L20 PTV-first game! Surfer(L) vs. AndrewAAGamer(X)

[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 6 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        2 infantry moved from Aleutian Islands to 9 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 9 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Midway
        2 fighters moved from 26 Sea Zone to Midway
        1 marine moved from Wake Island to 32 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 32 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from 26 Sea Zone to Midway
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
        1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 94 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tunisia
        1 bomber moved from Malta to Algeria
        1 fighter moved from Malta to Algeria
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Algeria
        2 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to Algeria
        3 fighters moved from 93 Sea Zone to Algeria
        1 fighter moved from 32 Sea Zone to Midway

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Tunisia
        Battle in Algeria
            Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
            Italians defend with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Algeria, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 5.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Algeria, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians, 1 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Algeria
            Americans win, taking Tunisia from Italians, taking Algeria from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
        Battle in Midway
            Americans attack with 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 marine
            Japanese defend with 1 airfield and 1 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 cruiser in Midway, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Midway, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Midway
            Americans win, taking Midway from Japanese with 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 marine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Wake Island to 32 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 10 carriers, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 10 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 32 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        1 artillery moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        1 fighter moved from Midway to 27 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        1 artillery moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 bomber moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
        1 bomber moved from Marshall Islands to New South Wales
        2 fighters moved from Algeria to 93 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Algeria to Gibraltar
        2 fighters moved from Algeria to Malta
        2 tactical_bombers moved from Algeria to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Algeria to Gibraltar
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 armour moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        3 fighters and 6 infantry placed in Western United States
        Americans undo move 1.
        3 fighters placed in Western United States
        1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 11 Sea Zone
        2 infantry placed in Western United States
        Americans undo move 3.
        Americans undo move 2.
        1 destroyer placed in 11 Sea Zone
        3 transports placed in 104 Sea Zone
        6 infantry placed in Eastern United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 55 PUs; end with 55 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        1 infantry moved from Western Sinkiang to Northern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 3 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
              British take Alexandria from Italians

    Combat - British

    Non Combat Move - British
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        2 armour moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        1 artillery moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
        1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 78 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 73 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Egypt to Malta
        1 fighter moved from Egypt to Malta
        1 fighter moved from Egypt to Malta
        3 infantry moved from Baluchistan to Central India
        2 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Baluchistan
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Iraq to Southern Persia
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 93 Sea Zone
        5 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma

    Place Units - British
        1 carrier placed in 109 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in United Kingdom
        British undo move 2.
        1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
        1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Southern Persia

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 36 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        3 infantry placed in Eastern India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 40 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
        UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 7 PUs
        Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.00
Americans : 0.50
Japanese : -0.33

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[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Move Summary: Italians round 11

TripleA Move Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 submarine moved from 99 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 99 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 4 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Italy to 94 Sea Zone

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[AndrewAAGamer]

Scramble SZ93? 2 SS, DD, 4 Ftr, 3 Tac, Bmb vs DD with possible 8 fighter scramble.

[surfer]

As much as I would like to … nope. Gotta defend against the bigger German attack. Allies have been in a pinch the whole game. My hats off to you.

[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 submarine moved from 99 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 99 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 4 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Italy to 94 Sea Zone

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in 96 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 submarine
            Americans defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Americans lost in 96 Sea Zone
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
            Italians win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 transport
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 2 submarines and 3 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Italians roll dice for 2 submarines in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
            Italians win with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
            Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        4 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 94 Sea Zone to Southern France
        1 aaGun moved from Ukraine to Rostov

    Place Units - Italians
        1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 14 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.00
Americans : 0.67

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: ANZAC round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 9 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        2 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        2 aaGuns, 4 artilleries and 1 bomber moved from Queensland to South Australia
        3 fighters moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        2 submarines moved from 64 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        3 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 19 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 9 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        2 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        2 aaGuns, 4 artilleries and 1 bomber moved from Queensland to South Australia
        3 fighters moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        2 submarines moved from 64 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        3 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 19 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 22 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 73 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 3 artilleries, 1 carrier, 12 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 armour moved from Rostov to Northern Caucasus
              Germans take Northern Caucasus from Russians
        1 armour moved from Northern Caucasus to Rostov
        1 armour moved from Rostov to Tambov
              Germans take Tambov from Russians
        1 armour moved from Tambov to Rostov
        2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Kursk
        2 bombers moved from Southern Italy to Kursk

