Red Prince
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Joined: 4/8/2011 From: Bangor, Maine, USA Status: offline
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Sorry that took so long to set up, but there were a lot of attacks/invasions to sort through, 8 in all: And the results: Attack on Kiev: Assault, Fractional Odds .960 (No), Roll = 9+1 = 10 = */2S (Not Converted, MIL and AT destroyed) Attack on Coconada: Assault, Fractional Odds .074 (Yes), Roll = 5+1 = 6 = */2S Attack on Kuching: Assault, Roll = Automatic = */2S Attack on Brunei: Assault, Roll = Automatic = */2S Attack on Aparri, Assault, Roll = 1+1 = 2 = 1/- (INF destroyed) Attack on Philippines [104, 152]: Assault, Fractional Odds .376 (Yes), Roll = 5+1 = 6 = */2S Attack on Vladivostok: Assault, Roll = 8 = */2S (SUB rebases to Petropavlovsk, CP intercepted using CL Katori, Roll: 4, Allied Roll: 8 .....Japan spends 8 Surprise Points to Increase Columns .....Japan Destroys 3 CP Attack on Guam: Assault, Roll = Automatic = */2S As soon as I saw the Fractional Odds roll for Kiev, I was sure that I'd screwed up. But the German luck just seems to keep on holding. I selected the Siberian INF to save, because with so many INF left in the Force Pools now, it would be a long shot to get it again, and obviously I'll be rebuilding the Moscow MIL ASAP. Big sigh of relief when I saw that high roll here, let me tell you. The reason it took so long to get through these is that I added Shore Bombardment and Ground Support to the non-Automatic invasions, but got confused with the weather and jungle hex for the Aparri attack. I took a lot of time realizing that I didn't need to add Ground Support because it wouldn't add anything to the attack. Not that it would have mattered. I miscalculated what the odds would be when planning the attack, rolled a '1' and lost the INF. At least the other invasion of the Philippines was a success (and that one included an HQ, too. Most of the Automatic attacks were simply to secure territory already within the Japanese sphere of influence, but not yet controlled by Japan. I don't want to see any blue in this area if I can prevent it, and OOS Notionals not in a city pose no threat at all. The port at Cocanada, India was a bit of a risk, but the Rain actually helped me here. If it had been Fine weather, the Notional Units would have been in supply and much more dangerous. I had enough Shore Bombardment to be sure of good odds, even with the Rain, so I took the risk, and the roll just paid off.
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