I printed a PtV map image on banner vinyl. Playing our first game on it this weekend!

@dawgoneit @mikawagunichi Thanks guys, appreciate it -
I don’t want to freak anyone out, this is a personal break but I’m in good health and looking forward to coming back eventually. I found that I had crossed the balancing line in my personal life. Need some time away to recalibrate and have healthy space for my gaming addiction(s) while still accomplishing my work/life goals ;)

Cheers
Stu

@gamerman01 Absolutely correct!

From left to right
@Daaras
@avandoo
@stucifer
@mikawagunichi

Been playing Stalingrad and Global (Larry Harris 1942 setup with GenCon Tournament Rules) with @mikawagunichi and @Daaras this weekend!

I posted this in the strategy discussion thread, I published a video going over my J2 strategy a couple days ago and a new video today discussing PTV changes from OOB.

J2 Strategy video:
https://youtu.be/0JK0TXDrYGY?si=U_sTL42aK_FfuH4j

Introduction to PTV:
https://youtu.be/YPJ_I0qxGBU?si=bYbZHALTBa0n49-e

@crockett36 said in Anzac Shuck Into Europe:

@FranceNeedsMorePower I think it is imperative that Anzac stay in its lane in its ocean PTO.

Can’t agree more. ANZAC has very limited income and production capabilities. If they are making 20 per round due to NOs Japan is going to be in serious trouble. They can build 2 subs and a destroyer each round and assist the US deep in the Pacific. This is far more effective than shucking infantry into Africa or Gibraltar.

One of the #1 rules of Axis & Allies is to use overwhelming force. For that reason it is better to have most of your income and units being controlled by as few powers as possible. Germany at 80 IPCs/round and Italy at 3 is far more dangerous than Germany at 53 IPCs/round and Italy at 30.

The Allies income is already very distributed, which when coupled with generally longer supply lines, lowers the effect of their income lead. If you take Brazil with ANZAC you are:

1. not projecting any threat of trading islands or securing objectives with that ANZAC transport in the Pacific;
2. operating a very weak power far away from their power base

If you continue down this path, what do you do with the ANZAC infantry if you get them to Gibraltar or Africa? You need artillery, and preferably heavy air support, to go on the offensive.

Spending 34 IPCs (factory, harbor, transport) to then spend 6 IPCs per round shucking 2 ANZ infantry into a theater where they have no ability to project power is a complete misuse of resources and will cost you the game against a solid opponent. If you spent the same amount in the Pacific, you could have an additional fighter and 4 subs, plus another sub each round; as @crockett36 mentioned having a sub count higher than Japan’s destroyer count and the opportunity to shotgun them out to start convoying can do some serious, serious damage to the Japanese economy.

I went through 14 more pages and collected data on 226 more games to input.

Fun, watching it while I work. Love @crockett36’s comment about engineers and accountants, my older brother that got me into A&A is an engineer and I am an accountant. Who would have guessed!

Congrats Farmboy on the 2023 title!

Also, in a wild tech- (and quickly jet-)fueled match, heavy favorite @gamerman01 's Germany steamrolls through the USSR and towards Egypt for a decisive triumph over the Allies, despite Japan withering on the vine in the Pacific.

OOB +51 bid for Allies. I haven’t played OOB and didn’t realize just how weak the USSR is, tried to do too much with it, both stacking Yunnan with the aircraft and rushing fast movers to Iraq and toward Tobruk/Ethiopia for the N.O. cheese.

Tech played a factor, although Gamerman didn’t need it to cement a victory, it just assured it more quickly 😉

Germany got Long Range Aircraft on round 3 followed by Jet Power on round 5, with a purchase of 4 tokens total. USA missed 16 tech dice rolls in a row (1 token round 2, and then 3 tokens over the next 5 rounds).

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1719409

@regularkid said in League General Discussion Thread:

@Stucifer that is so freaking epic! very impressive. how are you differentiating the marines?

Right now, I have Marines for the US that I got from Historical Board Gaming. However I do not have marines for the other countries, so we are using German infantry with a Japanese occupation marker underneath for Japanese marines.

@regularkid said in League General Discussion Thread:

also, how do you handle the vichy units?

I put a black-backed occupation token on each Vichy territory and left the French units on the board. Since Germany opted for Vichy and the French fighter was lost in the 113 scramble, it’s not too confusing.

I’m also logging each end state in TripleA. Mostly to track income with all the NO conditions, easy to lose track of one. Added benefit since we have to clear the table for an activity tonight, but plan to continue playing tomorrow if the weather forecast holds!

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1942 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Rostov
              Italians take Rostov from Russians
        1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Southern France to 92 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 92 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Greece to 98 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
        2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Tunisia

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Tunisia
        Battle in 92 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport
            French defend with 1 cruiser
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 92 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 cruiser in 92 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                1 cruiser owned by the French lost in 92 Sea Zone
            Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for French: 1 cruiser
        Battle in Morocco
            Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 infantry in Morocco, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 infantry in Morocco, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 infantry in Morocco, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Morocco
                1 infantry owned by the French lost in Morocco
            Italians win, taking Morocco from French with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for French: 1 infantry
        Battle in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 1 carrier and 2 transports
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 carrier and 2 transports in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone
                2 transports owned by the British and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians win with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 22
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for British: 1 carrier and 2 transports

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 98 Sea Zone: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 98 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Caucasus
        1 bomber moved from 92 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        1 fighter moved from 92 Sea Zone to Southern France
        1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
        1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France

