Vance (Allies) vs The Definitive S (Axis) Global 1940 ALpha 3

@The-Janus

Well, that was quick. I was hoping I could spend a few more turns demolishing you.

Good game.

I used the same strategy I now use in Europe 1940. You surrendered too early for me to find out whether it worked in Global 1940. I used The Good Captain’s J1 strategy, which has served me well so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRi3aIsj8P8

@The_Good_Captain

Game History

Round: 1 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Japanese 2 infantry moved from Kwangtung to China 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Manchuria to China 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from French Indo China to Sinkiang 1 bomber moved from Japan to Sinkiang 1 fighter moved from Philippines to Hawaii Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Japan to Hawaii Sea Zone Combat - Japanese Battle in Hawaii Sea Zone Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 transport in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 carrier and 1 fighter in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in Hawaii Sea Zone 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone Japanese win with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30 Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Battle in Sinkiang Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry Americans defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Sinkiang, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Sinkiang, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Sinkiang Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Sinkiang, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Sinkiang, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Sinkiang Japanese win, taking Sinkiang from Americans with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry Battle in China Japanese attack with 1 fighter and 5 infantry Americans defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 5 infantry in China, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 1.33 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in China, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in China Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in China, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in China, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in China Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in China, round 4 : 2/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 fighter in China, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in China Japanese win, taking China from Americans with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9 Casualties for Japanese: 3 infantry Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter and 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Sinkiang to Kwangtung 1 fighter moved from China to Kwangtung 1 transport moved from Philippines Sea Zone to Okinawa Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Okinawa to Okinawa Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Okinawa Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria 1 fighter moved from Hawaii Sea Zone to Wake Island Place Units - Japanese 3 transports placed in Japan Sea Zone Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 29 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1.17 Japanese regular : 0.17

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 2 armour moved from Rostov to Southern Caucasus Italians take Northern Caucasus from Russians Italians take Southern Caucasus from Russians 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone Combat - Italians Battle in 98 Sea Zone Italians attack with 1 fighter British defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone Italians win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 1 transport Non Combat Move - Italians 1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 marine moved from Greece to Bulgaria 3 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Ukraine Place Units - Italians 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 99 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,5,3,1 Italians collect 12 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs

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TripleA Move Summary: French round 11

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

Game History

Round: 11 Combat Move - French 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Rostov to Ukraine

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@The_Good_Captain

Game History

Round: 9 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 8 infantry moved from Canada to SZ 2 6 infantry and 3 transports moved from SZ 2 to SZ 8 6 infantry moved from SZ 8 to Brest 4 infantry moved from Brest to Paris 2 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Piedmont to Burgundy 1 infantry moved from Burgundy to Piedmont 6 infantry moved from United States of America to Canada 3 transports moved from SZ 8 to SZ 2 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 17 to SZ 16 Combat Move - Americans Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Brest: 4 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Brest: 4 infantry EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Place Units - Americans 7 infantry placed in United States of America Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 20 PUs; end with 21 PUs

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TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 11 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 3 artilleries, 2 fighters and 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Trigger Germans 6 Atlantic Wall Established Switch: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_Germans_6_Atlantic_Wall_Possible_Switch attached to Germans Combat Move - Germans 3 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Leningrad to Vyborg 1 infantry moved from Archangel to Karelia Germans take Karelia from Russians 1 armour moved from Leningrad to Vologda Germans take Vologda from Russians 1 armour moved from Vologda to Leningrad Combat - Germans Battle in Vyborg Germans attack with 3 artilleries and 10 infantry Americans defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 3 artilleries and 10 infantry in Vyborg, round 2 : 2/13 hits, 3.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Vyborg, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Vyborg Germans win, taking Vyborg from Russians with 3 artilleries and 10 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France 3 infantry moved from France to Southern France 1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium 2 bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Western Germany 1 tactical_bomber moved from France to Leningrad 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Leningrad 2 fighters moved from France to Germany 5 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Leningrad 1 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Leningrad 1 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Bessarabia 2 aaGuns, 5 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland 1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland 2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Germany to Poland 6 infantry moved from Western Germany to Germany 2 transports moved from 100 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 94 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone 3 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt Place Units - Germans 3 artilleries placed in Leningrad 3 infantry placed in Egypt 2 infantry placed in Southern France 2 fighters and 5 infantry placed in Western Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 50 PUs; end with 50 PUs Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 53 PUs Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 61 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0.33 Germans regular : -1.17

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania 1 bomber and 4 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Romania 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Algeria to Morocco 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Tunisia to Algeria Combat - Italians Battle in Morocco Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry French defend with 1 infantry; Americans defend with 1 armour and 1 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Morocco, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits French roll dice for 1 armour and 2 infantry in Morocco, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Morocco Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Morocco, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits French roll dice for 1 armour and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Morocco Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry in Morocco, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits French roll dice for 1 armour and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians and 1 artillery owned by the Italians lost in Morocco 1 infantry owned by the French lost in Morocco Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Morocco, round 5 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits French roll dice for 1 armour in Morocco, round 5 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Morocco, round 6 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits French roll dice for 1 armour in Morocco, round 6 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Americans lost in Morocco Italians win, taking Morocco from French with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Americans: 1 armour and 1 infantry Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Casualties for French: 1 infantry Battle in Romania Italians attack with 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 1 infantry Russians defend with 2 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 1 infantry in Romania, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Romania, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Romania 2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Romania Italians win with 1 bomber and 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber moved from Romania to Southern Italy 4 fighters moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary Place Units - Italians 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 8 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 99 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5,4,1,1,3,3,1 Italians collect 4 PUs (8 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : -0.83 Italians regular : -2.83 Russians regular : 0.33

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