13L G40 Stalingradski(allies+10) vs BombsAway(axis)

[BombsAway]

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

Game History

Round :17

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy nothing; Remaining resources: 64 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans

Non Combat Move - Germans

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,1,5,3,3,6
            Germans collect 47 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 111 PUs total
            Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 115 PUs

[Stalingradski]

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

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 fighter, 5 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            3 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Bessarabia
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
                  Russians take Iraq from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to West India
                  Russians take West India from Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsu

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Kiangsu
                Russians attack with 1 mech_infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 aaGuns
                Russians win, taking Kiangsu from Japanese with 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 aaGuns
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Russians attack with 3 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 3 infantry
                Russians win, taking Bessarabia from Germans with 3 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Vologda to Archangel
            4 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            1 infantry moved from Turkmenistan to Eastern Persia
            3 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            2 infantry moved from Sikang to Kazakhstan
            10 armour and 12 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Ukraine
            3 infantry moved from Volgograd to Rostov
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Vologda to Novgorod

Place Units - Russians
            1 fighter placed in Russia
            3 infantry placed in Ukraine
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd
            2 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 39 PUs; end with 39 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 42 PUs

[BombsAway]

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

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 26 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 26 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 26 Sea Zone to 23 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 26 Sea Zone to 23 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 26 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 26 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 26 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 31 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 23 Sea Zone
                  Japanese take 17 Sea Zone from ANZAC
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            5 fighters moved from 35 Sea Zone to Kiangsi
            1 armour moved from Kwangtung to Kiangsi
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangtung to Kiangsi
            1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kiangsi
            1 armour moved from Kwangtung to Kiangsi
            2 fighters moved from Japan to Kiangsu
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Kiangsu
            4 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                Japanese win, taking 43 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in 34 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win with 1 cruiser and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 22 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win, taking 22 Sea Zone from ANZAC with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 23 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese win with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 30 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win with 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Hawaiian Islands
            Battle in Kiangsi
                Japanese attack with 2 armour, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 7 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Hawaiian Islands from Americans with 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 armour and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 7 infantry
            Battle in Kiangsu
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                Japanese win, taking Kiangsu from Chinese with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 fighters moved from Kiangsu to Kwangtung
            5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kiangsi to Kwangtung
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 35 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 23 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 30 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 32 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 7 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 30 PUs

[Stalingradski]

Well, the luck gods are with you in an almost unprecedented way. I’m shocked, and need OOL.

1st round - I got 6 hits for the entire round. 11 subs, a destroyer, 9 fighters, 3 tac bombers, and 10 bombers. 103 pips usually means 17 hits, on average. I’m more than a little pi$$ed right now.

Then, you were 10 for 10 on aircraft. And your boats hit 6 more.

So here we are in the second round, and I got a quasi-respectable 10 hits before I get crushed completely. You have everything remaining - four carriers damaged and both BBs damaged… OOL?

[BombsAway]

I’d prefer to see the map.  To be honest, I feel I all but lost here.  I have 7 VC’s in the Pacific right now but have LONG odds to hold them for the duration of the round.

[Stalingradski]

Unfortunately I had to leave yesterday for a family vacation… and just got home. As I thought, my wife had shut off the computer, so I lost the map that was in progress. I’ll need to reconstruct it from the Marti dice rolls and send it your way –

Did you mean six VCs? I counted Hawaii, Japan, Phillipines, India, Kwangtung, and Kiangsu.

[BombsAway]

Six it is.

[Stalingradski]

When you said seven, I got worried there was a hidden VC somewhere…  :-)

What I’m doing is reconstructing the map through the rolls sent to our e-mails. So I’ll reroll and then correct through editing offline. I think it makes sense also for me to continue the rolls here on the this site, once you’ve chosen your round 2 casualties. Then at the end of it all, I’ll edit the map and send it as an attachment.

I can’t think of another way to keep this moving.

I still have PTSD from the first round, and I’ve found it hard to drag myself back to the computer, but it has to happen  :|

[Stalingradski]

Ok - here’s the round with combat moves. The platform won’t allow editing and dice in a mix, so I’ll have to go back and edit all at once after all the rolls are done.

The map shows what it looked like to start - as of this round, you took six original hits - I had tipped your two battleships and four of your carriers.

I lost 6 of my subs, 9 fighters, and the destroyer. So I have 5 subs, 3 tacs, and 10 bombers left to start round 2.

On round 2, it started with one sub hit, and I got 10 more hits with my aircraft. So you have a total of 17 hits to take before rolling your round 2 defense.

