L13 G40 toan6ca (axis) vs MrRoboto (Allies +9)

Just wondering what the edit to increase the Chinese IPC’s is?

Just was wondering what the IPC increase for China was for?

@MrRoboto:

Have a look at the tripleA problems sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cS3hFwoBP0rWr3208jw1LAtCvHYa9Ji9uU8PwbCMIwM/edit

9a) China is not subject to convoy disruptions, but this is not programmed into Triple A.  Player will have to manually add back Chinese IPC�s for any the program takes away.

Ah, OK thanks!

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians repair 5 damage on 5 factory_minors; Remaining resources: 43 PUs;
            Italians buy 4 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 bombers moved from Novgorod to Russia
            5 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to French Equatorial Africa
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to French Equatorial Africa
            1 submarine moved from 71 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            12 armour, 11 artilleries, 12 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            2 fighters moved from Novgorod to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Bryansk

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Rostov
                Italians attack with 12 armour, 11 artilleries, 12 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 12 armour, 11 artilleries, 12 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys in Rostov, round 2 :  20/44 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Rostov, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Rostov
                Italians win, taking Rostov from Russians with 12 armour, 11 artilleries, 12 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Western Ukraine
                Italians win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Bryansk
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Bryansk, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Bryansk, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Bryansk
                Italians win, taking Bryansk from Russians with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Strategic bombing raid in Russia
                    AA fire in Russia :  1/2 hits
                1 bomber killed by AA
                Bombing raid in Russia rolls: 6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_major
                Bombing raid in Russia causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in French Equatorial Africa
                Italians attack with 5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys
                Americans defend with 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys in French Equatorial Africa, round 2 :  3/8 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in French Equatorial Africa, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the Americans lost in French Equatorial Africa
                    Italians roll dice for 5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys in French Equatorial Africa, round 3 :  1/8 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in French Equatorial Africa, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Americans lost in French Equatorial Africa
                Italians win, taking French Equatorial Africa from Americans with 5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Americans: 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in 82 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 submarine
                Americans defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the Americans lost in 82 Sea Zone
                    Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 82 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                Italians win, taking 82 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Americans: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            3 aaGuns moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Romania to Ukraine
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Ukraine

Place Units - Italians
            3 infantry placed in Egypt
            3 artilleries placed in Ukraine
            1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs total
            Objective Italians 3 North Africa: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 41 PUs
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 46 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Territory Summary for Italians :

Belgian Congo : 1 flag
    Trans-Jordan : 1 flag
    Alexandria : 1 flag
    Egypt : 1 flag, 4 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 7 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Union of South Africa : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    South West Africa : 1 flag
    Kenya : 1 flag
    Anglo Egyptian Sudan : 1 flag
    Rhodesia : 1 flag
    Tanganyika Territory : 1 flag
    Morocco : 1 flag
    French Equatorial Africa : 1 flag, 5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys
    Algeria : 1 flag
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Tunisia : 1 flag
    Northern Italy : 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Southern Italy : 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter and 1 harbour
    Bryansk : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Rostov : 1 flag, 3 aaGuns, 12 armour, 11 artilleries, 12 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys
    Bessarabia : 1 flag
    Ukraine : 1 flag, 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 1 factory_minor, 5 fighters and 1 mech_infantry
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 2 transports
    82 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    110 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 55 / 74
    Russians : 28 / 36
    Japanese : 40 / 40
    Americans : 58 / 84
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 10 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 14 / 16
    Italians : 36 / 51
    ANZAC : 0 / 0
    French : 1 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 fighters and 9 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Archangel
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
            2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            4 fighters moved from Western Germany to Belarus
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
                  Germans take Caucasus from Russians

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Archangel
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Archangel, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Archangel, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Archangel
                Germans win, taking Archangel from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Belarus
                Germans attack with 4 fighters and 5 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 4 fighters and 5 infantry in Belarus, round 2 :  3/9 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Belarus, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Russians and 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Belarus
                Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 4 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Baltic States to Belarus
            1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 bomber moved from Archangel to Novgorod
            4 fighters moved from Belarus to Novgorod
            4 aaGuns, 11 armour, 9 artilleries, 15 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 destroyers and 30 submarines moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            7 submarines moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone

