Gamerman's G40 Laegue House Rules Playtest Shin Ji (Axis) vs Nozdormu (Allies)

[Guest]

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

Game History

Round: 38

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 1 artillery and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            3 infantry moved from Shensi to Kansu
            2 infantry moved from Shensi to Tsinghai
            2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang
            4 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Kansu
            2 infantry placed in Tsinghai
            2 infantry placed in Sikang
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Shensi
            1 infantry placed in Szechwan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 29 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 10 Sea Zone: 4 artilleries, 3 infantry and 4 transports
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 10 Sea Zone: 4 transports
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Western United States: 4 artilleries and 3 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing PUs for Chinese from 29 to 28
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Manchuria : 1 airfield
    Shensi : 1 artillery and 8 infantry
    Kansu : 5 infantry
    Tsinghai : 5 infantry
    Szechwan : 8 infantry
    Sikang : 5 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 75 / 105
    Russians : 3 / 0
    Japanese : 25 / 25
    Americans : 85 / 110
    Chinese : 23 / 28
    British : 26 / 68
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 33
    Italians : 17 / 28
    ANZAC : 0 / 0
    French : 0 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 1200
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 2 / 0

[Shin-Ji]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Purchase Units - Germans
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Germans buy 2 destroyers and 22 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            26 armour, 14 artilleries, 26 infantry and 32 mech_infantrys moved from Turkey to Syria

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Syria
                Germans attack with 26 armour, 14 artilleries, 26 infantry and 32 mech_infantrys
                Americans defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Syria from British with 26 armour, 14 artilleries, 26 infantry and 32 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 89 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            3 aaGuns moved from Turkey to Syria
            1 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Yugoslavia to Greece
            10 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Bulgaria
            1 mech_infantry moved from Portugal to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 mech_infantry moved from Gibraltar to Normandy Bordeaux
            3 bombers moved from France to Spain
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Spain
            4 bombers moved from Southern Italy to Spain
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
            1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Vologda to Novosibirsk
            3 armour moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            3 armour moved from Volgograd to Novosibirsk
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Karelia to Archangel

Place Units - Germans
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            1 destroyer placed in 105 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer placed in 113 Sea Zone
            Germans undo move 3.
            1 destroyer placed in 113 Sea Zone
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Russia
            10 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 76 PUs; end with 77 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 82 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 87 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 102 PUs

[Shin-Ji]

Feel free to revert the edit if you like - I had forgotten to send one of my bombers to kill that transport (forgot about it last turn too - it really hides up in New Orleans and I usually don’t see it).  I was gonna do it myself but then I figured I can just as easily kill it with a Japanese bomber, so whatever works for you.

[Shin-Ji]

Well, Texas rather than New Orleans, but you get my meaning.

[gamerman01]

Oh man, for a moment you make me really miss ABattlemap where you could position your units however you want…

[Shin-Ji]

Heh.  That had its good sides and bad sides, though.  I remember trying to sneak transports across the bottom of the board by putting them on the very edge of the map.  Never actually worked…

[gamerman01]

I rarely saw sneaky stuff like that - I would have unleashed on anyone trying to hide units  :-)

[Guest]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Turkey
                  Russians take Turkey from Germans

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 aaGuns, 5 artilleries and 100 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
            2 aaGuns and 1 artillery moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan

Turn Complete - Russians

Territory Summary for Russians :

Trans-Jordan : 4 aaGuns, 6 artilleries and 100 infantry
    Turkey : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Iraq : 3 infantry
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 74 / 102
    Russians : 5 / 0
    Japanese : 25 / 25
    Americans : 85 / 110
    Chinese : 23 / 28
    British : 25 / 68
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 33
    Italians : 17 / 28
    ANZAC : 0 / 0
    French : 0 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 1200
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 2 / 0

[Shin-Ji]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 7 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            18 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            10 bombers moved from Spain to Iraq
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Turkey
            3 infantry moved from Brazil to Venezuela

[Shin-Ji]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioIACVP_d5E

[Guest]

I lost this game due to bad dice. Seriously.

[Shin-Ji]

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

Game History

Round: 39

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 7 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing PUs for Japanese from 7 to 6
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            18 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Iraq
            10 bombers moved from Spain to Iraq
            2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Turkey
            3 infantry moved from Brazil to Venezuela

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Venezuela
                Japanese attack with 3 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Americans win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Japanese: 3 infantry
            Battle in Turkey
                Japanese attack with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Turkey from Russians with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Iraq
                Japanese attack with 18 armour, 3 artilleries, 12 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                British defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter, 28 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Russians defend with 3 infantry; Americans defend with 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 6 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Japanese win with 6 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Japanese: 18 armour, 3 artilleries, 6 bombers, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry
                Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter, 28 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 2 artilleries, 6 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            6 bombers moved from Iraq to Syria
            3 infantry moved from Chile to Peru
                  Japanese take Peru from Neutral_Axis
            3 armour, 2 battleships, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 8 fighters, 1 infantry, 7 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 5 transports moved from 83 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain
            3 armour moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain

Place Units - Japanese
            1 destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 10
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 19 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,2,1,5,3,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,4,3,2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 80 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6
            Japanese collect 17 PUs (10 lost to blockades); end with 23 PUs total
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing PUs for Japanese from 23 to 26
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[Guest]

I am probably permanently giving up on Axis and Allies. It was fun while it lasted, but I hate losing to dice. Especially when games like this take this long. I wanted to give it another try, hoping the house ruled version of the game was more balanced, but alas. If I ever do play AA again, it will be with low luck.

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

I lost this game due to bad dice. Seriously.

You lost this fight due to bad dice, I’ll tell you that!  As the video I posted indicates, I was not expecting to win in Iraq.

I think you lost the game as a whole due to some rules tweaks that still need to be addressed.

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

I am probably permanently giving up on Axis and Allies. It was fun while it lasted, but I hate losing to dice. Especially when games like this take this long. I wanted to give it another try, hoping the house ruled version of the game was more balanced, but alas. If I ever do play AA again, it will be with low luck.

Really?  That’s the most thrilling part of the game to me.  Whether it works for me or against me.  Even when it seemed I was getting ever gorram plane shot down for a bit there, that was funny to me.  In fact, that’s exactly why I would never play low luck.

But to each their own!  Happy trails to you, friend!

[Shin-Ji]

@Nozdormu:

Especially when games like this take this long.

As an aside, has there ever been a faster game played on the forums?  We did 20 rounds and change in 11 days.  That’s nuts!

[gamerman01]

That was pretty fast, although I doubt it was the fastest.  Among the fastest, though,

thanks guys

[Noll]

Where can I find a summaru of the house rules implemented in this game?
The google doc file doesnt work for me.

[gamerman01]

OK, here’s an excel file for you

G40 New and Improved.xls

[Shin-Ji]

And I managed to make it a pdf.  Hope this helps.

G40 New and Improved.pdf