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Kursk
            Germans attack with 2 bombers and 2 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 2 infantry in Kursk, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Kursk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Kursk
            Germans win, taking Kursk 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 aaGun, 3 armour, 16 artilleries, 33 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Smolensk to Yaroslavl
        1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 23 infantry moved from Vologda to Yaroslavl
        7 infantry moved from Leningrad to Novgorod
        1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 115 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 115 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
        2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
        4 infantry moved from France to Southern France
        1 aaGun moved from France to Southern France
        3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
        5 transports moved from 118 Sea Zone to 117 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Germany to 117 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries, 8 infantry and 5 transports moved from 117 Sea Zone to 118 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from 118 Sea Zone to Leningrad
        2 bombers moved from Kursk to Rostov
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to France

    Place Units - Germans
        1 carrier placed in 115 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western Germany
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 61 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 64 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
        Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 72 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 1.67
Russians : -0.33

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 32 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 27 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 32 Sea Zone: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 32 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 27 Sea Zone: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from Marshall Islands: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to Hawaiian Islands: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 armour, 2 artilleries, 10 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Sinkiang to Eastern Sinkiang
        5 infantry moved from Western Sinkiang to Eastern Sinkiang
        1 infantry moved from Buryatia to Sakha
              Russians take Sakha from Japanese
        1 armour moved from Stalingrad to Northern Caucasus
              Russians take Northern Caucasus from Germans
        1 armour moved from Northern Caucasus to Stalingrad
        1 armour moved from Stalingrad to Tambov
              Russians take Tambov from Germans
        1 armour moved from Tambov to Stalingrad

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Eastern Sinkiang
            Russians attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Eastern Sinkiang, round 2 : 4/20 hits, 4.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Eastern Sinkiang, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Eastern Sinkiang
            Russians win, taking Eastern Sinkiang from Japanese with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians

    Place Units - Russians
        3 infantry placed in Stalingrad
        7 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 28 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians : -0.50
Japanese : -0.33

Savegame

[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 8 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea
              Japanese take Dutch New Guinea from Americans
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Szechwan to Northern Sinkiang
        1 infantry moved from Kansu to Northern Sinkiang
        4 artilleries and 16 infantry moved from Northern Manchuria to Buryatia
        6 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Buryatia
        1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Northern Sinkiang
        1 bomber moved from Caroline Islands to Buryatia
        1 bomber moved from Caroline Islands to Buryatia

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in Northern Sinkiang
            Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Northern Sinkiang, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Northern Sinkiang, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Northern Sinkiang
            Japanese win, taking Northern Sinkiang from Chinese with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Buryatia
            Japanese attack with 4 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 16 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers
            Russians defend with 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 21 infantry
                AA fire in Buryatia : 0/6 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 4 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 16 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers in Buryatia, round 2 : 12/33 hits, 12.00 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 21 infantry in Buryatia, round 2 : 8/23 hits, 7.67 expected hits
                8 infantry owned by the Japanese, 10 infantry owned by the Russians and 2 aaGuns owned by the Russians lost in Buryatia
                Japanese roll dice for 4 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 8 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers in Buryatia, round 3 : 10/25 hits, 10.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 artilleries and 11 infantry in Buryatia, round 3 : 6/13 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                6 infantry owned by the Japanese and 10 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Buryatia
                Japanese roll dice for 4 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 2 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers in Buryatia, round 4 : 10/19 hits, 9.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in Buryatia, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 infantry owned by the Russians and 2 artilleries owned by the Russians lost in Buryatia
            Japanese win, taking Buryatia from Russians with 4 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 1 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 36
            Casualties for Japanese: 15 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 21 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Manchuria to Buryatia
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Northern Sinkiang to Kansu
        1 infantry moved from Inner Mongolia to Kansu
        3 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kansu
        2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Szechwan to Kansu
        1 infantry moved from Chahar to Inner Mongolia
        1 infantry moved from Shansi to Chahar
        1 infantry moved from Honan to Tsinghai
        1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Shansi
        1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Honan
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
        1 infantry moved from Hunan to Szechwan
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan
        1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi
        1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangtung to French Indo China
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
        1 infantry moved from New Guinea to 47 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 47 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
        1 submarine moved from 7 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
        9 fighters and 6 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Manchuria to Buryatia
        2 bombers, 6 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers moved from Buryatia to Northern Manchuria

