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How risky was the real WW II game for the players?

Lets look into the 9 playable powers:

3 players died in Round 23, all in april 1945.
Adolf, the german player, commited suicide because he lost the game.
Benito, the italian player, was hanged because he lost the game.

FDR was winning the game, but died of natural causes just before cashing in. An intriguing fact is that if Wendell Willkie had won the election, and become the US player, he too died during the game, in Round 21, oct 1944. So either way a vice had to finish the game. In this case Truman.

Also two ANZAC players died in office during the game. Michael Savage died in Round 3 and John Curtin in Round 24, the last round. ANZAC was played by 6 different players, starting with “Pig Iron Bob” Menzies and finishing with Ben and Fraser.

The first UK player, Neville Chamberlain, resigned in Round 3 and died in Round 5.
The most famous UK player, Winston, resigned in Round 24, the last round, and was replaced in the Victory Parade by Clement Attlee. Now that must have been disappointing to Winnie.

None of the 5 french players died but 4 of them was arrested and spent some time in prison.
Both Daladier and Reynauld were locked up at Itter Castle prison already in Round 4.
Petain and Pierre Laval got locked op in Round 21 for switching to the Axis.
de Gaulle would pop up and play France the last round, rejecting the Allied victory and keep a solo game going in the old french colonies all over the world.

Of the main 9 players only Stalin, Tokyo Kid and Chiang would play from Round 1 to the final Round 24.

Of the minor neutral non-playable powers, a lot of players would be arrested after the game, for being war criminals. Others would be assassinated during play.

Poland, the first to fight, lost 2 great players:
Ryds-Smigly in round 10 and Sikorsky in round 16.

Metaxa, playing Greece, was possible poisoned in round 6.
Tsar Boris III, playing Bulgaria, was possible poisoned in round 16.
Stauning, playing Denmark, died in round 11.
Ulmanis, playing one of the Baltic States, died in GULAG in round 13, and Smedina in round 21.
Szalasi, playing Hungary, was hanged in round 23.
Quisling, who tried to play Norway unofficial after the worlds first solo coup by a radio speech, and with no back up what so ever, and even during a german attack, in wich the german player Adolf nor any of his officers was prepared for this, is hanged in round 23.

In China, the ROC- player Wang Jingwei is killed in round 21. The other puppet players to Japan, Prince De and emperor Puyi, spent some time in GULAG, but survive a short time after round 24.
KMT-player Chiang survive round 24, but are soon to be replaced by Mao, playing CCP.

The dominion players Will King, playing Canada, and Smuts, playing South Africa, are in the game from round 1 to round 24. Now that pretty much sums it up. Hopeful we won’t see this much drama on a Con, a Turnament game in our basement with casual friends.
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World at War Game 21

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@Witt said in World at War Game 21:

@Entek
Balls some more!.tsvg

@Entek China is up
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L24 BM4 Amon-Sul (Axis) vs Fasthard (Allies+24) - Game 5

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@Amon-Sul of course!
AA guns on the Pacific side - does make sense. btw japan does not like it ;-)
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L25 BM4 Playoffs Adam514 (Axis) vs farmboy (Allies+18)

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@farmboy Generally agree. If you don’t hit 111 then not doing anything with the 124 sub frustrates me. Not the most important issue but I prefer to use all my units if possible. This game didn’t have the Scottish fighter or the 111 sub so I think I would surely have preferred to attack 111, normally strafe with the BB. But hey, there are other options.

Regarding the UK BB, if you are doing a Gibastion with a later attack on the Italian fleet that could be very useful I suppose. I will just note that I have never felt regret for not attacking it. If it is demoted to escort duty, I think that is significantly less useful.
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L25 BM4 Simon (L+22) v Zar (X)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 6
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History
Round: 6 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 3 artilleries, 2 fighters and 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States 1 fighter moved from Russia to Baltic States 1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland Combat - Russians Battle in Baltic States Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 4 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Baltic States 1 fighter owned by the Russians retreated Germans win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Eastern Poland Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland Russians win, taking Eastern Poland from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 2 artilleries moved from Finland to Vyborg 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 fighter moved from Baltic States to Novgorod 1 fighter moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine 1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Ukraine 1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine 6 artilleries moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine 6 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Ukraine 4 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk Place Units - Russians 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Novgorod 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,6 Russians collect 40 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 40 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 43 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 45 PUs Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 47 PUs Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 53 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Germans regular : -0.33 Russians regular : -1.67
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L25 PTV Nikola1975 (Axis+12) v Max334 (Allies)

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@max334

Hm, not sure why I didn’t land German fighter to Rome.
SZ114 - yes, one fighter.
SZ99 - yes, two fighters.
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L25 PtV Daaras (Allies) vs Nikola1975 (Axis + 12)

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@Daaras One German and one Italian fighter to Tunisia.
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PTV - regularkid (Axis +8) vs mikawagunichi (Allies)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 5
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History
Round: 5 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 marine moved from Albania to 99 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 99 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 98 Sea Zone to Malta 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Albania to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 101 Sea Zone to Crete 2 destroyers moved from 99 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 99 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 99 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 99 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 101 Sea Zone to Crete 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria 1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Alexandria 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 8 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Alexandria 1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Western Ukraine Combat - Italians Battle in 101 Sea Zone Italians attack with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport British defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the British lost in 101 Sea Zone Italians win, taking 101 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 1 transport Battle in Malta Battle in Crete Italians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry British defend with 1 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits British roll dice for 1 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Crete 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Crete Italians win, taking Malta from British, taking Crete from British with 1 artillery and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Alexandria Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 1 artillery Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Alexandria, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits British roll dice for 1 artillery in Alexandria, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the British lost in Alexandria Italians win, taking Alexandria from British with 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for British: 1 artillery Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Alexandria to Egypt 2 fighters moved from Crete to 101 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia 1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia Place Units - Italians 3 infantry placed in Egypt 1 fighter placed in Southern Italy 1 submarine placed in 99 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs Objective Italians 5 Control Convoy Lanes: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 17 PUs Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Italians regular : 0.17 British regular : 0.33
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