Here is the full slate of Round 5 tournament games - all game results have now been recorded. (All results are listed in terms of the final POC total after the bid has been taken into account - this means the modified total may be greater than +10 POC if the player who lost the bid wins the game.)
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Jonathan Lockwood (Saturday, 07 August 2021 19:18)
Report on Game 4 above
Allies: Jonathan Lockwood
Axis: Karl Bodenheimer
Lockwood bid 1 POC for Allies
Game lasted 5 turns until Axis conceded at end of turn
Allies won by 8 POC after bid applied
We have played before
This game began with a significant clash on Turn 1 in the Barents after the Allies failed with one of its battlecruiser speed rolls and the Axis came out with its entire fleet. The battle ended with the Allies in control at the loss of two cruisers, but at the same time sinking a 3-5-7 and a 2-2-5 along with damaging three other ships. Allies had a 2 POC lead prior to handicap applied at that point. Allied LBA sank a repaired cruiser in port on Turn 2. After that it was an LBA/ASW war, as the Axis was unable to break the blockade for the remainder of the game, and the Allies would get Convoy 1A and 2B through to Murmansk on Turns 4 and 5. The Axis conceded at the end of Turn 5. Turn 1 was obviously turned out to be the decisive turn, as the Allies were able to both hold the Barents and inflict superior losses on the German fleet, enabling the Allies to maintain the blockade more easily in subsequent turns. Karl's options were very limited after Turn 1. My commiserations to Karl on his loss, but wish him the best of luck in his ongoing defense of his WAS Ladder championship!
Dennis Nicholson (Tuesday, 10 August 2021 02:28)
The game was a crushing game for the U-Boat force. On turn 1, 8 ASW sunk all 3 U-Boats. On turn 3, 2 U-Boats were disabled by 6 ASW. On turn 5, 5 U-Boats were sunk and 1 disabled by 15 ASW. On turn 6 the U-Boats went to the Baltic and had 1 sunk by the Russians. Then on turn 7, 4 U-Boats went to the North Sea and were dunk by 14 ASW. Never had a chance.
John Pack (Friday, 20 August 2021 21:32)
Game #3
Allies: Hilton McManus
Axis: John Pack
Bid: 1.5 for the Allies by Hilton
Winner: Axis
Turns: 4
Final POC Margin: Axis +5.5
Played Rated WAS game before: No
Comments: On Turn One, the game was pretty even -- no missed speed rolls. I chose to take everything to the Barents. The Allies lost one 336 and one cruiser. The Axis lost Scharnhorst with Gneisenau crippled. The LBA chipped in by sinking an Italian cruiser. Axis up by 1. On Turn Two, the Allies took advantage of the North Sea flag and weakened Italians to strongly return to the Barents. The Axis sat back and repaired their surface fleet. The 4 U-Boats headed to the North Sea against just 9 ASW. That's when lady luck decided to throw in with the Axis. Three U-Boats survived and torpedoed Glorious. In the Barents, the Luftwaffe sank both Ark Royal and Formidable and crippled Hood besides. No score change. On Turn Three, the Allies -- with no help from Stalin -- patrolled just their core areas. The Axis took just what was given to go up by 3. Goering earned even more medals by putting 2 damage on each of the Russian dreadnoughts while the RAF dinged an Italian CA. In Turn 4, with a Russian in the Baltic and Texas joining in the North Atlantic, the Allies were back into the Barents with a convoy in tow. However, Anson failed her speed roll and Graf Zeppelin and Goering's aces sent Renown and King George V to port before the fight could begin. The first round saw Graf Spee sunk and Admiral Hipper disabled, but in return the Axis sank five ships including Victorious while crippling Prince of Wales. Meanwhile, 6 U-Boats finished off the damaged Oktober Revolutia. That was enough for the Allies to throw in the towel. Axis final score is 4 + 1.5 for the bid.