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Here is an analysis of how lucky I got this turn, battle by battle (pips added up for all rounds of each entire battle): Hopeh: 56 pips attacking, 18 pips defending. Attackers got 3 hits, which was 1.67 below average. Defenders got 1 hit which was 0.5 below average. I was more unlucky than the CCP in this battle. SZ P36: 20 pips attacking, 12 pips defending. Attackers got 1 hit, which was 0.67 below average. Defenders got 1 hit was perfectly average. I was more unlucky than the USA in this battle. Convoy Raiding: Attackers averaged 11 on 2 D6, which was 4 above average. Defenders averaged 6 on 2 D6, which was 1 below average. I was 5 IPP more lucky than average here, but I did not roll for my last coastal submarine, so we'll say I was 4 IPP more lucky than average. If each hit is typically 3 IPP, then I was 1.33 "hits" above average in this battle. CW was more unlucky in convoy raiding. Assessing the luck of the First Strikes in Luzon and the Visayas and British Malaya: If you combine my first strikes in Luzon and the Visayas (8 pips from the 2 battleships) and my artillery in British Malaya (2 pips), and compare this to the 2 fortification first strikes defending in British Malaya, we both missed with our 10 pips of first strikes, so we were exactly equally unlucky here. Luzon and the Visayas (without first strikes): 11 pips attacking, 14 pips defending. Attackers got 1 hit, which was 0.08 above average. Defenders got 1 hit, which was 0.17 below average. I was more lucky than USA in this battle, but you can see it's closer than you expect. British Malaya (without first strikes): 14 pips attacking, 8 pips defending. Attackers got 2 hits, which was 0.83 above average. Defenders got 1 hit, which was 0.33 above average. I was more lucky here, but if this had gone to the 2nd round, then I would have had 14 more pips versus only 2 more defending pips, which would have been 28 pips attacking 10 pips - perfectly average. But I must admit, above average luck! If one of the the fortification first strikes had hit, I would have lost an artillery (4 IPP) and the 4 extra income I earned (another 4 IPP). Lower Egypt: 130 pips attacking, 89 pips defending. Attackers got 14 hits, 3.17 above average luck! Very lucky indeed! Defenders got 6 hits, 1.41 hits below average. Total Turn Luck: 241 pips attacking, 151 pips defending. Attackers got 21 hits, 1 above average. Defenders got 10 hits, 2.58 below average. So this turn was less about me being lucky than it was about Bruce being unlucky, especially in British Malaya and Lower Egypt.
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Here is an analysis of how lucky I got this turn, battle by battle (pips added up for all rounds of each entire battle):
Hopeh: 56 pips attacking, 18 pips defending. Attackers got 3 hits, which was 1.67 below average. Defenders got 1 hit which was 0.5 below average. I was more unlucky than the CCP in this battle.
SZ P36: 20 pips attacking, 12 pips defending. Attackers got 1 hit, which was 0.67 below average. Defenders got 1 hit was perfectly average. I was more unlucky than the USA in this battle.
Convoy Raiding: Attackers averaged 11 on 2 D6, which was 4 above average. Defenders averaged 6 on 2 D6, which was 1 below average. I was 5 IPP more lucky than average here, but I did not roll for my last coastal submarine, so we'll say I was 4 IPP more lucky than average. If each hit is typically 3 IPP, then I was 1.33 "hits" above average in this battle. CW was more unlucky in convoy raiding.
Assessing the luck of the First Strikes in Luzon and the Visayas and British Malaya: If you combine my first strikes in Luzon and the Visayas (8 pips from the 2 battleships) and my artillery in British Malaya (2 pips), and compare this to the 2 fortification first strikes defending in British Malaya, we both missed with our 10 pips of first strikes, so we were exactly equally unlucky here.
Luzon and the Visayas (without first strikes): 11 pips attacking, 14 pips defending. Attackers got 1 hit, which was 0.08 above average. Defenders got 1 hit, which was 0.17 below average. I was more lucky than USA in this battle, but you can see it's closer than you expect.
British Malaya (without first strikes): 14 pips attacking, 8 pips defending. Attackers got 2 hits, which was 0.83 above average. Defenders got 1 hit, which was 0.33 above average. I was more lucky here, but if this had gone to the 2nd round, then I would have had 14 more pips versus only 2 more defending pips, which would have been 28 pips attacking 10 pips - perfectly average. But I must admit, above average luck! If one of the the fortification first strikes had hit, I would have lost an artillery (4 IPP) and the 4 extra income I earned (another 4 IPP).
Lower Egypt: 130 pips attacking, 89 pips defending. Attackers got 14 hits, 3.17 above average luck! Very lucky indeed! Defenders got 6 hits, 1.41 hits below average.
Total Turn Luck: 241 pips attacking, 151 pips defending. Attackers got 21 hits, 1 above average. Defenders got 10 hits, 2.58 below average. So this turn was less about me being lucky than it was about Bruce being unlucky, especially in British Malaya and Lower Egypt.