Champinoman (Allies) vs Thurhame (Axis) 1940.2 Global

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 armour, 1 battleship, 2 infantry, 3 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 102 Sea Zone
            2 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            2 armour, 1 carrier, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 3 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            4 destroyers moved from 25 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            1 battleship, 3 submarines and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone
            2 armour and 2 infantry placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 50 PUs; end with 50 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 3

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

Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Yunnan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 13 PUs

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            3 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to Iraq
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to 96 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to 96 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 transport
                British win with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
            Battle in Gibraltar
                British attack with 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Italians win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -10
                Casualties for British: 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Iraq
                British attack with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry
                British win, taking Iraq from Neutral_Axis with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Neutral_Axis: 3 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Iraq to Egypt
            1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 2 transports moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Tanganyika Territory
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 artillery moved from Kenya to Ethiopia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to New Brunswick Nova Scotia

Place Units - British
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 81 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4
            British collect 33 PUs; end with 34 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 submarine placed in 39 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total
            Some Units in 39 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 submarine

[champinoman]

Well, that was an interesting turn.

Firstly, if you want to roll some dice in the forum for the Caroline Islands then feel free to and then we can edit the results in before Japan’s next turn. You listed the attack in your original post so it’s clear you just missed it when transferring across.

I think the loss of the US fleet is going to seal the fate in the pacific. If I had taken a lot of your ships down with me then maybe it wouldn’t be over but it was so one sided that I’m not sure how the US is meant to get back into it.

I thought I might still have a hope in Europe though until the dice did what they did in Gibraltar. 3 inf and a mech inf with 1 bombard Vs 1inf and 1art. I recommend having a look at the rolls. Wowee they were bad. The loss of the units is not so bad, however the plan was to take Gibraltor which would close the straits for Italy’s turn. However after losing my UK ships are sitting there ripe for the picking.

And in case you’re wondering why I sent a fighter, tact bomber and strat bomber all to a single transport; I forgot you couldn’t scramble without an airfield.

In good news I’m learning a fair bit from this game, however the bad news is that you are giving me an absolute thrashing.

[Thurhame]

Attacking with 4 1’s and no air support is just asking for disaster. Sure, the odds are in your favor, but with only 1’s there’s a big chance of something going wrong. In this case, after the cruiser’s 50-50 shot failed I had 23% chance of annihilating your force, including 9% where all my units survived.

I don’t know how to roll dice in the forum, so I’ll use the in-game Roll Dice function.

[Thurhame]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Caroline Islands: 2 artilleries and 4 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 33 Sea Zone: 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 3 transports
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 33 Sea Zone: 3 transports
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Caroline Islands: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caroline Islands: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Caroline Islands: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caroline Islands: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Caroline Islands from Americans to Japanese
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

[Thurhame]

Nice try with that “sitting ducks” trap; I almost didn’t notice the American fleet waiting to counterattack.

[champinoman]

Fwiw; that wasn’t meant to be a trap. I played the UK turn about 4 hours after I did the US and had forgotten they were there. Nothing I write here will be a deliberate attempt to mislead.

Regarding Gibraltor; I ran the attack through the tripleA battle sim with 20,000 iterations and it was apparently an 86% chance to be successful. So even with all of the units attacking on a 1 I still should have won it. However, now that I might not lose those ships I’m not so annoyed at it all.

[Thurhame]

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Caroline Islands: 2 artilleries and 4 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 33 Sea Zone: 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 3 transports
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 33 Sea Zone: 3 transports
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Caroline Islands: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caroline Islands: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Caroline Islands: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caroline Islands: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Caroline Islands from Americans to Japanese
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Italians buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Tunisia
            2 fighters moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from 92 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
                  Italians take Normandy Bordeaux from French

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 fighters moved from Tunisia to Southern Italy
            1 cruiser moved from 92 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
            1 submarine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Greece to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Greece to Albania
            2 aaGuns and 3 infantry moved from Southern France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            3 artilleries moved from Northern Italy to France
            1 bomber moved from Southern France to Southern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 artillery placed in Northern Italy
            1 carrier and 1 transport placed in 95 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs total
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 25 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 30 PUs

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea
                  ANZAC take Dutch New Guinea from Dutch
            1 artillery moved from New Guinea to 46 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Java

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland

Place Units - ANZAC
            3 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 18 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 3

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 destroyer moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt

Turn Complete - French

[Thurhame]

| production: | 3 tanks, 2 bombers, 1 tactical bomber |
| |
| Sea Zone 110: | 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer from Sea Zone 113
1 submarine from Sea Zone 125
2 bombers, 2 fighters, 2 tactical bombers from Western Germany | USSR - 1 submarine
scramble option from United Kingdom |
| |
| Archangel: | 1 infantry from Belarus | captured from USSR |
| |
| Western Ukraine: | 1 infantry from Eastern Poland | captured from USSR |
| |
| Ukraine: | 1 infantry from Bessarabia | captured from USSR |

Scramble in Sea Zone 110?

