12L, AA50-41, Ol' Blood&Guts (Axis) vs. Boldfresh (Allies+7), no tech, + NOs

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 1 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 3 PUs; Combat Move - Americans Non Combat Move - Americans 1 fighter moved from Davao to Wake Island 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 marine and 1 submarine moved from 27 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 marine, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 marine moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands 1 bomber moved from Central United States to Eastern United States 1 transport moved from 27 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone Place Units - Americans 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 104 Sea Zone 2 fighters placed in Eastern United States 1 carrier placed in 11 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 53 PUs; end with 56 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter and 5 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan Combat - Chinese Battle in Yunnan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 5 infantry Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 5 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/6 hits, 1.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 5 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 5 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1 Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Tsinghai 1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Tsinghai 2 infantry moved from Hopei to Tsinghai 2 infantry moved from Inner Mongolia to Tsinghai 3 infantry moved from Kansu to Tsinghai 1 infantry moved from Eastern Sinkiang to Tsinghai Place Units - Chinese 4 infantry placed in Tsinghai Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 1 airfield and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Scotland to 113 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Malta to 98 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from 100 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone Combat - British Battle in 113 Sea Zone British attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter Germans defend with 2 submarines British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits 2 submarines owned by the Germans lost in 113 Sea Zone British win with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12 Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines Battle in 98 Sea Zone British attack with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 tactical_bomber owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone 1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for British: 1 tactical_bomber Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport Non Combat Move - British 1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 113 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 battleship moved from 114 Sea Zone to 107 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from Scotland to United Kingdom 2 infantry moved from Scotland to 112 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Algeria 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 100 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Egypt to 100 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 100 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from 82 Sea Zone to Southern Persia British take Southern Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 destroyer moved from 73 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from 113 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Malaya to 38 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 38 Sea Zone to Sumatra UK_Pacific take Sumatra from Dutch 1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State 1 battleship moved from 132 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 78 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Burma to Eastern India 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma 1 infantry moved from Western India to Baluchistan Place Units - British 1 airfield placed in Gibraltar 4 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 109 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3,4,6 British collect 27 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 28 PUs Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 31 PUs Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 34 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Eastern India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -1.33 Italians regular : 0.67 Japanese regular : -0.67 Germans regular : -0.33 British regular : 0.00

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 2

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 2 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 6 infantry, 1 submarine and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hopei Japanese take Hopei from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan 1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kweichow Japanese take Kweichow from Chinese 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Hunan Japanese take Hunan from Chinese 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Jehol to Shansi Combat - Japanese Non Combat Move - Japanese 2 infantry moved from Fukien to Kiangsi 1 mech_infantry moved from Shansi to Hopei 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei 1 artillery moved from Anhwe to Shansi 1 aaGun and 5 infantry moved from Southern Manchuria to Jehol 1 transport moved from 21 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Caroline Islands to 35 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 marine, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Japan to 7 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Japan to Caroline Islands 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Caroline Islands 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Caroline Islands 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan 1 armour, 1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Kyushu to 7 Sea Zone 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 4 transports moved from 7 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 armour moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Paulau to 35 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 aaGun moved from Kyushu to 20 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from 20 Sea Zone to Jehol 1 aaGun moved from Kyushu to Japan Place Units - Japanese 1 submarine and 3 transports placed in 7 Sea Zone 6 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 45 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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@simon33 Ok. Now I’m rethinking the last post. The advice is real, but it looks like gamesmanship–trying to talk you out of an attack, which is not the intent.

So to be transparent, if you don’t attack and build up again with max forces, I will run. If you want to kill the Russians and Brit AF off, now is the time.

I was just trying to say that I really hate to have dice have very large impact on outcome of games. However, as the attacker, you will get to see what happens the first round, and that will probably decide a lot.

Enough said. Game on.

Probably max D, but I don’t want to assume here, OOL?

@simon33 Aha, I understand. These are my die. Which means I did very well.

In that case, it is probably best to sink a carrier, a destroyer, and then 2 tacticals. I guess the computer would suggest so as well?

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland Russians take Eastern Poland from Germans 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Karelia Russians take Karelia from Germans 1 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia Russians take Buryatia from Japanese 2 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Volgograd 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Volgograd Combat - Russians Battle in Volgograd Russians attack with 1 fighter, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber Germans defend with 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 1 mech_infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in Volgograd, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,83 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Volgograd 1 armour owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd Russians win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Russia 1 mech_infantry moved from Urals to Russia 1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Russia 1 artillery moved from Vyborg to Novgorod 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 3 infantry moved from Timguska to Novosibirsk Place Units - Russians 9 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 23 PUs; end with 24 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 27 PUs Trigger Russians 4 Archangel Lend Lease Lane War With Japan: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 29 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 31 PUs Trigger Russians 5 Persia Lend Lease Lane War With Japan: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 33 PUs Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 35 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0,17 Russians regular : 0,50

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@FranceNeedsMorePower no, it’s a case by case basis, particularly when aircraft carriers are operating where the planes can or cannot land. Your planes can land therefore carrier hits are not as useful.

@Avner I’ve played several aggressive games with the Italians, and each time everything seems to be going well. Then one bad attack and the Italians are vulnerable.