Whackamatt (Axis) vs. Karl7 (Allies +12)

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi
                  Chinese take Shensi from Japanese

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            3 infantry placed in Hunan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 5 PUs; end with 5 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 11 PUs

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 armour, 7 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to Malaya
                  UK_Pacific take Malaya from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to Siam
                  UK_Pacific take Siam from Japanese
            2 infantry moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
                  Chinese take Kwangsi from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Normandy Bordeaux

Combat - British
            Battle in French Indo China
                British attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 armour and 1 factory_minor
                British win, taking French Indo China from Japanese with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                British attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                British win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour and 1 artillery
            Battle in Tambov
                British attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Tambov to Russia
            4 armour moved from Volgograd to Northwest Persia
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Persia to Northwest Persia
            1 armour moved from Eastern Persia to India
            1 armour moved from West India to Burma
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 fighter moved from West India to Yunnan
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            1 aaGun moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to United Kingdom

Place Units - British
            1 transport placed in 110 Sea Zone
            6 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Persia

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 40 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,1,3,3,2,4,3,4
            UK_Pacific collect 8 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 8 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

[Whackamatt]

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians

Place Units - Italians
            1 armour placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 12
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,3,2,5,4,3,6,6
            Italians collect 2 PUs (12 lost to blockades); end with 2 PUs total

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 submarine moved from 42 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Java

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands to Philippines
            2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 destroyer and 1 fighter placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 15 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 20 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 25 PUs

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 9

Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

[Whackamatt]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 5 armour, 1 artillery and 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            3 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 infantry moved from Rostov to Volgograd
                  Germans take Volgograd from Russians
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Caucasus
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Caucasus from Russians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from British with 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Battle in Bryansk
                Germans attack with 1 armour and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Bryansk from Russians with 1 armour and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Holland Belgium from Americans with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to France
            3 armour moved from Greece to Romania
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to Greece
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            5 infantry moved from Archangel to Novgorod
            1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Germany to 114 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            3 aaGuns, 5 armour, 17 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Rostov to Caucasus

Place Units - Germans
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in France
            3 infantry placed in Novgorod
            3 infantry placed in Ukraine
            Germans undo move 3.
            3 infantry placed in Greece
            2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Ukraine
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 114 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 113 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Northern Italy: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Germany: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            2 armour placed in Western Germany
            1 armour placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4,1,3,3,2,4,5
            Germans collect 57 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 57 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 77 PUs

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Timguska
                  Russians take Timguska from Japanese
            2 infantry moved from Samara to Volgograd
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Volgograd
            1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Archangel
                  Russians take Archangel from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Belarus
                  Russians take Belarus from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Yenisey to Timguska
            1 infantry moved from Samara to Tambov
                  Russians take Tambov from Germans
            21 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            2 artilleries moved from Russia to Bryansk
            8 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            3 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            3 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Bryansk
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Volgograd

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Bryansk
                Russians attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 32 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 armour and 2 infantry
                Russians win, taking Bryansk from Germans with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 30 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Volgograd
                Russians attack with 4 fighters and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 4 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            4 fighters moved from Volgograd to Russia
            2 aaGuns moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Russia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            1 armour and 7 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 26 PUs

[Whackamatt]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 3 artilleries, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to 36 Sea Zone
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from Hopei to Chahar
            1 armour moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
                  Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians
            1 armour moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Dzavhan
                  Japanese take Dzavhan from Russians

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Kwangsi
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British defend with 1 infantry; Chinese defend with 1 airfield
                Japanese win, taking Kwangsi from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in 42 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 submarine
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                Japanese win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in 36 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win, taking 36 Sea Zone from Neutral with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 battleships, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 destroyer and 2 fighters placed in 20 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 20
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 41 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 44 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 43 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5,1,1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 20 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,1,4,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 19 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,1,1,5,6,4,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4,3,4,4,6
            Japanese collect 29 PUs (20 lost to blockades); end with 30 PUs total

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 4 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            3 submarines moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            3 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            5 fighters moved from Korea to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 battleship, 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 7 destroyers, 7 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Korea to Amur
                  Russians take Amur from Japanese
            1 armour moved from Amur to Korea

[Karl7]

Kamakaze?

[Whackamatt]

Yes please.  1 each on 4 destroyers.  1 each on 2 cruisers.

Good luck!

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kansu
                  Chinese take Kansu from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Anhwe
                  Chinese take Anhwe from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Kiangsi
                  Chinese take Kiangsi from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Anhwe

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Anhwe

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 9 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 15 PUs

[Karl7]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 3 armour, 1 fighter and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 armour; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Holland Belgium
            1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 armour moved from Burma to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Kwangsi

Combat - British
            Battle in Kwangsi
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 9 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British win, taking Kwangsi from Japanese with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 5 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 4 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                British attack with 4 infantry
                Germans defend with 3 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                Germans win with 2 artilleries remaining. Battle score for attacker is -8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for British: 4 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                British attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 2 infantry
                British win, taking Holland Belgium from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to United Kingdom
            5 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
            1 armour moved from India to Eastern Persia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 aaGun moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi
            2 aaGuns moved from Yunnan to Burma
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to India
            1 infantry moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            4 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 98 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia

Place Units - British
            3 armour placed in Persia
            1 fighter placed in Egypt
            4 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 41 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 armour placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 36 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,2
            UK_Pacific collect 15 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 17 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 1 armour

[Karl7]

Holy cow!  I got my hat handed to me.  You hit 4 out of 5 Kamakazes! I managed to win out of sheer numbers.  But elsewhere I got diced in almost every battle!  Yikes!

