1940.2 - Witt & PP Axis vs Colt & FMErwinRommel Allies (+25)

[FMErwinRommel]

Good shooting, submariners in the Med.  Let’s hope this time the loss of income is permanent. I was sorely disappointed when Italy persistently ground down the American sub fleet before.  ANZ subs are coming after you again Yamamoto.  The last time we made a sub surge, we chewed each other up, trading hits on subs and dd’s.

[Witt]

I only have one island to protect .

[FMErwinRommel]

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

Game History

Round: 29

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 4 submarines; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            3 bombers moved from Kwangsi to 44 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Iraq to Caucasus

Combat - ANZAC
            Strategic bombing raid in Caucasus
                    AA fire in Caucasus :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Caucasus rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Caucasus causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in 44 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 3 bombers and 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 submarine in 44 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 44 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese and 1 submarine owned by the ANZAC lost in 44 Sea Zone
                ANZAC win with 3 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 submarine
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            3 bombers moved from 44 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 submarine moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to Shan State
            1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Iraq
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 58 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India
            1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Tsinghai

Place Units - ANZAC
            3 submarines placed in 54 Sea Zone
            1 submarine placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 16 PUs
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 21 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs

Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

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[FMErwinRommel]

Sorry, forgot France again.  Witt, you have the Celeb, Phil chain and Japanese chain.

[Witt]

Celeb is what I meant .

[Private-Panic]

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

Game History

Round: 30

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans repair damage of 4x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 88 PUs;
            Germans buy 1 aaGun, 4 armour, 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 8 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            11 armour, 18 artilleries, 4 bombers, 7 fighters, 6 infantry and 119 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            7 bombers and 6 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Iraq
            3 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            8 bombers moved from Western Germany to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan
                  Germans take Kazakhstan from British
            2 armour moved from Russia to Volgograd
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Volgograd
            1 artillery moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
            1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 125 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Americans defend with 1 submarine
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 125 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 125 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 125 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 125 Sea Zone, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 125 Sea Zone, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Germans lost in 125 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is -14
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Volgograd
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British defend with 2 armour and 1 factory_minor
                    Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 2 :  2/5 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 armour in Volgograd, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 armour owned by the British lost in Volgograd
                Germans win, taking Volgograd from British with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 armour
            Battle in Iraq
                Germans attack with 14 armour, 18 artilleries, 19 bombers, 13 fighters, 7 infantry and 128 mech_infantrys
                British defend with 10 aaGuns, 7 armour, 39 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 7 infantry and 88 mech_infantrys; French defend with 1 infantry; Americans defend with 3 bombers, 19 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 4 tactical_bombers; ANZAC defend with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                    AA fire in Iraq :  9/30 hits
                    9 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Iraq
                    Germans roll dice for 14 armour, 18 artilleries, 19 bombers, 4 fighters, 7 infantry and 128 mech_infantrys in Iraq, round 2 :  43/190 hits
                    British roll dice for 10 aaGuns, 7 armour, 39 artilleries, 5 bombers, 21 fighters, 8 infantry, 89 mech_infantrys and 5 tactical_bombers in Iraq, round 2 :  68/174 hits
                    19 mech_infantrys owned by the British, 1 bomber owned by the ANZAC, 10 aaGuns owned by the British, 7 infantry owned by the Germans, 1 bomber owned by the British, 3 bombers owned by the Americans, 1 infantry owned by the French, 61 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans, 7 infantry owned by the British and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Americans lost in Iraq
                    Germans roll dice for 14 armour, 18 artilleries, 19 bombers, 4 fighters and 67 mech_infantrys in Iraq, round 3 :  46/122 hits
                    British roll dice for 7 armour, 39 artilleries, 21 fighters, 69 mech_infantrys and 5 tactical_bombers in Iraq, round 3 :  57/141 hits
                    46 mech_infantrys owned by the British and 57 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Iraq
                    Germans roll dice for 14 armour, 18 artilleries, 19 bombers, 4 fighters and 10 mech_infantrys in Iraq, round 4 :  29/65 hits
                    British roll dice for 7 armour, 39 artilleries, 21 fighters, 23 mech_infantrys and 5 tactical_bombers in Iraq, round 4 :  44/95 hits
                    23 mech_infantrys owned by the British, 18 artilleries owned by the Germans, 2 fighters owned by the Germans, 14 armour owned by the Germans, 6 artilleries owned by the British and 10 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Iraq
                    Germans roll dice for 19 bombers and 2 fighters in Iraq, round 5 :  11/21 hits
                    British roll dice for 7 armour, 33 artilleries, 21 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers in Iraq, round 5 :  34/66 hits
                    2 fighters owned by the Germans, 19 bombers owned by the Germans and 11 artilleries owned by the British lost in Iraq
                British win with 7 armour, 22 artilleries, 21 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -489
                Casualties for Germans: 14 armour, 18 artilleries, 19 bombers, 13 fighters, 7 infantry and 128 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for British: 10 aaGuns, 17 artilleries, 1 bomber, 7 infantry and 88 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 3 bombers and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans

Place Units - Germans
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry placed in Caucasus
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            1 bomber placed in Western Germany
            1 destroyer placed in 113 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3
            Germans collect 62 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 63 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs
            Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 70 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 90 PUs

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[Private-Panic]

Believe it or not, G had 30% odds in Iraq, which was the best in some time - and in my judgement better than our overall chances in the game. So with witt’s agreement, Adolf launched Operation Blitzkrieg! Turned into Operation Fiasco. -489 TUV! Started badly with 9 of 30 AAA hitting and went downhill from there. :cry:

We concede Ed. Well played. You were squeezing the life of us! :-)

[Witt]

Thank you fir the gane . I enjoyed my end!

[FMErwinRommel]

I graciously accept on behalf of myself and Colt.  I checked my email just before going on a run and just missed seeing the slew of marti’s as the battle unfurled.  Wow, dice luck and AA dice luck finally favored me.  Yes the 9 AA hits doomed you from the start. And the sub with defense of 1, sank 2 attackers and lived.  The tide finally turned solidly in my favor, but didn’t seem certain until the Brits took Volg.  I enjoyed playing against both of you, and look forward to playing with you again some time.  I like your easy going style of play and you are both worthy opponents.

[Witt]

Kind words. We, too, have enjoyed it . We will contact you, when we feel we can play  another. I am glad you got a game with those other Americans (and Garg). They are very regular players , so you won’t ever be waiting long for your turn.

[FMErwinRommel]

I was so pre-occupied in ferrying American mech across Africa, that I suddenly realized that the disruption of the German resupply chain would allow me to switch to building art for all my tt’s and 2 new tt’s and invade S. Italy.  Then I could build more inf and art and park in the Eng Cha.

[Private-Panic]

Good luck in your other games Ed!  :-D

[FMErwinRommel]

Thanks, doing great as Japan in 2-on-2 team “War is Declared” 1940 Global 2nd Ed.  Unlike you, I had great opening dice luck, which allowed me to completely conquer China by round 5 and now India in round 7.  All with only 1 Chinese IC.