S01 - Black Elk (Axis) vs. MagicQ (Allies + 11)

[MagicQ]

I should go and get lottery. Never felt so lucky! It’s already midnight here. Time for bed.  Will try to do UK if not woozy but not sure.

[Black_Elk]

Neah don’t worry about it dude. Get some rest, maybe it’ll give those dice a chance to cool down heheh.
:-D

The fighters in Anwhei are already making my head spin as is. I don’t know that I’ve seen an fighter stack that deep in China this late in a game. The Japanese are hopelessly stalled. Serves them right for thinking they could push early. The flying tigers are clearly balking at the Manchuria move.

Catch you tomorrow

[MagicQ]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - British
            British repair damage of 1x factory; Remaining resources: 28 PUs;
            British buy 1 armour, 5 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Anhwei to Kwangtung
            7 fighters moved from Anhwei to Kwangtung
            1 bomber moved from India to Kwangtung
            1 infantry moved from Burma to French Indo-China Thailand
                  British take French Indo-China Thailand from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
                  British take Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from Germans
            1 armour moved from French West Africa to Belgian Congo
                  British take Belgian Congo from Germans
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 8 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe
            1 fighter moved from 13 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe

[MagicQ]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - British
            British repair damage of 1x factory; Remaining resources: 28 PUs;
            British buy 1 armour, 5 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Anhwei to Kwangtung
            7 fighters moved from Anhwei to Kwangtung
            1 bomber moved from India to Kwangtung
            1 infantry moved from Burma to French Indo-China Thailand
                  British take French Indo-China Thailand from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
                  British take Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from Germans
            1 armour moved from French West Africa to Belgian Congo
                  British take Belgian Congo from Germans
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 8 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe
            1 fighter moved from 13 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe

Combat - British
            Battle in Northwestern Europe
                British attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Northwestern Europe from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Kwangtung
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 7 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 armour
                British win, taking Kwangtung from Japanese with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 7 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour

Non Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Anhwei
            1 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Szechwan
            1 bomber and 7 fighters moved from Kwangtung to Anhwei
            1 infantry moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from India to Persia
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to French Equatorial Africa
            1 transport moved from 23 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 13 Sea Zone to Libya
            1 carrier moved from 13 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 25 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to 8 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            1 transport placed in 8 Sea Zone
            3 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            1 armour and 2 infantry placed in India
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from India: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Persia: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 30 PUs; end with 30 PUs total

[Black_Elk]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese repair damage of 6x factory; Remaining resources: 30 PUs;
            Japanese buy 3 artilleries, 1 bomber and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Kiangsu
                  Japanese take Kiangsu from Russians
            1 armour moved from Manchuria to Kwangtung
            4 fighters moved from 62 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to 63 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Japan to 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from 62 Sea Zone to Manchuria

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Kwangtung
                Japanese attack with 1 armour and 4 fighters
                British defend with 1 armour
                Japanese win with 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for British: 1 armour
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            4 fighters moved from Kwangtung to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia S.S.R.

Place Units - Japanese
            3 artilleries placed in Manchuria
            1 bomber placed in East Indies
            2 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs total

[Black_Elk]

Man I can’t even believe how poorly Japan has played. Just terrible, truly terrible. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they’ve lost every single important combat/trade/roll since the game began. Its a personal record for mismanagement, botched plans, and battlefield ineptitude. Worthless tank, curse you to a shallow grave! hehe
:-D

Back to USA

[MagicQ]

I have to say anything can happen in dice. So no point get upset by that.

[Black_Elk]

Yeah  I’m not really upset by the dice. I have nobody to blame but myself hehe. The truth is that I made some rather regrettable assumptions about your level of experience based on the bid and the way UK opened. You’re playing an excellent game, whereas I set myself up for dissapointment with decisions I made on J1. And then really screwed myself with lackluster positioning by both Axis powers the following round. Basically I backed myself into a corner, into a situation where now I actually need the rolls to have any chance of recovery, and of course that’s never where Axis want to be lol.

