XPAD2 Game 21 Dicer's Creed (axis) vs Team GARL (allies+12)

Dang, I should’ve stuck with the 2 inf . . .  :oops:

@Karl7:

ha ha…… we got totally diced!  :-P

You’re one to talk about getting diced after ALL the battles that have gone your way in the European theater.

@Gargantua:

Oh Trans Jordan went our way?

Sea Zone 97 Defense went our way?

Anglo Egypt Went our way?

Please.  It’s back and forth.  And where we’ve built an edge in Europe with dice history, the axis have built an edge with dice history in the pacific.

Moot complaint.

If you’re going to pick battles to show how lucky I’ve gotten in Europe, at least try picking some better examples.

Go back and check the odds and average results on those battles por favor. On average I should’ve lost an extra air off the sz97 battle. Not a huge difference from the expected outcome. That was equaled out in the the TrJ battle when I lost an extra air unit above the average result. I brought a ton of air into both battles so I had numbers as well as punch in both battles. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that that overwhelming force was able to knock out the defenders in 1 round in both those battles.

As for Egy, I’m not sure if you’re talking this most recent battle or not. If you are, well that’s one battle that really skewed in my favor over the expected outcome and only my shortsighted choice of a bomber kept the losses about equal.

But sure, conveniently forget that UK took zero losses on UK1 against both German and Italian targets. Let’s forget about how Yugo got 3/3 hits against the Italians or that the French killed 2inf, aa attacking into Holland with just the inf, art and then killed 2 more mech defending against a German attack with air support. Or the battle in Epl which pitted about equal forces against each other somehow cost Germany 8inf, aa to Russia’s 4 inf. Oh both sz110 and sz111 as well as Paris and sz93.

The Gibraltar stand was nice but just a 50/50 battle. And Sudan was not expected to actually be taken either. That’s it, everything else has been a wash or in the allied favor.

Italy is being or will be reviewed by my partner and I expect to post shortly.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 airfield and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Alexandria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
                  Italians take Trans-Jordan from British
            1 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Morocco
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 fighter; Americans defend with 1 bomber

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 airfield and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Alexandria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
                  Italians take Trans-Jordan from British
            1 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Morocco
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 fighter; Americans defend with 1 bomber
                Italians win, taking Morocco from French with 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 3 infantry
                retreated to Yugoslavia
                Neutral_Allies win with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from Yugoslavia to Southern Italy
            2 aaGuns moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            2 armour moved from Belarus to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Place Units - Italians
            1 airfield placed in Egypt
            1 transport placed in 95 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 19 PUs; end with 21 PUs total
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs

Yugo is STILL standing strong.  :cry:

That’s 11 ground units and an aa that the forces in Yugo and the 2 french in Normandy have killed over the course of the game . . . and there’s still 3 more dudes left.

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 4

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
                  Germans take Holland Belgium from French
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            2 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            3 armour moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Baltic States to Vyborg
            4 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
            1 artillery, 2 fighters and 4 infantry moved from Belarus to Smolensk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            4 armour, 4 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Belarus to Archangel
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Archangel
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 91 Sea Zone
            6 bombers moved from Egypt to 91 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Vyborg

Changing the tank to a sub. Other than that, we who are about to dice salute you.  :-D