13L G40 MrRoboto(allies+6) vs seththenewb(axis) Rematch

[seth4god]

I decided to attack something with Japan and will just roll it here real quick rather than go through Russia again.

sz93(bmb vs ca) first hit wins

A
Rolls: 20@4; Total Hits: 1520@4: (1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3, 5, 2, 1, 2)
D
Rolls: 20@3; Total Hits: 1120@3: (1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 6, 6, 4, 3, 6, 6, 4, 3)

[seth4god]

I’ll edit it so I’m short a bomber and you’re short a cruiser.

[seth4god]

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

Game History

Round: 16

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy nothing; Remaining resources: 4 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            5 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers moved from Egypt to France

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 8
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1,2,4,3,3,6,5,2,4
            Japanese collect 3 PUs (8 lost to blockades); end with 7 PUs total
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Egypt: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 93 Sea Zone: 1 cruiser
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caucasus: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Volgograd: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[seth4god]

Axis once again have the 8VCs required for a win. Allies have until G17 to retake a VC before it’s too late.

[MrRoboto]

Ok, some kind of last resort, my last straw of hope.

Please give me OOL

[seth4god]

You have 4 fighters left.  :evil:

sz113rd2.tsvg

[MrRoboto]

3 more hits with these last 4 fighters.

sz113rd2.tsvg

[seth4god]

Lose 2ftr and the dd

3ftrs will land in WGer.

[seth4god]

3ftr will scramble in sz81 against UK if you decide to mount an attack from there.

Sz113 OOL will be best D. Probably best if you roll on the forum due to the subs.

[seth4god]

Italy will just sit tight, so you can skip Italy and go ahead and try the Aussies. If I don’t win this turn, I doubt I win.

[seth4god]

No scramble in sz81 against the Aussies.

[MrRoboto]

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

Game History

Round: 16

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 4 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 bombers; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone
            2 battleships, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 5 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Syria
                  British take Syria from Japanese
            4 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
                  British take Trans-Jordan from Germans
            2 bombers moved from India to Egypt
            2 fighters moved from Persia to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
                  British take Caucasus from Germans
            2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus

Combat - British
            Germans scrambles 3 units out of Western Germany to defend against the attack in 113 Sea Zone
            Air Battle in Egypt
                British attacks with 4 units heading to Egypt
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Egypt
                Bombing raid in Egypt rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Egypt rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: airfield
                Bombing raid in Egypt causes 12 damage total.  Damaged units is as follows: factory_minor = 6, airfield = 6
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                British attack with 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 7 transports
                Germans defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 6 fighters and 6 submarines
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Units damaged: 2 battleships owned by the British
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                2 transports owned by the British retreated to 112 Sea Zone
                Germans win with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 6 fighters and 4 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is -119
                Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
                Casualties for British: 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 5 transports
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Cleaning up after air battles
                3 fighters owned by the Germans forced to land in Western Germany

Non Combat Move - British
            2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            2 bombers and 2 fighters moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            3 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia

Place Units - British
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            3 artilleries placed in Iraq
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Persia

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 37 PUs; end with 39 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 bombers placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 18 PUs; end with 22 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 27 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 bombers

[MrRoboto]

That’s it!

A pity, I could have won that game so easily =(
Congratulation. If your G1 would have been properly, this hard mech strategy for moscow seems really strong. Too strong, even.

[seth4god]

GG Roboto . .  and yes the mistakes early on with Germany slowed me down. And I learned NOT to try out new strats in league games. My Japan will take Egypt plan didn’t quite work out as planned.  :wink:

And yes, I think you did play yourself out of the win. I immediately felt better about my position once US started landing in Europe, I figured US in Europe means less D in Egypt. Maybe you hadn’t realized how much Germany could get to Egypt. Still, it was a VERY close thing and I should have left more air in TrJ that one turn. Your strafe almost did me in and probably should have had you taken it.

As far as the Russian sub. I was delaying Japan until you weighed in to give you an opportunity to move it. It was scary in my mind as a potential can opener to kill a German dd. Probably would have cost me Norway several turns ago had you moved him earlier. It would have taken him a couple turns to get in position. But once he did, Germany would’ve had to retreat to the Baltic sooner. Anywho, GG.

[MagicQ]

Impressive strategy! Japan went straight for Egypt. Never seen anything like that.

[seth4god]

I dunno about impressive. Different yes, but the whole purpose of the strat was a failure. I still got the win, but that was more in spite of the strat than because of it.