G40 BM2 Rommel X vs Colt L "Third times a charm"

[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

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

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

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

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Suiyuyan
            1 infantry placed in Kweichow
            1 infantry placed in Shensi

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 11 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 14 PUs

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Shensi : 1 fighter and 6 infantry
    Yunnan : 1 infantry
    Suiyuyan : 1 infantry
    Kweichow : 1 infantry
    Hopei : 1 infantry
    Szechwan : 4 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 63
    Russians : 35 / 42
    Japanese : 55 / 62
    Americans : 53 / 73
    Chinese : 9 / 14
    British : 32 / 28
    UK_Pacific : 6 / 13
    Italians : 13 / 19
    ANZAC : 10 / 23
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Egypt to 99 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kenya to Ethiopia
                  British take Ethiopia from Italians
            1 destroyer moved from 81 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Tanganyika Territory to 71 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
                  UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese

Combat - British
            Battle in 71 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 submarine
                British win, taking 71 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 99 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 fighter
                Italians defend with 1 transport
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 99 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 armour moved from Belgian Congo to Nigeria
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to French Equatorial Africa
            1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 71 Sea Zone to Belgian Congo
            1 submarine moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
            2 aaGuns moved from Burma to India
            5 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Burma to India

Place Units - British
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 106 Sea Zone
            1 factory_minor placed in Persia

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 33 PUs; end with 34 PUs total
            Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,5,6,5,2,5,6
            UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs total
            Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 9 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Territory Summary for British and UK_Pacific :

Shan State : 1 infantry
    Burma : 1 aaGun and 10 infantry
    India : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Belgian Congo : 1 tactical_bomber
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry
    Trans-Jordan : 1 armour and 2 infantry
    Gibraltar : 1 airfield, 3 fighters and 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Egypt : 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Union of South Africa : 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    Nigeria : 1 armour
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    French Equatorial Africa : 1 infantry
    Tobruk : 1 flag
    Libya : 1 flag
    Ethiopia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    76 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    106 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 1 transport
    Iraq : 1 flag
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag
    71 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer and 2 transports
    81 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag
    Persia : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 63
    Russians : 35 / 42
    Japanese : 54 / 62
    Americans : 53 / 73
    Chinese : 9 / 14
    British : 33 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 9
    Italians : 12 / 19
    ANZAC : 10 / 23
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Getting your Axis units to Belarus on G4 and Bryansk on G5 relies on the following two critical purchases:

I1: get 1 mech and 1 tank.  These join up with your other fast movers and prevent Russia from stopping the German advance unless they are willing to sacrifice a big stack of infantry, which is a win on its on account.

G2: get 10 fast movers, placed in Germany.  The mixture of tanks and mechs serve several purposes:
a) increase the attack power so that Russia can’t stand in front of you
b) increase the defense strength so that Russia can’t counter attack
c) on G5 force Russia to retreat back to Moscow because they can’t defend it and stack Bryansk at the same time.

Once you get forces in Bryansk you have so many fun options!

[Colt45554]

In BM, being able to recall all 18 infantry from Asian front while retaining all the IPCs of that area is so nice. Yeah, Rom, maybe me losing terribly at Taranto was good for me because it got your hopes up of taking Egypt and distracted you from Eastern Front.

[FMErwinRommel]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

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

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery moved from Tunisia to Libya
                  Italians take Libya from British

Combat - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to Eastern Poland

Place Units - Italians
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Northern Italy
            1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

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[FMErwinRommel]

I don’t know why the USA built more carriers than planes in the Atl.  You have more planes on the way, but they won’t be available offensively for 2 turns.  Are you trying to psych me out or is there a method to your madness that will only become apparent when it’s too late for me to respond?  And the only ships in Haw and WC US were subs, until your latest builds.  The air and naval bases in Phil are handy and centrally located.  I garrisoned 3 planes there for scrambling, which makes it very formidable.  But it ties up lots of assets.  India’s cash can be squeezed, but 2 of ANZAC’s N.O.s are too far away for Japan to even try to disrupt.  Bummer that the Ger sub was sunk before it could take away an N.O. from U.K. Pac for even one turn.

