NML 1914 - Team Game #4

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Round: 5

    Research Technology - USA
        USA spend 0 on tech rolls
            USA roll 1,2,5 and gets 0 hits

    Combat Move - USA
            USA loses 0 PUs for violating Guadalaharas neutrality.
        1 transport moved from Sea Zone 146 Pacific Ocean to Sea Zone 147 Gulf of California
        1 cavalry moved from California to Sea Zone 147 Gulf of California
        1 cavalry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 147 Gulf of California to Sea Zone 146 Pacific Ocean
        1 cavalry moved from Sea Zone 146 Pacific Ocean to Guadalahara
              USA take Guadalahara from Neutral
        2 field_guns and 1 infantry moved from California to Baja-Sonora
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 27 Mid Atlantic to Sea Zone 15 English Channel
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Sea Zone 15 English Channel to Picardy

    Purchase Units - USA
        USA buy 2 cavalrys, 5 field_guns, 5 infantry and 4 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 3 techTokens; 

    Combat - USA
        Battle in Baja-Sonora
            USA attack with 2 field_guns and 1 infantry
            Neutral defend with 2 infantry
                USA roll dice for 2 field_guns and 1 infantry in Baja-Sonora, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Neutral roll dice for 2 infantry in Baja-Sonora, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Neutral lost in Baja-Sonora
                USA roll dice for 2 field_guns and 1 infantry in Baja-Sonora, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Neutral roll dice for 1 infantry in Baja-Sonora, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Neutral lost in Baja-Sonora
            USA loses 0 PUs for violating Baja-Sonoras neutrality.
            USA win, taking Baja-Sonora from Neutral with 2 field_guns and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Neutral: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - USA
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 141 Pacific Ocean to Sea Zone 140 Sea of Okhotsk
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Sea Zone 140 Sea of Okhotsk to Magadan
        2 field_guns and 2 infantry moved from Chukotka to Magadan
        2 infantry moved from Oregon to British Columbia
        2 field_guns and 2 infantry moved from San Francisco to Sea Zone 153 Pacific Ocean
        2 field_guns, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from Sea Zone 153 Pacific Ocean to Sea Zone 151 Bering Sea
        2 field_guns and 2 infantry moved from Sea Zone 151 Bering Sea to Chukotka
        2 transports moved from Sea Zone 151 Bering Sea to Sea Zone 153 Pacific Ocean
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 28 Sargasso Sea to Sea Zone 26 Bay of Biscay
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Sea Zone 26 Bay of Biscay to Aquitaine
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from New York to Sea Zone 29 Mid Atlantic
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 29 Mid Atlantic to Sea Zone 27 Mid Atlantic
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Charleston to Sea Zone 30 Mid Atlantic
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 30 Mid Atlantic to Sea Zone 28 Sargasso Sea
        2 infantry moved from New England to Nova Scotia
        1 infantry moved from New York to New England
        1 infantry moved from Charleston to Carolinas

    Place Units - USA
        2 cavalrys placed in Oregon
        2 field_guns and 2 infantry placed in San Francisco
        1 infantry placed in California
        1 transport placed in Sea Zone 153 Pacific Ocean
        1 transport placed in Sea Zone 29 Mid Atlantic
        2 transports placed in Sea Zone 30 Mid Atlantic
        2 field_guns and 1 infantry placed in New York
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry placed in Charleston

    Turn Complete - USA
        USA collect 68 PUs; end with 68 PUs

After 5 rounds, Commies have 4 tech from 7 dice rolls, more than all the Entente combined. Entente have 3 tech from 52 dice rolls. C only spent 10 cash, the rest were free science tech dice. France spent 25 cash in round 4 alone, but failed to get a tech, and its tech dice were lost when Paris fell.

I thought with the unusually strong, early USA presence in E Russia, that R could stabilize its position vs C. But C can outspend and outproduce Irkutsk. So with mobile builds, it is almost guaranteed taking Bratsk next round. R can only retreat, with an undefended interior, with C racing across the continent. As Hitler said in WWII, "We have only to kick in the door, and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.” This will be a repeat of game 1.

@elrood Ah, I don’t think your sub attack on sz137 should be allowed as you made an edit after France’s last turn to move within range…

@redrum Agreed, you might not have placed yourself in jeopardy, had you known in advance.

@fmerwinrommel Yeah not really sure why that edit was made. I hadn’t noticed it til now.

@redrum seemed weird that you would gift is a soft kill. Thought you were losing it!

Seems fair to edit it back in, Seb. Not sure where you need to ask Adam to put the Sub though .

My fault for mentioning the sub without placing a restriction on its ability to affect an enemy unit that had already moved.

@FMErwinRommel i saw that you had offered it; I didn’t realise that it was after Ron’s move .
Ron should have asked Seb, if he wanted to move his Sub. I blame him!
I know Seb is still seeing a psychiatrist, after that crappy Paris assault. We need to treat him gently.

@elrood I think a Battleship is excessive . They can have a Cruiser .

@Elrood 34 FGs should be in the Guinness Book of World Records for most Triplea FG builds.in one turn. To support the hordes of cav you will build the next few turns. You certainly are tenacious in your quest for Paris. And to think you passed up the chance to build 8 BBs in one turn. I’m envious that you built a Zep before I did. I had so much fun with my Austrian pair in the last game. Your 3 Western Front ICs are luscious targets, but will probably have to let USA build Zeps instead.

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I edited the German sub back to where it was as I don’t think there is any place that it is safe from the UK destroyers.

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@FMErwinRommel Mecca falls!.tsvg