13L Play-Off, SF, Gamerman01 (Allies +14) vs AlexGreat

[gamerman01]

Isn’t it a pretty easy scramble decision?

[lexgreat]

Scramble a German fig, a German tac and one Italian fig, pls.

[gamerman01]

Oh, I checked at the perfect time, I see

Thanks, continuing

[gamerman01]

What in the world

No longer getting reamed by dice  :-P

[gamerman01]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Politics - British
            British takes Political Action: Political Action British To War With Japanese
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and British from Neutrality to Unprovoked
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Unprovoked
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and ANZAC from Neutrality to Unprovoked
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Dutch from Neutrality to War
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and British from Neutrality to Allied
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and UK_Pacific from Concordant to Allied
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied
                British succeeds on action: Political Action British To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Chinese and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 fighter and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Yunnan
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to 111 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
            Battle in Ethiopia
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                British win, taking Ethiopia from Italians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                British attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                British win with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in 111 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 battleship and 1 submarine
                1 submarine owned by the Germans Submerged
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 59
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for British: 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to India
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 fighter moved from 111 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
                  British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
            1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from 88 Sea Zone to Suriname
                  British take Suriname from Dutch
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to India
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Syria

Place Units - British
            1 fighter and 6 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 29 PUs; end with 29 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in India
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 81 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 78 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 97 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Syria: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 1 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys

[gamerman01]

Changed my casualty choice from 97 from a tactical to a destroyer, flying the tactical to Syria

(Triple A made me choose the casualty before seeing the naval defending dice, so I just made a choice knowing I could change it after seeing the rest of the defending dice)

[gamerman01]

@alexgreat:

Oh boy, momentous battles (imho) in Yunnan and 111. Went well for me so far, I fervently hope it does not turn totally against me UK1.

You jinxed yourself…
What an amazing UK1

[lexgreat]

I certainly would have preferred UK rolling very well like Axis and Axis rolling well like UK.

[lexgreat]

Battle in sz 97, all my available units. My sub hits, no DD there, pls chose your casualty.

[gamerman01]

Lose the sub

[lexgreat]

Two more hits, pls allocate.
Do you want to give an OOL for the next round, or wait for your amount of hits in return fire first?

[gamerman01]

It can only disadvantage me to give OOL in advance

Lose cruiser, fighter

[lexgreat]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Tunisia
            1 armour moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
                  Italians take Alexandria from British
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                    Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                    Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 fighters in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 carrier and 1 cruiser in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians , 1 cruiser owned by the British , 1 submarine owned by the Italians , 1 fighter owned by the British and 1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                retreated to 97 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 carrier and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry in Southern France, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Southern France, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the French , 1 artillery owned by the French and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Southern France
                Italians win, taking Southern France from French with 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tunisia, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 infantry in Tunisia, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the French lost in Tunisia
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 armour moved from Albania to Slovakia Hungary
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 armour moved from Alexandria to Tobruk

Place Units - Italians
            1 destroyer placed in 95 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1
            Italians collect 12 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 14 PUs total

[lexgreat]

Impressive 9/10 hits by the UK Med forces, all in all, so far.

[lexgreat]

na, not true. 10/12.

[gamerman01]

Insane

[lexgreat]

And my BB fails to hit two times in a row. That fighter would have been a nice consolation.

Looking forward to your ANZAC / France.

[gamerman01]

Will be done this afternoon

[gamerman01]

This is our first time playing one another, so you will probably learn some things…

Starting with this:

It is illegal to move your tank to Alexandria in the combat movement phase and then move it back in the non-combat movement phase.  You must complete the blitzing move of a tank in the combat movement phase.  Don’t let it happen again, please (it gave you more options than you should have had, including if you had cleared Z97, you would have been able to reinforce Alexandria with 2 more transported units)

[gamerman01]

Anyway, assuming you were ignorant of the rule, I will allow you to move the tank back to safety in Tobruk even though it is technically illegal.