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in French Indo China
        1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Kwangtung
        3 infantry placed in Kiangsu
        3 fighters and 2 infantry placed in Japan
        1 submarine placed in 7 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 69 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 74 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 79 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

AA fire in Buryatia : : -1.00
Chinese : -0.33
Russians : 2.00
Japanese : 0.17

Savegame

[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Americans round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Malta to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Iwo Jima
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
            Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese with 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Italians
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Americans
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 fighters moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
        1 artillery moved from Algeria to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
        7 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 4 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Western United States to 27 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 marine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 transport placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Eastern United States
        2 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 7 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
        Americans collect 56 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.50
Americans : 0.83

Savegame

[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Chinese round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Combat - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        1 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Malta to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Iwo Jima
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
            Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese with 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Italians
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Americans
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 fighters moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
        1 artillery moved from Algeria to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
        7 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 4 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Western United States to 27 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 marine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 transport placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Eastern United States
        2 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 7 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
        Americans collect 56 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Combat - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        1 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 transport moved from 78 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to 83 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete
        1 bomber moved from Egypt to Crete
        3 fighters moved from Malta to Crete
        1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
              British take Tobruk from Italians

    Combat - British
        Battle in Crete
            British attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 1 infantry
            Italians defend with 2 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 2 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Crete
            British win, taking Crete from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        3 fighters moved from Crete to Egypt
        1 bomber moved from Crete to Egypt
        1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
        1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
        4 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
        1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Northeast Persia
              British take Northeast Persia from Neutral_Allies
        3 infantry moved from Central India to Eastern India
        2 infantry moved from Baluchistan to Central India
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Baluchistan
        1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from 109 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 77 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Place Units - British
        3 infantry placed in Iraq
        3 infantry placed in Southern Persia
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom
        1 destroyer placed in 109 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs
        Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 37 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 destroyer placed in 40 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 40 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,1
        UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (1 lost to blockades); 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 40 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 destroyer

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.83
British : -0.67
Americans : 0.83

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[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 submarine moved from 96 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in 100 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the British lost in 100 Sea Zone
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 100 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
            Italians win, taking 100 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for British: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        4 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Southern France to Southern Italy
        4 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France

    Place Units - Italians
        1 transport placed in 99 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 17 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : -0.33

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: ANZAC round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 bomber and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[surfer]

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 bomber and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 77 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Combat - French
        Battle in 40 Sea Zone
            British loiter and taunt; French attack with 1 destroyer
            Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 40 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 40 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 40 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 40 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 40 Sea Zone
            French win, taking 40 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French : 0.33
Japanese : -0.33

Savegame

[AndrewAAGamer]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 13

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 13

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 18 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 armour moved from Rostov to Northern Caucasus
              Germans take Northern Caucasus from Russians
        1 armour moved from Northern Caucasus to Rostov
        1 armour moved from Rostov to Tambov
              Germans take Tambov from Russians
        1 armour moved from Tambov to Rostov
        1 armour moved from Yaroslavl to Gorky
              Germans take Gorky from Russians
        1 armour moved from Gorky to Yaroslavl

