Global 40 2e, nerquen (Axis) vs. DaddyK (Allies +8), game2

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Russians
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and British from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
            Trigger Russians Allied Americans 2: Changing Relationship for Russians and Americans from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
                  Russians take Finland from Germans

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Southern France: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Western Germany: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Western Germany: 1 artillery
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            5 infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
            2 artilleries moved from Karelia to Finland
            3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            2 aaGuns, 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 8 infantry moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            5 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            2 armour moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 9 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            2 aaGuns and 12 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia

Place Units - Russians
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Volgograd
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 39 PUs; end with 39 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 44 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 47 PUs

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :4

Purchase Units - Americans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 6 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 34 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Americans buy 2 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 102 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 destroyers moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            6 bombers moved from Eastern United States to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Queensland to 42 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 54 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 54 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone

OOL in sz 110?

With that abborational a result on such a key battle, I think I will just resign

If the battle had gone anywhere close to average, it could have been an interesting game.  Statistically I should have gotten 6.5 hits in the first round and you should have gotten 5.83, instead I got 1 hit and you got 8.  Short of re-rolling the battle or imposing a more average outcome I don’t see how the allies recover from that big a swing in such a high value battle.  As you would put it, I just don’t see learning much in the way of new strategies in situation where I would be fighting from such a hole, so I will stick with the resignation.

Actually I realized I made a mistake putting the sub in 110 in the first place.  I also thought it would be nice to cancel the bombard, but realized after the move it was more valuable as a key piece in getting the transports (along with the destroyer and the bomber).  Good move btw building an airbase, I was thinking only in terms of naval builds (thought you would build 2 AC and 1 BB).  I still wasn’t sold on the attack, as I also considered just swinging the bombers back to the Pacific, after you made a big investment in German navy and infrastructure that wouldn’t be all that helpful in Russia.  However that meant giving up the UK for a very long time, which I did not want to do.  I think Sea Lion is mixed bag.  I did it in my other game after UK put planes in South Africa on turn one, and found it worked, but it was a real pain pushing the Russians back out of Europe.  Overall I would do it if the opportunity presents itself, because of the IPC benefit and the beneficial effect it tends to have on the Pacific and Italy.  And no, I was not that sneaky that I was trying to get you to go there on purpose (otherwise I would set up the Russian and US coounter attack better).  I also thought you might decide not to do it at the last minute and use the opportunity to hit the Russians who conveniently moved up (which is one reason the Russians were not positioned as well as they might have been).