G40.2 Fortress (Axis) vs. Eqqman (Allies) no bid, no tech

[Fortress]

I think, like you, I like to see how the dice come out. I would imagine infantry, but I’m not looking at the map or the combat, so I guess we’ll see.

If I know anything about my luck in large scale battles, I’m guessing that I’m going to cause less than the 11 casualties expected in the first round of combat (plus whatever planes get shot down). I might catch dice every now and then when I don’t deserve them, but pretty straightforward battles never end up being that way – if it’s in the 70-80% range, I’m going to take a bath on it, I almost guarantee…

[Eqqman]

Need OOL for East Poland.

I am sure people following this thread are going to laugh at Stalin’s moves, but there is method to the madness (of course, the method might also be mad!)

[Fortress]

Knock out 2AA’s and the rest infantry, please.

[Eqqman]

Losses for round 2 please.

[Eqqman]

Forgot to attach file.

[Fortress]

After a good round 1, I’m surprised you went back for seconds… I didn’t open the file but I count 8 hits. I think I have the infantry left for all 8.

[Fortress]

Told you that was going to go better than expected for you LOL!

[Eqqman]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.3

Game History

Round :3

Politics - Russians
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 6 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            3 artilleries and 12 infantry moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            3 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            2 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Amur to Korea
                  Russians take Korea from Japanese

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Eastern Poland
                Russians attack with 6 artilleries, 2 fighters, 21 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 3 aaGuns, 2 armour, 4 artilleries and 22 infantry; Italians defend with 2 armour
                    AA guns fire in Eastern Poland :  1/3 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland
                    Russians roll dice for 6 artilleries, 1 fighter, 21 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern Poland, round 1 :  12/30 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 3 aaGuns, 4 armour, 4 artilleries and 22 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 1 :  12/30 hits
                    12 infantry owned by the Russians , 10 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 aaGuns owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland
                    Russians roll dice for 6 artilleries, 1 fighter, 9 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern Poland, round 2 :  6/18 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 aaGun, 4 armour, 4 artilleries and 12 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 :  7/20 hits
                    7 infantry owned by the Russians and 6 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland
                2 infantry owned by the Russians , 1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 6 artilleries owned by the Russians retreated to Western Ukraine
                Italians win with 1 aaGun, 4 armour, 4 artilleries and 6 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Germans: 2 aaGuns and 16 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 fighter and 19 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            1 armour moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            3 armour moved from Volgograd to Northwest Persia
            5 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 105 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Rostov to Northwest Persia
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            5 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus

Place Units - Russians
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 6 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4,6,1,6,4,3,1
            Russians collect 36 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 36 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 41 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 46 / 57
    Russians : 39 / 41
    Japanese : 29 / 42
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 6 / 8
    British : 30 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 25 / 25
    Italians : 16 / 15
    ANZAC : 13 / 15
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 25 times
            2 was rolled 20 times
            3 was rolled 19 times
            4 was rolled 13 times
            5 was rolled 13 times
            6 was rolled 19 times
        Average roll : 3.239
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.972
        Standard Deviation : 0.986
        Total rolls : 109

Null / Other
            1 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 3 times
        Average roll : 3.875
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.143
        Standard Deviation : 1.069
        Total rolls : 8

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            2 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.667
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 1.500
        Standard Deviation : 1.225
        Total rolls : 3

Russians Combat
            1 was rolled 12 times
            2 was rolled 12 times
            3 was rolled 9 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 7 times
        Average roll : 2.938
        Median : 2.500
        Variance : 1.404
        Standard Deviation : 1.185
        Total rolls : 48

Italians Combat
            1 was rolled 10 times
            2 was rolled 7 times
            3 was rolled 9 times
            4 was rolled 7 times
            5 was rolled 8 times
            6 was rolled 9 times
        Average roll : 3.460
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.163
        Standard Deviation : 0.404
        Total rolls : 50

[Eqqman]

The ball is back in your court, as they say.  Large battles can be nice since by definition you are less likely to have things sway wildly one way or the other, so your expectations of the outcome are more reliable.  Stalin is pleased… although I am sure nobody else at STAVKA is.

[Eqqman]

I just want to confirm that the German troops on the Italian Transport can’t get off unless it is the German turn.

[Fortress]

That is correct.

[Fortress]

Sorry, I thought I was waiting on you - I forgot it was Japan’s turn…  :oops:

[Fortress]

Computer issue here zapped me mid turn after the first combat – does TripleA ever seem buggy to you? My laptop always seems to run slower when it’s up and my work computer crashes at least once a day (and more when I try to use internet explorer at the same time - it seems to like google chrome a little better).

Anyways, I’m going to edit in the results of the first battle (1 tank + all planes survived) and go on to the next 2.

