wus)

combat:

z48 - sub, 2 ftr, bom vs. bat
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 21@2: (2)2@3: (4, 2)1@4: (6)
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 01@4: (5)

[DarthMaximus]

@Boldfresh:

i totally agree with your logic, i’m not saying you have made any bad attacks.  i set up india as an attack that could really hurt me, but that i was hoping you’d make in order to give myself a chance to catch a break (pretty much forced to try and get SOMETHING to happen that would change the tone of the game, which was me getting crushed on the russian front).  and i did catch a nice break in india.  but since then, two battles which should have gone decidedly in my favor have re-crushed me to a pulp…  :oops:  after India, i thought you might get a tad bit more conservative, so i thought you wouldn’t make the naval attack unless i gave you some nice incentive.  i obviously wanted you to make that attack (which was not a bad attack for the reasons you stated) but boy did it turn out hideously for me.

Yeah, I agree.  I just really didn’t see the upside to retreating back to Sz 62 with J and giving you the south Pac.  Granted it wasn’t the best attack to make, but it turned out to be the “best” of a bunch of bad options.  You made it just a little toooo tempting with 3 acs there.  Lol!   :-D
I just caught a break on the dice.  The funny thing was I was totally thinking I’d get slaughtered there as well (like India), so I was really just aiming to take out your acs and for the ftrs to land in Ngu or hopefully force you to decide to lose a ftr or 2 instead of the last AC.  After my second roll (another 4 hits) I knew at that point I had a chance to clear assuming you didn’t roll more than 4 and lucky for me you only had 3 hits.

[boldfresh]

z48 cwol

forgot to list the walkin to karelia with inf (fin)

[boldfresh]

i see in the aftermath of the UK drubbing, i forgot to move my AA gun from persia, do you mind?

[boldfresh]

i’m too flustered.  too distracted after those crushing blows.  let me know if you will allow the walkin to karelia and the movement of the UK aa gun in persia.  i’ll try to regain composure and do the noncom a little later.  thanks.

[boldfresh]

also, the game 2 thread is up, if you’d like to do G1.  cheers.

[DarthMaximus]

@Boldfresh:

i’m too flustered.  too distracted after those crushing blows.  let me know if you will allow the walkin to karelia and the movement of the UK aa gun in persia.  i’ll try to regain composure and do the noncom a little later.  thanks.

No prob, go ahead.

[boldfresh]

ok thanks.  gonna go ahead and leave the AA gun in persia, was thinking i was going to move it but i guess ultimately, it may as well save me one more buck.

kar twol

car twol

NC

rus - 3 ftr (per), 2 ftr (z35)
z4 - art (fin)
z51 - 2 ftr (z48), 2 subs (z46), 3 subs, 2 des, acc (z56)
bor - bom (z48)
z20 - trn (z18)
egy - inf (sud)
z38 - acc (z35)

place des, 2 ftr, acc (z56)
place ftr (wus)

collect 52, has 52

08fUSA.AAM

[DarthMaximus]

Germany Round 9

Buy 13 inf, 3 arm

Combat Move

1)  Ura - mt vs. 1 inf (bel)
2)  Kar - 1 inf vs. 2 inf (bst), 2 ftrs (epl), 1 bom (pol)

[DarthMaximus]

Kar

2 inf, 2 ftrs, 1 bom

Rolls: 2@1 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (4, 1)2@3: (1, 2)1@4: (5)

1 inf

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

[DarthMaximus]

Results

ura - taken, walk-in
kar - taken with 1 inf, 2 ftrs, 1 bom

Non-Combat Move

1 bom, 2 ftrs land in ger (kar)
2 ftrs to cauc from epl
19 inf, 4 rt, 24 arm to cauc from euk
1 arm to cauc from epl
1 inf to arch from bel
3 inf to bel from epl
7 inf to euk from epl
2 inf to bst from pol
10 inf to epl from pol
6 arm to epl from ger
7 inf to pol from ger
2 inf to ger from fra

Placement

7 inf, 3 arm on Ger
6 inf on Fra

Collect 36 + 15 (NO) = 51 total

09aGer.AAM

[boldfresh]

desperate times call for desperate measures, get ready for some insane attacks…

[boldfresh]

R9

Russia with 16 buys 4 inf, art

CM

bel (3 inf) - 2 inf, arm, ftr (rus)
ura (inf) - inf (eve), art (rus)
arc (inf) - inf, art (rus)
euk (7 inf) - 8 inf, 8 art (rus)

let’s see what happens in combat:

bel - 2 inf, arm, ftr vs. 3 inf
Rolls: 2@1 2@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (1, 2)2@3: (4, 2)
Rolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 23@2: (1, 3, 1)

[boldfresh]

isn’t it amazing how trends like this will tend to continue through an entire game?

retreat to russia with loss of 2 inf

arc - inf, art vs. inf
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (3, 3)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[boldfresh]

arc 2
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (4, 5)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

[boldfresh]

comeon, i have double the firepower!  let’s go boys.

arc 3
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (5, 3)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[boldfresh]

:roll: 16 attack pips down, zero hits so far…

arc 4
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (4, 5)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)