G40L The Commander v. U-505(x)

@VictoryFirst I should have restated slightly.

No, this is not the worst opener I’ve had. Ragnell and I played many games where stuff like this happened as a matter of course. I’ve gotten very, very used to playing this game from the submissive position right at the start like this.

That being said, from late 2024 through 2025 and even today this seems to be a normally recurring phenomenon. I even reached out to you about it once. I’m not superstitious, but even Ragnell has asked/recommended I change my email in hopes that our games will be more interesting. There are very rare exceptions to my/our/this experience: the gamerman game is an example.

In any case, I’m going to change emails even though I don’t think it will fix anything. It can’t hurt.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 1

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

Game History

Round: 1 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 1 armour and 2 bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Norway to 110 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to France 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France 2 bombers moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia 3 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France 2 artilleries moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia 1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia 1 armour moved from Romania to Yugoslavia 1 armour moved from Poland to Yugoslavia 1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia 1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to Yugoslavia Combat - Germans

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TripleA Turn Summary: Chinese round 2

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

Game History

Round: 2 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 3 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan Combat - Chinese Battle in Yunnan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan 1 infantry 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 0 Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 2 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan Place Units - Chinese 4 infantry placed in Szechwan Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 6 PUs; end with 6 PUs Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 9 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 1.00 Japanese regular : 0.67

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@pacifiersboard bump #1

sz54:2 ANZ 2 FTRs on 1 US carrier and 2 ANZ FTRs on 1 ANZ carrier

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 10

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

Game History

Round: 10 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 airfield, 2 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 3 infantry, 2 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 marine moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 34 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 marines and 2 transports moved from 34 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone Americans take 44 Sea Zone from Japanese 1 fighter moved from 34 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from Java to 41 Sea Zone 2 bombers moved from India to Kansu 1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Siberia Russians take Siberia from Japanese Combat - Americans Battle in 41 Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 41 Sea Zone Americans win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Battle in 35 Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 fighter Japanese defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 35 Sea Zone Americans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Battle in Celebes Americans attack with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 2 infantry Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in Celebes, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1,17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Celebes, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Celebes: 1 infantry EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in Celebes, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1,17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Celebes, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Celebes 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Celebes Americans roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in Celebes, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Celebes, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans retreated Japanese win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7 Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Changing ownership of Celebes from Japanese to Americans EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Battle in Kansu Americans attack with 2 bombers Japanese defend with 1 infantry Americans roll dice for 2 bombers in Kansu, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1,33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kansu, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kansu Americans win with 2 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Americans 1 tactical_bomber moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone 7 fighters moved from Java to Burma 1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to Burma 2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to Caroline Islands 1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 2 carriers moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 3 Sea Zone to 1 Sea Zone 2 bombers moved from Kansu to Timguska 4 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone 2 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 91 Sea Zone 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco 1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Tunisia 1 armour moved from Libya to Tunisia 2 marines moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 fighter moved from 34 Sea Zone to Marianas 1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands to 34 Sea Zone Place Units - Americans 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour placed in Norway 2 armour, 1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Central United States 2 submarines placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 airfield placed in Norway 2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone 1 infantry placed in Western United States Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Celebes: 1 marine EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 44 Sea Zone: 1 fighter EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 60 PUs; end with 60 PUs Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 Optional[PUs]; end with 65 Optional[PUs] Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 75 PUs Objective Americans 9 Vital Forward Bases: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 85 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 90 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Combat Move - Chinese Trigger Chinese Guerilla Kansu: Chinese has 1 infantry placed in Kansu Combat - Chinese Chinese creates battle in territory Kansu Non Combat Move - Chinese Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 1 PU; end with 2 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 armour moved from Burma to Shan State UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese 1 armour moved from Shan State to Burma 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Syria to Trans-Jordan 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland British take Finland from Germans Combat - British Battle in Trans-Jordan British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 2/7 hits, 1,83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Trans-Jordan British win, taking Kansu from Japanese, taking Trans-Jordan from Germans with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry Non Combat Move - British 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Norway 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 1 destroyer moved from 120 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia 1 armour moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo 1 armour and 4 infantry moved from India to Burma 1 battleship moved from 34 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone Place Units - British 1 armour and 2 artilleries placed in United Kingdom 2 armour and 1 fighter placed in Union of South Africa Turn Complete - British British collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 34 Optional[PUs] Place Units - UK_Pacific 1 artillery and 3 infantry placed in India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 10 Optional[PUs] Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery and 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1,17 Japanese regular : -1,00 Germans regular : -0,33 British regular : 0,17

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TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 9

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

Game History

Round: 9 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland Americans take Finland from Germans 2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 87 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 87 Sea Zone to French West Africa 1 cruiser moved from 110 Sea Zone to 87 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java 3 bombers and 1 fighter moved from Central Mongolia to Amur 1 bomber moved from Western United States to Amur Combat - Americans Battle in 42 Sea Zone Americans attack with 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport Japanese defend with 1 destroyer Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 42 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Americans roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 transport in 42 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 42 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 42 Sea Zone Americans roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 transport in 42 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 42 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 42 Sea Zone Americans win with 3 fighters and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2 Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer Battle in Java Battle in Amur Americans attack with 4 bombers and 1 fighter Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Americans roll dice for 4 bombers and 1 fighter in Amur, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 3.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Amur, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Amur 1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Amur Americans win, taking Java from Japanese with 4 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3 Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Battle in French West Africa Americans attack with 2 infantry Italians defend with 1 infantry Americans roll dice for 1 cruiser in French West Africa, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in French West Africa, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in French West Africa 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in French West Africa Americans win, taking French West Africa from Italians with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Americans 1 aaGun moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 123 Sea Zone to Iceland 1 transport moved from 123 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Quebec 2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 125 Sea Zone to Norway 3 fighters moved from 42 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 3 carriers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Hawaiian Islands to 54 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 25 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 3 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands 4 bombers moved from Amur to Ulaanbaatar Place Units - Americans 1 factory_minor placed in Norway 2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Western United States 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 submarines and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 72 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 82 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 infantry moved from Shensi to Sikang Chinese take Sikang from Japanese 1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan Chinese take Szechwan from Japanese 1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow Chinese take Kweichow from Japanese Combat - Chinese Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Kansu to Shensi Place Units - Chinese 1 infantry placed in Shensi Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 8 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 1 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - British 6 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia British take Rhodesia from Italians Combat - British Non Combat Move - British 1 tactical_bomber moved from Ethiopia to Union of South Africa 1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 20 infantry moved from West India to India 4 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to West India 4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 6 infantry moved from 125 Sea Zone to Norway 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 125 Sea Zone Place Units - British 1 armour and 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa 5 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 23 PUs; end with 25 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 3 infantry placed in India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 5 PUs; end with 6 PUs Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1.00 Italians regular : 0.67 Japanese regular : 0.67

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@ArtofWar1947 Sorry to hear that, no rush take as much time as you need.