US purchased 5 transports, 2 fighters, a carrier, 4 infantry, and an artillery.

US17 redo and OOL.tsvg

[BombsAway]

Hidden VC, ha, I wish.  I’ll take 7 carriers, a hit on each BB and the last carrier.

PS  I don’t know what PTSD stands for.

[BombsAway]

Take the ships next.  Air battle till the dust settles.

[Stalingradski]

@BombsAway:

Hidden VC, ha, I wish.  I’ll take 7 carriers, a hit on each BB and the last carrier.

PS  I don’t know what PTSD stands for.

PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as shell shock  :-)

I’ll take your casualties and roll your defense.

[Stalingradski]

Boats (can hit both subs and aircraft)
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[Stalingradski]

Let’s try that again.

Your boats (can hit both air and boats)
Rolls: 8@2, 1@3, 2@4; Total Hits: 48@2,: (2, 5, 3, 4, 3, 1, 2, 5)1@3,: (6)2@4: (6, 3)

Your planes (can hit planes only)
Rolls: 5@3, 5@4; Total Hits: 75@3,: (5, 2, 1, 5, 3)5@4: (2, 5, 3, 3, 4)

[Stalingradski]

Ok, so I have 6 bombers and a sub left over. I’ll retreat.

You have 2 tipped battleships, a tipped carrier, and a cruiser left at sea. You have 5 fighters and 5 tac bombers that can land on Hawaii.

All in all, considering I should have killed all of your boats and aircraft and still had sixteen units remaining, that was a staggeringly bad battle for me. Frankly, in nearly 30 years of playing, it may have been the worst I’ve ever experienced in a battle of that scale, involving the value of the units.

On average, I should have won with 10 bombers, 3 tacs, and 3 fighters remaining. I retreated with 6 bombers and a sub remaining. Shift in value = 105 IPCs.

You should have lost everything, but were left with 2 damaged battleships, a damaged carrier, a cruiser, 5 tacs, 5 fighters and 4 transports = 209 IPCs extra.

Add the two together = 314 IPC shift in value. Wow. It is unlikely that either of us will ever see a shift like that again.

I need to reroll everything, then edit the map to reflect what happened the first time I rolled - it’s all captured between Marti and here on the site. It’ll take me a little while, then I’ll post it, then take China’s turn.

[Stalingradski]

Here’s the map after US turn.

US17 redo.tsvg

[Stalingradski]

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

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
                Turning on Edit Mode
                EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Soviet Far East: 1 artillery and 5 infantry
                EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Siberia: 1 artillery and 5 infantry
                EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Shantung to Kiangsu
            7 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kiangsu
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Kiangsu
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria
                  Chinese take Manchuria from Japanese

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Kiangsu
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 8 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                Chinese win, taking Kiangsu from Japanese with 1 fighter and 8 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Kiangsu to Shantung
            6 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsi

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Kwangsi
            4 infantry placed in Kiangsu

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs total

[Stalingradski]

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

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 aaGun and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
                  Russians take Baltic States from Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Syria
                  British take Syria from Germans
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 76 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
            1 bomber moved from Yunnan to India
            1 fighter moved from Anhwe to 19 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Strategic bombing raid in India
                Bombing raid in India rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in India causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in Persia
            Battle in 19 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                British win, taking Persia from Germans with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 19 Sea Zone to Kiangsu
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Anhwe to Kiangsu
            1 fighter moved from Suiyuyan to Kiangsu
            4 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsi
            1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            4 artilleries, 19 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Iraq to Persia
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            2 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Bryansk
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to 127 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Nenetsia to 127 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 127 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
            2 aaGuns moved from Karelia to Finland
            2 aaGuns moved from Finland to Norway
            2 infantry moved from Finland to Norway
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 bomber moved from India to Iraq

Place Units - British
            1 aaGun and 8 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

[BombsAway]

Well now.  I’m almost sorry to do this, as that turn took a considerable amount of effort.  But I must concede defeat.  Even with all the luck I needed even more.  Thanks for the game enjoyed it very much.  I’m up for a second, as was discussed at the onset.  Hope you don’t mind the slow pace?

I have the updated version of tripleA.  For my bid I’ll take a fighter in Scotland.

Congratulations on your victory.

[Stalingradski]

Thanks sir - I didn’t mean to get too wacky with that last sea battle, but it was something I’d never seen before, and I was pretty well flabbergasted.

Yes, I’m in for a second! I’ll try to start it up tonight, if I can - and the Scottish fighter is a nice bid choice.