15L Playoff Rd2: [4] JDOW (Axis) vs. [8] Gamerman01 (Allies +25)

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

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 fighter moved from Wake Island to 33 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from India to 46 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to 46 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Greece to Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Volgograd
            1 fighter moved from Tambov to Volgograd
            4 fighters moved from India to 42 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Scotland to France
            1 fighter moved from India to 42 Sea Zone
            7 fighters moved from Greece to Northern Italy
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Volgograd

Combat - Americans
            Air Battle in Volgograd
                Americans attacks with 4 units heading to Volgograd
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Volgograd
                Bombing raid in Volgograd rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Volgograd causes 6 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                1 bomber killed by AA
                Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 0 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in France
                Bombing raid in France rolls: 5 and causes: 5 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in France causes 5 damage total.
            Battle in Northern Italy
                Americans attack with 7 fighters
                Italians defend with 1 factory_major and 1 infantry
                Americans win with 6 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter
            Battle in 42 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 5 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 5 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 33 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 battleship
                Americans win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 battleship
            Battle in 46 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 bombers and 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Americans: 2 bombers and 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from 46 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            2 fighters moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 aaGun moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Wake Island
            1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to Northern Territory
            1 mech_infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 infantry moved from Greece to Albania
            1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            6 fighters moved from Northern Italy to Greece
            1 bomber moved from France to Greece
            1 bomber moved from Volgograd to Greece
            3 fighters moved from Volgograd to Greece
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
            5 fighters moved from 42 Sea Zone to Northern Territory
            1 battleship moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 carrier moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 mech_infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia

Place Units - Americans
            1 submarine placed in 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry placed in Greece
            1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Western United States
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 55 PUs; end with 55 PUs total
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 65 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 75 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 carrier, 5 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 125 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Holland Belgium
            1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Scotland to 109 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 armour moved from Burma to French Indo China
                  Chinese take Yunnan from Japanese
                  UK_Pacific take French Indo China from Japanese
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to Malaya
            1 infantry moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 cruiser moved from 79 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Strategic bombing raid in Malaya
                Bombing raid in Malaya rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: harbour
                Bombing raid in Malaya causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in Sumatra
                British attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Sumatra from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                British attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Holland Belgium from Germans with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                British attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                British win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Germans with 1 fighter and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in 125 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine; Russians loiter and taunt
                Germans defend with 1 submarine
                British win, taking 125 Sea Zone from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 aaGun moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 72 Sea Zone to Kenya
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Malaya to Burma
            2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
            1 infantry moved from West India to India
            1 armour moved from Burma to India
            2 battleships, 2 destroyers and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Burma to India
            1 destroyer moved from 81 Sea Zone to 75 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            1 carrier placed in 110 Sea Zone
            4 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            1 submarine placed in 71 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 38 PUs; end with 38 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 43 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 infantry

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

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from India to 41 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Queensland to Malaya
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from South Australia to 61 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 61 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - ANZAC
            ANZAC creates battle in territory 20 Sea Zone
            Strategic bombing raid in Malaya
                Bombing raid in Malaya rolls: 7 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Malaya causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in Java
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                British loiter and taunt; ANZAC attack with 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                ANZAC win, taking 20 Sea Zone from Japanese, taking Java from Japanese with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from 41 Sea Zone to India
            1 bomber moved from Malaya to Burma
            1 fighter moved from Eastern Persia to Russia
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 infantry moved from Northern Territory to Queensland
            3 infantry moved from South Australia to Queensland
            1 aaGun moved from South Australia to Queensland
            1 infantry moved from South Australia to Queensland
            1 artillery moved from South Australia to New South Wales
            1 cruiser moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 16 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 12

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan

Turn Complete - French

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Tsinghai
                  Chinese take Tsinghai from Japanese
            1 armour, 6 artilleries, 3 fighters, 23 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Kansu
                  Chinese take Kansu from Japanese
            2 armour moved from Vologda to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Urals to Timguska
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Urals to Timguska
            1 fighter moved from Urals to Tambov

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Timguska
                Russians attack with 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Timguska from Japanese with 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 3 armour, 6 artilleries, 4 fighters, 23 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 5 armour, 9 artilleries, 5 infantry and 20 mech_infantrys

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Casualty choice for Tambov please

twos go wild!!!

