13L G40 JapanDOWRound1Fan (Allies+12) v Gamerman01

[JDOW]

Next round:
A
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (5)

D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[JDOW]

Another round:

A
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 11@3: (1)

D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[JDOW]

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

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 carrier and 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Queensland to 46 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Dutch New Guinea to 45 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 45 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 submarine moved from 60 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 54 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 54 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in 42 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                ANZAC win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in 46 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 3 fighters and 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                ANZAC win with 3 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport
                Japanese win with 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Battle in Java
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 mech_infantry
                ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
                  ANZAC take Sumatra from Dutch
            3 fighters moved from 46 Sea Zone to Queensland
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
            2 aaGuns moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 18 PUs; end with 18 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 43 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 43 Sea Zone: 1 cruiser
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[JDOW]

Phew, got lucky in 43!

[JDOW]

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

Game History

Round: 4

Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
                  French take Libya from Italians

Combat - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from Morocco to French Central Africa

Turn Complete - French

[gamerman01]

Attack on Java should have been rolled first after Z42 because it was amphibious…

[gamerman01]

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

Game History

Round: 5

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 6 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from Russians
            1 submarine moved from 93 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 3 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 112 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 112 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Baltic States
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Baltic States
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 98 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 98 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Belarus
            9 armour, 5 artilleries, 25 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Bessarabia to Rostov
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Novgorod
            Battle in Belarus
                Germans attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Novgorod from Russians, taking Belarus from Russians with 1 fighter and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 artillery
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery
            Battle in Rostov
                Germans attack with 9 armour, 5 artilleries, 25 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 4 infantry
                Germans win, taking Rostov from Russians with 9 armour, 5 artilleries, 24 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 4 infantry
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Germans win, taking 98 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 40
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Alexandria
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany
            1 armour moved from Poland to Western Germany
            1 carrier moved from 112 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Baltic States to 115 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            3 aaGuns moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod
            1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from France to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Germany
            1 armour, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
            Germans undo move 1.
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Germany
            Germans undo move 1.
            1 infantry placed in Germany
            1 armour, 2 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Novgorod: 1 mech_infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Eastern Poland: 1 mech_infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs

[gamerman01]

Ukraine OOL is AA, 2 INF, ART, ARM

[JDOW]

Even the sub surviving in Egypt sucks :-/

[gamerman01]

Don’t forget you punished the Italians on I4….
That sub is probably dead meat.  You have a destroyer in 92 and a tac in Egypt
Pretty good dice for me on G5!

[JDOW]

Yeah, but with 0/3 I guess it is below average again, but overall nothing really bad, I agree^^ However I would prefer punishing the Germans instead of the Italians.

Your German Route is very nice and as it works definitely superior over walking with the main stack through Baltic states.
I haven’t found a great way to prevent that (one option would of course have been not taking Finland. On the other hand this also killed potential invaders for Novo G5 like now.)
I guess my stack in Bryansk was a bit too large and I could have parked my Mech Units in Smolensk to keep pressure on Novo. However you could have can opened with IT in Belarus and then walked into Archangel. And I did not want to put Units there.

So maybe just the Russian destiny to lose Novo G5 without retaking plus Caucasus and Volo falling G6. At least I think it is not a no brainer to prevent that.
I also saw the sz104 blocker coming but it was difficult to prevent. The only good thing is that this leaves me less options and less of a headache in my UK/US block:)

So the Axis are doing well but hopefully still have some work to do:)

[JDOW]

@Gamerman01:

That sub is probably dead meat.  You have a destroyer in 92 and a tac in Egypt
Pretty good dice for me on G5!

