14L G40 Eric M (allies +11) vs. dane (Axis)

[Helmutpower]

I need your scramble order in SZ 97

I’ll be out between Friday 20th to tuesday 24th…

[danejstrup]

No scramble please.

I am sorry about the delay. I though the UK turn was complete and that it was Italy’s turn by now. I would have responded faster if I had been aware of the situation, would have found time to give quick scramble orders, even if I did not have time to make a regular turn.

[Helmutpower]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

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

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 artilleries and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to 111 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 111 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tobruk
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Tobruk
            1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
            1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec

Combat - British
            Battle in Ethiopia
                British attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser in Ethiopia, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Ethiopia, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Ethiopia, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Ethiopia
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Ethiopia, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Ethiopia, round 3 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Ethiopia
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery in Ethiopia, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Ethiopia, round 4 :  0/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery in Ethiopia, round 5 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Ethiopia, round 5 :  2/2 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Ethiopia
                Italians win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  2/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 fighter owned by the British and 1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 cruiser and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in Tobruk
                British attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  3/7 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British and 3 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 3 :  0/5 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Tobruk
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 4 :  3/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 4 :  2/3 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians, 1 artillery owned by the Italians, 1 artillery owned by the British, 1 mech_infantry owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                British win, taking Tobruk from Italians with 1 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  4/6 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 1 battleship owned by the Italians, 1 transport owned by the Italians, 1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer
                Germans defend with 1 submarine
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 110 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 110 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 110 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 111 Sea Zone
                British attack with 2 fighters
                Germans defend with 1 battleship
                    British roll dice for 2 fighters in 111 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in 111 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the British and 1 battleship owned by the Germans lost in 111 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 111 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 aaGun moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            3 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            6 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 fighter moved from India to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma
            3 aaGuns moved from India to Burma
            1 mech_infantry moved from 88 Sea Zone to Suriname
                  British take Suriname from Dutch

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

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,4,5,4
            British collect 28 PUs; end with 28 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 artilleries and 3 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 39 / 68
    Russians : 37 / 38
    Japanese : 29 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 9 / 15
    British : 28 / 33
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
    Italians : 10 / 10
    ANZAC : 10 / 10
    French : 15 / 0
    Dutch : 11 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[danejstrup]

Oh, I forgot to move units into Kenya, guess I was thinking it was non combat moves or something, since there are no allied units there (the Italian units in adjacent territories). Now I can’t do it. What are the rules. Just too bad, or is it allowed to edit and change it?

[Helmutpower]

Edit and change it! it’s ok for me!

[danejstrup]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to Malta
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 96 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 transport
                British defend with 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Italians win with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 transport
            Battle in Malta
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                British defend with 1 aaGun, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Malta from British with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for British: 1 aaGun, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                1 artillery owned by the Italians and 1 armour owned by the Italians retreated to Northern Italy
                French win with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Tobruk
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery
                retreated to Tobruk
                British win with 1 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Ethiopia: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Italian Somaliland: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Kenya from British to Italians
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Kenya: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter moved from Tobruk to Libya
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Libya
            1 bomber moved from Malta to Southern Italy
            2 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
            1 armour moved from Albania to Romania
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            2 aaGuns and 5 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 transport placed in 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,4,2,1,6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2
            Italians collect 7 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 7 PUs total

[danejstrup]

Thanks regarding the edit.

The Italian troops showed their well known quality in Africa  :-)

[Helmutpower]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to New Guinea: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 98 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Changing PUs for Russians from 38 to 39
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            ANZAC buy 1 artillery; Remaining resources: 6 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 63 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from New Zealand to Queensland

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea
                  ANZAC take Dutch New Guinea from Dutch
            2 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
                  ANZAC take Java from Dutch
            2 aaGuns moved from New South Wales to Queensland

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 artillery placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 20 PUs total

