@cwglee51 edited anzac inf from malaya to shan
18L G40 Ichabod (X) vs. weddingsinger (A) w/ 17
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My Mom is visiting all the way from California…I probably can only do 1 turn at most per day this week. Maybe less.
On another note…the non-stop bombings of Germany definitely put the hurt on…made me constrict/retreat and lose a lot of ground.
The guys I play in real life would tell you there are few things I like better than bombing factories.
Hope you have a good visit. I’ve had a hell of a day myself. Got engaged and had to put the dog down (those two things are not related, but happened within 12 hours of each other).
Congrats on the engagement!
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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0
Game History
Round: 7
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians repair damage of 11x factory_major; Remaining resources: 13 PUs;
Russians buy 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;Combat Move - Russians
1 infantry moved from Jehol to Shantung
Chinese take Shantung from Japanese
1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe
Chinese take Anhwe from Japanese
1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
Chinese take Chahar from Japanese
6 armour, 16 artilleries, 21 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
1 artillery moved from Tambov to Bryansk
1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 112 Sea ZoneCombat - Russians
Battle in Bryansk
Russians attack with 6 armour, 17 artilleries, 21 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Germans defend with 2 aaGuns, 7 armour, 18 artilleries, 1 bomber, 4 fighters, 13 infantry, 6 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers; Italians defend with 1 armour and 6 mech_infantrys
Russians roll dice for 6 armour, 17 artilleries, 21 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Bryansk, round 2 : 17/45 hits
Germans roll dice for 2 aaGuns, 8 armour, 18 artilleries, 1 bomber, 4 fighters, 13 infantry, 12 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers in Bryansk, round 2 : 21/60 hits
21 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians, 2 aaGuns owned by the Germans, 1 bomber owned by the Germans and 13 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Bryansk
Russians roll dice for 6 armour, 17 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry in Bryansk, round 3 : 9/24 hits
Germans roll dice for 8 armour, 18 artilleries, 4 fighters, 11 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers in Bryansk, round 3 : 19/45 hits
1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians, 5 mech_infantrys owned by the Italians, 1 armour owned by the Russians, 17 artilleries owned by the Russians and 4 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Bryansk
Russians roll dice for 5 armour in Bryansk, round 4 : 3/5 hits
Germans roll dice for 8 armour, 18 artilleries, 4 fighters, 2 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers in Bryansk, round 4 : 12/36 hits
5 armour owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Bryansk
Germans win with 8 armour, 17 artilleries, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -58
Casualties for Germans: 2 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 13 infantry and 6 mech_infantrys
Casualties for Italians: 6 mech_infantrys
Casualties for Russians: 6 armour, 17 artilleries, 21 infantry and 1 mech_infantryNon Combat Move - Russians
2 aaGuns moved from Jehol to Anhwe
4 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria
10 infantry moved from Jehol to AnhwePlace Units - Russians
3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in RussiaTurn Complete - Russians
Russians collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs -
For future reference, I usually don’t ever battle calc bombers as being a defense hit point. It’s too much of a waste of an expensive unit that I don’t really buy many of. Maybe if I’m allies sending US bombers to Moscow or India. How this battle played out, I would not have used the German bomber as a hit point.
Also, before dice thrown, the attackers’ expected TUV was -71 (if the bomber is a hit); but if the bomber is not part of the calculation, it was -82.
Since you buy more bombers than me, you might want to consider this as a philosophy yourself; never use bombers as a hit point when battle calculating defense. They are too precious to lose rolling 1s for 1 round.
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Good point.
Usually I don’t think about that since a battle I know I can’t win is rare. In this case I simply wanted to do as much damage as I could and figured all my units attacked on par as defense (since I had so much artillery) and your attack on Moscow would absolutely crush me, this would cost you more units totally, even though it would free them up a round early.
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If you’d like to swap out casualties, go ahead since OOL is very much a thing in these games.
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If you’d like to swap out casualties, go ahead since OOL is very much a thing in these games.
I appreciate that! If you look at the expected Battle Calc results of the battle vs the outcome, you’ll see that your Soldiers/Artillery got in a pretty good outcome. The bomber could have never been a casualty and Germany could have easily ended up with more units on the board.
If you agree for me to swap out a bomber for an artillery, I would appreciate that.
I’ll wait for your reply before conducing Japan’s turn.
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Good point.Â
Usually I don’t think about that since a battle I know I can’t win is rare. In this case I simply wanted to do as much damage as I could and figured all my units attacked on par as defense
I understand. In the critical first roll, Russia could have got 2-3 more hits while if Germany got like 4-6 less hits…could have flipped the odds.
As far as the bomber thing goes, in one of my first league games, Russia was counter attacking me like you just did. The opponent asked for OOL. I said best defense OOL…he rolled 1 round, got good dice, killed my 5 German bombers and then retreated back to Moscow (where he added 3 more UK fighters). Losing those 5 bombers kept me from being able to attack with good odds Moscow and the US stack in Finland (which was my main focus at that time). I felt silly for losing 60 IPCs in precious bombers when I had no need to do so.
Like mentioned in the post above, I’ll wait for your response about trading an artillery for my bomber back.
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Yes, of course swap it out.
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TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0
Game History
Round: 7
Purchase Units - Japanese
Japanese buy 2 destroyers, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 7 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;Combat Move - Japanese
1 infantry moved from Siberia to Sakha
Japanese take Sakha from Russians
1 infantry moved from Siberia to Soviet Far East
Japanese take Soviet Far East from Russians
1 artillery moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kansu
Japanese take Kansu from Chinese
1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Chahar
1 bomber moved from Kweichow to Chahar
1 bomber moved from Kweichow to Chahar
2 battleships, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
2 tactical_bombers moved from India to 80 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 45 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 55 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan
4 fighters moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
2 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung
1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi -
We’re both getting error messages and can’t upload files manually, so doing by email.
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Sent the file for Italy’s combat moves…asking if you want to intercept the bombing raid on Norway.
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Ridiculous that you still had a fighter to intercept with…and a huge air force…should have been thinned way more in that sea battle against Germany earlier.
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