True, glad I put him as outpost. After his unusual route starting in South Africa I am happy it seems that he found his dedication:)

[gamerman01]

Good analysis -
I don’t think the Russians can do much to stop the Germans if the German player sends the needed resources and plays well…  All the Russians can do is delay things as much as possible and take out as many units as they can…

And if the Germans give you a 50/50… in most cases - take it!!  It’s better than getting demolished in a 99% battle and only taking out infantry and artillery a couple of turns later.  Many players are still stuck with the idea that 50/50 is a chance you can’t take unless desperate, which was true in earlier versions of the game.  Some of those old “rules” of play are obsolete, and I see that the vast majority of players are VERY slow to unlearn them…

[JDOW]

I only took 1 Air into Ukraine but still go punished. AA hit, first round I made only 1 hit –> This was the worst possible outcome. Now the game turned from slight favor for you to being desperate for me.

I now need to make a break and do the NCM later.
My vision was to stay in Bryansk for one more turn. By wiping Ukraine you would not have had a can opener for Tambov so I only had to park one inf there.

Now you have the chessy shot to open with Tank+Bomber and I need to sac even more Inf. 3 to be risky and 4 to be safe. I hate to sac 4 more inf. But I hate retreating to Moscow that turn even more. What would you do?

[JDOW]

this sucks so much. I wanted to be smart and now I look like an idiot. I somehow still think the attack would have been right because it would have saved Inf I had to put into Tambov + 2 IPC etc. As underdog I guess I would make that attack again.

[JDOW]

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 6 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            6 infantry moved from Timguska to Yenisey
            1 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Manchuria
                  Chinese take Manchuria from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Jehol
                  Chinese take Jehol from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Chahar
                  Chinese take Chahar from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Central Mongolia
                  Russians take Central Mongolia from Japanese
            1 artillery moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            1 fighter moved from Karelia to Belarus
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Karelia to Belarus
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Belarus
            1 artillery moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            2 artilleries moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Karelia to Finland

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Belarus
                Russians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 3 infantry
                Russians win, taking Belarus from Germans with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
            Battle in Yenisey
                Russians attack with 6 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Yenisey from Japanese with 6 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Finland
                Russians attack with 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Finland from Germans with 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Ukraine
                Russians attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry; Italians defend with 1 aaGun and 1 armour
                1 armour owned by the Russians and 2 artilleries owned by the Russians retreated to Bryansk
                Germans win with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -11
                Casualties for Russians: 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 aaGun
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Western Ukraine from Germans with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Russia
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov
            3 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            4 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            3 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Central Mongolia
            1 aaGun moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Central Mongolia
            4 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Chahar
            1 infantry moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Central Mongolia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Bryansk
            1 aaGun moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Chahar

Place Units - Russians
            6 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 29 PUs

[JDOW]

I now needed to hold Bryansk as otherwise the retreated Tank and 2 Art would be dead meat.

I left 4 Inf ion Tambov: In case I did not overlook anything:

• You have 15% to can open with Italy and insta win if it works
• In case you sacrifice a Japanese Bomber you have a 2/3 chance to increase to 43%

Please let me know if you consider this as a ridiculous and unreasonable gamble in an RU5, if you think so I will add one more Inf in Tambov then.

[gamerman01]

@JapanDOWRound1Fan:

Now you have the chessy shot to open with Tank+Bomber and I need to sac even more Inf. 3 to be risky and 4 to be safe. I hate to sac 4 more inf. But I hate retreating to Moscow that turn even more. What would you do?

I would throw a mini-rant!!  :lol:

I don’t know, man, I’m glad I don’t have to play me  :-D

[gamerman01]

@JapanDOWRound1Fan:

this sucks so much. I wanted to be smart and now I look like an idiot. I somehow still think the attack would have been right because it would have saved Inf I had to put into Tambov + 2 IPC etc. As underdog I guess I would make that attack again.

That didn’t make you look like an idiot.  Any good player would agree that was not a bad decision.  You are too much a perfectionist - you are liable to quit playing A&A out of frustration for how the dice foils your plans - I’ve seen it several times….  You just have to remember that it does the same to your opponent just as often, but perhaps not in the same game!

Some games are won or lost due to dice, but it is only around 20%… Still, that’s 1 in 5

[gamerman01]

With 57, buy 3 INF, 2 ARM, 2 SS, 3 DD