2011 League Championship - Gamerman (1) vs. Zhukov (2)

[gamerman01]

Ukr - ARM (EPl)
EPl - INF (Bel)
Bel - ART (Arc) 2 ARM (Fin)
Kar - INF, AA (Fin) 5 ARM (Nwy) FTR (NWE)
Fin - 2 INF (Nwy)
Nwy - 3 INF, ART, ARM (GBr)
Lib - BMB (Egy)
Z13 - TP, CV (Z15) DD, CV (Z14) 4 FTR (Egy)
Z12 - TP (Z14)
Z7 - CV (Z3) 2 FTR (NWE)

Place 8 INF (GBr)
Place 3 ARM (Nwy)
Place SS, TP (Z40)
Collect 44, 44 on hand

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[Zhukov44]

italy 13 has 10 buy 2 inf art

CM
2 inf art pol, arm blk, 3 arm ger>epl

Rolls: 1@1 2@2 4@3; Total Hits: 21@1: (1)2@2: (6, 3)4@3: (5, 4, 2, 6)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Zhukov44]

Ncm
inf blk>bul
2 inf 2 art fra>ger
3 inf ita>fra
arm ger>epl
bb 49>50

place 2 inf art.
collect 10 has 10

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[gamerman01]

@Zhukov44:

Ncm
inf blk>bul
2 inf 2 art fra>ger
3 inf ita>fra
arm ger>epl
bb 49>50

Map does not have the armor going from Germany to East Poland
It also has all 4 infantry going from Italy to France instead of 3

Is your map the way you want it?

[Zhukov44]

yes

[gamerman01]

Thanks

[gamerman01]

US13 with 55, buy TP, 4 BMB

Combat moves -
Z50 - SS (Z60-61-50) 5 SS, 4 DD, 4 CV, 8 FTR, BB (Z52) 2 BMB (Iwo) 2 FTR, BMB (WUS) FTR (Aus)
Oki - INF (Wak)
For - INF (Wak)

Z50Rolls: 4@1 6@2 4@2 11@3 4@4; Total Hits: 154@1: (5, 4, 6, 4)6@2: (6, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2)4@2: (2, 3, 6, 1)11@3: (2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 4, 5, 5, 2, 3)4@4: (1, 2, 1, 4)

[gamerman01]

That’s a punishing roll, and I think I was prepared for bad luck…

The 6 2’s are subs, so you have 3 surprise strike losses and 12 conventional

Need casualty choices to continue

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[gamerman01]

Taking another look at it, I see now the casualty choice is obvious

You take surprise strike sub hits to the two battleships and 1 sub.  So the other 12 hits are applied to 11 subs and 1 carrier.  You can swap the carrier for a cruiser or fighter later if need be

Japan’s defenseRolls: 11@1 4@2 1@3 8@4 2@4; Total Hits: 1111@1: (2, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 4, 1)4@2: (4, 5, 6, 5)1@3: (6)8@4: (5, 2, 3, 6, 2, 3, 2, 6)2@4: (3, 4)

[gamerman01]

I take hit to battleship, lose 4 carriers, 3 destroyers, 3 subs

Round 2 subsRolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 23@2: (6, 2, 1)

[gamerman01]

You lose 2 more carriers to surprise strikes

Round 2Rolls: 1@2 11@3 4@4; Total Hits: 71@2: (4)11@3: (1, 3, 5, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5)4@4: (5, 6, 5, 2)

[gamerman01]

At this point I think your best decision is to lose all boats to take the subs out of the battle.  Would be your max defense anyway…. if applicable you can swap stuff out later

Defense loses carrier, cruiser, 2 bb, 3 fighter

Round 2 defenseRolls: 1@2 1@3 2@4 8@4; Total Hits: 51@2: (1)1@3: (1)2@4: (6, 5)8@4: (5, 6, 6, 1, 2, 2, 5, 6)

[gamerman01]

I lose 2 subs, destroyer and 2 fighters

Round 3, sub sinks transport
RestRolls: 9@3 4@4; Total Hits: 89@3: (1, 3, 6, 2, 3, 6, 1, 4, 2)4@4: (3, 6, 1, 6)Rolls: 5@4; Total Hits: 45@4: (5, 3, 2, 1, 4)

[gamerman01]

I lose 4 fighters

NCM -
Car - 5 FTR, BMB (Z50)
Cng - 2 INF (Mad) INF, ARM (WAf)
CUS - INF (EUS)
Aus - 2 BMB (Z50)
Sol - INF, ARM (WUS)

Place TP (Z56)
Place 4 BMB (WUS)
Collect 50, 51 on hand

It’s late - I hope I handled that fleet battle alright - speak up if you would have chosen any casualties differently for Japan than I did

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[gamerman01]

Wait - I didn’t save 1, so 50 on hand
Corrected map -

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[Zhukov44]

GG.  Very well played on your part.  My apologies for all the stalling….  Part of it was lack of interest since Global 3.9 came out, part of it was I had no idea how to come back.

I considered resigning after the India fiasco and probably should have.  Oh well.

I find games where I’m behind to be the most difficult games re. strategic decision-making.  In a position where I’m winning, it’s easier to come up with guidelines about what risks to take (namely, don’t take big risks lol).  But in a losing position, it’s vital to take risks, but it’s very hard to determine which risks are worthwhile.  Should I take 30, 40% battles or not?  In the end I took a big 23% battle and did well but not well enough.

Thanks again for your patience.  Well deserved win for you.  Congrats on the title!

[gamerman01]

Thanks, Zhukov

GG to you as well!

I know if we played 10 games you would certainly win your share if not more.  This one just went my way

So you are enjoying Global now too?  I finally finished my first real game (over 10 rounds) of Global recently.  My other games never really seemed to go over 4 rounds (many of them team games).  I did play some full games of P40 before E40 came out, though, so I’m pretty familiar.  It’s really fun and neat, but it takes so much more time to make moves…  I only play 1 global game at a time.  Maybe I’ll get faster with experience.

Until next time.  Happy gaming!

[gamerman01]

Oh.  Almost forgot.

Are you going to start the 3rd place 2011 tournament game now?
Rematch!
Bid is already set, I believe

[DarthMaximus]

Good game guys!

Congrats Gamerman!