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L25 PTV - Surfer (X+9) v Stucifer (Allies)

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@Stucifer Scramble options?
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Violate a true neutrals?

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@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Violate a true neutrals?:

This should be part of your principles thread.

That is a good idea! I have added it as Addendum #1
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L25 OOB Booper (X) vs Peirce (L+43)

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 3
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

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Round: 3 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 5 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 cruiser moved from 54 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Queensland to Philippines 1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 1 fighter placed in Queensland Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 15 PUs Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 20 PUs Combat Move - French 1 destroyer moved from 80 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Belgian Congo British take Belgian Congo from Italians Combat - French Non Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French
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Warfare Principles of Axis & Allies (By AndrewAAGamer)

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ADDENDUM #1

The Neutrals

If, or when to, activate the Neutrals, is a very big part of any OOB Global 1940 game. While it does not happen in every game, it certainly happens enough to prove that it is an important dynamic to the game.

Both sides should be consistently paying careful attention to “Should I go for the Neutrals?” as the game progresses. Looking for the key indicators that show the Player that “Yes, now is the time to attack the Neutrals.”

Typically, there are three reasons to go for the Neutrals:
Axis #1: The Allies have left their SZ91 fleet exposed if the Neutrals are attacked by Italy, specifically Spain, and that allows the Germans to annihilate a large Allied fleet on the cheap. Allies #1: The game has come to a standstill and neither side may improve their position as the board is deadlocked. By accepting a short-term disadvantage, the Allies will gain a long-term advantage that may swing the game in the Allied favor. Allies #2: As you mentioned, the Allies are not making sufficient progress in landings on the European coast so they revert to the simpler strategy of landing in Spain.
Normally, it is the Allies who are attacking the Neutrals and typically they will set up such an attack by being prepared to hit Spain (USA), Portugal (USA), Venezuela (USA), Saudi Arabia (UK) and Turkey (UK) all on the same Turn. In later Turns Chile plus Argentina (USA) and Angola plus Mozambique (UK) are taken. Typically, killing these 28 infantries results in about 11-13 Allied losses or about $36 worth of troops on average.

The gain in income for the Allies is $15 a Turn. The Axis will usually gain 8 infantries from Switzerland (2) and Sweden (6), or $24 worth of troops, and $3 a Turn in income from Sweden. That means the total initial loss for the Allies is 60 TUV. ($36 in troops killed plus $24 of infantries gained by the Axis). Compare this to the $12 per Turn increase in income and you can see it takes about 5 Turns for the Allies to recoup their initial losses and start making gains from their strategic decision.

Therefore, as long as the initial loss of 11-13 troops does not prove to be a large detriment to the Allied cause, and the Allies can last at least those 5 Turns, then making the attack on the Neutrals makes sense.

By the way, you will notice I did not include Afghanistan as usually the Axis are not able to gain those 4 troops because either they can never liberate them or the Allies kill them at a loss of usually 1 ground unit.

Finally, I did not include Mongolia as typically by the time one of the Powers attacks the Neutrals Mongolia has already been turned Russian by Japanese activation. If, Mongolia is still a strict neutral at this time they too would slide over to the other side as Pro Allies.
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1914 Game 17: Simon as Germany, PP as Austria and nasty Witt as Turkey.

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@Entek Italy is up.

Oh well. Took a risk on a 45% attack on Greece as the game will soon be over and the dice gods should have been on my side this time. Damn them!!!