    Place Units - Italians
        1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 17 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 0.50
Italians regular : 0.33
British regular : 0.67

Savegame

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Italians round 5

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1942 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Rostov
              Italians take Rostov from Russians
        1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Southern France to 92 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 92 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Greece to 98 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
        2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Tunisia

    Combat - Italians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 4

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 12 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 mech_infantry moved from Leningrad to Karelia
        1 marine moved from Leningrad to 118 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from 118 Sea Zone to Finland

    Combat - Russians
        Russians creates battle in territory 128 Sea Zone
        Battle in Karelia
            Russians attack with 1 mech_infantry
            Germans defend with 1 aaGun
                1 aaGun owned by the Germans lost in Karelia
            Russians win, taking Finland from Germans, taking Karelia from Germans with 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun
        Battle in Finland

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Leningrad to Russia
        1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Gorky to Stalingrad
        7 infantry moved from Russia to Samara
        1 armour moved from Leningrad to Finland
        2 aaGuns moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
        10 infantry moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
        2 artilleries moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
        1 aaGun and 6 infantry moved from Smolensk to Russia
        1 artillery and 14 infantry moved from Kursk to Bryansk
        2 infantry moved from Rostov to Stalingrad
        1 armour moved from Gorky to Bryansk
        1 submarine moved from 9 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 128 Sea Zone to 126 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Russians
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Stalingrad
        3 infantry placed in Urals
        1 armour, 7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia
        Russians undo move 2.
        1 infantry placed in Russia
        2 infantry placed in Urals

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 41 PUs; end with 41 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 44 Optional[PUs]
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 Optional[PUs]; end with 46 Optional[PUs]
        Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 Optional[PUs]; end with 48 Optional[PUs]
        Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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@Booper They are very valuable, I thought it was worth it to kill off your northern force given your buy and fleet position. Losing Norway & Finland always feels horrible to me. But you’re set up well for pressure on both Moscow & Stalingrad so I’m excited to see how this plays out

@Booper Ok no worries

@Booper Yes, scramble 3 fighters please

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 3

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

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to French Central Africa
              ANZAC take French Central Africa from Neutral_Axis

    Combat - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 infantry placed in New South Wales
        1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 64 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 11 PUs; end with 12 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 15 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone

    Non Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@Booper Yes. Gotta love all the exceptions! 😅

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 20

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 20

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 9 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Southern Belarus
        3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
        4 artilleries moved from Western Germany to 115 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from Western Germany to 115 Sea Zone
        4 artilleries, 4 infantry and 4 transports moved from 115 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        4 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from 107 Sea Zone to Portugal
        1 infantry moved from Southern Spain to 94 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Central America
        4 carriers and 1 cruiser moved from 94 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 battleship and 1 carrier moved from 72 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 94 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 89 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
        1 carrier moved from 94 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Northern Spain to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Spain to 93 Sea Zone
        20 infantry moved from Northern Spain to Portugal
        1 artillery moved from Sweden to 116 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 116 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 116 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 107 Sea Zone to Portugal

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Central America
        Battle in Portugal
            Germans attack with 5 artilleries and 25 infantry
            Neutral_True defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 5 artilleries and 25 infantry in Portugal, round 2 : 6/30 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                Neutral_True roll dice for 2 infantry in Portugal, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Neutral_True lost in Portugal
            Germans win, taking Central America from Americans, taking Portugal from Neutral_True with 5 artilleries and 25 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Neutral_True: 2 infantry
        Battle in Southern Belarus
            Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Southern Belarus, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Southern Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Southern Belarus
            Germans win, taking Southern Belarus from Russians with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Western Ukraine
            Germans attack with 3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 mech_infantrys
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 mech_infantrys in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 2.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Western Ukraine
            Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in 93 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 destroyer, 6 fighters, 1 submarine and 5 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 1 submarine
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 6 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 7/12 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 submarine in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 destroyer, 6 fighters, 1 submarine and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for British: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from 93 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Gibraltar
        1 aaGun moved from Southern Spain to Northern Spain
        2 fighters moved from Western Germany to 107 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Western Germany to 115 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Belarus to Northern Belarus
        2 infantry moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus
        1 armour moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus
        1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
        2 infantry moved from Vologda to Leningrad
        1 infantry moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus
        1 aaGun moved from Vyborg to Leningrad
        2 infantry moved from Nenetsia to Archangel
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 107 Sea Zone to Northern Spain
        1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Northern Spain
        1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
        2 infantry moved from Western Germany to 116 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Sweden to 116 Sea Zone
        3 infantry and 5 transports moved from 116 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from 107 Sea Zone to Northern Spain
        4 infantry moved from Southern Caucasus to Northwest Persia
        12 infantry moved from Sweden to Finland

    Place Units - Germans
        2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Leningrad
        3 transports placed in 95 Sea Zone
        8 infantry placed in Germany
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 108 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2
        Germans collect 59 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 59 PUs
        Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 62 PUs
        Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
        Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 75 PUs
        Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 85 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : 0.33
Germans regular : 1.17
Neutral_True regular : -0.67
British regular : -0.17

Savegame

@Booper
The formerly French pro-axis neutrals do have a minor rule difference because they’re treated as having been active already (so you can fly planes over them). But just like any other territory including pro-Your Team neutrals, you cant land fighters on them unless they were controlled by your alliance at the start of the turn.