13L G40 wheatbeer (Axis) vs Vance (Allies +7)

[wheatbeer]

If you want to have offloaded the inf/aa in SZ110, just add an inf/aa to Normandy, and we can fix the ones stuck on the tt later (offload them on UK9 then delete them or something).

[variance]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :9

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy nothing; Remaining resources: 22 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            3 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Normandy Bordeaux: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 110 Sea Zone: 4 transports
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 110 Sea Zone: 4 transports
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[variance]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :9

Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone

[variance]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :9

Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

[variance]

i wish something could be done about that glitch.  It happens a lot when you have units on an ally’s transport.

[wheatbeer]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :10

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour and 10 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Smolensk
                  Germans take Smolensk from Russians
            1 armour moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
            8 armour, 26 artilleries, 47 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British defend with 1 aaGun, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 5 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 1 :  4/8 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 aaGun and 5 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 1 :  0/5 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the British and 1 aaGun owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                    Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 :  1/8 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                    Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 :  1/7 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from British with 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 aaGun and 5 infantry
            Battle in Bryansk
                Germans attack with 9 armour, 26 artilleries, 47 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 aaGun and 4 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 9 armour, 26 artilleries, 47 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys in Bryansk, round 1 :  32/87 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 aaGun and 4 infantry in Bryansk, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the Russians , 1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 aaGun owned by the Russians lost in Bryansk
                Germans win, taking Bryansk from Russians with 9 armour, 26 artilleries, 46 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 aaGun and 4 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            10 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 carrier moved from 96 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Romania to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from 96 Sea Zone to Iraq
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Romania to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Iraq
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Italy to Iraq

Place Units - Germans
            3 armour placed in Novgorod
            10 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3
            Germans collect 48 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 49 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 52 / 64
    Russians : 20 / 26
    Japanese : 71 / 83
    Americans : 50 / 70
    Chinese : 7 / 9
    British : 28 / 33
    UK_Pacific : 0 / 0
    Italians : 19 / 31
    ANZAC : 10 / 32
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :10

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            9 artilleries and 18 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Iraq
                Russians attack with 9 artilleries and 18 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers; Germans defend with 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers; Italians defend with 7 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters and 15 infantry
                Italians win with 7 artilleries, 2 bombers, 8 fighters, 7 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -54
                Casualties for Russians: 9 artilleries and 18 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 bomber and 8 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians

Place Units - Russians
            8 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 20 PUs; end with 22 PUs total

[variance]

…and I guess that’s game.  :-)

[wheatbeer]

I expected this one to go a lot longer.

I didn’t expect the UK and Soviets to try to 1-2 me. Though I can see from an Allied perspective that if you didn’t evict me then, you’d probably never evict me.

I’m not sure that this shuck through Syria is the best counter to a turtled Cairo though.

[variance]

The part that would make it hard is that you have to put so much infrastructure into the middle east program that it give USSR a lot of time to sit a build infantry, and if Japan is helping out in the Indian Ocean then USA and ANZAC can sit and stack Hawaii and Sydney.  I make a lot of mistakes though so its hard to tell.  I wouldn;t have done th 1-2 except it was looking hopeless.  A better move for UK might be to just sit and build infantry in Cairo and let you attack it with separate italian and german forces taking heavy losses.  Eventually it will fall though

[wheatbeer]

It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Calcutta’s army fled north into Turkmenistan towards Moscow (rather than standing ground in EPR) or maybe even abandoned Calcutta sooner.

I think you had the right idea overall though. Germany couldn’t keep men moving in so many fronts forever, even with Japan kicking in.

[variance]

I was going to drop men on Normandy for a couple turns to distract germany and buy some time.  I was hoping the guys in East Persia would score a lot of hits and you would divert more to China to keep those guys from plugging Burma.  It was surprising how much stuff you managed to get into Iraq.  Then I screwed up the first landing.  I accidentally unloaded all 4 transports (2 unloaded 2 inf each; 2 unloaded 1 inf each and so 1 inf and 1 AA stayed on board the 2 tts), so then I couldn’t unload the inf/AA in ncm because those transports had already unloaded, and then I couldn’t reload them and make the second drop.    live & learn

[variance]

OK now I learned something.  Maybe next time I could build all infantry in Calcutta and then start walking to Moscow starting UK2.  Just abandon India no matter what Japan does.  Its not like it makes a lot of money anyway.  Including the 2 Persians it would be something like 16 inf, 1 art, 3 AA arriving in Moscow on round 7 just when the Siberians arrive.  So all of a sudden an extra 40 defenders show up.  Thanks Wheatbeer.

[wheatbeer]

The downside is the income boost for Japan … but Japan may not be in position to sack Calcutta on J3.

It sounds worth testing.