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

[gamerman01]

Yes - take a chance with Italy or else Germany can’t get the NO…
Tried restarting the browser - let’s see if I can upload…

YES

OK, here you go
Enjoy your buffed up Italy making 3 NO’s on I3

jim_vs_gamer_3fUK.AAM

[gamerman01]

With no experience with Alpha3, you were making me nervous with your mobile purchases with Germany, so I definitely wanted to take out two of them with the UK.
Russia will not be falling through G5 or 6, so I think I can at least make a game of it and not be a pushover.  With as many hours as a guy has to invest in a single game of 1940, you definitely don’t want any huge early round gaffes making it a lopsided game….

I remember learning P40 and screwing up with the weird sea zones and it would have ruined a game but Funcioneta let me take it back so it wouldn’t…  When doing America here tonight I thought wow a player could really ruin a game fast by throwing away a Japanese or American fleet over a counting error or forgetting a naval base/air base, what have you.  With all the time invested in a global game, you have to be careful not to ruin games…

[jim010]

@Gamerman01:

With no experience with Alpha3, you were making me nervous with your mobile purchases with Germany, so I definitely wanted to take out two of them with the UK.
Russia will not be falling through G5 or 6, so I think I can at least make a game of it and not be a pushover.

Yup, G6 is out.  You didn’t panic like most players do.  I’ll have to go to plan B.

[jim010]

Italy

Buys

1 TT, 2 inf, 2 sb, save $1

[jim010]

Scrap buy

Buy this instead:

1 tank, 1 CV, 1 mec

CM

sz91 to sz112
1 sb (kill 2 TT)

Nit to Wge
1 inf, 1 art

Sit to Wge
2 fht

Rom to Bess
1 inf

sz95 to sz99
1 TT (load from Yugo 2 inf to Syr)

Alex to Wge
1 bmb

[jim010]

Battle of Wge
1 inf, 1 art, 2 fht, 1 bmb vs 1 inf, 1 tank

att
Rolls: 2@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 52@2: (1, 1)2@3: (1, 2)1@4: (2)

def
Rolls: 1@2 1@3; Total Hits: 11@2: (4)1@3: (3)

[jim010]

Rom to Bess
1 inf, 2 AA

Hun to Bess
1 tank

Wge to Nit
1 bmb

Wge to Sit
2 fht

Yugo to Rom
2 AA

Egy to Alex
1 tank

Alex to Sit
1 fht

sz92 to sz91
1 BB, 2 CA, 1 DD

sz95 to sz91
1 DD

sz98 to sz97
1 TT

sz98 to sz95
1 TT

Nit to Yugo
1 inf, 1 art

Lib to Alex
1 tank

Place

sz95
1 CV

Nit
1 tank, 1 mec

Collect

$32

[jim010]

The Dieppe Raid has ended.

Map.

jim_vs_gamer_3gIta.AAM

[gamerman01]

I’m happy bringing in the tank got me a hit…  Was thinking about arty  :-)

Yeah, on R3 I actually had to simulate our moves through R5 or R6 to see what I had to buy and what I would have to do with the UK and US…  That move took forever, you might remember me mentioning, but it was necessary to make this a good game

It’s late - can probably get ANZ and France out of the way tomorrow so we can get back to the real action

[gamerman01]

ANZ3 with 18, buy INF, ARM, DD (save 1)

Combat moves -
None

NCM -
Dgu - ART (NGu)
Cel - INF (NGu)
Ind - INF (Bur)
Z39 - TP (Z41) DD (Z37)
Que - INF, AA (Sau)
Z63 - CA (Z46)
Z57 - TP (Z62) INF, ART (Nsw)
Jav - FTR (Bur)
Cpr - 2 FTR (Bur)

Collect 31, 32 on hand

Fra3

Sud - INF (Fea)
Irq - INF (TrJ)

jim_vs_gamer_3iFra.AAM

[jim010]

I was hoping you wouldn’t land those fhts in Cpr.

By the numbers, this game is now over.

[jim010]

Germany

Buys

4 tac save $4

CM

Bal to Lenin
3 tanks

Pol to Lenin
3 mec

sz91 to sz112
1 TT (load from Gib 2 inf to Den)

Nor to Den
1 fht, 1 tac

Egy to Cpr
2 bmb

Sit to Cpr
1 bmb

Epl to Bel
6 inf, 2 art, 8 mec, 8 tanks

Epl to Nuk to Epl
1 tank

Epl to Suk
1 mec

Bal to Bel
14 inf, 3 art, 2 tanks

Pol to Bel
2 mec

[jim010]

Battle of Bel
20 inf, 10 mec, 5 art, 10 tanks vs 1 inf

att
Rolls: 25@1 10@2 10@3; Total Hits: 1125@1: (1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 2, 3, 6, 5, 5, 2, 6, 3, 3, 2, 4, 6, 4, 1, 2, 2, 6, 1, 1)10@2: (1, 6, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1, 4)10@3: (6, 3, 6, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 4, 4)

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

[jim010]

Battle of Den
2 inf, 1 fht, 1 tac vs 2 inf

att
Rolls: 2@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 02@1: (6, 6)1@3: (6)1@4: (5)

def
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 1)

[jim010]

Den 2

att
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (6)1@3: (2)1@4: (6)

def
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (4, 3)

[jim010]

Den 3

att
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (6)1@3: (1)1@4: (5)

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

[jim010]

Lose fht.  Ugly choice.

So unhappy about this next one.

Battle of Cpr
3 bmb vs 3 fht, 1 tac

3@4:

def
Rolls: 1@3 3@4; Total Hits: 31@3: (3)3@4: (4, 6, 4)

[jim010]

att
Rolls: 3@4; Total Hits: 23@4: (5, 3, 4)

[jim010]

I’ll play 1 more turn and then I’ll surrender.

[gamerman01]

Lose 2 ANZ
You won’t want to hear this, but I unwittingly put ANZ in Cpr just for position - not to defend.  Didn’t consider bomber attack