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

[FMErwinRommel]

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese repair damage of 3x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 56 PUs;
            Japanese buy 4 armour, 2 artilleries and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 armour moved from Kiangsu to Kwangtung
                  Japanese take Kwangtung from UK_Pacific
            5 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 8 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            1 armour moved from Malaya to Yunnan
            3 bombers moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            1 bomber moved from Japan to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 42 Sea Zone to Yunnan

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 bombers, 4 fighters, 8 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 3 aaGuns, 3 fighters, 9 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; ANZAC defend with 1 fighter; Americans defend with 1 bomber; Chinese defend with 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 6 armour, 1 artillery, 4 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 93
                Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 3 fighters, 9 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Chinese: 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 8 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Shantung
            2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Jehol
            3 bombers moved from Yunnan to Kiangsu
            1 bomber moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kiangsu
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kiangsu
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Japan to 35 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 armour and 4 infantry placed in Japan
            2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Kiangsu
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in French Indo China
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Malaya

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 55 PUs; end with 55 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs

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[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Having incredibly lucky dice does help quite a bit in this game  :wink:  If the dice were more average, Japan would be in big trouble on the mainland.  With bad dice, all of mainland Asia would quickly fall to the Allies.  Dice do tend to favor the bold!

[Colt45554]

F-ing 93 battle score  :x  :cry

[FMErwinRommel]

Yun stats: �Jpn 28 units, 76 power, 200 TUV; Allies 27 units, 58 defense, 142 TUV. �Jpn lost 49 TUV, net gain 93.  This helps offset the sea battle where Jpn sank the U.S. fleet, but suffered far above average loses, including 5 planes.  Bri can wipe out the tanks in Yun with adjacent inf and figs, but it will leave them with few troops.

[FMErwinRommel]

Please move Jpn AA from FIC>Yun in NCM  also, I had previously asked to move Ger sub from sz114>sz113 and neither of us remembered.

I feel for you, this definitely was dice driven.  Altho, I did marshall the resources to improve the odds over what was possible previously.

[FMErwinRommel]

Axis unit count is up to 94% of allies and TUV getting closer, but that will change after U.S. turn.  Production getting closer also.  Sayonara baby. G’day mate.

[Colt45554]

I’ll make the moves

[FMErwinRommel]

Thanks

[FMErwinRommel]

Please retreat/land 1 Ger tb in Novg instead of Ukr.  Just in case you feel like gambling with the dice.  Thanks

[FMErwinRommel]

The recent series of Axis victories has given the Axis new life, and will extend the game, but probably won’t change the final outcome.  Ger won’t have to fight 30 new Rus TUV every turn.  But even after Mos falls, Rus will still have 2 armies.  And the U.S. has a large tank army that it has the cash and ICs to keep reinforcing.  Italy can’t build enough troops to defend its homeland and Egypt, so will depend on Ger troops.  Jpn will be hard pressed to hold off the U.S. and ANZ on one side and China on the other, even if Bri turns it’s attention elsewhere and leaves U.K. Pac to defend itself.  On the other hand, the cumulative effect of the back-to-back-to-back victories means that the allies can’t shift resources and builds to face any single resurgent threat, without ignoring another.  Bri’s capital is guarded by just 2 inf, plus AA.  And it has no naval ships in the Atlantic or Med.  It still has 12 planes spread around its empire, but it lost 9 planes in the 2 recent defeats.  It’s amazing that it had 21 planes one round ago.  The single Ger panzer will reach the Pac Ocean unopposed on its next turn.  Now that’s newsworthy.

[FMErwinRommel]

Traditionally, when playing A&A, Brit couldn’t move beyond Burma, because Jpn could make an end run around SE Asia and amphib invade India itself.  In this game, I waited until J3 to take FIC, to get the peace N.O.  But it delayed setting up any quick move on Yun or early IC builds in FIC.  In the future, I will go back to taking FIC on J1 or J2.  A naval base there would be nice, but that’s a luxury that Jpn can hardly afford until later. and then

[FMErwinRommel]

Please modify Ger sub NCM sz114>sz112, not sz113, when you make your edit.

