13L G1940 Arathorn (Axis) vs Cmdr Jennifer (Allies +12)

[arathorn]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :1

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

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Greece
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Italians win with 1 bomber and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport
                British defend with 1 carrier and 1 cruiser
                1 transport owned by the Italians retreated to 95 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 carrier and 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is -20
                Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Battle in Greece
                Italians attack with 1 armour and 2 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Neutral_Allies win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour and 2 infantry
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 1 infantry
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy

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

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4
            Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 13 PUs total

[arathorn]

That could not have gone much worse….

[Jennifer]

@arathorn:

That could not have gone much worse….

Could too, I coulda taken the strategic bomber for a loss and left the carrier with 2 fighters on it for your counter attack.

Count your blessings I made a mistake.  And yes, the dice were not exactly pleasant to you.  I am more than aware that I am spending karma faster than I am earning it!

[Jennifer]

Uhm, what’s the deal with the loaded transport off the coast of Italy?

Kind of want to know where it is before France sinks it.  Assuming you forgot to unload those units as well, and I want to get some Karma back!

[arathorn]

@Cmdr:

Uhm, what’s the deal with the loaded transport off the coast of Italy?

Kind of want to know where it is before France sinks it.  Assuming you forgot to unload those units as well, and I want to get some Karma back!

They can’t be unloaded. They were unloaded into Greece, but I miserably lost the sz battle, so I had to retreat, and I can’t do anything about that. YES, I will scramble the italian fighter, HOPING I get lucky, so they might live, to die another day.

[Jennifer]

Game History

Round :1

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 armour and 1 artillery; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 62 Sea Zone to New South Wales
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            2 fighters moved from New Zealand to New South Wales

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 armour and 1 artillery placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 15 PUs

[Jennifer]

Game History

Round :1

Combat Move - French
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone

(Why, I dunno.  Might get lucky, prolly die faster, but who knows?)

[arathorn]

Wait a minute - I just thought of something - since the sz battle failed, they were actually never unloaded in Greece - it was just Triplea that wouldn’t let me put them anywhere, and I am too tired to pick up on such right now.

I think I would be able to unload them anyway don’t you think, since they actually never got off the transport in the battle?

[Jennifer]

@arathorn:

Wait a minute - I just thought of something - since the sz battle failed, they were actually never unloaded in Greece - it was just Triplea that wouldn’t let me put them anywhere, and I am too tired to pick up on such right now.

I think I would be able to unload them anyway don’t you think, since they actually never got off the transport in the battle?

How did your Greece battle go?  I assume you had to attack the British fleet to get the transport there.

[arathorn]

In order for me to use that trannie and unload in Greece, I had to win sz97, which I didn’t, so they never got in there, since the transport had to retreat back to where it came from. That is why Greece also went to the smithereens, since they suddenly attacked alone.

[arathorn]

I think it is a glitch in Triplea, since they regard them as “unloaded” in greece, though they never even made it there.

[Jennifer]

If the transport was in combat, and I don’t see how it could have dropped troops off to attack Greece with the British Cruiser in one sea zone and the British carrier group in the other, and the battle failed in the sea zone, then yes, the troops are trapped on the transport - even though they never joined the battle in Greece.

[Jennifer]

Feel free to confirm with Gamerman or Krieghund, however.  It IS, after all, my first game of 2013.

[arathorn]

@Cmdr:

Feel free to confirm with Gamerman or Krieghund, however.  It IS, after all, my first game of 2013.

It’s one of those stupid little details that really doesn’t make much sense, especially after the transports no longer could take part in battle with any value as either roller/casualty.

Italy has been diced out… frustrating

[Jennifer]

@arathorn:

@Cmdr:

Feel free to confirm with Gamerman or Krieghund, however.  It IS, after all, my first game of 2013.Â

It’s one of those stupid little details that really doesn’t make much sense, especially after the transports no longer could take part in battle with any value as either roller/casualty.

Italy has been diced out… frustrating

Yes, I believe any hope for Italy to have their National Objectives is pretty much gone at this time.  Unfortunately, I had assumed Italy would do far better in this game, and now have Russian units out of position, lol!  (That and I was hardly expecting to have America in the war on round 1!)  So you have that, at least.  And Germany did do well in E. Poland, which is why those tanks were never counter attacked.  It’s not much, but it’s something.

Unfortunately, the French were rather upset with you for taking Paris.

[Jennifer]

@Gamerman01:

@Cmdr:

Just to clarify, if one was to attack a sea zone with the hopes of offloading transports for an amphibious attack, but is forced to retreat the transports because they lost the battle, the transports cannot unload their cargo in NCM, right?

I seem to recall that being the rule, but, as you know, I’m in my first game back and my first game for 2013!  Not to mention, my first game of Second Edition….

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=31095.new#new

That’s right - it has been that way since at least AA50

Alright, looking forward to seeing what, of the myriad of options the Germans have, the Germans do!

[arathorn]

Even though bad dice caused it to be tricky and uphill for the European theatre, especially with Italy (I mean, how many times is a person supposed to miss on 4’s?) Germany will do as they did back then, assume responsibility and clean out the Allies.

[arathorn]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :2

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 4 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
                  Germans take Normandy Bordeaux from French
            3 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from France to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Southern France to Yugoslavia
            3 artilleries moved from France to Western Germany
            11 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            3 artilleries moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to 97 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Western Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Ukraine
            1 artillery moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
            3 artilleries moved from Germany to Poland

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 112 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 submarine
                French defend with 1 cruiser
                French win with 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 95 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Germans win with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 carrier and 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier and 1 cruiser
            Battle in Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Bulgaria
                  Germans take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
            1 artillery moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
            2 aaGuns moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 95 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            1 bomber and 2 fighters placed in Western Germany
            4 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 47 PUs; end with 48 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

[Jennifer]

See your German dice are getting better.  Unexpected loss for you in SZ 112, but no losses when one was expected against the French controlled Italian waters.

Post a round later today.

[Cow]

G1 + J1 is fun stuff.  Cool :D