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

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Tsinghai
                  Chinese take Tsinghai from Japanese
            1 armour, 6 artilleries, 3 fighters, 23 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Kansu
                  Chinese take Kansu from Japanese
            2 armour moved from Vologda to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Urals to Timguska
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Urals to Timguska
            1 fighter moved from Urals to Tambov

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Timguska
                Russians attack with 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Timguska from Japanese with 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 3 armour, 6 artilleries, 4 fighters, 23 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 5 armour, 9 artilleries, 5 infantry and 20 mech_infantrys
                retreated to Tambov
                Germans win with 5 armour and 8 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is -36
                Casualties for Germans: 9 artilleries, 5 infantry and 12 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 3 armour, 6 artilleries, 2 fighters, 23 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            3 infantry moved from Vologda to Urals
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Smolensk to Vologda
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to Vologda
            2 fighters moved from Tambov to Urals

Place Units - Russians
            4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 11 PUs; end with 11 PUs total

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JDOW’s dice come roaring back
He don’t stay diced for long

Russians disappointed all game long
Good riddance - I’ll hang my hopes on the US, UK, and ANZAC

You needed to make a power move on Moscow this turn like you did.  Probably too soft of a target presented in Tambov, but you came out OK.  I don’t know why I flew so many planes away from India, especially the 5 to NTE.  Nearly a week waiting for Japan’s turn to be completed didn’t help, but I can’t blame that, I could have made notes.

Yes, after that first round it looked like the game might break open, but now you still have a decent chance.  I don’t even know how good your chance is, but I know I can hold off Axis victory for a long time.  However, gobbling up Russia is going to be a real shot in the arm for you.  However, I got to Japan just in time.  So it will be a really great game by the time it’s all over

Landing the air is no problem.  I was looking at a 3 round attack and hoping to save 3 air - 1 was stuck landing in Moscow.
But the dice were all weird and it went 4 rounds, and then you got a good roll in round 4 and I lost 1 very important Russian fighter.  So disappointed once again.  Losing the tac hurt bad.  It’s been tough going

Pretty sure I’ve never seen a blue guy in purple China before

Now you have tough Japan moves probably for the remainder of the game.  Germany’s gonna be tough to handle for me though.  So many good dice rounds early in the game for them.

The waves were probably unstoppable - I don’t know how many rounds I could have held off.  But I’m glad I’m not going to lose any (more) allied air defending Moscow in some big huge stack battle.  Hate to lose Moscow at this point (I should have had a ton of air in India going into G13 and I failed), but glad I won’t be losing a bunch of bombers and a huge stack of fighters there now

Average TUV for the first 2 rounds was only a very small negative number for me, so it was a no-brainer to attack for 2-3 rounds.  All the Russians could do was die in Moscow and not take enough down with them, or retreat in the wrong direction, which would have been a terrible decision.  I’m just really glad you gave me a chance to wipe all the artillery and about 10 mech (I ended up getting 12 but losing all tanks and 2 fighters) - I’m sure it was my best option then, given that I had flown too many fighters out of range of Moscow.  I didn’t run calcs to see if you could stack both territories - probably overconfident after the 33 disaster.

Game will continue to be hard fought for several rounds, that’s all I know

Yes, the last round was crazy
I have been thinking about the new situation a lot.  You stated the obvious about Germany and Russia…. but like I said before, not losing a single Allied fighter or bomber in Moscow is big, too, and I don’t know that Moscow could last that long anyway.  It is also big for me that Italy has almost no income.  But even by itself, Germany is scary right now.  Taking out all the artillery and a bunch of mech was significant, but I’m not sure if it was enough.  We have suddenly shifted to a very different phase of the game, as you are saying.  How Japan fares is indeed a big question.  My America play is going to have to be very strong, and maybe my American dice need to be strong too.

As I wrote before, I moved too many fighters out of range of Moscow, and am trying to console myself.  I think there is a situation where you could possibly trap all the Russians and kill them more cheaply than this, so I think it could have been worse.  You did luck out in Tambov after that first round (after of course my great luck).  If I had managed to wipe out the entire stack, then I think the game is mine.  But you ended up saving 13 extremely important units and even took down an extra plane to boot, keeping you very much alive

Man looks in the abyss, there’s nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.