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In this blog I compere the real WWII to a game of A&A.
In this blog one Round is 3 months. Rounds follow the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.
This blog start with the Fall-Round, that would be september 1. 1939 in the real war, and end after 24 rounds with a summer Round, that would be september 2. 1945 in the real war. This 24 Rounds represent 6 years and one day of war.

A&A is known to be a game of Grand Strategy, that involves both military, diplomatic and economic stuff. Each Turn is split in two, a diplomatic action between the players (National Leaders) in the Game Room and the military campaigns on the A&A 1940-map. To make it simple I just list the purchase, combat moves and non-combat moves. I skip Collect Income but might edit it in later, since it is complicated with GDP, military outlay, revenue from occupied territory that just was schorched, burned, bombed but also different and nation specific cost of units. USSR had cheap infantry but real expensive ships. USA had cheap ships but real expensive infantry. It’s complicated.

Since 9 players will make 24 Rounds, (=216 Turns) and each Turn is split in a Game Room post and a Map post, this Blog will be 432 posts long. Some posts will have a image, but don’t worry I scaled them down to 700 kB and also I will be a Gold member every year as long this Blog run.

What do an A&A unit represent? This question has intrigued the community since back in 1984 when the MB Classic game was made. There are no logical answer to that. In this Blog I keep it simple and abstract.
One Battleship unit is 100 000 tons of battleships, between 1 or 4 real life ships.
One Carrier unit is 60 000 tons of carriers with 200 aircrafts. It is impossible to combine CV-air with land based air so I keep them separate.
A Cruiser is 30 000 tons, a destroyer 20 000 tons, a sub is 20 000 tons, a Tranny 250 000 tons (that is what it takes to transport to land units of 100 000 men each across the Atlantic) and a Convoy is 100 000 tons of merchant shipping with a value of 1 IPC, just to have a number. This may change when I start working on the economy and Collect Income phase.

When purchased a FTR and TAC is 1000 aircrafts and a S.BMB is 500, but on the map this is reduced to 500, 400 and 250 because in the real war old planes were replaced by new ones continiously.

Land units are tricky, they are both men and stuff. An Infantry unit is 100 000 men and weapons, based on the average Division Slice of an average Triangular Division.

The Combat Arms (frontline soldiers) would be like 14 000 men (40 %), the Combat Support ( Artillery, Engineering, Signal, Securitsy etc) is 6000 men (20%), Service Supply (Logistic and Supply chain) is 7000 men (20%) and Service Support (Maintenance, Quartermaster, Paymaster, Transportation etc) is 8000 men (20%) for a total of 34 000 men with equipment.

Tank unit is 1000 Tanks of all sizes and 50 000 men. Artillery is funny because it belongs in the Infantry Division but in this game it is separated into its own unit, so I figure 3000 or 4000 art would make a decent unit. Same with Mech, usually in an Armoured Division, but for this Blog 100 000 men with veichles is a Mech unit. AA unit is 1000 AA guns. Fort unit is 50 000 crew +100 heavy guns in casemates. Blockhouse unit is 50 000 crew +1000 heavy machine guns in bunkers.

In the Pacific I used Convoy Disruption Rule OOB because Japan didn’t use convoys, but the Battle of Atlantic was very different, so I use the convoy rules from A&A Europe 1999 ed and also from the A&A North Africa convoy rule. As long as I use rules from the A&A univers I guess I can mix. After all, A&A is the game of House Rules. Larry Harris Tournament Rules is prof of that.

Please don’t clutter down this Blog. This Blog will raise a lot of intriguing historical cases to be discussed, but lets take that in the History part of this Forum. Next post will be the 1939 set up
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Simon33 (Axis+14) vs Axis-Dominion (Allies) PtV

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

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Round: 5 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 artillery, 4 bombers, 1 carrier, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Holland Belgium Americans take Holland Belgium from Germans 1 marine moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 113 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 115 Sea Zone to Norway 2 fighters moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 115 Sea Zone 2 carriers moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone Combat - Americans Battle in Norway Battle in 45 Sea Zone Americans attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 1 destroyer Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Americans roll dice for 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 2.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 45 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 45 Sea Zone Americans win, taking Norway from Germans with 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2 Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer Non Combat Move - Americans 2 marines moved from Caroline Islands to 35 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 marines and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 2 marines moved from 55 Sea Zone to Queensland 1 destroyer moved from 34 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 45 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry, 8 submarines and 1 transport moved from 27 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 55 Sea Zone to Queensland 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 4 submarines and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Morocco to 93 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 93 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 93 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Norway 1 bomber moved from 115 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 108 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns moved from Central United States to 104 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from French Guiana to 90 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 105 Sea Zone Place Units - Americans 4 bombers placed in Eastern United States 1 carrier, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 11 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Western United States 1 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 63 PUs; end with 64 PUs Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs Trigger Americans 6 Western Europe Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 84 PUs Objective Americans 8 Pacific Airfields: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 89 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 94 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 99 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open Chinese buy 2 artilleries; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi Chinese take Kwangsi from Japanese 2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Hunan 1 fighter 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 1 infantry moved from Eastern Sinkiang to Tsinghai 1 infantry moved from Western Sinkiang to Eastern Sinkiang 1 fighter moved from Hunan to Szechwan 1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan Place Units - Chinese 2 artilleries placed in Szechwan Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 12 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 1 harbour and 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk British take Tobruk from Italians 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Denmark 3 cruisers moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 115 Sea Zone Combat - British Battle in Denmark Non Combat Move - British 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 113 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Norway 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 115 Sea Zone to Norway 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Norway 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Norway 1 fighter moved from Egypt to Ukraine 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Iraq to Ukraine 1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Southern Caucasus 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Baluchistan to Eastern India 1 infantry moved from Northeast Persia to Northwest Persia 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan 2 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma 1 artillery moved from Eastern India to Burma 3 artilleries moved from Eastern India to Burma 2 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma 3 artilleries moved from Eastern India to Burma 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from French Madagascar to 74 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 74 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 82 Sea Zone to Baluchistan 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to French Equatorial Africa 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 fighter moved from Norway to 115 Sea Zone Place Units - British 1 harbour placed in Iraq 3 infantry placed in Iraq 3 infantry placed in Egypt 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 43 PUs Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 46 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 9 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 12 PUs Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : 0.17 Americans regular : -2.00 Japanese regular : 0.33
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L25 PtV Ghostglider (Axis+15) vs Adam514

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

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@Amon-Sul hopefully quick enough. 😀
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L25 PTV Stucifer (X+11) vs Axis-Dominion (L)

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

Game History
Round: 5 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 3 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland Combat - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC Place Units - ANZAC Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 53 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 65 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from Queensland: 2 fighters EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to New Zealand: 2 fighters EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 fighter placed in New South Wales Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 12 PUs Combat Move - French Non Combat Move - French 1 destroyer moved from 78 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone Turn Complete - French Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 65 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 53 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from New Zealand: 2 fighters EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to Queensland: 2 fighters EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
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L25 PtV Daaras (Allies) vs Nikola1975 (Axis + 12)

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@nikola1975 order of losses. I need to win one of these low odds battles lol. it’s not looking good
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1914 Game 17: Simon as Germany, PP as Austria and nasty Witt as Turkey.

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@Witt is up as Commies
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France's role in Global 1940 SE

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@FranceNeedsMorePower italy will kill them.
If not you have 4 and could gather them in bordeaux. Or attack belgium with Support of the French fighter.