Don’t worry, I’ll play to the last. Hurling bodies at the problem until the final defeat.
:-D

[MagicQ]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 transport moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Morocco to 13 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 13 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to France
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to France
            2 fighters moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 bomber moved from West Russia to France
            1 fighter moved from Libya to France

[MagicQ]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 transport moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Morocco to 13 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 13 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to France
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to France
            2 fighters moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 bomber moved from West Russia to France
            1 fighter moved from Libya to France

Combat - Americans
            Battle in France
                Americans attack with 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Americans win, taking France from Germans with 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber and 5 fighters moved from Anhwei to West Russia
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Belgian Congo
            1 carrier moved from 24 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 24 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 25 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 13 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from France to West Russia
            1 bomber moved from France to United Kingdom
            3 fighters moved from France to United Kingdom
            1 fighter moved from France to 8 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Canada to 10 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            3 transports moved from 13 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            5 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Eastern Canada
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Libya to Algeria
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to Western Canada
            1 fighter moved from 11 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 fighter moved from 11 Sea Zone to Eastern Canada
            1 transport moved from 24 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 24 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            1 transport placed in 11 Sea Zone
            2 fighters placed in 11 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in Eastern United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 54 PUs; end with 54 PUs total

[MagicQ]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 8

Research Technology - Russians

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 3 artilleries and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            2 infantry moved from West Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.

[Black_Elk]

The exact move I was afraid of hehe! Nicely done man!

Honestly don’t let my early morning grumbling about combat rolls diminish the brilliant plays you’ve been making. China has rocked it this game. I know all too well that any bad luck I may have suffered along the way was due to gambles I made and then lost. I could have chosen not to bomb for example, or I could have chosen not make some of those early move outs inti Burma and Ukraine, hanging my hopes on narrow attacks and defenses. But I made my bed, and I’ve got to sleep in it now haha.

I’m off to work, but I’ll be back later tonight with the German response.  Catch you then dude!

[MagicQ]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 8

Research Technology - Russians

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 3 artilleries and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            2 infantry moved from West Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Ukraine S.S.R.

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Ukraine S.S.R.
                Russians attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery
                Russians win, taking Ukraine S.S.R. from Germans with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 fighter moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Russia
            1 fighter moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Russia
            2 armour moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 infantry moved from Sinkiang to Evenki National Okrug
            1 armour moved from Anhwei to Evenki National Okrug
            1 armour moved from Anhwei to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Anhwei to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Anhwei to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Sinkiang to Evenki National Okrug
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Sinkiang to Kazakh S.S.R.
            4 infantry moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 submarine moved from 25 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone

Place Units - Russians
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Russia
            2 infantry placed in Caucasus

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs total

[MagicQ]

@Black_Elk:

The exact move I was afraid of hehe! Nicely done man!

Honestly don’t let my early morning grumbling about combat rolls diminish the brilliant plays you’ve been making. China has rocked it this game. I know all too well that any bad luck I may have suffered along the way was due to gambles I made and then lost. I could have chosen not to bomb for example, or I could have chosen not make some of those early move outs inti Burma and Ukraine, hanging my hopes on narrow attacks and defenses. But I made my bed, and I’ve got to sleep in it now haha.

I’m off to work, but I’ll be back later tonight with the German response.  Catch you then dude!

Thanks. Let’s hope you get decent dice later.

[Black_Elk]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 13 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western Australia to 38 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 battleship, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 38 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to East Indies
            1 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Italian East Africa
            2 infantry moved from Belorussia to Ukraine S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Karelia S.S.R.
                  Germans take Karelia S.S.R. from Russians
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belorussia
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Germany to France
            2 infantry moved from Germany to Northwestern Europe
            2 armour moved from Germany to Belorussia
            4 armour moved from Baltic States to Belorussia
            1 armour moved from Germany to Belorussia
            3 fighters moved from Belorussia to France
            2 fighters moved from Belorussia to Northwestern Europe
            1 fighter moved from Baltic States to France
            3 bombers moved from Belorussia to Ukraine S.S.R.