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 39 / 68
    Russians : 37 / 39
    Japanese : 29 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 9 / 15
    British : 27 / 33
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
    Italians : 11 / 7
    ANZAC : 14 / 20
    French : 15 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[Helmutpower]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Holland Belgium
                  French take Holland Belgium from Germans
            1 artillery moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia
            1 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to French Central Africa
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to Scotland
            1 destroyer moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Syria to Trans-Jordan

Combat - French
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                French attack with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Italians defend with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport
                    French roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Italians and 1 destroyer owned by the French lost in 96 Sea Zone
                    French roll dice for 1 cruiser in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                    French roll dice for 1 cruiser in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 cruiser in 96 Sea Zone, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 cruiser in 96 Sea Zone, round 6 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 6 :  0/1 hits
                    1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                    1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                French win with 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is 25
                Casualties for French: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 36 / 68
    Russians : 37 / 39
    Japanese : 29 / 40
    Americans : 52 / 52
    Chinese : 9 / 15
    British : 27 / 33
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
    Italians : 11 / 7
    ANZAC : 14 / 20
    French : 18 / 0
    Dutch : 7 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[Helmutpower]

I made an edit to put the bid… Yes, we forgot to but the bid placement. I dont keep the message I send to you for the bid, but I think i was right with that! Edit if i was wrong!

No luck with italians so far!

[danejstrup]

Oh yes, that was quite bad dice.

I wish to surrender and loose the game. Several reasons:

1. Partly because of the dice so far, unbalanced game the way I see it. It would be difficult for axis to regain a position strong enough for the game to be balanced and exciting.
2. I wish to only play low luck games in the future, at least for a while. So far my experience with the game has been that the dice often contributes to weird outcomes, unbalances the game early and decisively. To the extent that i should want to play axis in the near future, I wish to play more “normal” games, see how such games unfold.
3. Perhaps more importantly, I just feel that my desire to play axis is quite low at the moment. I currently don’t have much motivation to make moves in my games. If it wasn’t for the 72 hour deadline I would probably wait weeks before making a move, because I would rather spend my time doing other things. Not a good attitude for playing the game.

I am sorry about this. 1-2 months ago when I started playing axis again, my motivation to play the game was much higher than it is now. I am sorry that this has changed.

How does one finish the game officially, register you as winner etc.?

Dan

[Helmutpower]

Ok no problem, I understand!

I never play a low luck game, but if you want, we can do one!

When a game is finish, the person who lose post the result one the appropriate forum with the link to see the game

[Cow]

Dane you did too many attacks with Italy round 1.
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However this game is still winnable by the axis.

You are going to J2 dow, waiting any longer is just silly.  This means your 2 german subs are free to DOW on USA and kill the cruiser and transport.

The battleship does not stop you from loading units during a DOW, it is not a contested sea zone that is why. So you get 3 islands plus phil. So your Japan although not optimal is still on track.

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Your full german air is still alive so I do not see a problem sinking UK and France from the med.

It is mostly your japan setup that I take issue with, but it is fixable. Lucky for you UK’s ethiopia attack did not work out, this helps your pacific situation.

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Germany if left to its own devices is going to take Russia eventually. So I would not worry too much.

If you really want to make big plays in the middle east and africa for some reason. 2 german bombers can nail a cruiser and transport off ethiopia.
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Personally if I am just going to give up after 1 round, I would rather do Sea Lion. You have 97% odds. Come on dude.

[Cow]

TL:DR

Just sealion with germany. You have the odds. He even took a unit off of london to make it easier for you.

America even made a present, free cruiser transport kill, so USA liberating UK will be harder.

Japan can win the Pacific, you need to war now, UK battleship does not stop you from loading your transports because he is not at war, thus not a contested sea zone.

[danejstrup]

Hi Eric

Thanks for your offer to reconsider. However, I still prefer to surrender, still for a mix of the 3 mentioned reasons I guess, not least that I unfortunately feel that my interest in the game is not very big at the moment. I am sorry about this.

I will let you know when I am ready to start a new game, nice that you would be interested in a low luck game.

And as mentioned, I don’t know how to register finished matches, please let me know how I should register my defeat etc.

Dan

[Helmutpower]

Your defeat are registred…

thanks for the short game!