13L G40 JapanDOWRound1Fan (Allies+12) v Gamerman01

[gamerman01]

Actually, it’s a tough call, but I guess I won’t scramble, no

[JDOW]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Politics - British
            Trigger British Friendly With Mongolians activates a trigger called: Trigger Allies Friendly With Mongolians

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

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 artillery moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
            1 armour moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia

Combat - British
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 27
                Casualties for British: 2 submarines
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                British win with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in Ethiopia
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                British win, taking Ethiopia from Italians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 battleship moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to Eire
                  British take Eire from Neutral_Allies
            1 aaGun moved from United Kingdom to Scotland
            1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to Scotland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec
            1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Burma to India
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Scotland

Place Units - British
            1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 109 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4,5,6
            British collect 26 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 26 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 31 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 transport placed in 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Units Change Ownership
                Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Some Units in 39 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 transport

[JDOW]

Crowded med sea^^ But I did not find any other place for the ships. I did not dare buying a DD and this looks like the only reasonable place where the (evil) German subs don’t smell fresh meat to be slaughtered.

[gamerman01]

I think my (suspect) Axis skills will be put to the test…

[gamerman01]

Will roll 97 here because Triple A doesn’t conduct this type of naval combat correctly
And it looks like I accidentally moved the bomber to South Italy instead of 97
So here’s my roll

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)Rolls: 1@2 3@3 1@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (3)3@3: (5, 2, 1)1@4: (3)
The first 2 is the sub

[gamerman01]

Here is the file -
need you to choose 3 casualties - thanks

[gamerman01]

Oh, now that I think about it it’s probably an obvious choice, but it appears you are online so I will just wait a few minutes

[JDOW]

Wow, that is a tricky one.

Not sure if I should take 2 fighter + carrier hit or Carrierx2 and 2 Fighter.
the problem is you can retreat :(

Ok, I need to leave the comp, I decide:

Hit the carrier once and kill both fighters.

[JDOW]

It is far from being obvious to me!
As the fighter cannot retreat saccing the carrier will simply invite you to retreat and let the germans wipe the little rest.

[gamerman01]

True - that’s why it’s a good idea to wait and not assume - glad you were here

[gamerman01]

OK, UK dice
Rolls: 2@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 22@2: (5, 5)1@3: (6)2@4: (4, 2)

[gamerman01]

I am getting lucky so far, including the double hit by the Italians on UK1 that helped big time

[gamerman01]

I lose submarine and destroyer
Round 2Rolls: 3@3 1@4; Total Hits: 23@3: (3, 2, 5)1@4: (5)

[gamerman01]

What do you remove?

[gamerman01]

Here’s a file, if you like.  Remember the bomber is in 97, not South Italy

[JDOW]

Well, does not make too much of a difference now, the cruiser dies last obv. now to maximize the damage :)

1. How would you have made the casualty choice round 1?
2. What does the engine do wrong?

[gamerman01]

OK, will finish up the Italy turn then

1. I was going to take off destroyer, cruiser, fighter, but I wasn’t considering carrier, fighter, fighter (I have taken it off in that order before, for myself)
2. It rolls the submarine first and then requires a casualty choice before rolling the rest of the attack dice.  You had a destroyer, so all the attack dice should be rolled before a casualty choice has to be made

[JDOW]

@Gamerman01:

I am getting lucky so far, including the double hit by the Italians on UK1 that helped big time

I think if you could choose the overall dice we had so far, you would still choose the dice I had, right?. So no luck on your side but just equating the bottom 10% battle you had in Scotland imo. (the only thing what sucks a bit is the big amount of troops in France^^)

[gamerman01]

Well, we’ll see what this defense roll is.  If you hit me 3 times it will be very bad for me.
111 was very bad for me, yes, but the way this is going it looks like overall game luck through round 1 may be close to average

Rolls: 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 12@2: (2, 6)1@3: (6)

[JDOW]

@Gamerman01:

1. I was going to take off destroyer, cruiser, fighter, but I wasn’t considering carrier, fighter, fighter (I have taken it off in that order before, for myself)

I need to ask why:
Your choice leaves you with 3 hitpoints and 6 attack power while my choice leaves me with 3 hits and 7 attack (plus higher variance as I have higher max damage)

Let my cruiser hit now and I can sleep well:)