Round 10, Match 14 Status Report

Ron Artigues (Axis; Bid 1) vs. Jonathan Lockwood (Allies)

Axis leads by 3 POC at end of Turn 7.
Allies concede on Turn 8 when Convoy 3C is sunk.

As reported by Ron Artigues (Axis):

POC at start of game: Allies +1

Turn 1

Uncontrolled: Baltic
Allies control: S Atlantic, North Sea, Barents --> 3 POC
Axis control: Med, North Atlantic --> 5 POC

Net for turn +2 Axis
Net for game: +1 Axis

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia

Allied ships damaged: Ark Royal (2d)
Axis ships damaged: none

Port Basing

England: all surviving British ships
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 2 UBoats
Neutral Port: Hipper
At Sea: Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher

Turn 2

POC start of turn: Axis +1
Allies control: S Atlantic, North Sea, Barents->3 POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic-> 3 POC
Net for turn even; net for game: +1 Axis (including opening bid)

Uncontrolled: North Atlantic

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara

Allied ships damaged: Hood (2d)
Axis ships damaged: none

Port Basing

England: all surviving British ships
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 3 UBoats, Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck, Eugen
Neutral Port: Hipper

Turn 3

POC start of turn: Axis +1

Allies control: N Atlantic, North Sea, Barents->3 POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic-> 3 POC
Net for turn even; cumulative game: +1 Axis (including opening bid)
Uncontrolled: South Atlantic

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse, Oct Rev
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara, Hipper
Allied ships damaged: Q Elizabeth (1d)
Axis ships damaged: di Cavour (2d)

Port Basing

England: Courageous, Nelson, Glorious, Victorious, all 4-4-x battleships (except Q.Liz)
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 4 UBoats, Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck, Eugen, Tirpitz
Neutral Port: Q.Elizabeth (1d)
Russia: Ark Royal, Formidable, Renown, KGV, POW, DoY, 8 1-1-7s
At Sea: Convoy 1A

Turn 4

POC start of turn: Axis +1

Allies control: N Atlantic, South Atlantic, Barents->3 POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic-> 3 POC
Convoy 1A goes to Russia ->3 POC
Net for turn: +3 Allies; cumulative game: +2 Allies (including opening bid)
Uncontrolled: North Sea

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse, Oct Rev
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara, Hipper, Andrea Doria
Allied ships damaged: Queen Elizabeth (d1)
Axis ships damaged: none

Port Basing

England: Courageous, Victorious, Nelson, Glorious, all slow 4-4-x battleships, Suffolk, Norfolk, Anson
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 2 UBoats, Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck, Eugen, Tirpitz, Zeppelin
Russia: Ark Royal, Formidable, Renown, KGV, POW, DoY, Dorsetshire, Exeter, Kent, Cumberland, Sussex, Devonshire, Hood
At Sea: Convoy 2B
Americans released: Tuscaloosa

Turn 5

POC start of turn: Allies +2

Allies control: South Atlantic, Barents, North Sea->3 POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic, North Atlantic-> 6 POC
Net for turn: +3 Axis; cumulative game: +1 Axis (including opening bid)

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse, Oct Rev, Tuscaloosa, Witchita
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara, Hipper, Andrea Doria
Allied ships damaged: Queen Elizabeth (1d), Texas (4d)
Axis ships damaged: Gneisenau (3d)

Port Basing

England: Courageous, Victorious, Nelson, Glorious, all 4-4-x battleships, Anson, Hood, Illustrious, Howe
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau (3d), 4 UBoats, Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck, Eugen, Tirpitz, Zeppelin
Russia: Ark Royal, Formidable, Renown, KGV, POW, DoY, Dorsetshire, Exeter, Kent, Cumberland, Sussex, Devonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
USA: Convoy 2B, Texas (4d)

Turn 6

POC start of turn: Axis +1

Allies control: South Atlantic, Barents, North Atlantic->3 POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic-> 3 POC
Uncontrolled: North Sea
Net for turn: even; cumulative game: +1 Axis (including opening bid)

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse, Oct Rev, Tuscaloosa, Witchita, Glorious
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara, Hipper, Andrea Doria
Allied ships damaged: Queen Elizabeth (1d), Texas (4d), Ark Royal (2d)
Axis ships damaged: none

Port Basing

England: Courageous, Victorious, Nelson, all 4-4-x battleships (except Hood), Anson, Illustrious, Howe, Suffolk
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 7 UBoats, Scheer, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck, Eugen, Tirpitz, Zeppelin
Russia: Ark Royal (2d), Formidable, Renown, KGV, POW, DoY, Dorsetshire, Exeter, Kent, Cumberland, Sussex, Devonshire, Norfolk, Hood
USA: Texas (4d), Washington, Augusta, New York, Convoy 3C
At Sea: Convoy 2B

Turn 7

POC start of turn: Axis +1 (including bid)

Allies control: South Atlantic, Barents->2 POC
Convoy 2B puts into Russia->3POC
Axis control: Med, Baltic, North Atlantic-> 6 POC
Uncontrolled: North Sea
Net for turn: +1 Axis; cumulative game: +2 Axis (including opening bid)

Allied ships sunk: Rodney, Eagle, Repulse, Oct Rev, Tuscaloosa, Witchita, Glorious, Victorious, Washington, New York, Texas, Norfolk, Suffolk, Convoy 3C
Axis ships sunk: Spee, Gorizia, Zara, Hipper, Andrea Doria, Scheer, Eugen
Allied ships damaged: Queen Elizabeth (1d), Hood (4d)
Axis ships damaged: Bismarck (6d)

Port Basing

England: Courageous, Nelson, all 4-4-x battleships (Hood 4d, QE 1d), Anson, Illustrious, Howe
Italy: all surviving Italian ships
Germany: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, 5 UBoats, Lutzow, Blucher, Bismarck (6d), Tirpitz, Zeppelin
Russia: Ark Royal, Formidable, Renown, KGV, POW, DoY, Dorsetshire, Exeter, Kent, Cumberland, Devonshire
USA: Augusta

Turn 8

>Ron:
>
> Well, that last convoy sinking effectively puts the game out of
>reach. The Allies concede. Thank you for an interesting game,
>
> Jonathan
>

POC was +2 Germans at end of game -- that includes the opening bid (+3 if you exclude bid).

Ron

Chain

Bismarck

Bismarck

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