15L Playoff Rd2: Balladeer (Axis) vs. Alexgreat (Allies +26)

[lexgreat]

I forgot the US Siam swim in (no dice involved).

[lexgreat]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
                  Chinese take Yunnan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Hunan
                  Chinese take Hunan from Japanese
            9 infantry moved from Kweichow to Anhwe
                  Chinese take Anhwe from Japanese
            1 fighter moved from Kansu to Kweichow

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Suiyuyan
            2 infantry placed in Anhwe

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 11 PUs; end with 13 PUs total

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[lexgreat]

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
            1 armour moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from West India to Persia
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from West India to Shan State

Combat - British
            Battle in Trans-Jordan
                British attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 8 armour and 14 mech_infantrys
                    British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in Trans-Jordan, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 8 armour and 14 mech_infantrys in Trans-Jordan, round 2 :  12/22 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British, 1 artillery owned by the British and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Trans-Jordan
                Germans win with 8 armour and 13 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Persia
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 fighter in Persia, round 2 :  3/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Persia, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans, 1 fighter owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Persia
                British win, taking Persia from Germans with 1 armour and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
            Battle in Shan State
                British attack with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                Japanese defend with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in Shan State, round 2 :  3/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 bomber owned by the Japanese, 1 fighter owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the Japanese lost in Shan State
                British win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to Siam
            1 bomber moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Belgian Congo
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            4 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 3 artilleries, 4 infantry and 4 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway

Place Units - British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 5 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 30 PUs; end with 30 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

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[Balladeer]

I resign, congrats, even if I take Egypt I’m still doomed on too many other places, well done.

Good luck in the next round.

[lexgreat]

Thx.

You are such a tough opponent, I really tried to make life as miserable for you as I could. And I acknowledge that over the game I really had dice on my side more often than you. Not dramatically so all the time, but consistently with better outcomes (and you have been distracted, lately, surely :) ). Not that all was luck, we sure made also better and worse decisions. When you didnt block my transported UK artillery for Finland for that one turn, I thought I finally had a breakthrough.

As always, you have been a gracious opponent with impeccable sportsmanship.

[Balladeer]

Well, life was pretty miserable for me all over, so that worked out well. Dice were indeed skittish with me, I think all over it might have been equal (well, probably not, I guess like 5-10% better for you), but it concentrated on the battles that mattered somehow (for example not taking Volgograd twice, costing Ger 14 PU’s).

The distraction ain’t such a problem, as I was allready behind before that happened, just didn’t find a way to get back in to it. The Ita 1 attack hurt me a lot, since it was a dicey adventure and the dice were really against me that turn, perhaps a little more patience would serve me well…

I like the way you kept me small in Asia, I have no idea what you did, but it worked out well. When I find time (and find myself wanting) to play G40 again I’ll look at this beforehand and try to figure out what you did that kept me on my toes the whole time.

Good luck in the next round!