[Fortress]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.3

Game History

Round :3

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 armour, 1 harbour, 2 mech_infantrys, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 artillery moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Kweichow
                  Japanese take Kweichow from Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Manchuria to Korea
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to Korea
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Korea

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Korea
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Korea, round 1 :  3/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Korea, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Korea
                Japanese win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Szechwan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 4 :  2/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Szechwan
                Japanese win, taking Szechwan from Chinese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Suiyuyan: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Chinese from Shensi: 1 fighter and 13 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Hopei: 3 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Kweichow: 1 armour
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Shensi from Chinese to Japanese
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Shensi: 1 armour
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Korea to Manchuria
            1 fighter moved from Korea to Manchuria
            1 armour moved from Kiangsu to Jehol
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kweichow
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 aaGun moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 45 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Kiangsu
            1 harbour placed in Siam
            Japanese undo move 1.
            1 transport placed in 19 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Kiangsu
            1 mech_infantry placed in Japan
            1 submarine placed in 6 Sea Zone
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Japanese undo move 2.
            Japanese undo move 3.
            1 mech_infantry placed in Kiangsu
            1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Manchuria: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Japan: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Manchuria: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Manchuria: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 42 PUs

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Caroline Islands : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Iwo Jima : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Paulau Island : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Kwangsi : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Kiangsu : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 2 mech_infantrys
    Japan : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    Jehol : 1 flag, 1 armour
    Siam : 1 flag, 1 harbour
    Manchuria : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 8 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Shensi : 1 flag, 1 armour
    Yunnan : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 7 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
    Suiyuyan : 1 flag
    Kweichow : 1 flag, 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Hunan : 1 flag
    Hopei : 1 flag
    Szechwan : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Chahar : 1 flag
    Anhwe : 1 flag
    42 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
    41 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
    44 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
    45 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
    37 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 3 artilleries, 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 fighters, 5 infantry, 2 tactical_bombers and 4 transports
    35 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    6 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 5 submarines and 1 transport
    55 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 46 / 57
    Russians : 39 / 41
    Japanese : 32 / 42
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 3 / 8
    British : 30 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 25 / 25
    Italians : 16 / 15
    ANZAC : 13 / 15
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 3 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 5 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.562
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 0.800
        Standard Deviation : 0.894
        Total rolls : 16

Japanese Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
        Average roll : 3.364
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.300
        Standard Deviation : 1.140
        Total rolls : 11

Russians Combat
            2 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.000
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

Chinese Combat
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 4.500
        Median : 4.500
        Variance : 1.333
        Standard Deviation : 1.155
        Total rolls : 4

[Fortress]

Forgot to attack the French DD. I hope that doesn’t bite me. I guess it’s probably fortunate, because I would’ve lost air attacking the Chinese infantry if I didn’t hit them with every piece that could reach…

I guess we’re going to find out!

[Eqqman]

@Fortress:

Forgot to attack the French DD. I hope that doesn’t bite me. I guess it’s probably fortunate, because I would’ve lost air attacking the Chinese infantry if I didn’t hit them with every piece that could reach…

I guess we’re going to find out!

Take comfort from the fact that you couldn’t attack the French DD anyway without declaring war on the Western Allies, which I am sure you don’t want to do.

Speaking of which, I now tear open the envelope and unfold the paper to read my earlier prediction: There will be no DoW J3.

[Fortress]

Hahahaha! Actually, DOW on France is independent. The choices are USSR, UK and Anzac, USA, France. And the only one that affects any other one is that a DOW on UK and Anzac gets the USA in the war.

Hirohito decided that his life would be easier if Germany wasn’t dead by turn 6.  :lol: He was promised all of Asia by Hitler. Hitler’s probably good on his word, right?

[Eqqman]

You’re right, of course… I just got done re-reading the rulebook.  I find it bizarre that such a situation is allowed, but there it is.

It’s also funny that Japan can DoW the French and sink their ships, but as long as they keep units out of FIC they still get their bonus money.  So technically the Japanese could even somehow conquer Paris itself and still not forfeit the dough… Larry can be a wacky guy sometimes.

[Eqqman]

Regarding bugs in TripleA, the only real problem I’ve had is that I can run into trouble switching around from viewing the game history back to the current game.  And a few times playing against the AI, it seems to get stuck.  Nothing too serious though.

I was going to try the forward deployment in SZ102 just because I can, but realized that would open Germany up to too many annoying moves with that fleet sitting in Gibraltar.  Nothing that would turn the tide of the game, but troubling enough that I don’t want to have to deal with it.

[Eqqman]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.3

Game History

Round :3

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 armour, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 2 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 64 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 2 fighters moved from 89 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Wake Island to Hawaiian Islands

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 64 Sea Zone to Southeast Mexico
            1 artillery moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 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

Place Units - Americans
            2 armour placed in Central United States
            2 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            1 transport placed in 101 Sea Zone
            1 transport placed in 101 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 10 Sea Zone
            Note to player Americans: America has joined the Allies, and declared war on the Axis!
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Americans from Neutrality to War
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for British and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for UK_Pacific and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for ANZAC and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Americans and French from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Americans and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Germans and Americans from Neutrality to War
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Italians and Americans from Neutrality to War
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
            Trigger Americans War Japanese: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Turn Complete - Americans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 35 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1
            Americans collect 51 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 51 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 56 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 76 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 46 / 57
    Russians : 39 / 41
    Japanese : 32 / 42
    Americans : 52 / 76
    Chinese : 3 / 8
    British : 30 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 25 / 25
    Italians : 16 / 15
    ANZAC : 13 / 15
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0