13L G40.2 AllWeNeedIsLove vs Gamerman01 (Allies +10)

[gamerman01]

@allweneedislove:

@Boldfresh:

5 buck shipyards AND 5 buck jets with usa early???  Holy schnikeys Batman!

yeah i am not impressed with the tech hits. 2 tech on 4 dice. now i just need the tech price to level out so another 40ipc spent and no more tech activation.

7 dice, not 4.  Big difference.

[boldfresh]

looks like you’ve been getting your fair share of good luck in this one too love - should be a great one to watch.

[gamerman01]

@Gamerman01:

7 dice, not 4.  Big difference.

That’s the effect of tech, though…. Demoralization  :-D
Probably feels like there are jets everywhere and at any time they could have their range extended.

Just be glad it wasn’t LRA - Your fleet in 37 or 50 (forget which) would have most likely been history…

So, when are you going to start buying?

[boldfresh]

Love may have figured out by now that is was not a good idea to play you in a tech game.  you don’t believe in tech right love?

the real test is whether he will play you in a SECOND tech game…?  :lol:

[gamerman01]

@Boldfresh:

the real test is whether he will play you in a SECOND tech game…?   :lol:

I know, I can see that going both ways.
I can see him saying never again - the only way to stop the tech barrage is to play no tech, or
I can see him saying “oh, it will all even out over time, so he’ll miss most of the time in game 2 and it’s fine with me if he wastes his money”

I’m hoping for the latter  :-)
More options is always better.  Problem is, I’m the one with the guard down.  When you get lulled to sleep that the other guy won’t buy tech, then all of a sudden he spends 40 in a desperate move, gets a crucial tech, and takes a capital or 2.

Aren’t you getting enough experience to start playing tech, Bold?  Adds a whole new dimension

[allweneedislove]

@Boldfresh:

@allweneedislove:

@Boldfresh:

5 buck shipyards AND 5 buck jets with usa early???  Holy schnikeys Batman!

yeah i am not impressed with the tech hits. 2 tech on 4 dice. now i just need the tech price to level out so another 40ipc spent and no more tech activation.

or, alternatively, how about round 5 LRA for 5 more bucks??   :lol:

go wash your mouth out. we dont need that kind of talk here.

[allweneedislove]

@Gamerman01:

]7 dice, not 4.  Big difference.

that is a big difference, it is not that far off average.
that actually makes me feel a bit better, i thought you got the 2 tech off of only 4 dice.
the problem for me is now you have a decent shot at getting lra.

[allweneedislove]

@Boldfresh:

Love may have figured out by now that is was not a good idea to play you in a tech game.  you don’t believe in tech right love?

the real test is whether he will play you in a SECOND tech game…?   :lol:

i believe in tech. i believe it is a bad strategic investment.

[allweneedislove]

@Gamerman01:

@Boldfresh:

the real test is whether he will play you in a SECOND tech game…?   :lol:

I know, I can see that going both ways.
I can see him saying never again - the only way to stop the tech barrage is to play no tech, or
I can see him saying “oh, it will all even out over time, so he’ll miss most of the time in game 2 and it’s fine with me if he wastes his money”

I’m hoping for the latter  :-)
More options is always better.  Problem is, I’m the one with the guard down.  When you get lulled to sleep that the other guy won’t buy tech, then all of a sudden he spends 40 in a desperate move, gets a crucial tech, and takes a capital or 2.

Aren’t you getting enough experience to start playing tech, Bold?  Adds a whole new dimension

win or lose i would like to play again with tech. i feel i had been getting poor dice and it put me in very difficult position against a very good player. i could not employ the strategy i would have liked to.

[allweneedislove]

which transport(s) are the french infantry aboard?

[gamerman01]

Both on 1 UK transport.
I think I put it in the game notes.
Veqryn says you can see those in history?  But I haven’t verified.

Let me check and make sure now.

I think the 2 British are on an American transport.

So I have 2 unused spots on 1 American transport.

[gamerman01]

@allweneedislove:

i feel i had been getting poor dice

I don’t want to be around when you start getting good dice, then.  :-)

[gamerman01]

I told Veqryn it would be good if he made it possible to see what was on enemy transports.  This is his response.
@Veqryn:

Transports already do a good job of keeping track of which ground units are on them, etc etc.
You can see which units are on what when you load the transport, and when you unload it, and when you move it, and when you select casualties.

Yeah, great, but what about your opponent.

[gamerman01]

OK, I don’t see the comments in the history, but for the first time I actually see a comment I had posted
I don’t see the one explaining the French infantry, but I do see the one saying the British infantry are on a US transport.
I guess use of the comment log can help sort out planes on carriers and ground units on transports…

Sorry, just thinking out loud - still learning the ropes to TripleA.  Have been sending Veqryn a slug of ideas/requests.

[allweneedislove]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :5

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 4 infantry, 3 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Ukraine
                  Germans take Bryansk from Russians
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Smolensk
                  Germans take Smolensk from Russians
            1 armour moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Archangel
                  Germans take Archangel from Russians
            1 armour moved from Archangel to Novgorod

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 artillery and 1 factory_minor
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Ukraine, round 1 :  0/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Ukraine, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys in Ukraine, round 3 :  0/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Ukraine, round 4 :  0/2 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour in Ukraine, round 5 :  1/1 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - Germans
            8 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Bryansk
            10 artilleries moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            2 aaGuns, 11 artilleries and 20 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Poland to Western Ukraine
            13 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            4 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Trans-Jordan to Syria

Place Units - Germans
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,3
            Germans collect 47 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 47 PUs total
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 52 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Syria : 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Western Germany : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 4 fighters, 1 harbour, 8 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
    Poland : 1 mech_infantry
    Germany : 1 factory_major
    Belarus : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag
    Bryansk : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 3 armour, 11 artilleries, 20 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys
    Archangel : 1 flag
    Eastern Poland : 13 mech_infantrys
    Ukraine : 1 flag, 1 armour and 1 factory_minor
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag, 10 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry
    Novgorod : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 3 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 mech_infantrys
    Smolensk : 1 flag
    113 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag
    81 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 50 / 52
    Russians : 29 / 45
    Japanese : 48 / 53
    Americans : 61 / 81
    Chinese : 2 / 4
    British : 30 / 30
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 10
    Italians : 13 / 23
    ANZAC : 14 / 14
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[gamerman01]

Surprised you bought 2 tacs
I thought they were on your do not buy list  :-)

[gamerman01]

Some major Russian resistance, there…

I was beginning to think that was an oxymoron, given my experiences in recent games  :-)

[gamerman01]

Either you don’t know about what US/UK can do with the Danish straits, or you forgot.
You just handed the game to me on a silver platter.
I don’t really want to win that way.
Do you need to change your noncom/placement?
I’m leaving for a couple hours - go ahead and make some edits if you want.

Or just concede now and save us the trouble.

[gamerman01]

@Gamerman01:

So I have 2 unused spots on 1 American transport.

Just making sure…

I DID tell you clearly that there were open slots on a USA transport so that you wouldn’t be caught by surprise.

[allweneedislove]

@Gamerman01:

Surprised you bought 2 tacs
I thought they were on your do not buy list� :-)

yeah they are not a good general purchase, but in this case they made an even pairing with fighters and apparently i am going to need every last pip in the atlantic.