wheatbeer (Axis) vs LennardF (Allies +23) BM3

[wheatbeer]

No, if I want to look at the game in solo mode (Start Local Game) I do that entirely seperate and close it before I do my real turn. Because TripleA was so finicky when trying to start this game, I usually have everything closed, login to forum, open map as Play by Forum, then proceed.

[wheatbeer]

What should we do if the save doesn’t work at the end of this turn?

[wheatbeer]

I usually load the game direct off the link in the thread, if that makes a difference.

[LennardF]

Yeah, “shouldn’t” make a difference. Sometimes I save locally and upload from there - that would let you see if the file save was the problem or if it was the upload/forum that was the issue.

Go ahead and run the battle locally and we can take it from there.

[wheatbeer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4.0

Game History

Round: 6

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 3 artilleries, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 3 infantry, 1 marine, 2 mech_infantrys and 4 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Alaska to British Columbia
              Japanese take British Columbia from British
        2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to 45 Sea Zone
        2 tactical_bombers moved from Kiangsu to 45 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Philippines to 45 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Philippines to 45 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from French Indo China to 45 Sea Zone
        2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 5 submarines moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 38 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in 45 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 9 fighters, 5 submarines and 7 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 6 submarines and 2 transports; ANZAC defend with 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 submarines
                Japanese roll dice for 5 submarines in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 9 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 15/26 hits, 14.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 9 submarines in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/9 hits, 1.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 battleships owned by the Japanese
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 3 cruisers, 5 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 transports in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/15 hits, 7.17 expected hits
                6 submarines owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans, 2 destroyers owned by the ANZAC, 2 carriers owned by the Americans, 2 submarines owned by the Japanese and 3 submarines owned by the ANZAC lost in 45 Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 3 submarines in 45 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 9 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers in 45 Sea Zone, round 3 : 17/26 hits, 14.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 transports in 45 Sea Zone, round 3 : 6/10 hits, 5.50 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the Japanese, 1 cruiser owned by the ANZAC, 2 cruisers owned by the Americans, 2 destroyers owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese, 3 submarines owned by the Japanese, 4 fighters owned by the Americans, 2 transports owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans lost in 45 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 7 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 178
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 5 submarines
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 submarines
            Casualties for Americans: 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 6 submarines and 2 transports
        Trigger Japanese Land In North America: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_Axis_Land_In_North_America_Switch attached to Germans

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        3 tactical_bombers moved from 45 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 fighter moved from 45 Sea Zone to Philippines
        2 carriers moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        4 bombers moved from 45 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 destroyer moved from 5 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 38 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 45 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from 45 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        2 armour moved from Kweichow to French Indo China
        1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kweichow
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kweichow to French Indo China
        1 armour moved from Hunan to French Indo China
        1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to French Indo China
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
        1 infantry moved from Shensi to Tsinghai
        1 artillery moved from Tsinghai to Shensi
        1 aaGun moved from Anhwe to Kiangsu
        2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Japan
        1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Guam to 21 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 21 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 marine placed in French Indo China
        1 transport placed in 36 Sea Zone
        1 artillery placed in French Indo China
        1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Kiangsu
        2 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Japan
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 3 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 1 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5
        Japanese collect 68 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 68 PUs
        Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -4.17
Japanese regular : 2.00

Savegame

[wheatbeer]

If you did not receive the dice rolls, or would prefer that I redo the turn, I will do that.

[wheatbeer]

I don’t want you to feel there’s any question, especially since that’s a big battle and Allies underperformed.

I’m not sure if tripleA is finicky about saving mid turn or specificly between submarine rolls and non-submarine rolls.

[LennardF]

No worries, I think we can call it here. Thanks for the game.

[wheatbeer]

I was going to explicitly offer you the ability to redo your naval NCM in the Pacific when I saw US massed on SZ45 … but I wasn’t sure if this was a counterattack strategy or what.

I hate for games to end because of a single mistake … so let me know if you want to consider loading your Russian save and adjusting your Pacific naval NCM.

[wheatbeer]

Like if I see a player forget about a canopener and leaves Berlin or Tokyo wide open by accident, I will usually say something.

When I saw you placed 8 Russian infantry in Bryansk, I figured you liked counter-attack style play (and were willing to risk losing Moscow to kill off Italian can-openers … and if the canopener succeed and Moscow fell, that you’d still get to destroy expensive German tanks).

I thought it was possible that SZ45 could be a similar gambit … forced Japan to choose betwee Shan State and SZ45 … though I’m guessing you didn’t fully realize how much air could reach SZ45.

[wheatbeer]

If you’re interested in resetting to R6 and redoing your naval NCM in the Pacific, please let me know.

[wheatbeer]

(R6 being the end save for Russia turn 6)

[LennardF]

No, trust me, if this was close and I saw a path to victory then I’d happily take you up on it. Thanks again for the game.

[wheatbeer]

Thanks to you as well … let me know if you want a rematch.

If not, I wish you luck with your other games :)

[LennardF]

Thanks, I’ll take you up on that eventually but I’m going to wait a bit - this first year in the league has been a bit challenging…