[champinoman]

No scramble.

[Thurhame]

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

Game History

Round: 4

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour, 2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Belarus to Archangel
                  Germans take Archangel from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
                  Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
                  Germans take Ukraine from Russians

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 bombers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 submarine
                Germans win with 2 bombers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 submarine

Non Combat Move - Germans
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            2 bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            18 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 20 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Novgorod
            1 aaGun, 8 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            4 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland

Place Units - Germans
            3 armour placed in Novgorod
            2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 47 PUs; end with 47 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 52 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs

[champinoman]

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

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Smolensk to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Western Ukraine

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Russians attack with 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Western Ukraine from Germans with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 fighters moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Tambov to Russia
            2 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 22 infantry moved from Bryansk to Russia
            8 infantry moved from Smolensk to Russia
            2 aaGuns and 18 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur
            1 infantry moved from Tambov to Rostov

Place Units - Russians
            10 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 28 PUs; end with 32 PUs total

[Thurhame]

| purchases: | 3 tanks, 1 artillery, 3 submarines, 3 transports |
| |
| Sea Zone 26: | 1 destroyer, 6 submarines, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical bomber from Sea Zone 33
2 bombers from Japan | US - 4 destroyers, 2 submarines, 1 carrier, 3 transports, 1 tactical bomber
scramble option from Hawaiian Islands |
| |
| Sea Zone 25: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 33 (1 infantry from Caroline Islands)
amphibious assault on Midway |
| |
| Midway: | amphibious - 1 infantry from Sea Zone 25 | captured from US |
| |
| Sea Zone 31: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 33 (1 infantry from Caroline Islands)
amphibious assault on Wake Island |
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| Wake Island: | amphibious - 1 infantry from Sea Zone 31 | captured from US |
| |
| Sea Zone 48: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 35 (1 artillery from Caroline Islands)
amphibious assault on Gilbert Islands |
| |
| Gilbert Islands: | amphibious - 1 artillery from Sea Zone 48 | captured from UK |
| |
| Sea Zone 49: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 33 (1 artillery from Caroline Islands)
amphibious assault on Solomon Islands |
| |
| Solomon Islands: | amphibious - 1 artillery from Sea Zone 49 | captured from ANZAC |
| |
| Sea Zone 21: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 44 (1 artillery from Celebes)
amphibious assault on Guam |
| |
| Guam: | amphibious - 1 artillery from Sea Zone 44 | captured from US |
| |
| Sea Zone 54: | 1 destroyer from Sea Zone 45
1 carrier, 2 fighters from Sea Zone 34 | ANZAC - 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 transports |
| |
| Sea Zone 42: | 1 transport from Sea Zone 41 (1 tank, 1 infantry from Sumatra)
amphibious assault on Java | ANZAC - 1 transport |
| |
| Java: | amphibious - 1 tank, 1 infantry from Sea Zone 42 | ANZAC - 1 artillery |
| |
| Sea Zone 39: | 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 1 carrier, 1 fighter from Sea Zone 41
1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 tactical bomber from French Indo China | UK - 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 submarine, 1 carrier, 2 transports, 1 fighter
France - 1 destroyer |
| |
| Shan State: | blitz - 3 tanks from French Indo China | captured from UK |
| |
| Yunnan: | 3 tanks from Shan State
1 fighter, 3 tactical bombers from French Indo China
2 fighters, 2 tactical bombers from Kweichow | China - 1 artillery, 1 infantry
UK - 1 infantry |
| |
| Shensi: | 6 infantry from Hopei | China - 1 infantry |
| |
| Suiyuyan: | 4 infantry from Chahar | China - 1 infantry |

[Thurhame]

Scramble in Hawaii?

[champinoman]

Yeah, scramble both of the fighters. They’re doomed but I think it’ll be a better net result for me with them there.

I once again didn’t consider the possibilty of you bringing in units from Japan. It just seems so far away that I never consider it.

[Thurhame]

Oh, and you have the option to submerge your Indian sub, since I don’t have a destroyer there. Sorry I didn’t notice earlier.

[champinoman]

Keep him in the battle. I’ll need the fodder.