G40L13 Karl7(Axis+3)vGamerman(Allies)

[gamerman01]

ANZ actually has 19 on hand, not 14.  Should have collected NO for all original territories, at war with Japan, and Malaya on ANZ1.  If you want to protest, let me know.  The extra 5 is allowing me to buy a fighter, but it can’t scramble or really do anything - I’m moving the boats west, so I don’t think this unexpected 5 would have made you do anything different with Japan…

ANZ2 with 19, buy INF, ART, FTR (save 2)

Combat moves -
Z43 - FTR (Java)
Z44 - FTR (Java)

NCM -
Z57 - TP, DD, CA (Z62) INF, ART (Nsw)
Nsw - INF, AA (Sau)
Ind - FTR (Sum)
Java - FTR (Z44) FTR (Z43)

Fra2
UK - FTR (Mor)
Fea - INF (Fca)
Z98 - DD (Z81)

Place INF, ART, FTR
Collect 14, 16 on hand

L13 G40 Karl7(Axis+3) v. Gamerman(Allies)02iFra.AAM

[gamerman01]

I forgot the convoy damage too.
No, it’s 26 before convoy damage - even your map says so.  How do you get 29?

Z97Rolling 3:
(1, 1, 2)

[gamerman01]

I had the wrong Italy money on that last map anyway.

Italy collects 26-4 = 22 on hand

L13 G40 Karl7(Axis+3) v. Gamerman(Allies)02iFra.AAM

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

I think you are gong to win this hands down.  My J1 was poorly executed.

Well, you have a lot more experience with this game than I do.  You’re probably right, but I feel like it’s a bit early to call this one.  I might screw something up because of my inexperience with this version, and having not played much G40 the past year.

Studying some past game i see that I should have kept my carriers back at wake instead of holding them in Haw.  They’ve been out of postion too long.

You study past games?  Hold them back on J1?  Would you have enough defense in 26?

What do you think.  Want to call this one and start again or do you want to see where this leads?

Yeah, I don’t think I’ve won yet.  Maybe if you were in my shoes you could easily polish off the Axis, but I am inexperienced enough I could screw it up.  I think that game you had Moscow surrounded is still the only time I’ve ever played a G40 game where Germany had much success.  Most of the games were called early…

I guess Italy is pretty crippled now and Japan is out of position and Germany lost a bunch of air on G1 if I remember right, so you’re probably right.
Up to you if you want to resign or keep going, but yeah I think there’s some more playing to do, myself

[Karl7]

oh, duh, they don’t get the other NO.  Ok, I got it for Italy.

[gamerman01]

@Gamerman01:

You study past games?

No wonder you’re having a lot of success!  :wink:

[gamerman01]

I am thrilled that you’re still interested in playing another game with me when it took like 2 months to do two rounds here…

I guess I am interested in another.  If you prefer Triple A, I can do that now, but if you prefer Battlemap I’m good with that, so it’s your choice.

I am only playing Bold a practice game (and I’m going way too slow - need to give him some moves), and a World Cup tournament game with Goo in AA50-41.  I’m going too slow on that one too…  So if you don’t mind the slow pace, then we can play another when this one’s done, yes.

[Karl7]

Mr.Green and I played like 10 games on the boards in like a month.  He pulled a bunch of J1’s.   Basically you keep the carriers back 1 space from haw to move back to Japan or Car, but be sure to leave a dd in haw to block any US counter attack.

[Karl7]

Let me look at Germany and see what I can do.  the odds are against me for Sealion and Nov, so the transports might have been rendered useless.  63 bucks down the drain is a game changing failure.

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

Let me look at Germany and see what I can do.  the odds are against me for Sealion and Nov, so the transports might have been rendered useless.  63 bucks down the drain is a game changing failure.

Yeah… Well it’s not totally down the drain because you can terrorize Russia with them, but yeah.  Maybe you need to try Sealion and hope for great luck, and when that fails then you can resign  :-)

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

Mr.Green and I played like 10 games on the boards in like a month.  He pulled a bunch of J1’s.   Basically you keep the carriers back 1 space from haw to move back to Japan or Car, but be sure to leave a dd in haw to block any US counter attack.

Thanks for the explanation
So you moved everything into 26 in this game, but you could have attacked 26 and left a destroyer and stayed back at Wake?  Wake is still 3 spaces from Japan…

I don’t know.  I think it’s tough to decide what to do with Japan for several turns.

[Karl7]

Yes, 3 from Japan but only 2 from car.  Getting back to a Naval base is very important I think.

[gamerman01]

Yes, I agree

[Karl7]

ok, let me crunch some number here

[Karl7]

around 30% either way…. ugh.

[Karl7]

I’m going to try against the USSR

Germany

Dec War USSR

buy
9inf
2art
3arm

cm

amphib on NOV
cc, 10 trn, 2ss to 115, with 2tacbm 3ftr for cover
land 10inf, 5art, 5arm from Nor, Wgr, ger
bomber flies in fro combat

army in pol to bal
3mech, arm from ger to bal

sz97
2ftr, 2tacb from ger

army from rom into epl

cc

I am going to assume you do not scramble for NOV.

NOV

aa fire
Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (2)

[Karl7]

oh whoops got to do naval battle – I will assume ss submerges

sz 115
A
Rolls: 2@2 4@3 2@4; Total Hits: 42@2: (3, 5)4@3: (6, 3, 1, 4)2@4: (3, 4)
D
1@3:

[Karl7]

whoops

Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (6)

[Karl7]

Ok, Nov battle proper

A
Rolls: 5@1 10@2 5@3 1@4; Total Hits: 05@1: (5, 2, 3, 6, 4)10@2: (6, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 5, 6, 4, 5)5@3: (5, 4, 4, 6, 4)1@4: (6)
D
Rolls: 2@1 16@2 2@3 2@3; Total Hits: 72@1: (6, 2)16@2: (4, 2, 2, 4, 6, 5, 1, 4, 4, 2, 6, 3, 6, 6, 1, 5)2@3: (5, 5)2@3: (2, 3)

[boldfresh]

that is NOT a proper battle.  OUCH that roll sucks.  you have earned the honorary Boldfresh roll of the day Karl.