12L - '41 - Bold (allies +3) vs. Botider, -tech, +NO

@Stucifer said in League G40 Team Game - Stucifer/Crockett36 v Daaras/FranceNeedsMorePower:

I know my teammate @crockett36 prefers to play Allies, so if you are willing to give us Allies and yourselves play Axis, let’s go with that.

You’d better let crockett36 play with the Allies or he will deliberately sabotage his evil Axis power. 🔥 💥

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 2

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 2 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 1 marine and 9 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Politics - Germans Trigger Vichy France Has Occurred: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_French_Territory_May_Turn_Vichy_Switch attached to French Combat Move - Germans 2 bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom 1 submarine moved from 110 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 111 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone Combat - Germans Strategic bombing raid in United Kingdom British roll AA dice in United Kingdom : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits Bombing raid in United Kingdom rolls: 5,5 and causes: 10 damage to unit: factory_major Bombing raid in United Kingdom causes 10 damage total. Battle in 88 Sea Zone Germans attack with 1 submarine British defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the British lost in 88 Sea Zone Germans win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for British: 1 transport Non Combat Move - Germans 1 battleship moved from 111 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 5 infantry moved from Finland to Norway 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Norway to Western Germany 1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany 1 aaGun, 6 armour, 1 artillery and 4 mech_infantrys moved from France to Western Germany 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany 3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 14 infantry moved from Poland to Germany 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Slovakia Hungary 1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Poland 1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Poland 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to France 1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to France 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to France 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to France 2 bombers moved from United Kingdom to Western Germany Place Units - Germans 9 transports placed in 112 Sea Zone Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 marine placed in Western Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 38 PUs; end with 39 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 44 PUs Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 49 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

British AA : -0.33

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 7

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

Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy nothing; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Rostov to Northwest Persia Italians take Northwest Persia from British Combat - Italians Battle in Northern Italy Italians attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry British defend with 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Northern Italy, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.00 expected hits British roll dice for 2 infantry in Northern Italy, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Northern Italy Italians win, taking Northern Italy from British with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk Turn Complete - Italians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 7 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2,5,1,2,4,1,6,3,5,2,2,5,3,4,3,3 Italians collect 1 PU (7 lost to blockades); end with 2 PUs Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 4 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0.00 British regular : -0.67

Savegame

@simon33 in our game last year, Adam had a similar axis approach but he did both 110 and 111. I believe he still won both, but I had good dice and forced him to trade 7 air against my 4. My dice were certainly above average but it wasn’t an implausible outcome either. I think it is usually the right move to scramble the UK if it improves the TUV exchange for the allies and gives at least a small chance of winning. My guess here is Adam didn’t want to risk a repeat of that and opted for a safer attack.

The last time, he also avoided doing Yunnan. The extra China inf makes that a more difficult combat if Japan wants to do a J1 and hit the UK Battleship. In addition, he ultimately conserves Japanese land units. He still gets India J4 with pretty overwhelming numbers. and chases China away from Yunnan fairly quickly as well. In the end, in BM, the allies get 3 art instead of 4 inf and maybe an extra 4 to 8 income. Definitely useful but not game changing.

The US cruiser is a big swing first because if the Germans win outright they knock out 19 tuv. If they lose, they lose 6. They also convoy on the US and it denies the UK its BM bonus of a sub free Atlantic. Delaying Brazil by a turn also delays the entry of those 3 inf by a turn too. And in BM it also means the US can’t grab 5 with a landing in Morocco. And generally it will set the allies back by a turn in the atlantic and it probably mean they have to spend more on the atlantic early to compensate. Thiis also gives Germany more time to make landings in Europe difficult and reduces the early US spending on the pacific. These round 1 combats often have a larger impact throughout the game and if you are going to do a J1 anyway, its a good move in my view.

This is the third time I’ve beaten Adam’s Axis. But its the first time I’ve won where I feel that the dice didn’t do most of the work for me.

41957 OOB Round 03 Italy .tsvg

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Tunisia 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia 1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan Italians take Anglo Egyptian Sudan from British Combat - Italians Battle in Tunisia Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry French defend with 2 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Tunisia, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits French roll dice for 2 infantry in Tunisia, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tunisia 2 infantry owned by the French lost in Tunisia Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 artillery and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2 Casualties for Italians: 1 mech_infantry Casualties for French: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber moved from Tunisia to Southern Italy 2 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia 1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania 1 armour moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Northern Italy 2 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 1 aaGun moved from France to Southern France 1 artillery moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia Place Units - Italians 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Egypt Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 0,33 Italians regular : 0,67

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 27

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 27 Combat Move - Italians Non Combat Move - Italians 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Rostov to Stalingrad 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Rostov to Ukraine Turn Complete - Italians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

Combat - Germans Non Combat Move - Germans 3 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Russia 3 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov 1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Volgograd 2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland 3 infantry moved from Russia to Samara 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland 1 aaGun moved from Volgograd to Rostov 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy 11 bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 1 aaGun moved from Volgograd to Kazakhstan 4 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy 1 fighter moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy Place Units - Germans 2 bombers placed in Western Germany 3 artilleries placed in Volgograd 3 infantry placed in Russia 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Ukraine 3 armour placed in Western Ukraine Turn Complete - Germans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,6 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3 Germans collect 51 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 51 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 56 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 71 PUs

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