    Combat - Germans

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        6 infantry moved from Novgorod to Yaroslavl
        1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Yaroslavl
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Leningrad to Novgorod
        5 transports moved from 118 Sea Zone to 117 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 115 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 117 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Germany to 117 Sea Zone
        3 artilleries, 9 infantry and 6 transports moved from 117 Sea Zone to 118 Sea Zone
        3 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from 118 Sea Zone to Leningrad
        1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from Southern France to France
        1 aaGun moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
        1 aaGun moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from France to Leningrad
        8 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 115 Sea Zone to Leningrad
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Leningrad
        6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 4 submarines and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 114 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
        2 infantry moved from Kursk to Rostov
        2 bombers moved from Rostov to Leningrad

    Place Units - Germans
        1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Ukraine
        3 artilleries and 7 infantry placed in Germany
        10 infantry placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs
        Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 65 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[AndrewAAGamer]

So is it just me? I hear people say PtV favors the Allies however I think it favors the Axis. Expect for some poor rolling in China early on I feel you have played a good game and yet the Allies are stymied everywhere and Germany and Japan are both gaining on Russia. I see a Path to Victory for the Axis but not the Allies. (Pun intended)

[surfer]

No. I agree with you!! Especially the Japanese war. Sure, I messed up with the Chinese, but honestly I thought I could slow you down with the vast space of territory China had. But as you mentioned, after J3 you were making more than the US!! I had to ignore Germany most of the first 8 turns just to keep up with Japan, much less take it down a notch–I don’t see that I’ll ever be in a position to do that.

Of course, I made mistakes that a better player would avoid. China and recently the Russian Siberian army are good examples, but I feel that 2 aspects of the game are essentially forcing the game towards the Axis:
a) carriers and lesser extent airfields controlling much larger areas in PtV
b) mech inf = 5 IPCs!

A lot of talk has been said on carriers, and not much to add except this–the Axis start the game with many more aircraft than the Allies, and buffs like these are just that much more important in the early game when you are trying to build your forces.

The mech inf is probably the single biggest reason (besides the size of Russia) in my mind the Axis don’t just wipe the Allies. The added expense is just about always too much to justify, and forces each side to slow down their expansion. Since the Axis are doing most of that expansion, this disproportionately affects them. It is also probably a big contributor to why the Axis did not just overwhelm the Allies early on and why this game is still “competitive” this late in the game. Where competitive = Allies TUV > Axis TUV and production approximately equal. Of course the result of building more inf vice mechs is that the front lines are more static with the Allies having more difficulty because they have to transport their forces into these front lines. And need more than usual because the number of forces involved. Your German transports being a particular counter-example, but since I can’t build in the Atlantic essentially they become fast movers for your already superior numbers of land troops.

This actually isn’t much different than the normal games with the exception that I cannot see how to defeat Japan. The long supply lines for the Atlantic are counterbalanced by the spread of battlefields to attack. And they aren’t that long 2 moves to attack sometimes just 1. The Pacific is ridiculous. The interior lines of communication afford the Japanese the ability to hold everything. The added territory of China gives added $$s and Japan can just play a slow game and develop. That is not how the Pacific war has been fought previously. The last thing Japan wanted to do was build slowly because the Allies could build faster. They can still do so as the UK Pacific + ANZAC help the US. But in this game, it requires almost all of the US build since UK is minimally producing–just to match Japan, which of course means the Germans will roll. This is offset by the Russian horde so the game is not completely out of balance.

There is also this feature of the game: Since few land mobile units are produced and the land map is larger–Russian and China, the front lines are more separated from each other. No ability to move fighters from one front to help the other. Not sure how this changes the Axis / Allied balance, but I would think it helps the Axis since it is a large part of my previous Allied defense to use fighters as quick reaction forces. However, it does force the Axis to truly separate their units up without easy re-enforcement. Makes defending easier.

[surfer]

This got so long I’ll distill my comments to
a) There needs to be some adjustment to Japan’s ability to grow – perhaps the changes in CV scramble and defense will help. Maybe a 2 IPC increase in cost?
b) The only reason this game is not over is that no one has enough mobility to just push through.

Cheers,