[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 5 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Java
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery
                ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns moved from Queensland to Northern Territory

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

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 19 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 22 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 25 PUs

Territory Summary for ANZAC :

Burma : 1 infantry
    India : 1 fighter
    Queensland : 1 airfield, 2 fighters and 1 harbour
    Northern Territory : 2 aaGuns
    New Zealand : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    New South Wales : 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Java : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Dutch New Guinea : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    42 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    54 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    55 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    62 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 1 transport
    Egypt : 2 infantry

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[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Nigeria to French Equatorial Africa

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

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[Colt45554]

Maybe it’s a mistake, maybe it’s a secret  :lol:

[Colt45554]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by French from French Equatorial Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by French to French West Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

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[FMErwinRommel]

I went out for 6.8 mile run and now headed out to eat.  I know what I want to do with Ger.  I think I can make progress vs Rus, a turn or two behind ABH’s timetable.  The ANZAC fascination with Java is really upsetting the Emperor.  We’re running out of tt’s.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

A big difference between standard and BM games is that the Allies can still win the game even after the fall of Moscow.  With the extra income from the new objectives, the Allies can build up sufficient forces in Persia to prevent the surviving Germans from marching all the way to Egypt.  Hence time is more important in this version than in the standard version.  Obviously one or two turns doesn’t necessarily mean a loss, but delays are more problematic for the Axis.

[FMErwinRommel]

I didn’t combat move my main army to Bel before doing combat.  How do you do the forum dice roll?

[FMErwinRommel]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by French from French Equatorial Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by French to French West Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Germans buy 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 1 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Baltic States
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Karelia to Baltic States
            1 bomber moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Ukraine
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Bessarabia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Strategic bombing raid in Novgorod
                Bombing raid in Novgorod rolls: 3 and causes: 3 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Novgorod causes 3 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                Bombing raid in Ukraine rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 aaGun and 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 1 aaGun and 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Belarus: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Belarus: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Belarus from Russians to Germans
            EDIT: Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            EDIT: 2 aaGuns, 15 armour, 11 artilleries, 20 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Karelia to Eastern Poland

Place Units - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Eastern Poland: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Romania
            1 submarine placed in 105 Sea Zone
            1 transport placed in 112 Sea Zone
            2 bombers placed in Western Germany
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 51 PUs; end with 52 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs
            Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 59 PUs

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[FMErwinRommel]

I opened a second copy of G5 and made the move and combat to Bel and used the Marti die roll results for the first G5.  Then I edited the taking of Bel and removed the Rus troops and the 1 Ger casualty.

[FMErwinRommel]

Ger strat bomb raid didn’t show die rolls, just said my bombers rolled a 3 and a 4.  So I couldn’t tell if the AI added the 2 hit points to the die roll for each bomber.  Did it roll a 1 and added 2 to make 3?  Or did it roll 3 and not add the extra 2 points?  My rolls were low, but at least all the AA missed.

[Colt45554]

:bice mdn:
Replace “bice” with dice
m is number of dice to roll
n is how many sides do the dice have(6).

I got the emails for the 1 and 2 for bombing raids

[Colt45554]

Probably wont move tonight. So you took the a casualty from my hit in Bel, right?

[FMErwinRommel]

Yes

[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 artillery, 10 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 artillery moved from Novgorod to Karelia
                  Russians take Karelia from Germans

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 artilleries moved from Novgorod to Karelia
            1 submarine moved from 69 Sea Zone to 87 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Rostov
            6 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Samara
            2 aaGuns and 12 infantry moved from Timguska to Novosibirsk
            3 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            2 aaGuns, 3 armour, 6 artilleries, 2 fighters, 29 infantry, 3 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            1 artillery and 9 infantry placed in Russia
            1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 35 PUs
            Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 37 PUs
            Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 39 PUs

Territory Summary for Russians :

Karelia : 3 artilleries
    Rostov : 4 infantry
    Russia : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 3 armour, 11 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 43 infantry, 3 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
    Ukraine : 1 factory_minor
    Novosibirsk : 2 aaGuns and 12 infantry
    Volgograd : 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Novgorod : 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Samara : 6 infantry
    87 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    114 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser
    115 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 50 / 59
    Russians : 32 / 39
    Japanese : 50 / 62
    Americans : 53 / 73
    Chinese : 9 / 14
    British : 32 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 9
    Italians : 13 / 19
    ANZAC : 14 / 25
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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