Facilities should become damaged when captured. Currently, the only loss resulting from capture is downgrading major ICs to minor IC (aside from ICs in China being destroyed). This primarily benefits Germany, which can gain 3 Russian minor ICs, plus 3 bases, at no cost, aside from SBR damage by Axis. I propose that captured minor ICs and bases should receive maximum damage (6 points) each time they are captured, due to battle damage or deliberate demolition by retreating enemy.

@Witt @aequitas-et-veritas Happy birthday to the both of you. How coincidental.

Now that I know about it, its okay there.

Austria mourns the lose of Zeppa. After a distinguished career terrorizing the Entente, burning Paris, London and his favorite target Rome, he pushed his luck one time too far and was shot down by AA fire over Rome. His crew wanted him to wait out the season, so he could join in the land attack against Italy. But that wasn’t his style, preferring to fly solo or with his partner Zepbe. RIP Zeppa.

@witt Of course, you were UK last game.
I hope you try a novel strategy instead of the same old Paris fetish.
The final jeopardy category a day or two ago was “famous ships”. The question was what ship wreck was located in 1989, 48 years after it sank and 96 years after the death of the person that it was named for. 2 contestants chose the Andrea Doria, but the current champion and I knew it was the Bismarck.

Wow, Sweden is a tough neighborhood. Both neutral defenders hit. Then the Brits weakened me for the Ruskies to take their shot. Less than half of my 16-man army survived the first turn. Good thing I take HGs along with me. Finland bulked up quickly. May have to stay in Sweden for a massage from a blonde beauty and eat some Swedish meatballs.

@colt45554 8 more hits and I received 6. You were down to 2 damaged BB’s, so I took the second DD instead. I just sank your fleet.

Yesterday was the 127th running of the Boston Marathon… Its the oldest, most famous and prestigious modern marathon. Its been ten years since the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. The race is always run on Patriots Day, which is always on a Monday.
I commemorated it by running 3 1/3 miles around the neighborhood in my 2013 running outfit that my wife bought at the running store at the finish line, just hours before the bombing.
Being a New York born Yankee, I didn’t appreciate Boston until I ran the 2009 and 2013 marathons and experienced the hospitality of the city and the comradery of the friendly worldwide competition. That’s what made the bombing so senseless and sad.

In 2013, I crossed the finish line 23 minutes before the bomb blasts. My time was 3 hours, 46 minutes. Pretty decent for being 65 years old at the time. I felt bad for those who were prevented from finishing, after running 25 miles, because the race was halted.

@VictoryFirst No, the best powers for a newbie are Italy/Arabia/USA.
When players want an easy or quick turn, they would choose Italy/Arabia, whose theaters of operation are local. When we lost a player, we combined USA with them. USA is also a good starter position, as the early turns are just spent expanding on manifest destiny against neutrals, and the German opening gambit to Mexico (we’ll explain later). Afterwards, as USA income and units grow, it’s homeland is safe, and USA can choose where to shore up the Entente. Elrood might fill you in on playing USA in this past game.

Turk/Com requires a strong player now that the industry tech opening bid has been removed. Turks face UK from India and must try to take Cairo, while facing naval war with UK.

@dawgoneit Cousin Nicky, don’t listen to cousin George and Poincare’. They each have ulterior motives. George wants to take Norway and Oslo for himself. Good old cousin Willie has your best interest at heart.

@Elrood Made your edit at end of USA turn, so doesn’t show on G11 turn.

@Elrood made your USA edit
@Witt you’re up as France
triplea_41183_11 Germ.tsvg
Round: 11

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

    Combat Move - Germany
        2 infantry moved from Stockholm to Sea Zone 10 Baltic Sea
        2 infantry moved from Sea Zone 10 Baltic Sea to Sweden
        2 field_guns, 1 fighter, 2 heavy_guns and 1 infantry moved from Stockholm to Sweden
        1 fighter moved from Mecklenburg to Sweden
        3 gass moved from Saxony to Belgium
        1 cavalry and 2 fighters moved from Rhine to Belgium
        2 fighters moved from Rhine to Alsace
        2 cavalrys moved from Bavaria to Alsace
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Lithuania

    Purchase Units - Germany
        Germany buy 1 Factory, 3 cavalrys, 4 field_guns, 3 fighters, 2 heavy_guns, 6 infantry and 4 trenchs; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 3 techTokens; 

