15L Whackamatt (Axis) vs. rgp44 (Allies +13)

Yunnan inf
Russian fighter

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 factory_major; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Germans and Chinese from Neutrality to War

Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 93 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 93 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 111 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 111 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
            3 armour and 2 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
            1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to France
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            2 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to Southern France
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Southern France
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 factory_major; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Germans and Chinese from Neutrality to War

Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 93 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 93 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 111 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 111 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
            3 armour and 2 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to France
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
            1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to France
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            2 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to Southern France
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Southern France
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 91 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                British win with 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is -12
                Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
            Battle in 111 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 40
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Battle in Southern France
                Germans attack with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Southern France from French with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in 106 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                British win with 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 9 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 5 infantry
                Germans win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 5 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from French with 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 4 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 5 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry; British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery
                Germans captures 19PUs while taking French capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking France from French with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -24
                Casualties for Germans: 3 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 5 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
            Battle in 93 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                French defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Germans win with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Trigger Germans Conquer France: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation_Switch attached to French

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Tobruk
            3 aaGuns moved from Western Germany to Germany
            2 fighters moved from 111 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            2 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany
            3 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from Neutral_Axis
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Germany to 114 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Finland
            3 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
            1 bomber moved from 111 Sea Zone to Western Germany

Place Units - Germans
            1 factory_major placed in Romania
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis to Germans
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Romania: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Neutral_Axis from Bulgaria: 4 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Bulgaria: 5 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 44 PUs; end with 63 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 73 PUs

Well, that was a depressing round.  WTF

Oh, I know what good strategies are, I’m just bored with them.  lol.  Also, I consider myself a good player, and I have won as the Axis after having purchased a major factory in Romania, and against good players.  So I 100% disagree that it’s a losing strategy.  It can win.  Situational, perhaps, but not unattenable.

It has certain advantages over the Baltic sea fleet.  The purchasing of mechs is more expensive then just infantry/artillery.  And it’s 2 rounds for mechs to reach the Ukraine, the same as inf/art from Romania.  So for 5 ICs less, I have 10 attacking @ 2s vs. 10 attacking @1s?  Advantage factory. Once your units reach the front line, they only march forward at 1 territory a turn.  Yes, reinforcements are harder to bring to the front line should you constantly advance, but a Russian counter attack with mostly Inf for offense will only work to a German advantage.

It’s acknowledged that pressure on Novgorod is lessened, but it isn’t terribly difficult to pressure them from Germany anyways.
I would say that there are certainly more risks involved in doing this move, and it’s easier to screw up and give Russia a factory or what not, but if you account for the disadvantages and leverage against the opportunities it gives you, it can be very beneficial.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 factory_minor and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Politics - Japanese
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With French
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Japanese and French from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Chinese and French from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan
            2 infantry moved from Siam to French Indo China
                  Japanese take French Indo China from French
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe
                  Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
            4 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Anhwe
            1 fighter moved from Okinawa to Kwangsi
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Hunan
            2 bombers moved from Japan to Hunan
            1 fighter moved from Formosa to Kwangsi
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 36 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser and 2 destroyers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 20 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
            1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Manchuria to Hunan

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Hunan
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 6 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 5 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kiangsi
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kiangsi
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hunan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 aaGun moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            2 bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangsi

Place Units - Japanese
            2 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 factory_minor placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 30 PUs; end with 30 PUs total

At least you can say a game against me is never “normal”.

Give it another 100 games, you’ll do the major in Romania at some point, even if just to remind you why you shouldn’t do it for another 100 games! lol.  Kind of like my Neutral attack strategy.  :roll:  That NEVER works

Oh yeah, no scramble.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Italians
            Italians takes Political Action: Political Action Italians To War With Chinese
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Italians To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Italians and Chinese from Neutrality to War

Combat Move - Italians
            1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
                  Italians take Alexandria from British
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland
                  Italians take British Somaliland from British
            1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Greece
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Greece
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to Greece
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Italians win with 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry
            Battle in Gibraltar
            Battle in Greece
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Italians win, taking Gibraltar from British, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 fighters moved from Greece to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from Greece to Southern Italy
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany
            2 artilleries moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia

Place Units - Italians
            1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,6
            Italians collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs total
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 17 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 11 artilleries, 2 destroyers, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and British from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Combat Move - Germans
            1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
                  Germans take Karelia from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg
                  Germans take Vyborg from Russians
            1 cruiser and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
                  Germans take Eastern Poland from Russians
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
                  Germans take Baltic States from Russians
            2 artilleries and 13 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Tobruk to Egypt
            1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Egypt
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Egypt
            2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Gibraltar
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern France to Yugoslavia
            2 armour, 2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
            5 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Egypt
                Germans attack with 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 2 infantry; British defend with 2 artilleries, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Germans win with 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for ANZAC: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for British: 2 artilleries and 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Egypt to Alexandria
            2 bombers moved from Egypt to Alexandria
            3 aaGuns moved from Poland to Baltic States
            2 infantry moved from Western Germany to Germany
            1 armour moved from France to Germany

Place Units - Germans
            2 destroyers and 1 transport placed in 113 Sea Zone
            9 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Romania
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,1
            Germans collect 43 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 43 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 48 PUs