Gamerman's G40 Laegue House Rules Playtest Shin Ji (Axis) vs Nozdormu (Allies)

[gamerman01]

Oh man, for a moment you make me really miss ABattlemap where you could position your units however you want…

[Shin-Ji]

Heh.  That had its good sides and bad sides, though.  I remember trying to sneak transports across the bottom of the board by putting them on the very edge of the map.  Never actually worked…

[gamerman01]

I rarely saw sneaky stuff like that - I would have unleashed on anyone trying to hide units  :-)

[Guest]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Turkey
                  Russians take Turkey from Germans

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 aaGuns, 5 artilleries and 100 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
            2 aaGuns and 1 artillery moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan

Turn Complete - Russians

Territory Summary for Russians :

Trans-Jordan : 4 aaGuns, 6 artilleries and 100 infantry
    Turkey : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Iraq : 3 infantry
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 74 / 102
    Russians : 5 / 0
    Japanese : 25 / 25
    Americans : 85 / 110
    Chinese : 23 / 28
    British : 25 / 68
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 33
    Italians : 17 / 28
    ANZAC : 0 / 0
    French : 0 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 1200
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 2 / 0

[Shin-Ji]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 7 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            18 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            10 bombers moved from Spain to Iraq
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Turkey
            3 infantry moved from Brazil to Venezuela

[Shin-Ji]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioIACVP_d5E

[Guest]

I lost this game due to bad dice. Seriously.

[Shin-Ji]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 7 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
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            EDIT: Changing PUs for Japanese from 7 to 6
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            18 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            10 bombers moved from Spain to Iraq
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Turkey
            3 infantry moved from Brazil to Venezuela

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Venezuela
                Japanese attack with 3 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Americans win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Japanese: 3 infantry
            Battle in Turkey
                Japanese attack with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Turkey from Russians with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Iraq
                Japanese attack with 18 armour, 3 artilleries, 12 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                British defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter, 28 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Russians defend with 3 infantry; Americans defend with 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 6 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Japanese win with 6 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Japanese: 18 armour, 3 artilleries, 6 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry
                Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter, 28 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 2 artilleries, 6 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            6 bombers moved from Iraq to Syria
            3 infantry moved from Chile to Peru
                  Japanese take Peru from Neutral_Axis
            3 armour, 2 battleships, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 8 fighters, 1 infantry, 7 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 5 transports moved from 83 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain
            3 armour moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain

Place Units - Japanese
            1 destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 10
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 19 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,2,1,5,3,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,4,3,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 80 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6
            Japanese collect 17 PUs (10 lost to blockades); end with 23 PUs total
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            EDIT: Changing PUs for Japanese from 23 to 26
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[Guest]

I am probably permanently giving up on Axis and Allies. It was fun while it lasted, but I hate losing to dice. Especially when games like this take this long. I wanted to give it another try, hoping the house ruled version of the game was more balanced, but alas. If I ever do play AA again, it will be with low luck.

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

I lost this game due to bad dice. Seriously.

You lost this fight due to bad dice, I’ll tell you that!  As the video I posted indicates, I was not expecting to win in Iraq.

I think you lost the game as a whole due to some rules tweaks that still need to be addressed.

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

I am probably permanently giving up on Axis and Allies. It was fun while it lasted, but I hate losing to dice. Especially when games like this take this long. I wanted to give it another try, hoping the house ruled version of the game was more balanced, but alas. If I ever do play AA again, it will be with low luck.

Really?  That’s the most thrilling part of the game to me.  Whether it works for me or against me.  Even when it seemed I was getting ever gorram plane shot down for a bit there, that was funny to me.  In fact, that’s exactly why I would never play low luck.

But to each their own!  Happy trails to you, friend!

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

Especially when games like this take this long.

As an aside, has there ever been a faster game played on the forums?  We did 20 rounds and change in 11 days.  That’s nuts!

[gamerman01]

That was pretty fast, although I doubt it was the fastest.  Among the fastest, though,

thanks guys

[Noll]

Where can I find a summaru of the house rules implemented in this game?
The google doc file doesnt work for me.

[gamerman01]

OK, here’s an excel file for you

G40 New and Improved.xls

[Shin-Ji]

And I managed to make it a pdf.  Hope this helps.

G40 New and Improved.pdf

[Noll]

Thanks a lot! Will try it.