    Combat - Germany
        Battle in Sweden
            Germany attack with 2 field_guns, 2 fighters, 2 heavy_guns and 3 infantry
            Britain defend with 2 colonials, 4 field_guns and 3 infantry
                Germany roll dice for 2 battleships in Sweden, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns, 2 fighters, 2 heavy_guns and 3 infantry in Sweden, round 2 : 2/9 hits, 3.33 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 2 colonials, 4 field_guns and 3 infantry in Sweden, round 2 : 0/9 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                1 colonial owned by the Britain and 3 infantry owned by the Britain lost in Sweden
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns, 2 fighters, 2 heavy_guns and 3 infantry in Sweden, round 3 : 2/9 hits, 3.33 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 1 colonial and 4 field_guns in Sweden, round 3 : 2/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Germany lost in Sweden
                1 colonial owned by the Britain and 1 field_gun owned by the Britain lost in Sweden
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns, 2 fighters, 2 heavy_guns and 1 infantry in Sweden, round 4 : 0/7 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 3 field_guns in Sweden, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germany lost in Sweden
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns, 2 fighters and 2 heavy_guns in Sweden, round 5 : 2/6 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 3 field_guns in Sweden, round 5 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 field_gun owned by the Germany lost in Sweden
                2 field_guns owned by the Britain lost in Sweden
                Germany roll dice for 1 field_gun, 2 fighters and 2 heavy_guns in Sweden, round 6 : 1/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 1 field_gun in Sweden, round 6 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 field_gun owned by the Britain lost in Sweden
            Germany win, taking Sweden from Britain with 1 field_gun, 2 fighters and 2 heavy_guns remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18
            Casualties for Britain: 2 colonials, 4 field_guns and 3 infantry
            Casualties for Germany: 1 field_gun and 3 infantry
        Battle in Belgium
            Germany attack with 1 cavalry, 2 fighters and 3 gass
            Britain defend with 1 Factory; France defend with 1 heavy_gun and 1 infantry
                Germany roll dice for 3 gass in Belgium, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                1 heavy_gun owned by the France and 1 infantry owned by the France lost in Belgium
                3 gass owned by the Germany lost in Belgium
            Germany win, taking Belgium from Britain with 1 cavalry and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
            Casualties for France: 1 heavy_gun and 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germany: 3 gass
        Battle in Lithuania
            Germany attack with 1 field_gun and 1 infantry
            Russia defend with 1 field_gun and 1 tank
                Germany roll dice for 1 field_gun and 1 infantry in Lithuania, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Russia roll dice for 1 field_gun and 1 tank in Lithuania, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 tank owned by the Russia lost in Lithuania
                Germany roll dice for 1 field_gun and 1 infantry in Lithuania, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Russia roll dice for 1 field_gun in Lithuania, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germany lost in Lithuania
                1 field_gun owned by the Russia lost in Lithuania
            Germany win, taking Lithuania from Russia with 1 field_gun remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Russia: 1 field_gun and 1 tank
            Casualties for Germany: 1 infantry
        Battle in Alsace
            Germany attack with 2 cavalrys and 2 fighters
            France defend with 1 infantry
                Germany roll dice for 2 cavalrys and 2 fighters in Alsace, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                France roll dice for 1 infantry in Alsace, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 cavalry owned by the Germany lost in Alsace
                1 infantry owned by the France lost in Alsace
            Germany win, taking Alsace from France with 1 cavalry and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Germany: 1 cavalry
            Casualties for France: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germany
        2 fighters moved from Sweden to Stockholm
        4 cavalrys moved from Bavaria to Rhine
        2 fighters moved from Belgium to Rhine
        2 fighters moved from Alsace to Rhine
        1 cavalry moved from Holstein to Westphalia
        1 field_gun moved from Warsaw to Eastern Poland
        2 cavalrys moved from Berlin to Westphalia
        2 infantry moved from Mecklenburg to Holstein
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from West Prussia to East Prussia
        2 field_guns and 1 infantry moved from Mecklenburg to Hanover
        1 infantry moved from Hanover to Westphalia
        1 infantry moved from Hanover to Westphalia
        1 stormtruppen moved from Berlin to Brandenburg

    Place Units - Germany
        6 infantry placed in Wurttemburg
        1 Factory placed in Westphalia
        3 fighters placed in Mecklenburg
        3 cavalrys placed in Bavaria
        1 heavy_gun and 3 trenchs placed in Dar es Salaam
        Germany undo move 1.
        1 heavy_gun and 5 infantry placed in Wurttemburg
        4 field_guns and 1 infantry placed in Stockholm
        1 trench placed in German New Guinea

    Turn Complete - Germany
        Germany collect 118 PUs; end with 119 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germany regular : -3.83
France regular : 0.67
Russia regular : 0.17
Britain regular : -3.00

@Entek You’re up as Commies

@dawg Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Take your turn as R before you lose electricity in the coming snow

@dawgoneit Winter’s coming, time for the Russian bear to find a nice place to hibernate, in Russia.

@Private-Panic Your Goose is cooked. Well, almost.

@dawgoneit Wayne, you lucky dawg. We wanted to kill that tank in Latvia. But it dodged 3 gas. Even mustard gas wouldn’t have worked with gas rolling all 6’s. Guess you learned the secret to the early types of gas, that you could pee into a handkerchief, cover your nose with it and it would neutralize the gas.

Despite the crazy dice messing up the best plans, it’s lots more fun than playing with low luck.

@Elrood please wait for us to discuss before Italy turn

@Witt All that gas would have caused severe carnage against an Austrian army in Piedmont.

@Witt Touche, I didn’t think of a gas attack through empty Alsace on Wurt. And I bought expensive units there, too.