L12G40 jim010 (axis) vs gamerman01 (allies -5) battlemap

[jim010]

Battle of Mor
2 inf, 1 bmb vs 1 inf, 1 tac

att
Rolls: 2@1 1@4; Total Hits: 22@1: (3, 1)1@4: (3)

def
Rolls: 1@2 1@3; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)1@3: (4)

[jim010]

Its late, and I forgot 1 battle.  I wanted to hit Wfr with 1 inf, 3 art from Paris.  I need permission to do so.  If not, I understand.

[gamerman01]

Whew!  I like how you have 70 at the end of G1 so that you can buy 10 transports.
Nice SeaLion feint.  Not sure it’s worth it even if you take London with heavy losses (losing most of your planes) and without buying a ground unit on G2, but I thought I’d better go with pretty much maximum defense anyway.
You had me sweating about those 3 SBR’s, though.  3 bombers in Alpha3 could potentially do 20 max damage to a complex….  which is cool…
I think I’m liking this version of the game better than all previous.

I guess another Alpha3 change is that USSR can declare war a turn early if Germany takes London G3…

Soon I get to see whether you’re serious about India crush…

I’m looking forward to the game getting past round 2, because I’ve never played many rounds in a single 1940 game…
Thanks again for granting me the game - I’m having a good time

[gamerman01]

@jim010:

Its late, and I forgot 1 battle.  I wanted to hit Wfr with 1 inf, 3 art from Paris.  I need permission to do so.  If not, I understand.

Absolutely fine - thanks for checking

[jim010]

I was not set up to do Sealion with Italy.

If I did Sealion, I could kiss the Italian fleet goodbye.

[jim010]

Battle of Wfr
1 inf, 3 art vs 1 inf, 1 art

att
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 04@2: (5, 6, 4, 4)

def
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (1, 3)

[jim010]

Wfr 2

att
Rolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 13@2: (6, 5, 2)

def
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (5, 4)

[jim010]

Wfr 3

att
Rolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 23@2: (1, 2, 5)

def
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

[jim010]

NCM

sz112 to sz125
1 sb

Yugo to Rom
6 inf, 2 art

Ger to Pol
3 AA

Paris to Yugo
4 mec, 6 tanks

[gamerman01]

@jim010:

I was not set up to do Sealion with Italy.Â

If I did Sealion, I could kiss the Italian fleet goodbye.

You’re way ahead of me.  With my inexperience, I hadn’t discovered that yet.

[jim010]

Mor to Alg
1 bmb

sz92 to Sit
2 bmb

sz92 to Alg
1 fht, 1 tac

Nor to Fin
2 inf

Place

Ger
5 mec, 5 tanks

Wge
5 mec

Collect

$52

[jim010]

Map.

jim_vs_gamer_2aGer.AAM

[gamerman01]

Time for bed

[jim010]

Its still tough to win as Allies with a successful Sealion.  Of all the times I’ve done it, I’ve only lost once in Alpha 3.

And as an Allied player, I’d rather have UK in the game than not.  I don’t understand how some people actually want Germany to take London.  If someone gives it to me, I will take it.

I didn’t run the odds here, but I’m guessing they were in the 80% range?  I knew you would watch for it, especially after the aircraft losses in sz110.  I figured you had to do a max defense, in which case I decided I’d hit the UK fleet.  Best way to build up Italy, I figured.

I was very happy you did not try to do a hail mary and hit Alg with your 1 French inf.  That 1 man could have ruined my whole plan.

[gamerman01]

Did you mean to leave the 5 infantry in Bulgaria?
Maybe it’s to smash Greece or something, but if you wanted to move them to Romania, I need to know that before doing Russia.  I don’t want your strat screwed up by a 3:00 AM oversight, so just pointing it out for you to make sure
TTYL

[gamerman01]

@jim010:

I was very happy you did not try to do a hail mary and hit Alg with your 1 French inf. � That 1 man could have ruined my whole plan.

I was so focused on Sealion I didn’t even consider what you would do otherwise.  Figured if you hit 92 with an air strike you couldn’t do Sealion.  Will be tougher for you in Russia in the future without the fighter and 3 tacs, but of course you got the UK out of everyone’s hair.
Wrapping up Italian NO’s with machine like precision - I’m taking mental notes.

[jim010]

Yes, they are staying in Bul.

I’m in a decent position in that I survived in Paris with more than usual.  Makes up a bit for the plans, I suppose.

Cheers

[gamerman01]

@jim010:

Its still tough to win as Allies with a successful Sealion. � Of all the times I’ve done it, I’ve only lost once in Alpha 3.

Probably depends on USA preparedness in Atlantic a lot, right?  Obviously I did no preparation on USA1 whatsoever.

And as an Allied player, I’d rather have UK in the game than not. � I don’t understand how some people actually want Germany to take London. � If someone gives it to me, I will take it.

Me too, although I would think that if UK puts up a good defense (9 infantry on UK1 and max on UK2 with reinforcements from Med planes, etc) that Germany would lose most of its air and Russia would be untamable if played well.  But I don’t know much until I play several games - only what I’m extrapolating from past 1940 experience.

I didn’t run the odds here, but I’m guessing they were in the 80% range? � I knew you would watch for it, especially after the aircraft losses in sz110. � I figured you had to do a max defense, in which case I decided I’d hit the UK fleet. � Best way to build up Italy, I figured.

Without SBR damage (or any bomber losses), because I forgot it was more viable now, I had you with pretty poor odds (well under 50%) of succeeding, so even if you did, you would lose almost all air and take it with 1 tank.  I approximate AA guns by calling them bombers in a calc, and maybe adjust something else since of course they can’t hit on a 1.  But I would also count TAC’s as BMB.  So I had it with 11 INF, 2 ART, 9 ARM, 3 FTR, 5 TAC, 3 BMB vs. 26 infantry, 1 ART, 3 ARM, 1 TAC, 3 FTR, 1 BMB, 5 AA.  I probably could have blocked bombardment.  That puts you around 10% of success, so I was quite safe, I believe.

[gamerman01]

With an average SBR run, I calculate around 25% chance of success (and that’s surviving with just one tank and no air at the 25% mark)

Looks like you chose well to forgo.

[jim010]

Odds were that low, huh?  Landing in Scotland wouldn’t have improved it by much, then.  I suppose I could have looked at a turn 4 Sealion.  I’ve only ever done that once before.

I certainly wouldn’t have bothered with those odds.  But of course, now you see what I wanted to do.

Now I’ve alway had difficulty with the Japan first attack.