G40 - Yoshi vs. Boldfresh - game 1 of 2

[boldfresh]

i definitely botched the moscow issue, now we have a real battle that could last awhile, my favorite!  :-)

[Yoshi]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 armour moved from Archangel to Russia
            2 bombers and 3 fighters moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Belarus to Smolensk
            3 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Archangel to Smolensk
            2 armour, 3 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Germans creates battle in territory 109 Sea Zone
            Battle in Ukraine
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 4 artilleries and 11 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 2 armour, 4 artilleries and 11 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Smolensk
                Germans attack with 3 artilleries and 7 infantry
                Russians defend with 3 artilleries and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Smolensk from Russians with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 3 artilleries and 1 infantry
            Battle in Russia
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 2 bombers and 3 fighters
                Russians defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_major and 5 infantry
                Germans captures 33PUs while taking Russians capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking Russia from Russians with 1 armour, 2 bombers and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Russians: 5 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            2 aaGuns moved from Archangel to Smolensk
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Belarus
            1 armour and 15 mech_infantrys moved from Western Ukraine to Belarus
            1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            2 bombers moved from Russia to Novgorod
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            1 infantry moved from Southern France to 93 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 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
            2 fighters moved from French West Africa to Egypt
            1 destroyer moved from 105 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            3 fighters placed in Western Germany
            1 infantry placed in Southern France
            1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in France
            3 armour placed in Novgorod

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 63 PUs; end with 96 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 101 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 106 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 116 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 81 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 78 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[boldfresh]

ohh, you only took one hit nice.

[Yoshi]

I got weird dices… but in the less important battles ;)

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kiangsu
                  Chinese take Kiangsu from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria
                  Chinese take Manchuria from Japanese

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 aaGuns, 8 artilleries and 26 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            3 infantry moved from Yenisey to Timguska

Turn Complete - Russians

[Yoshi]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Politics - Japanese

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 fighters and 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 5 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
                  Japanese take Szechwan from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan
                  Japanese take Hunan from Chinese
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kiangsu
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria
            1 artillery moved from Jehol to Shantung
            1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Shantung
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 19 Sea Zone to Manchuria
            3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 19 Sea Zone to Shantung
            4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsu
            2 bombers moved from India to Kiangsu
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kiangsu

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Shantung
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 3 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Shantung from Chinese with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry
            Battle in Manchuria
                Japanese attack with 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Manchuria from Chinese with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Kiangsu
                Japanese attack with 2 bombers, 7 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Kiangsu from Chinese with 2 bombers, 7 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Turkmenistan from Russians to Japanese
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            COMMENT: Forgot to do the walk in move in Turkmenistan while redoing the move in PBEM mode… edit it back if it’s a problem for you
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 battleships, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 4 submarines and 3 transports moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            1 artillery moved from French Indo China to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Malaya to French Indo China
            2 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kiangsu to 36 Sea Zone
            2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kiangsu to Kwangsi
            3 fighters moved from Shantung to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Manchuria to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to Japan
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Shantung to Japan
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Turkmenistan
            1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 carrier placed in 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry placed in Malaya
            3 infantry placed in India
            3 infantry placed in Persia
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in French Indo China
            2 fighters placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs

[Yoshi]

as said in the comment, there has been an edit for a walk in I forgot to redo… if it’s any problem, just cancel it.

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 6 bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            3 bombers moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Scotland to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Trans-Jordan to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria
            6 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Korea to Manchuria

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 104 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 4 bombers and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 4 bombers and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Manchuria
                Americans attack with 6 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Americans win with 6 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Philippines
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 2 tactical_bombers and 2 transports
                Germans defend with 1 carrier
                Americans win, taking Philippines from Japanese with 2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 2 tactical_bombers and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 16
                Casualties for Germans: 1 carrier
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 transport
                Americans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
                Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
            Battle in Celebes
            Battle in 19 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                Americans win, taking Celebes from Japanese with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in Morocco

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 carrier moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            4 bombers moved from 104 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 92 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
            2 fighters moved from Suiyuyan to Caucasus
            6 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to Korea
            1 fighter moved from 19 Sea Zone to Korea
            3 battleships, 5 carriers, 3 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 7 submarines moved from 33 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 91 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar

Place Units - Americans
            6 bombers placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 61 PUs; end with 61 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 71 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 86 PUs

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            4 infantry placed in Hopei

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 11 PUs total

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Politics - British
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 109 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 92 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            COMMENT: US acc edited to z92 instread of to 109.  2 UK ftrs on 1 US acc in z92.
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British

Non Combat Move - British
            1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 105 Sea Zone
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 52 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland
            1 aaGun, 1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom

Place Units - British
            1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 119 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,6
            British collect 23 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 23 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

[boldfresh]

hang on - forgot to put ftrs in z92

[boldfresh]

here you go

[boldfresh]

darn it - also the trn to 92

[boldfresh]

Should be a fun battle for egypt.

[Yoshi]

I could have gone for a victory condition in Europa I think, sending japanese air towards Europa (8 planes could have reach Egypt next turn, a lot more one turn later), but it’s a friendly game, and this did not look like a nice move to me.

I like the intention of these victory conditions (forcing the allies to go both sides), but on such example, it becomes silly.

[boldfresh]

@Yoshi:

I could have gone for a victory condition in Europa I think, sending japanese air towards Europa (8 planes could have reach Egypt next turn, a lot more one turn later), but it’s a friendly game, and this did not look like a nice move to me.

I like the intention of these victory conditions (forcing the allies to go both sides), but on such example, it becomes silly.

i agree with that assessment - once you get past about 8 rounds, the crossover could be a problem with the victory conditions.  I’m not sure yet.

i think you should have done it because it is probably the only chance the axis have right?  once egypt is secured it will never fall and i don’t think the japanese can ever get the cites in the pacific.

of course, if i hadn’t made the mistake in moscow, it would never have been an issue because the allied air (i think) would have arrived in time to save moscow.

[Yoshi]

we’ll see ; I play long term anyway, the point is to understand this game, not to use a trick to end the game quickly and learn nothing

[boldfresh]

@Yoshi:

we’ll see ; I play long term anyway, the point is to understand this game, not to use a trick to end the game quickly and learn nothing

understood - however, with the tough start you experienced, the goal for the axis would BE to look for an opportunity to end the game with a crossover.

[Yoshi]

If at some point I can lock the VC, I will (that’s part of the game, and you have to defend against that, as you are doing towards Egypt for instance), but I do not want to do that at the cost of half of the board (or if I belive I have not a chance).

Here, the early fall of Russia gives me some hope, even if of course, it’s far from the end :)

Still busy otherwise, turn is almost ready but I dunno when I will finish it.

[Yoshi]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 3 aaGuns and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 infantry moved from Gold Coast to French West Africa
            1 infantry moved from Nigeria to French West Africa
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from Norway to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            3 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
            2 infantry moved from France to Northern Italy
            2 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia

Place Units - Italians
            2 aaGuns and 1 infantry placed in Egypt
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry placed in Southern Italy
            3 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs