Farmboy v JWW (axis)

no scramble. Good luck!

I wonder if there is some hidden reason why JWW wrote your nickname wrong in the thread title  :wink:

@JWW:

@JDOW:

I wonder if there is some hidden reason why JWW wrote your nickname wrong in the thread title  :wink:

don’t be a trouble maker JDOW! I have fixed it….

You, at least, can do that.

yes, France was very bad for the Germans. A reminder that such a stretch (110, 111 & Normandy) is a risky stretch.

At least this time, JWW won the 106 pitfight.

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.9, time: 12:13:07 AM

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - Russians

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Non Combat Move - Russians
            3 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
            2 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus
            1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Rostov
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Bryansk
            1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
            2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            6 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
            2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia
            6 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia

Place Units - Russians
            3 artilleries placed in Novgorod
            Russians undo move 1.
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Novgorod
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Ukraine
            5 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Territory Summary for Russians :

Yakut S.S.R. : 6 infantry
    Buryatia : 2 aaGuns and 12 infantry
    Belarus : 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 11 infantry
    Bryansk : 2 aaGuns, 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Rostov : 2 infantry
    Bessarabia : 1 infantry
    Russia : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major and 5 infantry
    Ukraine : 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    Western Ukraine : 1 artillery and 7 infantry
    Volgograd : 1 factory_minor
    Novgorod : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 6 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    127 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    115 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser and 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 38 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 26 / 26
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 12 / 12
    British : 28 / 28
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
    Italians : 10 / 10
    ANZAC : 10 / 10
    French : 13 / 0
    Dutch : 11 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 3 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 8 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

triplea_40707_Rus1.tsvg

All good. And yes, France was a very lucky start.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 1

Combat - British

triplea_40707_Bri1.tsvg

Scramble?

Also, a question around BM mode. I’m noticing that I don’t get the option to post the game as frequently as in the regular mode. Can I change that?  I may regret this British turn as I think I am making sea lion a much higher risk. I committed to one set of combat moves and then wanted to rethink it but couldn’t return back to a saved China turn. I’m going to go with this anyway because it is fun to see what happens but wanted to know for future turns. I know there is an autosave but wasn’t sure if I can use that.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - Americans

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 5 PUs;

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to Central United States
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Philippines to 31 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to Wake Island
            1 destroyer moved from 31 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Central United States to Wake Island
            1 fighter moved from 31 Sea Zone to Wake Island
            1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Eastern United States
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 31 Sea Zone to Wake Island
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 101 Sea Zone
            1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 57 PUs

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 5 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 5 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/6 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  0/5 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 :  1/5 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 5 :  0/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 5 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 6 :  1/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 6 :  1/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Chinese: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
            2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
            4 infantry placed in Szechwan
            Chinese undo move 1.
            3 infantry placed in Szechwan
            1 infantry placed in Shensi

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 12 PUs

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 97 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Ethiopia
            1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 destroyers, 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 artilleries and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - British
            Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
            Battle in Ethiopia
                British attack with 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser in Ethiopia, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Ethiopia, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Ethiopia, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British and 2 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Ethiopia
                    British roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Ethiopia, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ethiopia, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Ethiopia, round 4 :  2/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ethiopia, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Italians lost in Ethiopia
                British win, taking Ethiopia from Italians with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 fighter; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  3/6 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 3 fighters and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  4/5 hits
                    1 carrier owned by the British, 1 fighter owned by the Germans, 1 fighter owned by the British, 1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  3/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 fighters and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the Italians, 1 fighter owned by the British and 2 fighters owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                    1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 25
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 transport
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
                Germans defend with 1 battleship and 1 submarine
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the Germans, 1 submarine owned by the Germans and 1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 110 Sea Zone
                British win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship and 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 fighter in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 transport owned by the Italians and 1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            1 artillery moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 38 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
                  UK_Pacific take Sumatra from Dutch
            1 fighter moved from Burma to India
            2 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from India to Burma
            2 aaGuns moved from India to Burma
            1 aaGun moved from India to Burma
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
                  British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec
            1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt

Place Units - British
            1 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            2 destroyers and 1 transport placed in 106 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3
            British collect 26 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 28 PUs
            Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 31 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 artilleries and 3 infantry

Territory Summary for Americans, British, Chinese and UK_Pacific :

Shensi : 1 fighter and 3 infantry
    Yunnan : 1 infantry
    Szechwan : 7 infantry
    Shan State : 2 infantry
    Burma : 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 4 infantry
    India : 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 7 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Malaya : 1 harbour
    Kwangtung : 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Philippines : 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Guam : 1 airfield
    Wake Island : 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 infantry
    Western United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
    Hawaiian Islands : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Midway : 1 airfield
    Sumatra : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    41 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    43 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    31 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
    37 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    39 Sea Zone : 1 battleship
    25 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    10 Sea Zone : 1 carrier
    54 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Central United States : 1 armour, 1 factory_minor, 2 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
    Eastern United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry
    Gibraltar : 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Egypt : 2 artilleries, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    Malta : 1 aaGun, 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Rhodesia : 2 infantry
    Morocco : 1 fighter
    Ethiopia : 1 flag, 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    96 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser
    76 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser and 1 transport
    106 Sea Zone : 2 destroyers and 2 transports
    97 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 cruiser
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    101 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 transports
    81 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 38 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 29 / 42
    Americans : 52 / 57
    Chinese : 9 / 12
    British : 29 / 34
    UK_Pacific : 21 / 21
    Italians : 9 / 10
    ANZAC : 10 / 10
    French : 13 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 3 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 8 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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I forgot about the vichy rules in BM. If you are feeling generous, I’d prefer the fighter that ended up in Morocco to end up in Egypt. No worries if not. I should have been thinking about that.