13L G40.2 Gamerman01 (Allies +9) vs. Jeff28 (Axis)

[Jeff28]

Have you ever strat bombed the USA on J4?

Cause I haven’t but I’m always interested in a new strategy.

[gamerman01]

@Jeff28:

maybe the game does it turn 4?

I’m sure it does, but technically it should be end of US3

[gamerman01]

@Jeff28:

Have you ever strat bombed the USA on J4?

Cause I haven’t but I’m always interested in a new strategy.

No - just pointing out that it could possibly matter.

[gamerman01]

USA got super subs
Thought I’d let you know because it doesn’t seem obvious and I don’t know how carefully you review all the events of my turns.  Didn’t want it to catch you by surprise, because it certainly wouldn’t if we were playing face to face

[Jeff28]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            2 transports moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Alexandria to Egypt

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Egypt
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 fighter
                British defend with 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 fighter in Egypt, round 1 :  1/3 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Egypt, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the British lost in Egypt
                Italians win, taking Egypt from British with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from Egypt to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq
                  Italians take Iraq from Neutral_Axis
            1 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania

Place Units - Italians
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs total
            Objective Italians 3 North Africa: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs
            Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 28 PUs
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 33 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 38 PUs

Territory Summary for Italians :

Trans-Jordan : 1 flag
    Alexandria : 1 flag
    Egypt : 1 flag, 1 armour and 1 harbour
    Algeria : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Tunisia : 1 flag
    Romania : 1 mech_infantry
    Northern Italy : 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Southern Italy : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Eastern Poland : 1 armour
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 3 transports
    Iraq : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
    98 Sea Zone : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 36 / 49
    Russians : 33 / 36
    Japanese : 48 / 62
    Americans : 52 / 78
    Chinese : 5 / 12
    British : 33 / 35
    UK_Pacific : 11 / 6
    Italians : 21 / 38
    ANZAC : 14 / 30
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 3 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[gamerman01]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :3

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Dutch New Guinea to New Guinea
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to India
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to 39 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales
            1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to New South Wales: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from South Australia: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 15 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 20 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 25 PUs

[gamerman01]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :3

Politics - French
            French takes Political Action: Political Action French To War With Japanese
                French succeeds on action: Political Action French To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and French from Neutrality to War
                French succeeds on action: Political Action French To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and French from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - French
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Combat - French
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                French attack with 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                French win, taking 41 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

[gamerman01]

@Gamerman01:

French succeeds on action: Political Action French To War With Japanese

French are diplomatic geniuses.  They succeeded.  8-)

And then they went on to successfully sink a Japanese transport!  Such studs!  :mrgreen:

Course they FAILED to block the Japanese with a destroyer on J3  :lol:

[Jeff28]

Help me out. You spend 5 bucks on 1 tech token that doesnt stay and rolled the key USA and British techs.

Right? Are you serious?

Have you hacked the dice server?

[boldfresh]

no, gamer is TRADITIONALLY more fortunate than average on tech rolls.  he is “charmed” as you might say, which is why i would NEVER play him in a tech game.

good luck Jeff!!  :-o

[gamerman01]

@Boldfresh:

no, gamer is TRADITIONALLY more fortunate than average on tech rolls.  he is “charmed” as you might say, which is why i would NEVER play him in a tech game.

good luck Jeff!!   :-o

He’s right.

But I have spent more than you probably think.  I have spent 35 IPC’s on 7 dice and got 2 hits.  That’s above average, but not a whole lot.

Upper 33%ile where 50% is the median.

Bold has experienced much higher success rates from me than that in the past, and at the worst possible moments.  Consider yourself lucky so far.  :-)

[gamerman01]

I mean, heck, I got super subs when the USA could not attack anybody!  Watch out when I get LRA when you’re not expecting it!!

[gamerman01]

Put another way, with any LESS success, I would be UNLUCKY.  1 hit in 7 tries is of course not lucky.  So I have to be either above or below average right now.  Sorry, but I’m above.

You should be more worried about all the other devastating dice results you’ve endured!  :evil:

[boldfresh]

granted, tech certainly has a much diminished effect in G40 compared to AA50, but still, there is already so much more strategy in G40 that i have not yet had the slightest desire to add tech to the mix.

[gamerman01]

@Jeff28:

Help me out. You spend 5 bucks on 1 tech token that doesnt stay and rolled the key USA and British techs.

USA Shipyards and LRA are right up there too.  I wouldn’t call them THE key techs  :-)

What about British rockets or paratroopers?  Now THOSE would KILL
I still haven’t recouped the 15 I’ve spend with the UK on shipyards yet.  Quit yer whinin’ and play!!  :wink:

[gamerman01]

1 more comment while I’m waiting for you!

You can’t complain when you haven’t bought any!  You can’t win if you don’t play!  You could have had 4 techs by now, but we’ll never know!  :-D

[Jeff28]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry, 1 submarine and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Holland Belgium
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Normandy Bordeaux
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
                  Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians
            1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Romania to Bessarabia
                  Germans take Bessarabia from Russians
            1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            3 armour, 4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 armour moved from Poland to Belarus
            1 armour moved from Romania to Belarus
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 113 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Poland to Baltic States
            1 bomber moved from Poland to 113 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Belarus
                Germans attack with 5 armour, 4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 5 armour, 4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Belarus, round 1 :  9/33 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Belarus, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Belarus
                Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 5 armour, 4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Holland Belgium, round 1 :  2/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 1 :  2/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British , 1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
                Germans win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Normandy Bordeaux, round 1 :  2/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from British with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 fighter
                Russians defend with 1 cruiser and 1 submarine
                1 submarine owned by the Russians Submerged
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 fighter in 113 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 cruiser in 113 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 cruiser owned by the Russians lost in 113 Sea Zone
                Germans win with 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Russians: 1 cruiser
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Baltic States, round 1 :  1/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            10 artilleries moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Baltic States to Poland
            1 bomber moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            3 aaGuns moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Poland

Place Units - Germans
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Yugoslavia
            1 transport placed in 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry placed in Western Germany
            1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 2 transports placed in 113 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 42 PUs; end with 43 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 48 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Morocco : 1 flag
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Algeria : 1 artillery
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 artillery and 1 factory_minor
    Western Germany : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters, 1 harbour, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
    Poland : 1 bomber and 2 mech_infantrys
    Germany : 1 factory_major
    Belarus : 1 flag, 3 aaGuns, 5 armour, 4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
    Baltic States : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag, 2 armour, 10 artilleries and 6 mech_infantrys
    Bessarabia : 1 flag
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag
    125 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    113 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 2 transports
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 42 / 48
    Russians : 29 / 36
    Japanese : 48 / 62
    Americans : 52 / 78
    Chinese : 5 / 12
    British : 31 / 35
    UK_Pacific : 11 / 6
    Italians : 21 / 38
    ANZAC : 14 / 25
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 3 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[gamerman01]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

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

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 6 artilleries and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
                  Russians take Western Ukraine from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Norway
                  Russians take Norway from Germans
            2 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Iraq
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Iraq
            1 armour moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Timguska to Kansu
            1 fighter moved from Smolensk to Kansu
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Smolensk to Kansu

[gamerman01]

Zone 113 sub submerge or fight?

[gamerman01]

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