Keep on training.  You need a bit stronger of a force to take on Moscow around G6-10, depending on your goal.  Some more bombers are devastating for Germany.  They can keep away my fleet, bomb Moscow, and be combined with ground forces for effective attacks.  Spending the money on bombers would have been more effective than the fleet that you built.

I also need to improve since I don’t stand a chance against the top quarterile of league players.  Thanks for the game!

I’ve done it myself,  sometimes you just miss seeing the blitz…yeah sure, I’ll set it up soon, good game

Good game to you as well. I had a good time playing hope you did too.

somehow I manage to lose a 90% battle even with LL.  I’m going to give this to you.

I understand completely.  I honestly was going to play a pretty conservative game until on round 1 I misplaced the Bomber to hit Normandy which made the battle in 110 hopeless.  Let me know when you want to play again.

@MrRoboto:

I give up. I don’t want to play this anymore.

Such a frustrating loss. I was in front so damn hard and then I missed that Russian sub. And of course you were able to kill the blocking destroyer =(

Sorry to hear that, it was a fun game, I know the Japanese can be quite resilient, and they were!

yeah that game I don’t think you could have recovered. with LL basically when it goes downhill it’s hard to climb back since you can’t rely on a massive lucky battle to save the day.

post will be up soon, you should see it already

whoops, named the thread wrong, this can be removed

No problem on the rematch but I’ll prefer taking the axis.  I get stuck with allies almost every time.  We can just swap with same bids, or rebid for allies.

@StuckTojo:

Naw, I’ve pretty much just been letting you have some fun the last round. We can call it quits.

Good game.

I’ll post the results. Let me know if you’d like a re-match, or if you’d like a break.

Good game, I’ll take another break!

GG AeV, Enjoyed it again!! Always good sportmanship, looking forward to our next game.

GG, sir. Thanks for the game, it was fun.

Yeah sure, just let me know when you have time.

thanks for the game

I’ll go post the results, there is no way I would be able to turn it around.
Was this our first game or second? I cant remember
GG
S.A.

I don’t mind a rematch but it’d have to be LL.  whenever you are ready just send me a message.

good post. Responding to your points:

“(e.g., we no longer see russia getting involved in china as much)”

My experience has been that Russia does get involved in China more often than not, with BM. It just happens later in the game. And early involvement by Russia is still very much a viable strategy. . . see any of Gamerman’s four  games against me in BM, where he played allies. He DOWed Japan with Russia early on in each game, and won every time (cuz i suck).

“we no longer see the russians meddling in the middle east and africa with sometimes a hilarious cat-and-mouse type game going on there,”

I note that in your games against both me and Adam514, the Russians were very much involved in the Middle East and Africa. In more typical games, its true you won’t see Russia making a beeline for Ethiopia, Libya, etc. But, personally I don’t miss Russia’s  adventures in the Southern Hemisphere. It may be hilarious, but its also a ahistorical and a bit gamey. I guess this one’s a matter of personal taste.

“i have yet to see a j1 dow”

It is true that J1DOW is not the slam-dunk that it is in the vanilla game. One of our goals with BM was to nerf J1DOW somewhat, while keeping it viable. Notably, Adam has J1DOWed in the majority of his BM league games, where he played Axis. He won all of those games.

“ok so what you’re saying, basically, is that you’d like to make the uk1 fac in egypt vanish from the playbook. . . .maybe from now on i’ll just plop all inf in london and call it a day? that’ll be my opening playbook from now on lol”

lol. The Mod Squad is still exploring the extent to which the proposed UK/Egypt NO would restrict UK’s strategic flexibility. It has been suggested, for example, that an Egypt FAC on UK1 would still be viable, provided UK buys 5 inf, does not scramble, and does not taranto. The question then becomes whether this opening leaves the Egypt FAC too vulnerable to capture?  At any rate, given the substantial benefits a UK1 Factory in Egypt would confer, I have no problem saying to UK: “If you want the factory, you have to walk a narrow path to get there.” To be continued. . .

THanks for the game!

bump #3

I’m gonna call this one as a win, but more than happy to re-open it if / when you return!

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

Game History

Round: 1

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

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

Politics - British
            Trigger British Friendly With Mongolians activates a trigger called: Trigger Allies Friendly With Mongolians

Combat Move - British
            1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Malta
            1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tobruk
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Scotland to 109 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Scotland to 109 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Burma to Shan State
            1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Shan State

Combat - British
            Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                    1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 2 fighters; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 submarine in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  5/6 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 3 fighters in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the Italians, 1 submarine owned by the British, 2 fighters owned by the Germans, 1 fighter owned by the British, 1 fighter owned by the Italians, 1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 1 destroyer owned by the British 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 carrier, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 45
                Casualties for Germans: 2 fighters
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport
            Battle in 91 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 2 submarines
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 91 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 91 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 91 Sea Zone
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 91 Sea Zone, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 91 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 91 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
            Battle in Tobruk
                British attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  4/7 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians, 2 infantry owned by the British and 3 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 3 :  2/5 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 artillery in Tobruk, round 3 :  1/2 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Italians, 1 armour owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Tobruk
                British win, taking Tobruk from Italians with 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for British: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Shan State
                British attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Shan State, round 2 :  3/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State
                British win, taking Shan State from Japanese with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
                  UK_Pacific take Sumatra from Dutch
            1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
                  British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to India
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Scotland to United Kingdom

Place Units - British
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
            1 armour placed in Union of South Africa
            2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            2 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,1,2,6
            British collect 25 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 25 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 12 times
            2 was rolled 16 times
            3 was rolled 8 times
            4 was rolled 7 times
            5 was rolled 9 times
            6 was rolled 9 times
        Average roll : 3.197
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.917
        Standard Deviation : 0.957
        Total rolls : 61

Null / Other
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.714
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 0.500
        Standard Deviation : 0.707
        Total rolls : 7

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.714
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 0.500
        Standard Deviation : 0.707
        Total rolls : 7

British Combat
            1 was rolled 6 times
            2 was rolled 9 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 5 times
        Average roll : 3.161
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.767
        Standard Deviation : 0.876
        Total rolls : 31

Italians Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            2 was rolled 3 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 5 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 3.867
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 0.786
        Standard Deviation : 0.886
        Total rolls : 15

Japanese Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 1.000
        Median : 1.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

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Sorry to hear your ending the game and league. Marti can be really frustrating–which is why I prefer to low luck. LL does not eliminate bad luck, but it does eliminate really crazy outcomes.