MOVED: Method for Estimating the Outcomes of Large Battles

Thanks again!!

I think you can, and here’s a situation:

You WANT the cruiser dead, but you NEED (as in if you don’t get it you’ll lose the game) 3 of your 5 subs to do whatever. Perhaps mount an attack on some transports defended by 2 destroyers. So you defend with 2 subs, knowing that come whatever dice you have 3 subs left to do sub stuff. You still have the 2 to defend.

Unlikely?
Totally.

Possible?
Possibly.

If someone really want to play a F2F G40 with a more historically based SBR, which works statistically there is 2 better ways at least than all planes @1:

Whether giving Fighters @1 First Strike vs (StB and TcB) Bombers @1.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34118.msg1314303#msg1314303

Or only gives Fighters @1 and Strategic Bomber @0  (TcB @0?, not defined)
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34227.msg1317357#msg1317357

This can be also a third one:
Fighter @1 First Strike
Tactical Bomber @1 Regular
Strategic Bomber @0

Anything higher than @1 will probably shift the balance, one way or the other, IMO.

Probably the second and the third method will better depict any dogfight over Britain.

I see both sides. Depends upon who you are playing with. While it wasn’t france….the best victory I ever had was one in which I got diced trying to sink the American fleet at Gilbraltor. Had 98 percent odds of winning. Lost my whole airforce and  the American transports were still alive. Desperate measures followed. I relentlessly attacked Moscow the next 2 turns even though I couldn’t take it…then bought all bombers for the final push with my stragglers getting into range. The bombers were my hail Mary prayer because pressure was building on the western front. Moscow fell…allies conceded due to my income and the fact it was a one front war. Had I not been desperate who knows if I would have slow played Russia to long. I had just enough defense in Europe to turtle and hold. Had the bombers failed it was game over for me…but the fact I had a chance to pull a rabbit out of the hat is what  are the game fun.

That’s a Good Idea !

It would be beneficial for the US to do the sea combat first to ensure a sort of extra risk for the japanese player.
Lose the carrier first and the US can pull out but they might land. Lose the air first and your carrier is nearly sitting duck.

The other way the japan player knows the planes are lost immediately on taking a hit on the carrier.