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L24 BM4 Amon-Sul (Axis) vs Fasthard (Allies+24) - Game 5

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Wow

its been such a long time

so much pressure at work and in personal life

its good to be on holidays

its good to be back :)
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@SuperbattleshipYamato re: Taranto

My general ethos is that I’d rather the British keep their fleet intact, and back them up behind the canal. Even if the Italians take it by land, you can keep them from expanding into the Indian Ocean by sea.

The other side of it is like… I think air power is great, while navies are sort of “the cost of doing business” – so trading my planes to take out your navy is a bad exchange. I’m fine with taking the cheap/easy win of sniping the fleet at Malta, because in the grand scheme of things, I think the transport will cause more damage to me than the battleships and cruisers and whatnot.

I’ve seen some weird things, like 2 subs being sent against the British cruiser at Gibraltar and both subs being sunk. Generally I assume there will be a sub there, and a sub up near Canada; I tend to send the SZ109 fleet to Canada, along with a couple of fighters, and place a new carrier there on rd1. If there’s a damaged battleship (and sub/s) in SZ111, I’m usually inclined to attack it with the fighter from Scotland and/or the UK bomber.

Do German players usually prioritize the UK transports? The Ai always seems to leave those 2 sea zones alone; granted we’re talking subs attacking destroyers, and their planes are out of range (except the strat. bombers, but landing in Belgium would be pretty undesirable…)

To me, it also seems like it stands to reason that the Germans should prioritize hunting destroyers, just because I tend to assume that the great strength of the western allies is their air power; if you have no transports, your battleships and cruisers can’t influence land combat, and if you have no destroyers, your planes can’t target subs – it paints a picture that as “guy who has subs,” the German player should be targeting things a certain way, to play into that. Honestly though, it seems kind of moot, given how relatively short the battle of the Atlantic ends up being.

I’ve run a handful of test games recently where I’m using battleships as my main surface unit, with the US. I think it’s a strat that pays off later/in the long run, when you’re stacking landings over multiple rounds (usually in the Mediterranean.) If your floating bridge consists of 4 transport loads and you can pile on 4+ shore bombardments, it starts to add up. But honestly, on the Atlantic side, I’ve seen a British strategy of just stacking bombers and fighters and strafing down the French coast – the number of casualties inflicted is staggering compared to what the battleships are able to do. Not an unexpected result, but I think to me this just cements the utility of destroyers, in that convoy-escort role.

I’ve found that when I’m too aggressive with pushing the allied fleets east too early, the Germans still tend to kamikaze their planes into my ships – but this actually only serves to speed up their own demise. As long as I’m not losing a huge amount of transports all in one go…? I can afford to lose a loaded carrier and 2-3 surface ships, as long as I take enough of their planes down with me. In these instances (for the cost) I’d rather be defending with the extra shots I’d be getting from buying destroyers, as opposed to the higher attack rating of a battleship.

But I think it’s generally best to be cagey with your allied fleets, and build them up to a point where the Axis can’t afford to attack them. This feeds into why I generally don’t like the idea behind the Taranto raid; I know I can outspend the Italians, so it’s actually in my interest to keep my fleets strong while I do that, rather than do a move that at best amounts to “mutually assured destruction” in my estimation.
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World at War Game 21

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@dawgoneit good morning.
Can you do America ?
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L25 G40 OOB Wizmark (L+55) v Jacob16 (X)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 10
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

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Round: 10 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 3 bombers and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium Germans take Holland Belgium from Americans 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel Germans take Archangel from Russians 2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 bomber moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Belarus 1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians Combat - Germans Battle in Belarus Germans attack with 2 bombers and 2 infantry Russians defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 2 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Belarus Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 2 bombers and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 bomber moved from Belarus to Western Germany 1 bomber moved from Belarus to Novgorod 2 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia 1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany 4 mech_infantrys moved from France to Western Germany 3 fighters moved from Germany to Western Germany 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to Western Germany 2 infantry moved from Western Germany to Germany 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to France 2 infantry moved from Western Germany to France 1 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland 1 mech_infantry moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland Place Units - Germans 1 bomber and 2 fighters placed in Western Germany 2 bombers placed in Germany Germans undo move 2. 1 bomber placed in France 1 bomber placed in Germany Germans undo move 2. 1 bomber placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,1 Germans collect 48 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 48 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Russians regular : -0.33 Germans regular : -0.67
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L24 OOB Stucifer (X) v Crockett36 (L+120)

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German sub lives to dive another day, and wow! UK with a clean sweep on all of its engagements. But I’m playing with fire in Burma.
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L25 PTV MikawaGunichi (X+13) vs 666 (Allies)

