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This round: AAGun x1, UK Inf x3, USA Inf x3

Next rounds: USA Inf > UK Mech > US Mech > US Art > US Tank > French Fighter > UK Fighters
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Picture was taken from an aircraft piloted by Lt. Karl T Barthelmess. He survived the war after flying many hazardous missions in WW II and retired as a full Colonel.
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L25 G40 OOB Tyzoq L +43 vs cwglee X

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 6
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

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Round: 6 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 2 infantry moved from Vologda to Archangel 1 fighter moved from Russia to Archangel 1 infantry moved from Samara to Kazakhstan 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Vologda to Kazakhstan 1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Rostov 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov 1 infantry moved from Vologda to Smolensk 1 fighter moved from Russia to Smolensk 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Rostov 1 armour moved from Ethiopia to Italian Somaliland Russians take Italian Somaliland from Italians 1 armour moved from Italian Somaliland to Ethiopia 1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Kazakhstan Combat - Russians Battle in Tambov Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Tambov, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Tambov, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Tambov, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Tambov, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Tambov 1 artillery owned by the Russians retreated to Russia Germans win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Archangel Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Archangel 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Archangel Russians win, taking Archangel from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Battle in Rostov Russians attack with 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Rostov, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Rostov, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Rostov Russians win, taking Rostov from Germans with 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Battle in Kazakhstan Russians attack with 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kazakhstan Russians win, taking Kazakhstan from Japanese with 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Smolensk Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Smolensk Russians win, taking Smolensk from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 tactical_bomber moved from Rostov to Russia 1 fighter moved from Smolensk to Russia 1 fighter moved from Archangel to Russia 1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan 2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Kansu 2 infantry moved from Samara to Russia 2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Samara 1 aaGun and 5 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Vologda 1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Alexandria Place Units - Russians 10 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 27 PUs; end with 27 PUs Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 Optional[PUs]; end with 32 Optional[PUs] Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 38 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Japanese regular : -0.33 Germans regular : 0.33 Russians regular : -0.50
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L25 PtV Daaras (Allies) vs Nikola1975 (Axis + 12)

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

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Round: 5 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 2 infantry moved from Queensland to 55 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 55 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java 1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea ANZAC take Dutch New Guinea from Dutch Combat - ANZAC Battle in Java Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 transport moved from 64 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 64 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 64 Sea Zone Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 13 PUs; end with 13 PUs Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 16 PUs Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 19 PUs Combat Move - French 1 cruiser moved from 121 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone Non Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French
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"East & West" by Imp Games - Discussion

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Part Five:
Errata & Optional Rules: Discussion
Upon reviewing the rules a bit, naturally the ones that stick out and cause problems are the ones that don’t pertain to RISK’s core combat mechanics.
Indonesia
Let’s say the USSR attacks the Arab League: Indonesia is supposed to stay neutral in this case, but can NATO still influence them, somehow? Does WE have to be the one to do it, or could it be UK? The ‘quick and dirty’ solution would just be to reverse the rule treating Indonesia as a separate entity, and say that the territory sides with NATO, if the Arab League is attacked by the USSR. Since they are aligned with WE, their troops should be replaced with WE (blue) troops, if/when this happens.

An obvious optional rule in this situation might be that Arab League territories join WE but Indonesia joins the UK; chalk this up to representing Singapore, Malaya, etc. or just with the continent of Australia being aligned with UK, in this game.

The alternate solution is to clarify the rule to be “an attack on Indonesia is not treated as an attack on the Arab League, but an attack on the Arab League DOES count as an attack on Indonesia.” I think this probably most closely reflects the intention of the mechanics.

Possibly a better (albeit more complicated) solution would be to allow NATO to use their influence roll towards their affiliated neutral alliance OR towards Indonesia. If they successfully influence Indonesia, they would replace Indonesia’s troops with their own. This treats Indonesia more like a “minor neutral” such as they would be in E&W; the reason I don’t like this is that it creates a new set of rules around a single territory, instead of just conforming to the existing/general rules.

Since the USSR has the option to ATTACK Indonesia, they can always gain the territory that way; this rule would simply address the fact that NATO does not have such a mechanism to gain the territory.

