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@Arthur-Bomber-Harris I felt hugely disrespected by your analysis

@farmboy yes, make sure you get your 3, I hope

@Booper You are like honey calling out to bears. Or is it cheese to mice? Hopefully I work that into my schedule
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1914 house rule balance idea

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I think a good idea for 1914 would be to require at least 1 infantry to be stationed in every territory by the end of a power’s turn (the infantry must be from the power controlling. If they don’t, they won’t get the IPCs from this territory. Not only does it potentially make the game more historically accurate (to symbolize the need to keep civilian populations under control during wartime), but it probably also makes the game more balanced, as the Allies will probably be more burdened with this (since they have substantially larger colonial possessions).
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L25 PtV axis-dominion (L) vs peirce (X + 14)

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@axis-dominion Note: I took hit on inf instead of AA in S. France - feel free to change the AA back to the inf if you’d like.
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PTV Mikawa-Stu Test Thread

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 2
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History
Round: 2 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 2 infantry moved from Albania to Greece 2 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Greece 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Greece 1 marine moved from Malta to 98 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 101 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria Italians take Alexandria from British 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Kenya to Belgian Congo Combat - Italians Battle in Crete Battle in Greece Italians attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 3 infantry Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry Italians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 3 infantry in Greece, round 2 : 2/9 hits, 3.50 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 4 infantry in Greece, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Greece Italians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 3 infantry in Greece, round 3 : 7/9 hits, 3.50 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 2 infantry in Greece, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Greece 2 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Greece Italians win, taking Crete from Neutral_Allies, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9 Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Battle in Belgian Congo Italians attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry British defend with 2 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Belgian Congo, round 2 : 3/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits British roll dice for 2 infantry in Belgian Congo, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Belgian Congo Italians win, taking Belgian Congo from British with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Italians Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia Italians take Tunisia from Neutral_Axis 1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 94 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Morocco Italians take Morocco from Neutral_Axis 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Algeria Italians take Algeria from Neutral_Axis 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Greece to Southern Italy EDIT: 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk Place Units - Italians 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy 1 transport placed in 97 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 19 PUs; end with 19 PUs Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 24 PUs Objective Italians 3 North Africa Control: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 29 PUs Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 34 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Italians regular : 4.17 Neutral_Allies regular : -1.00 British regular : -0.67
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G40 OOB captain walker (axis) vs Mike64 (allies +40)

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captain walker v mike #2 RUSSIA 1.tsvg better opening and better dice for you
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L25 PTV MikawaGunichi (X+13) vs 666 (Allies)

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@mikawagunichi they are both on a seperate tranny
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L25 PtV Ghostglider (Axis+15) vs Adam514

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 2
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History
Round: 2 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 2 artilleries, 4 infantry, 1 submarine and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 1 infantry moved from Chahar to Inner Mongolia Japanese take Inner Mongolia from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Shansi to Honan Japanese take Honan from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei Japanese take Hopei from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Hunan to Szechwan Japanese take Szechwan from Chinese 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan Combat - Japanese Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers Chinese defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in Yunnan, round 2 : 8/12 hits, 6.00 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 132 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Siam to 132 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 132 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Kwangsi to 37 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 marine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 21 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Marianas to 22 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 22 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from Kyushu to 20 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kyushu to 20 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei 1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hopei 1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan 1 artillery moved from Kwangsi to Kweichow 2 infantry moved from Fukien to Kiangsi 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Shansi 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Jehol 1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from Japan to 7 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 7 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 infantry moved from Iwo Jima to 7 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 2 transports moved from 7 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 2 carriers moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from Caroline Islands to 35 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns moved from Japan to Kyushu 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Southern Manchuria to Jehol 2 bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 1 mech_infantry moved from Shansi to Anhwe 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Caroline Islands 1 fighter moved from Kwangsi to Caroline Islands 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to 43 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Kwangsi to 43 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry moved from Anhwe to Jehol 1 cruiser moved from 37 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 3 transports placed in 7 Sea Zone 1 submarine placed in 6 Sea Zone 2 artilleries and 4 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 38 PUs; end with 38 PUs Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 48 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : -0.33 Japanese regular : 2.00
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Bid for both Scenarios

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Okay, the first thing I want to say is everything was intentional. Matt and Larry had a great base to start with but as we play tested, we found we had to change a great many of the parameters to make the game work.

Game Flavor: One of the main goals was to make the focus of the game a land campaign which was heavily influenced by logistics aka supply.

Broken Strategy: We soon found out that the players wanted to fight for the Med. By controlling the Med, it denied the opponent any reinforcements so he who controlled the Med won. We were having epic sea battles and a water-based arms race between the combatants. Since we did not want this to be a sea battle game, but a land battle game, that is where the limits on the number of sea units came from.

Broken Strategy: Another problem we discovered was air power was too powerful. One of the play testers invested heavily in axis fighters and bombers to take Cairo. Since none of us could figure out a counter to that strategy that is when we decided to also limit the number of air units in the game.

Only land units can be chipped out and now you know why.

Broken Strategy: Originally, there were more convoy zones, for example Tobruk had one. We found that, once Tobruk was taken by the Axis, that made it too easy for the Axis to bring up reinforcements quickly and overwhelm Cairo’s defense so we removed it. The whole idea was we wanted there to be a logistics problem for both the Axis and the Allies to fight over Cairo.

As for game balance we had to constantly make revisions as we improved our strategies:
The stacking limits of Tunis and Cairo are directly related to how many units we decided it would be necessary to have a reasonable chance of holding. Originally, those territories had much lower stacking limits. The number of reinforcements coming through the Suez Canal. That was adjusted multiple times until we felt we had the right balance that Cairo had a chance to hold against an axis Rush versus giving them too many units to push the Axis back easily. This was determined by multiple playthroughs were Cairo first fell and fell again and then after revisions couldn’t be taken at all so more revisions were needed. The stacking limit of Malta was brought up as a solution to the problem of the British simply stacking it with so many units the Axis dared not attack it and limiting the number of supply tokens available to the island to force a need for constant resupply. We wanted it to be difficult, but not impossible, to keep Malta supplied to get their income booster.
I think every unit had a change made to it either by cost or abilities. For example, we would increase the attack firepower of a unit and then play test it to see if it was too powerful. (BTW, we purposefully made the German 88 gun a great weapon to match historically its capabilities but had to be careful it was not too powerful.)

How scout cars worked, how targeting worked and which units received it was constantly changed. One, Broken Strategy was to bomb the heck out of supply so we had to change how many units had the ability to target supply and how often to remove that strategy.

How the US entered the war and how the US convoy zones worked was changed multiple times too.

In essence, every aspect of the game as you see it now was brought about by multiple testers playing hundreds of games to test its balance. I am pleased you like the game and feel it is the most balanced Axis & Allies game out there. I do to.