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Northwestern Europe
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Northwestern Europe from British with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Ukraine S.S.R.
                Germans attack with 3 bombers and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Ukraine S.S.R. from Russians with 3 bombers and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 4 fighters and 2 infantry
                Americans defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking France from Americans with 1 artillery, 4 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            4 fighters moved from France to Germany
            2 fighters moved from Northwestern Europe to Germany
            1 aaGun moved from Baltic States to Germany
            3 bombers moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Germany

Place Units - Germans
            10 infantry placed in Germany
            3 infantry placed in Italy

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 40 PUs; end with 40 PUs total

[Black_Elk]

Hehe one can hope, but unfortunately the Axis have completely lost the initiative at the center. It will be enough at this point just to try and hold Berlin and one other VC to prevent your 10 VC win for a few more rounds. My German armor will be needed to defend the fatherland soon, so playing chicken with the Russians in Belo is just a formality. In an alternate universe Japan might have been in a position to take over as the Germans withdrew, but that’s unlikely to happen here, since I can already see the Allies slowly creeping back into the Pacific. It’s like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. Still, I enjoy the game, and will play on to see how long we can draw it out. Who knows, I might catch a break somewhere and bloody the Allies on defense at the very end. Just to close with a bang hehe
:-D

Back to you UK

[MagicQ]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - British
            British repair damage of 2x factory; Remaining resources: 28 PUs;
            British buy 1 artillery and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Belgian Congo to Rhodesia
                  British take Rhodesia from Germans
            1 armour moved from Rhodesia to Italian East Africa
            1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Italian East Africa
            1 bomber moved from Anhwei to Italian East Africa
            1 fighter moved from Libya to France
            1 fighter moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 armour and 3 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 8 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 3 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 infantry moved from French Indo-China Thailand to Malaya
                  British take Malaya from Japanese
            7 fighters moved from Anhwei to West Russia

Combat - British
            Battle in France
                British attack with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 3 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                British win, taking France from Germans with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Italian East Africa
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 armour
                British win, taking Italian East Africa from Germans with 1 armour and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Italian East Africa to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
            2 fighters moved from France to 8 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 8 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 aaGun moved from 8 Sea Zone to France
            1 armour moved from Anhwei to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Szechwan to Kazakh S.S.R.
            1 artillery moved from Persia to India

Place Units - British
            3 infantry placed in India
            1 artillery and 5 infantry placed in United Kingdom

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

[MagicQ]

Churchill noticed Japan had gathered a stack of formidable force and decided to back off.

Just had lunch. Beautiful weather. What better way to spend the weekends than fighting a battle of wit?

[Black_Elk]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 artillery and 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 armour moved from Manchuria to Kwangtung
                  Japanese take Kwangtung from British
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kwangtung
            5 artilleries moved from Manchuria to 62 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 62 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from Manchuria to 62 Sea Zone
            5 artilleries, 2 battleships, 2 carriers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters, 5 infantry and 5 transports moved from 62 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone
            5 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from 61 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            1 artillery moved from Manchuria to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from Buryatia S.S.R. to Yakut S.S.R.
            2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 artillery and 12 infantry moved from Manchuria to Anhwei
                  Japanese take Anhwei from Americans
            1 bomber moved from East Indies to Japan

Combat - Japanese

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 aaGun moved from Manchuria to Anhwei
            2 fighters moved from Belorussia to Germany

Place Units - Japanese
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Manchuria
            7 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs total

[Black_Elk]

No combats from Japan this time, just a series of walk ins. Trying to shore up the lines a bit and keep your away from Shanghai for a change, since it looks like D-Day is about to crack off in the west. Hanging on by the fingernails/
:-D

Back to the Americans