13LG40 Karl (allies+9) vs seththenewb take 2

[seth4god]

@Karl7:

The dice!  Again! ouch!

Oh, I forgot to kill your trns with Anzac sub.  I edited the move if ok.

And I forgot to kill yours last turn with Japan when you left it there undefended. Either I get my transports back or yours dies. Your choice  :-D

[seth4god]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 5

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 4 armour, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 114 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Holland Belgium
            2 infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Volgograd
                  Germans take Volgograd from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Caucasus
                  Germans take Caucasus from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Smolensk
                  Germans take Smolensk from Russians
            1 armour moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
            3 bombers and 4 fighters moved from Belarus to Russia
            5 tactical_bombers moved from Belarus to Tambov

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 114 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Russians defend with 1 submarine
                Germans win with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 submarine
            Battle in Tambov
                Germans attack with 1 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Tambov from Russians with 1 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Holland Belgium from British with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Air Battle in Russia
                Germans attacks with 7 units heading to Russia
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Russia
                Bombing raid in Russia rolls: 7,6,7 and causes: 20 damage to unit: factory_major
                Bombing raid in Russia causes 20 damage total.
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Germans
            3 bombers and 4 fighters moved from Russia to Bryansk
            5 tactical_bombers moved from Tambov to Bryansk
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bessarabia to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk
            3 armour and 7 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Bryansk
            5 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            1 fighter moved from 114 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            2 fighters moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany

Place Units - Germans
            2 infantry placed in France
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            3 armour placed in Ukraine
            1 armour and 2 tactical_bombers placed in Novgorod

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,3
            Germans collect 49 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 50 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs

[seth4god]

@seththenewb:

@Karl7:

The dice!  Again! ouch!

Oh, I forgot to kill your trns with Anzac sub.  I edited the move if ok.

And I forgot to kill yours last turn with Japan when you left it there undefended. Either I get my transports back or yours dies. Your choice  :-D

I reread that and I saw how it could come across as being rude. That wasn’t intended, I just was trying to say that I meant to attack your transport with an air and just forgot to. I rechecked my moves before moving on to combat and saw the red sz and just figured I’d already sent something there. I’m cool either way, so long as it applies to both of our units.

BTW, I didn’t ask for intercept orders since I figured you wouldn’t scramble a single fighter against 3 strats and 4 escorting fighters. We can roll all those 1s manually if you want to try a 1 vs 7 air battle. I’d be happy if you so chose.  :evil:

[Karl7]

GOD DAMN!  I have not shot down a bomber yet with my AA yet!  This is rediculous!  Bhah!

Last game we played you shot down 4 of my bombers with aa’s….  :x

oh well…

Oh, yeah, kill the Anzac trn, that is fine. I wondered why you didn’t …

[seth4god]

For some reason I either get incredibly lucky against aa or incredibly diced. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground for me. I’ve got another game where my opponent’s aa has hit on like 5/8 shots . . .  :roll:

[Karl7]

Oh, it’s Russia’s turn.  I will edit out the trn.

BOMBERS DIE !!!

[Karl7]

you know what, never mind.  With your perfect bomber runs, you’ve won the game.

I resign.  I’ll post.

[seth4god]

GG!

[Karl7]

You played well, but the dice killed me.  No way Russia can hold with perfect bombing runs.

[Karl7]

Oh man, I went to the front of the game, and see Germany had a perfect opening too… this game was over from the beginning.

OUCH!  :-P

[seth4god]

Yeah, I had a pretty good start in both the Pacific and European side of things. Barring bad dice or some mistake on my part, I can usually take Moscow by round 7 or so. The only thing that’s been able to stop/slow that down is massive allied air reinforcements. But then the allies are weak(er) elsewhere (Pacific & Africa) and I just sit back and play the economic game whilst strangling USSR’s economy into the teens. Basically, I’m trying to win the game or get to a equal economic footing with the allies before the US juggernaut starts to tell on my axis.

The great SBR dice and luck I had just made things all that much more worse for you. Germany was just able to steamroll its way into Russia and I don’t know if there’s anything anyone else could’ve done against that kind of SBR luck.

[Karl7]

Yeah, I really like that SBR strategy… you took it to a new level though.  I will have to use that in the future…