[FMErwinRommel]

My apologies, but would you change Ita NCM 2 figs from cv return to cv rather than to Alex

[Colt45554]

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Americans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 114 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 113 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from French Indo China: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Yunnan: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Americans buy 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 3 destroyers, 3 infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Ukraine: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Novgorod: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Gibraltar to France
            1 submarine moved from 92 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 5 infantry and 5 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            2 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 92 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux

Combat - Americans
            Strategic bombing raid in France
                Bombing raid in France rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in France causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Americans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Germans with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in 93 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win, taking 93 Sea Zone from Italians with 2 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Americans
            2 fighters moved from 93 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from France to United Kingdom
            1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Algeria
            1 destroyer moved from 88 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 110 Sea Zone
            3 armour moved from Norway to Finland
            13 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 marine and 1 mech_infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
            2 carriers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland

Place Units - Americans
            3 armour placed in Finland
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 10 Sea Zone
            2 destroyers and 2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Central United States
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Norway

Turn Complete - Americans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
            Americans collect 62 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 62 PUs total
            Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 87 PUs

Territory Summary for Americans :

Queensland : 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry
    Wake Island : 1 airfield
    Western United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major and 1 harbour
    Hawaiian Islands : 1 airfield, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Midway : 1 airfield
    26 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport
    10 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
    2 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    54 Sea Zone : 2 carriers, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 8 submarines and 2 transports
    Central United States : 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major and 2 infantry
    Eastern United States : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major and 1 harbour
    United Kingdom : 1 bomber
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 6 infantry
    Algeria : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    French West Africa : 1 flag
    Tunisia : 1 flag
    Norway : 1 flag, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    Libya : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Karelia : 13 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 marine and 1 mech_infantry
    104 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    101 Sea Zone : 2 destroyers and 2 transports
    Brazil : 1 flag
    Finland : 1 flag, 3 armour and 1 factory_minor
    110 Sea Zone : 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters and 6 transports
    105 Sea Zone : 1 flag

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[Colt45554]

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Hopei to Kweichow
            1 artillery moved from Anhwe to Hopei
            1 artillery moved from Chahar to Hopei

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Szechwan
            1 infantry placed in Anhwe
            3 infantry placed in Shensi
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Chinese from Hopei: 2 artilleries
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Chinese to Shensi: 2 artilleries
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 12 PUs; end with 13 PUs total

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Shensi : 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
    Kweichow : 1 infantry
    Hopei : 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
    Szechwan : 1 infantry
    Chahar : 1 infantry
    Anhwe : 1 infantry

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[Colt45554]

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 artilleries, 1 destroyer and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific repair damage of 1x factory_major; Remaining resources: 13 PUs;
            UK_Pacific buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from Algeria to 92 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            3 fighters moved from Gibraltar to Holland Belgium
            5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from India to Yunnan
            3 fighters moved from India to Yunnan
            2 fighters moved from Hopei to Yunnan

Combat - British
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                British attack with 3 fighters and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Holland Belgium from Germans with 3 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                British attack with 5 fighters, 8 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
                Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 6 armour and 1 artillery
                British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 5 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30
                Casualties for British: 5 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 aaGun, 6 armour and 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - British
            5 fighters moved from Yunnan to India
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
            2 infantry moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq
            1 armour, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Finland to Karelia
            3 fighters moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Algeria to 92 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 3 transports moved from 92 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Tunisia to Algeria

Place Units - British
            1 destroyer placed in 110 Sea Zone
            3 infantry placed in Persia
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,5,6,6
            British collect 33 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 33 PUs total
            Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            4 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs; end with 7 PUs total
            Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 10 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 4 infantry

Territory Summary for British and UK_Pacific :

Yunnan : 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    India : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 5 fighters, 1 harbour and 7 infantry
    39 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    Gibraltar : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 fighters and 3 infantry
    Algeria : 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Holland Belgium : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Tobruk : 1 flag
    Ethiopia : 1 flag
    Karelia : 1 armour, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    Caucasus : 2 infantry
    Iraq : 1 flag, 3 mech_infantrys
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag
    71 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    81 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag
    Persia : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 5 infantry
    110 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 4 transports

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[FMErwinRommel]

Would you grant my edit request, posted before Ame11, to change Ita NCM 2 figs return to cv in sz98, rather than land in Alex?

[Colt45554]

Yeah, didnt see that one.

[FMErwinRommel]

Bri moved 2 inf from UK>sz110.  Did you intend to leave them at sea?

[Colt45554]

Yeah, US tt. Thanks for checking