Influence
Since the opening-game balance is presupposed around the OAS being at +1 to US and China being at +1 to the USSR, the obvious optional rule to include would be one not allowing diplomacy until the 2nd round of play. This would reflect the mechanical realities in E&W, of everybody starting the game with no spies in play (barring the USSR spending their “round zero” mobilization cash on spies.)

The rule limiting NATO to influencing only their affiliated neutral could also be changed… Although it might have to be limited to “once you’re already receiving +2 from them” to prevent dogpiling.
The intention of the limitation is to keep the game simple and fast; it’s also meant to avoid some of the pitfalls of E&W’s system, whereby there’s really only one correct choice, so just hammer that option as early and often as possible.

Nukes vs. Capitols
An interesting thing with the mechanic of nuclear weapons being added to a RISK game, is that it creates the possibility of a territory being cleared of armies. Since armies are used to denote territory ownership (serving the function performed by control markers, in A&A-type games) it stands to reason that a territory with no armies on it is controlled by no one. But what if the territory has a capitol on it?

This is an interesting thing, because the existence of a capitol implies ownership of the territory, corresponding to a specific faction, without there being troops in the territory (i.e. which would be the normal way to denote ownership of the territory.)

Obviously, a territory with a city but no armies is not controlled by anyone; this makes targeting cities with nukes more appealing, since it doubles the loss in “income” – similar to how targeting Industrial Complexes with nukes in E&W effectively doubles the reduction in infantry production, on that territory.

So the questions seem to be:
Can you place troops on your capitol, if there are currently no troops there? Do you get credit for “controlling” your capitol, if there are no troops in its territory? Does your capitol allow you to get credit for “controlling” the territory it resides in (including the bonus for a city)?
I think my answers to these would be: yes, maybe, and no (respectively.)

If a nuke wipes all of the armies off of a territory without a capitol, my general assumption was that this works the same as if a nuke in E&W reduced the IPC value of the territory to zero – meaning it cannot produce any infantry. The question then is, do capitols provide some immunity to this? Does not providing this immunity make nuking capitols (exclusively) too powerful in the overall meta? Again, these would have to be born out with more playtesting.
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L25 G40 OOB Booper (L+55) v Jacob16 (X)

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Giving me too much time here. Alright, here’s the OOL
UK AAA Chinese ground (inf then art) UK inf, then mech, then art UK tac Chinese fig Russian fig UK figs
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cwglee vs j_stroyer g40

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L25 G40 OOB cwglee51 (L+55) v Jacob16 (X)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 4
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History
Round: 4 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 3 bombers, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 7 artilleries, 12 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma 1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes 2 fighters moved from French Indo China to Celebes 1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State 3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from French Indo China to Shan State 1 fighter moved from French Indo China to Shan State 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from French Indo China to Burma Combat - Japanese Battle in 44 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 submarines and 1 transport Americans defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Americans lost in 44 Sea Zone Japanese win, taking 44 Sea Zone from Neutral with 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 submarines and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Americans: 1 transport Battle in Celebes Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry Americans defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Celebes, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Celebes, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Celebes Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Celebes, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Celebes, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Celebes Japanese win, taking Celebes from Americans with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry Battle in Burma Japanese attack with 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 12 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys British defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 12 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Burma, round 2 : 8/23 hits, 6.83 expected hits UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in Burma, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Burma Japanese win, taking Burma from UK_Pacific with 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 12 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Shan State Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers British defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in Shan State, round 2 : 6/9 hits, 4.83 expected hits UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State Japanese win, taking Shan State from UK_Pacific with 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan 1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow 1 aaGun moved from Hopei to Kweichow 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to French Indo China 2 fighters moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from French Indo China to 44 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns and 2 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Iwo Jima to 17 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns, 1 infantry and 2 transports moved from 17 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Manchuria 8 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria 1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to Manchuria 1 fighter moved from Japan to Manchuria 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to French Indo China 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 3 bombers placed in French Indo China 1 infantry placed in Japan 2 destroyers and 2 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Americans regular : -1.00 Japanese regular : 2.00 UK_Pacific regular : -0.67
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