I will spend a supply and fight in this battle.
You have spent one supply from Mersa Brega to move into Benghazi, right? So there should be two supply there at this point?
Looking over my moves, I realized I forgot about the Japanese Tac Bomber in Russia. So I moved it to Italy. Hope that’s OK - if not, you can edit it back to Rostov. No biggie.
Frankly I’m outraged.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 6
Purchase Units - ANZAC
ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;
Combat Move - ANZAC
Non Combat Move - ANZAC
1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
Place Units - ANZAC
1 destroyer placed in 62 Sea Zone
1 fighter placed in New South Wales
Turn Complete - ANZAC
ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 11 PUs total
Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 16 PUs
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 6
Combat Move - French
1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
French take Tobruk from Italians
Combat - French
Non Combat Move - French
Turn Complete - French
TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 7
Politics - Germans
Purchase Units - Germans
Germans repair 14 damage on 14 factory_minors; Remaining resources: 66 PUs;
Germans buy 6 armour and 3 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Germans
1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov
1 infantry moved from Samara to Tambov
3 infantry moved from Rostov to Tambov
5 bombers moved from France to Tambov
5 armour moved from Belarus to Tambov
1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Tambov
4 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Tambov
9 armour, 1 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
3 armour moved from Volgograd to Northwest Persia
1 armour moved from Evenkiyskiy to Yenisey
Germans take Yenisey from Russians
1 armour moved from Yenisey to Yakut S.S.R.
Germans take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians
1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Timguska
Germans take Timguska from Russians
2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
3 armour moved from Ukraine to Tambov
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 7
Politics - Germans
Purchase Units - Germans
Germans repair 14 damage on 14 factory_minors; Remaining resources: 66 PUs;
Germans buy 6 armour and 3 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Germans
1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov
1 infantry moved from Samara to Tambov
3 infantry moved from Rostov to Tambov
5 bombers moved from France to Tambov
5 armour moved from Belarus to Tambov
1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Tambov
4 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Tambov
9 armour, 1 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
3 armour moved from Volgograd to Northwest Persia
1 armour moved from Evenkiyskiy to Yenisey
Germans take Yenisey from Russians
1 armour moved from Yenisey to Yakut S.S.R.
Germans take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians
1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Timguska
Germans take Timguska from Russians
2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
3 armour moved from Ukraine to Tambov
Combat - Germans
Battle in Northwest Persia
Germans attack with 12 armour, 1 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
British defend with 2 infantry
Germans win, taking Northwest Persia from Russians with 12 armour and 5 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
Casualties for British: 2 infantry
Battle in 104 Sea Zone
Germans attack with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
Americans defend with 1 cruiser and 2 destroyers
Germans win with 1 cruiser and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
Casualties for Germans: 1 carrier and 1 destroyer
Casualties for Americans: 1 cruiser and 2 destroyers
Battle in Tambov
Germans attack with 12 armour, 5 bombers, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Russians defend with 8 artilleries and 8 infantry
Germans win, taking Tambov from Russians with 8 armour and 5 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
Casualties for Germans: 4 armour, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Casualties for Russians: 8 artilleries and 8 infantry
Non Combat Move - Germans
5 bombers moved from Tambov to Bryansk
5 aaGuns, 7 artilleries and 12 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
3 armour moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
1 infantry moved from Vologda to Smolensk
2 fighters moved from 104 Sea Zone to Western Germany
1 artillery moved from Denmark to 112 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from Denmark to 112 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
3 artilleries, 3 infantry and 3 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 127 Sea Zone
3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from 127 Sea Zone to Archangel
3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Novgorod
1 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
Place Units - Germans
3 armour placed in Novgorod
Germans undo move 1.
2 armour and 1 fighter placed in Volgograd
2 armour and 1 fighter placed in Ukraine
2 armour and 1 fighter placed in Novgorod
Turn Complete - Germans
Germans collect 63 PUs; end with 63 PUs total
Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs
Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 70 PUs
Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 85 PUs
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 7
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Russians
6 artilleries moved from Russia to Tambov
6 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Italian Somaliland
Russians take Italian Somaliland from Italians
Combat - Russians
Battle in Tambov
Russians attack with 6 artilleries and 6 infantry
Germans defend with 8 armour
6 artilleries owned by the Russians retreated to Russia
Germans win with 2 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18
Casualties for Germans: 6 armour
Casualties for Russians: 6 infantry
Non Combat Move - Russians
Place Units - Russians
8 infantry placed in Russia
Turn Complete - Russians
Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,1,4,2
Russians collect 11 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 11 PUs total
Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 9 PUs; end with 20 PUs
Wow! What luck - I did not expect to hold that.
Then again, I thought things would go better for me in the Atlantic, so I guess it all evens out.
Maths of desperation, mate! 6 artillery is of more use to me than 2 tanks are to you and if I’d won then you’d have killed the Russian survivors in a counterattack - so I sallied out and ran away at the last moment :)
To be honest I suspect you’ve got this game in the bag now as I screwed up Russia earlier on and have been a bit seesaw with USA. Still, not out just yet and I think this game has massively helped my UK play!
I’m pretty sure that as long as I ply it safe, I’ve got this game locked down too. The USA will eventually be able to either have a real prescence in the Pacific or mount a major invasion, but it won’t be for 3-4 turns at least. And once they do, they’ll be staring down the barrel of some major defenses.
Africa and India will fall within a turn or two, as will Russia.
If you want to stop here, that’s fine with me. I feel that, if anything, this game has shown that the Allies really need that bid to be competitive. Your UK play was top notch - that trick with getting the Ruskie into Italian Africa was especially neat. But without a bid, it’s just not enough, sadly.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7
Game History
Round: 7
Purchase Units - Japanese
Japanese buy 9 armour and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Japanese
1 armour moved from Manchuria to Amur
Japanese take Amur from Russians
1 armour moved from Amur to Siberia
Japanese take Siberia from Russians
1 armour moved from Manchuria to Korea
Japanese take Korea from Russians
1 armour moved from French Indo China to Shan State
Japanese take Shan State from UK_Pacific
1 armour moved from Shan State to Yunnan
1 armour moved from Korea to Manchuria
Combat - Japanese
Non Combat Move - Japanese
1 artillery moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 41 Sea Zone to 75 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from Borneo to 43 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports moved from 43 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
2 transports moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
2 bombers moved from Japan to Philippines
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hunan to Philippines
1 fighter moved from Japan to Philippines
1 fighter moved from Jehol to Japan
1 aaGun moved from Jehol to Anhwe
1 armour moved from Suiyuyan to Kweichow
2 armour moved from Shensi to Yunnan
3 armour moved from Hunan to Yunnan
3 armour moved from Kwangtung to Yunnan
1 fighter moved from Hopei to Yunnan
3 armour moved from Kiangsu to Hunan
2 armour moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
3 armour moved from Manchuria to Anhwe
Place Units - Japanese
3 armour placed in Malaya
3 armour placed in Kwangtung
3 armour placed in Kiangsu
2 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - Japanese
Japanese collect 67 PUs; end with 67 PUs total
Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
Yeah, I’m happy to call it here - There’s nothing I can do to stop India or Moscow falling, after which it’ll be just a matter of time.
Good game though - Will need to do a rematch at some point :-D
Man, that was a heck of a game! I’ve got a few people asking me for matches at the moment, so I’ll attend to them first, but I’m sure we’ll be facing off against each other soon.
Good game!
You too - Good luck in the next ones!