Fortress (Allies + 11) vs MiamiUMike (Axis): G40.2

[Fortress]

I’m waffling between whether to describe that as “putrid” or “horrific”.

[miamiumike]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.9

Game History

Round :1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy nothing; Remaining resources:

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 93 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                  Italians take Anglo Egyptian Sudan from British

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Gibraltar
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Gibraltar from British, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry
            Battle in 93 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                French defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Italians win, taking 93 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber and 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Italians attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 2 infantry
                Italians win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Trigger Italians Conquer France: Setting turns to 1-+ for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation attached to French
            Trigger Japanese Conquer France: Setting turns to 1-+ for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation attached to French

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            2 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 14 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 24 PUs total

Territory Summary for Italians :

Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Kenya : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Anglo Egyptian Sudan : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    Tunisia : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Northern Italy : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 factory_major and 2 infantry
    Southern Italy : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 cruiser
    Bulgaria : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    92 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 transport
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 40 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 28 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 58
    Chinese : 10 / 16
    British : 26 / 44
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 22
    Italians : 15 / 24
    ANZAC : 10 / 10
    French : 11 / 0
    Dutch : 11 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[miamiumike]

Well - Italy just proved that right now, naval combat is deadly for everyone. Sheesh….

[miamiumike]

Well - yeah, the attack on Japan did not go all that well - though, you nuked 2 bombers. Will have to see what the long term affect of that is.

The attack on the Italian fleet went about right, maybe an extra hit + for me - though, you did go in a bit lighter - of course, I only had 2 fighters instead of 3. You crushed Italy on the African front.

Yes - now, where things got weird was off UK. I was kinda suprised you kept going on that last round - not that you shouldn’t have killed both units by the end of round 2 at the latest…I was lamenting how the UK killed all my subs with 2 of 3 hits in both naval battles and killing the sub off Canada too. Was looking a bit bleak for the fleet. Japan - on land - got nuked pretty good too.

So far, its one of those games where I think the dice have been about even overall - but - I got the advantage in a couple of ‘more’ key battles - and you got the advantage in the others…

But, as I have said before - I have not yet begun to mess this game up!  :evil:

MM

[Fortress]

:lol:

I’d appreciate more of that sooner rather than later.

[Fortress]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.9

Game History

Round :1

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

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to Shan State
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            2 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
                  ANZAC take Java from Dutch
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to Northern Territory
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to Northern Territory
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 63 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from New Zealand to Java

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 fighter placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

Territory Summary for ANZAC :

Shan State : 1 flag, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
    Queensland : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Northern Territory : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    New Zealand : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    New South Wales : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter and 1 harbour
    Java : 1 flag, 2 fighters and 2 infantry
    42 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
    Egypt : 1 flag, 2 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 40 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 28 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 58
    Chinese : 10 / 16
    British : 26 / 44
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 22
    Italians : 15 / 24
    ANZAC : 14 / 19
    French : 11 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[miamiumike]

DAMN FRENCH :)

[Fortress]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.9

Game History

Round :1

Politics - French
            French takes Political Action: Political Action French To War With Japanese
                French succeeds on action: Political Action French To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and French from Neutrality to War
                French succeeds on action: Political Action French To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and French from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - French
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 111 Sea Zone

Combat - French
            Battle in 111 Sea Zone
                French attack with 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 battleship
                    French roll dice for 1 fighter in 111 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in 111 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the French and 1 battleship owned by the Germans lost in 111 Sea Zone
                Germans win with no units remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship
                Casualties for French: 1 fighter

Non Combat Move - French
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by French from Normandy Bordeaux: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by French to Holland Belgium: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Holland Belgium from Germans to French
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 destroyer moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Syria to Trans-Jordan
            1 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to French Central Africa

Turn Complete - French

Territory Summary for French :

Trans-Jordan : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    United Kingdom : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    French Central Africa : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Algeria : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Holland Belgium : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    81 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 37 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 28 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 58
    Chinese : 10 / 16
    British : 26 / 44
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 22
    Italians : 15 / 24
    ANZAC : 14 / 19
    French : 14 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.000
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 2

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 1.000
        Median : 1.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

French Combat
            3 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.000
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

[Fortress]

Ok. Now that we’ve gotten all of those extra pieces off of the board, we can actually start playing  :-)

[miamiumike]

No kidding - wow - wasteland

[Fortress]

It’s the Road Warrior of G40 games… We might as well just play Risk…

[Fortress]

I will never complain about dice rolls ever again.

[Fortress]

To quote Taylor Swift, “Like…ever.”

[miamiumike]

Ok - I surrender - you win sir. I am quite seriously done playing this game for awhile. I need to just walk away and not play.

Forgive me for quitting - but - I just cannot deal with that. I know its only a game - but, I have never in my life seen that before and, I think I just lost the entire game over it. Wow.

Anyways - gg - and sorry about all this. You are a true gentleman of a player and when (if) I pick back up playing, I will look you up.

Until then - peace - enjoy the holidays and happy new year!

MM

[miamiumike]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.9

Game History

Round :2

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 6 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 artillery moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Denmark to 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            3 armour moved from Romania to Greece
            5 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Greece
            1 mech_infantry moved from Southern France to Normandy Bordeaux
                  Germans take Normandy Bordeaux from French
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom
            2 bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Greece
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                Germans attack with 3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Holland Belgium from French with 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Greece
                Germans attack with 3 armour, 1 fighter and 5 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Germans win, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 3 armour, 1 fighter and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Germans win with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 transport
            Battle in Morocco
            Battle in 109 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 transport
                Germans win, taking Morocco from French, taking 109 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Strategic bombing raid in United Kingdom
                2 bombers and 3 tactical_bombers killed by AA guns
                Bombing raid in United Kingdom causes 0 damage total.

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Northern Italy to 91 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from Greece to Albania
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 112 Sea Zone
            6 armour moved from France to Western Germany
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern France to Western Germany
            5 infantry moved from Finland to Norway

Place Units - Germans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 6 transports placed in 112 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 45 PUs; end with 46 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 56 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Morocco : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    France : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Slovakia Hungary : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 14 infantry
    Western Germany : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 6 armour, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 2 mech_infantrys
    Romania : 1 flag, 2 artilleries and 6 infantry
    Poland : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Germany : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns and 1 factory_major
    Norway : 1 flag, 8 infantry
    Holland Belgium : 1 flag, 3 artilleries and 1 infantry
    Albania : 1 flag, 1 fighter
    Northern Italy : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Southern Italy : 1 flag, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    112 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 6 transports
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    109 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    Greece : 1 flag, 3 armour and 4 infantry
    91 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
    Finland : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 45 / 56
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 28 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 58
    Chinese : 10 / 16
    British : 26 / 44
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 22
    Italians : 15 / 24
    ANZAC : 14 / 19
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 4 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[miamiumike]

Going to post full turn for historical purpose….

[Fortress]

The next time I need a reality check when the dice aren’t going my way, I need to look back at this and acknowledge to myself that no matter how good the plan, it’s a game with dice…

Genuinely sorry about the brutal luck.

[miamiumike]

Well, again - I hope you do not think less of me for surrendering - I see no way to win now. Not only will UK have all its money to spend, I have no planes left. Plus, to be honest, this just isn’t fun anymore. And if I am not enjoying myself - win or lose (I enjoy games even when I lose because I treat them as a learning experience) - why play. In this case, all the joy has been sucked out of this game - and all my others to be honest.

Perhaps some time away will allow me to rediscover that joy - but not to be too dramtic, its gone now….

MM

[Fortress]

Without making light of it, maybe some B.B. King would be appropriate, and put a smile on your face.

Good luck, Mike. I hope to see you again, soon.  :-)