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Round: 14 Research Technology - Austria Austria spend 0 on tech rolls Austria rolls : 1/1 hits, 0.00 expected hits Austria removing all Technology Tokens after successful research. Austria discover industry Combat Move - Austria 5 cavalrys, 16 field_guns, 6 fighters and 1 heavy_gun moved from Macedonia to Greece 6 cavalrys moved from Serbia to Greece 1 cavalry moved from Albania to Greece 3 gass moved from Belgrade to Greece 1 gas moved from Belgrade to Greece 15 field_guns and 15 infantry moved from Galicia to Odessa 2 field_guns moved from Galicia to Odessa 15 infantry moved from Galicia to Odessa 1 field_gun moved from Venice to Milan 2 infantry moved from Venice to Milan Purchase Units - Austria Austria buy 7 cavalrys, 8 field_guns, 4 gass, 2 heavy_guns and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 0 techTokens; Combat - Austria Battle in Odessa Austria attack with 17 field_guns and 30 infantry Russia defend with 4 conscripts, 2 heavy_guns and 9 trenchs Austria roll dice for 17 field_guns and 30 infantry in Odessa, round 2 : 14/47 hits, 16.33 expected hits Units damaged: 8 trenchs owned by the Russia Russia roll dice for 4 conscripts, 2 heavy_guns and 9 trenchs in Odessa, round 2 : 3/15 hits, 3.83 expected hits 3 infantry owned by the Austria lost in Odessa 1 trench owned by the Russia and 4 conscripts owned by the Russia lost in Odessa 17 field_guns owned by the Austria and 27 infantry owned by the Austria retreated to Galicia Russia win with 2 heavy_guns and 8 trenchs remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2 Casualties for Austria: 3 infantry Casualties for Russia: 4 conscripts and 1 trench Battle in Milan Austria attack with 1 field_gun and 2 infantry Italy defend with 1 field_gun Austria roll dice for 1 field_gun and 2 infantry in Milan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits Italy roll dice for 1 field_gun in Milan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Austria lost in Milan 1 field_gun owned by the Italy lost in Milan Austria win, taking Milan from Italy with 1 field_gun and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1 Casualties for Austria: 1 infantry Casualties for Italy: 1 field_gun Battle in Greece Austria attack with 12 cavalrys, 16 field_guns, 6 fighters, 4 gass and 1 heavy_gun Britain defend with 7 infantry; Serbia defend with 1 Factory, 11 field_guns, 1 fighter, 3 heavy_guns and 4 trenchs; France defend with 9 colonials and 2 heavy_guns Austria roll dice for 4 gass in Greece, round 2 : 4/4 hits, 3.33 expected hits 4 infantry owned by the Britain lost in Greece 4 gass owned by the Austria lost in Greece Austria roll dice for 12 cavalrys, 16 field_guns, 6 fighters and 1 heavy_gun in Greece, round 2 : 15/35 hits, 14.33 expected hits Serbia roll dice for 9 colonials, 11 field_guns, 1 fighter, 5 heavy_guns, 3 infantry and 4 trenchs in Greece, round 2 : 16/29 hits, 11.83 expected hits 12 cavalrys owned by the Austria, 3 fighters owned by the Austria and 1 heavy_gun owned by the Austria lost in Greece 3 infantry owned by the Britain, 4 trenchs owned by the Serbia and 4 colonials owned by the France lost in Greece 3 fighters owned by the Austria retreated 16 field_guns owned by the Austria retreated to Macedonia Serbia win with 5 colonials, 11 field_guns, 1 fighter and 5 heavy_guns remaining. Battle score for attacker is -45 Casualties for Britain: 7 infantry Casualties for Austria: 12 cavalrys, 3 fighters, 4 gass and 1 heavy_gun Casualties for Serbia: 4 trenchs Casualties for France: 4 colonials Non Combat Move - Austria 3 fighters moved from Greece to Sea Zone 68 Aegean Sea 3 fighters moved from Sea Zone 68 Aegean Sea to Macedonia 1 fighter moved from Hungary to Macedonia 5 cavalrys moved from Hungary to Serbia 1 cavalry moved from Hungary to Serbia 6 infantry moved from Trieste to Venice 1 heavy_gun moved from Venice to Tyrol 1 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrol 1 cavalry moved from Carinthia to Venice 1 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrol Place Units - Austria 4 gass placed in Belgrade 7 cavalrys placed in Hungary 5 field_guns and 1 heavy_gun placed in Galicia 3 field_guns and 1 heavy_gun placed in Venice 6 infantry placed in Trieste Activate Technology - Austria Austria activating industry Trigger AustriaS: Austria met a national objective for an additional 1 techTokens; end with 1 techTokens Turn Complete - Austria Austria collect 90 PUs; end with 92 PUs Austria collect 7 PUs from War Bonds; end with 99 PUs 8 units repaired.
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Italy regular : 0.67 Serbia regular : 4.17 Austria rolls : 1.00 Austria regular : -1.00 Russia regular : -0.83
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L25 PTV Surfer (X+12) v Mikawagunichi (L)

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@mikawagunichi Again. Lots of scramble options, none really any good.
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Karl7 vs CANADA FOOLS

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 7
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

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Round: 7 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria Italians take Alexandria from British 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Crete 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk Combat - Italians Battle in Crete Battle in Bryansk Italians attack with 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry Russians defend with 1 artillery Italians roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Bryansk, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Bryansk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Bryansk Italians win, taking Crete from Neutral_Allies, taking Bryansk from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber moved from Bryansk to Ukraine 2 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Ukraine 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine 1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Southern France to 93 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Algeria 1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Southern Italy 1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Southern Italy Place Units - Italians 1 submarine placed in 95 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Southern France 2 armour placed in Northern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 16 PUs; end with 16 PUs Objective Italians 3 North Africa Control: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 21 PUs Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs
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Italians regular : 0.17 Russians regular : -0.33
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[Global 1940] Cruiser/Battleship Balancing

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@Tamer-of-Beasts

I think it’s generallly a good idea to have cruisers and battleships be too expensive to reflect the real-life cost of building them.

I the name of historical accuracy, I think to simulate the battleships and cruisers already begun before the war, certain nations (mainly the UK and US) can buy 1 battleship and 2-3 cruisers 25% off.

The main trouble with this is that some will also want carriers to be included in this.

I think the anti-aircraft capability to cruisers and battleships doesn’t really make sense for the reasons you describe. I feel that the regular combat capabilities the ships have already reflect their anti-aircraft weaponry, and “[planes] wait[ing] until optimal range to release bombs/torpedoes, while the ships had been firing all throughout the approach” is too small and too tactical for an this game. In Global 1940, I feel one battle could actually be a series of battles (for example, the entire Solomon Islands campaign, despite being composed of dozens of seperate engagements by destroyers and cruisers, would likely simply be represented by some Japanese infantry and ships capturing the territory in 1 turn, then American forces destroying those units and liberating the Islands the next turn).