[Whackamatt]

I should have wished you good luck several turns ago!  LOL.  :lol:

[Karl7]

yeah, tell me about it.

Also, I meant 4 out of 6 hit.

[Whackamatt]

After further review, WHAT are you talking about?  Why do you go out of your way to create a fictional “woe-is-me” attitude about getting diced?  “Holy cow!  I got my hat handed to me.” That’s a bit much, don’t you think?  My rolling was ho-hum average for the big battle, and you didn’t underperform by very much.  I got two extra Kami strikes.  BIG DEAL.
I did the statistical analysis, out of 66 rolls where you should have gotten 30 hits, you instead got 26.  That means you’re complaining that 4/66 rolls that should have been hits, but weren’t; or 6% of your rolls for that battle.  Really?
Meanwhile, for my 38 rolls, I got 20 hits out of what should have been 20.5 hits.  Average.  Add in the 4 / 6 kami’s, and I have 44 rolls, and I got 24 hits instead of 22.5.  Wow, that 3.4% of my rolls that hit when they shouldn’t really made the difference.
That’s not really winning on “sheer numbers”, it’s just being average.  You didn’t take a good pounding or anything as you had lead me to believe.

YES, the US should have taken Belgium, but if you wanna complain about getting bad dice, I’ve got NUMEROUS battles I could point out in Europe especially that I have yet to mention this game.  Do you just conveniently forget every time you have good dice?!?
I submit to you:
GERMANY – ROUND 4 – NORMANDY :  In two rounds, out of 3 2’s, 2 3’s, 3’4’s, combined power of 24, I GOT ONE HIT!  You hit for 4 out of 4 2’s in the first two rounds. 
JAPAN – ROUND 2 – SZECHWAN:   When the Chinese should statistically get 4 hits, they get 8 hits – all plane casualties.
GERMANY – ROUND 5 – HOLLAND/BELGIUM:   Your artillery goes 2/2 and I don’t take the territory.
JAPAN – ROUND 5 – SHAN STATE:   UK Pacific rolls 3 out of 4 2’s, and I don’t take the territory.
ITALY – ROUND 6 –GREECE:   In round 4 of the combat, the US gets 5 out of 5 hits (including 3 out of 3 3’s), forcing Italy to not take back a factory.
JAPAN – ROUND 7 – YUNNAN:   I missed on 16 out of 16 1’s to not take the territory.
GERMANY – ROUND 8 – GREECE: Round 1 I roll average, you get 5 hits instead of 3.  Round 2, I roll 1 out of 6 3’s, you get  3 out of 3 3’s.
GERMANY – ROUND 9 – HOLLAND/BEGIUM:   Good luck for you again!  You hit on 3 out of 5 2’s.

Seriously, do you REALLY need to complain about dice WHEN YOU’RE WINNING?

[Karl7]

Well, yes you raise good points.

I was just saying the Kamikazes were good (which usually is not my experience, they usually miss) and that my attempts to attack Europe were pretty bad.  I lost all my US men and the Britt’s failed to get Normandy.  Missing on almost all my bombards was pretty bad.  I guess, I was just struck that my Europe attacks were all most or less bad all at once….

I agree in the grand scheme of things I may be ahead or whatever by the dice.

Also, in the amphib invasions, it’s all or nothing.  You see the bombards miss, and then your heart sinks because you know you’re in big trouble, which is what happened here.

But I will stop commenting on it.  It’s a bad habit.  Sorry.  :-P

[Whackamatt]

I apologize as well if the tone of my last post was a bit much.  Perhaps I wouldn’t mind the complaining if you also cheered your good luck successes during the game as well.  I understand this is a board game meant to be played face to face, and I suppose a lot of it is lost in translation.  If it were live, all of things you said would be legitimate complaints about bad dice.

Strategically, I have a great time playing you.  I feel like have to bring my “A-game” or else games like these happen.  But you’ve been so negative about your bad luck in 4 out 5 of our games that it’s starting to wear on me.

Ultimately I believe the formula for losing is Bad Luck X Strategic Mistakes = A Loss.
All of the examples I cited didn’t “give you” the game.  Each could have been overcome.  I did not purchase the right combination through so many rounds to effectively push into Russia.  I could have chosen to not attack in Yunnan when I had no fodder and only planes.  Yes, I got diced, but that was the chance I took; I live and die by my aggressive, gambling nature.  There was no reason for me to complain about it, because in other games, that move has worked – vaporizing stacks of infantry for a single plane or two.
In sum, well played, as usual, and I concede.  I will post the results.

[Karl7]

Point taken on complaining.  Playing Bold and some of the others the smack talking and propagandizing (including self pitying) get a little out of hand.  I suppose there is an insidiousness to it to try to demoralize the other player.  :-(  Thus you always want to note your bad dice and never good dice to try to get the other guy thinking he’s winning when he may not be.

It’s silly but it creeps in.

I will also say, I’ve always suspected the dice server of being too random.  The amount of AA’s hit and sub defense hits and totally extreme dice seems too frequent to me.  I realize it’s probably just me, but sometimes the crazy dice make my head spin.

AS for the game, you play so aggressively that it literally keeps me on the edge of my seat.  I think I’ve lost most my games against you, and I have to say its because I felt rather hopeless.  Either my luck would stop you in time for me to regroup or I would die.

GG

Karl