Whackamatt (axis) vs. captain walker (allies +6)

[Whackamatt]

I edited the French move back.  The game is right.  You probably didn’t notice, but I purchased an Italian destroyer.  You can’t move your French destroyer into combat during the NCM.

[captainwalker]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.5

Game History

Round :12

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 6 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Baltic States
            5 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Poland
                  Russians take Poland from Germans
            9 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            2 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            6 armour moved from Romania to Germany
            3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Germany
            2 bombers moved from Romania to Germany
            4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Germany
            2 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Germany
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Slovakia Hungary
            1 mech_infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Poland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Chahar
                  Chinese take Chahar from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur
                  Russians take Amur from Japanese

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Baltic States
                Russians attack with 2 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery
                    Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Baltic States, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Baltic States, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States
                Russians win, taking Baltic States from Germans with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Germany
                Russians attack with 13 armour, 9 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 5 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 13 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 13 armour, 9 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 5 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in Germany, round 1 :  16/36 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 13 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Germany, round 1 :  7/19 hits
                    5 infantry owned by the Russians , 13 infantry owned by the Germans , 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians , 2 artilleries owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                    Russians roll dice for 13 armour, 9 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in Germany, round 2 :  10/29 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 2 artilleries in Germany, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Germans , 1 artillery owned by the Russians and 2 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                Russians captures 48PUs while taking Germans capital
                Russians converts factory_major into different units
                Russians win, taking Germany from Germans with 13 armour, 8 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 13 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery, 5 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 bombers moved from Germany to Romania
            4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Finland
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Vologda
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Novosibirsk
            2 infantry moved from Timguska to Yenisey
            3 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Romania

Place Units - Russians
            6 armour and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Russia
            1 artillery and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd
            1 artillery and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Novgorod

Turn Complete - Russians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6
            Russians collect 64 PUs; end with 112 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 117 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 24 PUs; end with 141 PUs
            Objective Russians 3 Berlin: Russians met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 151 PUs

Territory Summary for Russians :

Chahar : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Yenisey : 2 infantry
    Amur : 1 infantry
    Buryatia : 1 aaGun
    Olgiy : 1 flag
    Dzavhan : 1 flag
    Central Mongolia : 1 flag
    Ulaanbaatar : 1 flag
    Tsagaan Olom : 1 flag
    Syria : 1 flag
    Slovakia Hungary : 1 flag, 2 artilleries, 4 fighters, 8 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Romania : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 3 armour, 2 bombers, 1 factory_minor and 2 mech_infantrys
    Poland : 1 flag, 5 artilleries and 4 infantry
    Germany : 1 flag, 13 armour, 8 artilleries and 1 factory_minor
    Albania : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Russia : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 6 armour, 1 factory_major and 4 mech_infantrys
    Ukraine : 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    Novosibirsk : 4 mech_infantrys
    Vologda : 1 armour
    Volgograd : 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 mech_infantrys
    Novgorod : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 tactical_bomber
    Turkey : 1 flag
    Saudi Arabia : 1 flag
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Iraq : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag
    Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 3 artilleries and 3 infantry
    Finland : 1 flag, 1 armour

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 36 / 0
    Russians : 64 / 151
    Japanese : 36 / 42
    Americans : 62 / 87
    Chinese : 13 / 18
    British : 22 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 15 / 13
    Italians : 11 / 6
    ANZAC : 17 / 27
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 0 / 0

[Whackamatt]

I concede, sir!  I never recovered from my Round 8 whoopings.  Would have been a different game had I destroyed the Atlantic fleet and survived with a navy.  Had to spend too much thereafter to rebuild instead of putting boots on the ground vs. Russia.

[captainwalker]

You know…you had a very sound strategy going there in the early rounds. I almost conceded since Uk was out and all the US was doing was trading Spain every round.
But I had strong Russian forces so I held out until I could merge my two stacks of infantry and artillery. Even after I did that the game was close…Germany just couldn’t build enough in time to stop the Russian armor though.
Thank you for a very good game!

[Whackamatt]

i think the bad luck for Japan didn’t help either.  I’ve won with this strategy in the Pacific.  The US gets so distracted by the UK loss, that they don’t spend much in the Pacific.  But, without Japan threatening and the loss of the German navy, it was over.