L13 G40 PGMatt (axis) vs Gamer (allies +10) +tech game 2

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 fighter moved from France to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from France to Southern Italy
            1 submarine moved from 93 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
                  Italians take 97 Sea Zone from British

Combat - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
            2 infantry moved from Southern France to France
            2 aaGuns moved from Southern France to Northern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Southern Italy
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Northern Italy
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Albania: 2 armour and 5 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Yugoslavia: 2 armour
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Greece: 5 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total

Territory Summary for Italians :

Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    France : 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
    Tunisia : 1 flag
    Tobruk : 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Albania : 2 armour and 5 infantry
    Northern Italy : 2 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major and 2 infantry
    Southern Italy : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 5 infantry
    95 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Greece : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 42 / 55
    Russians : 29 / 39
    Japanese : 41 / 55
    Americans : 52 / 77
    Chinese : 11 / 16
    British : 33 / 38
    UK_Pacific : 15 / 15
    Italians : 17 / 17
    ANZAC : 10 / 13
    French : 9 / 0
    Dutch : 4 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Germans

Research Technology - Germans
            Germans spend 5 on tech rolls
                Germans roll 4 and gets 0 hits
            Germans removing all Technology Tokens after unsuccessful research.

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 armour, 1 fighter, 6 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
                  Germans take Ukraine from Russians
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Ukraine
            9 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
                  Germans take Vyborg from Russians
            1 armour moved from Vyborg to Finland
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Karelia
                  Germans take Karelia from Russians
            1 armour moved from Karelia to Finland
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
                  Germans take Archangel from Russians
            2 infantry moved from Western Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Finland
            3 bombers moved from Western Germany to Finland

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Finland
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 3 bombers and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 3 bombers and 2 infantry in Finland, round 1 :  4/7 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Finland, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Russians , 1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Finland
                Germans win, taking Finland from Russians with 2 armour, 3 bombers and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 2 artilleries and 5 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries and 5 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 1 :  3/7 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Western Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 2 artilleries and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            2 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Novgorod
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            3 bombers moved from Finland to Novgorod
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to France

Place Units - Germans
            4 infantry placed in Novgorod
            2 infantry placed in Western Germany
            1 fighter placed in Western Germany
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Germany
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 125 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 113 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 119 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 112 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 submarine placed in 112 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,2
            Germans collect 48 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 48 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

France : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry
    Western Germany : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Germany : 2 armour, 1 factory_major and 1 mech_infantry
    Northern Italy : 1 aaGun and 4 infantry
    Belarus : 1 flag
    Karelia : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag
    Vyborg : 1 flag
    Archangel : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 2 armour, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Bessarabia : 1 flag
    Ukraine : 1 flag, 9 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 9 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag, 2 artilleries and 5 infantry
    Novgorod : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 3 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 14 infantry, 3 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers
    112 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    119 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    125 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    115 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag
    Finland : 1 flag, 2 armour and 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 50 / 58
    Russians : 21 / 39
    Japanese : 41 / 55
    Americans : 52 / 77
    Chinese : 11 / 16
    British : 33 / 38
    UK_Pacific : 15 / 15
    Italians : 17 / 17
    ANZAC : 10 / 15
    French : 9 / 0
    Dutch : 4 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

made a minor NCM / Production change, moving 2 INF from n.it north to Germany then building 2 more guys in Berlin instead.

Gamer.tsvg

Isn’t it like three am local for you?  You should be in bed!b

@Gamerman01:

The dice were very strange in Ukraine, but ended up about average.

I only collected 24??  AAAAAA!  You cut off my lifeline in Z125 at last

Now……
What are you going to do with Japan??
I made a rash USA3 move - can you prevent disaster?

At this point in my game play (overall), I think I’m making tiny mistakes that are killing me against the T1 players.  I set up the Ukraine knowing that it was a saw off battle and now you have put me into a position where I pretty much have to counter your counter attack, setting up another trade if you want it.

The z125 is a perfect example of oversite; missed the boat (HAH!) on it and it takes like 2 turns to set up to block it again.

If you are stll having second thoughts about the battle, I dont mind changing it. It wont change Japan’s move at all.  Just make the swap however you like.