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 9
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 9 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 3 armour, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 2 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Southern Belarus 2 bombers moved from Ukraine to Southern Belarus 1 armour moved from Rostov to Kursk Germans take Kursk from Russians 1 armour moved from Kursk to Ukraine Combat - Germans Battle in Southern Belarus Germans attack with 2 bombers and 2 infantry Russians defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 2 infantry in Southern Belarus, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Southern Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Southern Belarus Germans win, taking Southern Belarus from Russians with 2 bombers and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 4 armour, 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 6 mech_infantrys moved from Rostov to Ukraine 2 bombers moved from Southern Belarus to Ukraine 3 transports moved from 118 Sea Zone to 117 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Germany to 117 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 5 infantry and 3 transports moved from 117 Sea Zone to 118 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Novgorod 1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from 118 Sea Zone to Leningrad 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Leningrad to France 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland 3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Poland 5 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 2 infantry moved from Western Germany to France 1 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany 12 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 1 armour moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 128 Sea Zone Place Units - Germans 2 transports placed in 118 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry placed in Leningrad 3 armour, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys placed in Germany 3 infantry placed in France Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 48 PUs; end with 48 PUs Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 51 PUs Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 56 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 64 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
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Russians regular : -0.33 Germans regular : -0.33
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L25 PTV Peirce (X+10) vs MikawaGunichi (Allies)

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: French round 9
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 9 Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Baluchistan Combat Move - French 1 fighter moved from Kiangsi to 20 Sea Zone Combat - French Battle in 20 Sea Zone French attack with 1 fighter Japanese defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 20 Sea Zone French win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Non Combat Move - French 1 fighter moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kiangsi Turn Complete - French
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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: UK_Pacific round 3
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 3 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 marine moved from Southeast Mexico to 91 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 marine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 89 Sea Zone to French West Africa 1 bomber moved from Queensland to Malaya Combat - Americans Strategic bombing raid in Malaya Japanese roll AA dice in Malaya : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits Bombing raid in Malaya rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor Bombing raid in Malaya causes 4 damage total. Battle in French West Africa Non Combat Move - Americans 1 bomber moved from Malaya to Burma 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 28 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands 1 transport moved from 28 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from Central United States to Western United States 1 marine moved from Southeast Mexico to 91 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 88 Sea Zone to Brazil Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies 2 carriers, 4 fighters and 1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 104 Sea Zone to 126 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 1 submarine moved from 104 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 28 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone Place Units - Americans 1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 11 Sea Zone 2 transports placed in 104 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone 2 infantry placed in Central United States 1 infantry placed in Western United States Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 53 PUs; end with 54 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 64 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 11 Sea Zone: 1 transport EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 104 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open Chinese buy 3 artilleries and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Hunan Combat - Chinese Battle in Hunan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Hunan Chinese win, taking Hunan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 14 infantry moved from Szechwan to Hopei 1 fighter moved from Hunan to Hopei 3 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan Place Units - Chinese 3 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Hopei Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 15 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 2 armour, 1 factory_minor and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Syria British take Syria from Neutral_Axis 1 armour moved from Ethiopia to Kenya British take Kenya from Italians 1 armour moved from Kenya to Tanganyika Territory 1 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Tanganyika Territory 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to Alexandria 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Shan State UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese 2 infantry moved from Iraq to 82 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 82 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 74 Sea Zone to Tanganyika Territory 1 infantry moved from 74 Sea Zone to French Madagascar Combat - British Battle in French Madagascar Battle in Alexandria British attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Italians defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Alexandria, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Alexandria, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Alexandria British win, taking French Madagascar from Neutral_Axis, taking Alexandria from Italians with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Battle in Tanganyika Territory British attack with 2 armour and 1 infantry Italians defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 2 armour and 1 infantry in Tanganyika Territory, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Tanganyika Territory, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tanganyika Territory British win, taking Tanganyika Territory from Italians with 2 armour and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - British 2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 73 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Western India 3 aaGuns and 5 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 4 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma 2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 83 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 82 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Northeast Persia to Northwest Persia British take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to 109 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 126 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 126 Sea Zone to Iceland 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Iceland 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Alexandria to Ethiopia Place Units - British 1 factory_minor placed in Iraq 3 infantry placed in Southern Persia 2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa Turn Complete - British British collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Eastern India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 8 PUs; end with 8 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 11 PUs Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : 0.17 Italians regular : -0.67 Japanese regular : -0.33 Japanese AA : -0.17 British regular : 0.50
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