I dont know about Japan yet, I have just had a chance to open the board now.

This AA has so many roads to victory that it isn’t a cookie cutter game forsure.  The West board has legit allied plays vs both Germany and Italy, and both Axis powers have two pretty reasonable roads.

I still don’t see a legit road to 6 VCs for Japan in the East.  5 is pretty easy, but that sixth one looks very difficult to actually get.

@Gamerman01:

Oh, it can definitely be done.  I lost one that way to Karl (barely) and vowed “never again”.  I had a huge stack on Paris and everything.  It really sucks to lose that way, with the Axis not required to capture a major capital anywhere.  Just taking India, New South Wales and Hawaii and winning, really feels wrong.  But you’re right - it’s normally hard to get the 6th (NSW or Honolulu, usually), and well it should.

Surely you are kidding about re-doing Ukraine.  I’m not having any second thoughts.  Happy I won with ground units left over.

I wasn’t talking about redoing the dice, just the decesion to retreat when and where you did.  If you want to retreat with 1 German armour left or whatever it was and fall back to someplace you could have had a path to, go for it.  It’s too easy to make move mistakes when games are played broken up.

Sorry, I have sketched out a kinda plan for Japan but I have the kids tonight while Emma is busy so I wont be posting a move until after they go to bed.  This afternoon didn’t go as planned, my honeydo was large, and my folks ended up coming over for dinner too.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

Research Technology - Japanese

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 3 destroyers, 9 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs; 0 techTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Trigger Japanese Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttatchment attached to Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            1 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            2 fighters moved from 42 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangtung to Philippines
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
                  Japanese take Yunnan from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
                  Japanese take French Indo China from French
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangtung to Hunan
            3 fighters and 3 infantry moved from Shantung to Jehol
            1 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
                  Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese
            2 bombers moved from Amur to Jehol
            1 armour moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
                  Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Philippines
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Philippines, round 1 :  1/6 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Philippines, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Philippines
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Philippines, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Philippines, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Philippines
                Japanese win, taking Philippines from Americans with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry
            Battle in Hunan
                Japanese attack with 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers in Hunan, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan
                Japanese win with 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
                British defend with 1 destroyer
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 41 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 41 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 41 Sea Zone
                Japanese win, taking 41 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in Malaya
            Battle in Borneo
            Battle in Jehol
                Japanese attack with 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 infantry in Jehol, round 1 :  4/8 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Jehol, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Jehol
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Dutch, taking Malaya from UK_Pacific, taking Borneo from UK_Pacific, taking Jehol from Chinese with 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in 62 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 62 Sea Zone
                Japanese win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 fighters moved from 62 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 42 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 42 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            2 bombers and 3 fighters moved from Jehol to Japan
            2 fighters moved from Kwangtung to Japan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            2 transports moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            2 battleships, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Amur to Manchuria
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangtung
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung
            1 aaGun moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung

Place Units - Japanese
            3 destroyers placed in 20 Sea Zone
            9 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Japan
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Japan: 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 6 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 58 PUs; end with 58 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Caroline Islands : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Kwangsi : 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Japan : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 6 fighters, 1 harbour and 14 infantry
    Jehol : 3 infantry
    Manchuria : 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
    Yunnan : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Anhwe : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Malaya : 1 flag, 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Borneo : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Kwangtung : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 3 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
    Philippines : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Sakha : 1 flag
    Soviet Far East : 1 flag
    Amur : 1 flag, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
    Yakut S.S.R. : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    Siberia : 1 flag
    Buryatia : 1 flag
    French Indo China : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Celebes : 1 flag
    Java : 1 flag
    Sumatra : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    41 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
    43 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    37 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    35 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
    39 Sea Zone : 2 carriers, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    20 Sea Zone : 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 4 destroyers and 2 transports
    6 Sea Zone : 2 destroyers
    61 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 58
    Russians : 23 / 24
    Japanese : 58 / 63
    Americans : 50 / 77
    Chinese : 10 / 16
    British : 33 / 38
    UK_Pacific : 8 / 15
    Italians : 17 / 17
    ANZAC : 10 / 15
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Now, the USA!  I did a end of turn edit on my purchase rather than replot all the combat moves.  In hindsight I probably bought one DD too many.