Place Units - Germans
            2 fighters placed in Western Germany
            2 submarines placed in 109 Sea Zone
            3 submarines placed in 110 Sea Zone
            4 submarines placed in 112 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 59 PUs; end with 59 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 79 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 harbour
    Egypt : 1 infantry
    Scotland : 1 flag, 1 airfield
    United Kingdom : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Western Germany : 1 airfield, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 6 fighters, 1 harbour and 5 tactical_bombers
    Romania : 1 factory_minor
    Germany : 1 factory_major
    Belarus : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns and 3 infantry
    Karelia : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag
    Rostov : 4 aaGuns, 11 armour, 9 artilleries, 15 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys
    Vyborg : 1 flag
    Archangel : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag
    Novgorod : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 4 fighters and 1 harbour
    Caucasus : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    112 Sea Zone : 4 submarines and 16 transports
    125 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    109 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 destroyers and 39 submarines
    Greece : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag
    Finland : 1 flag
    110 Sea Zone : 3 submarines

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 59 / 79
    Russians : 24 / 36
    Japanese : 40 / 40
    Americans : 58 / 84
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 10 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 14 / 16
    Italians : 36 / 51
    ANZAC : 0 / 0
    French : 1 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

I moved your ANZAC sub out of the way but feel free to create a battle or move it elsewhere as you see fit.

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            4 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 4 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
            2 battleships, 2 carriers, 2 destroyers and 3 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from Queensland to 26 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 38 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from French Indo China to 39 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Queensland to 26 Sea Zone

Scramble or submerge?

@MrRoboto:

Oh man, what silly mistakes.

I obviously wanted to block you from Hawaii with 1 destroyer and retreat the rest to the US westcoast….
Additionally, I miscounted the movement cost from FIC to the SZ off India… I thought you’re not able to attack with the planes there.

Gonna concede now. With these mistakes, Japan is diverting too much US IPC.

OK, well in return for the Sea Lion low luck re-roll I’m happy to let you change your UK build and block with a US destroyer.  But even with that, I think this game is starting to get out of reach for you now.  I think you may have had a fighting chance as recently as just before opening up your US navy for slaughter by flying your planes out of the Philippines (I would have been favoured to win but you could have cost me a lot).  Since then, Japan has been able to start getting back on its feet, which as you say will be too much of a distraction for the US.  Also would have been interesting to see what would have happened if you would have let me do Sea Lion without throwing away the entire UK navy and had started to build up the US east cost earlier: a one-two punch with the UK-US navies on Gibraltar once ready would have been pretty tough to prevent and would have diverted a lot of my resources away from Barbarrosa.

Let me know if you want to keep going as the offer is still open, but I understand if you want to concede.

@MrRoboto:

@toan6ca:

OK, well in return for the Sea Lion low luck re-roll I’m happy to let you change your UK build and block with a US destroyer.

Thx for that offer, I really appreciate it.

Whatever the outcome is, I’d really like to play a second game against you.

After that sealion I was super optimistic to win the game. I have to admit, I totally underestimated the impact that Italy can have. I also have never ever experienced, that Germany builds Navy only to make the arms war with USA.

I agree, that it’s looking very good for you, now. Nevertheless, I’d like to see how the game pans out.

I’ll buy 6 Infantry with UK-Pac. It will be the simplest way, if you’d just edit this and the US destroyer-blocker (the rest of the Hawaii ships move back to the US westcoast) and repeat your Japanese move.

OK no problem, glad to extend the offer in return.  I’m in a similar frame of mind as you were when you offered me the re-roll: super optimistic as you say, so hopefullly this doesn’t come back to bite me as well!

I agree that it would be nice to have a rematch after this one is done, as this match has been extremely engaging and enjoyable.  That being said, my wife has been ready to kill me over the last few weeks as I have spending a LOT of time on this.  I think that’s the main reason why I’m in the winning position now to be honest: I don’t seem to have the ability to do quick moves in this game, and I spend a LOT of time thinking through each move, which is why I can’t handle more than one game at once.  I mean, I think I spent over 6 hours on my Japan move a few rounds ago!  I noticed that you play a lot more games than me, which obviously means less attention to each one.  So overall I’m guessing that you might be a better player than me if you dedicated the same time to each game.  I mean, I’ve more or less been able to capitalize on little mistakes you’ve made (totally understandable when you’re playing many games) here and there to gain my overall advantage, like you letting me get Australia and Hawaii back to back and miscalculating the value of the Romanian factory.  This game has also brought new experiences for me - like the arms race, as you say.  I think my main mistake in this game was overextending myself with Japan.  I pretty much stuck with my standard playbook with Japan, which obviously doesn’t work if the Allies invest everything with the US in the Pacific over the first few rounds.  I should have hunkered down off of Japan, will learn from that next time.  As for Sea Lion, I know it cost me a lot to do it, and I know a lot of people say that it’s not worth the investment by the Axis, but I’m a little skeptical about your opening move to be honest, because it allowed me to grab Egypt, with a factory, almost right off the bat plus take out the UK.  I think I read somewhere that you’ve had decent success against others by giving up the UK early, so maybe I should stand corrected.  Maybe, as mentioned, if you preserved the UK navy and invested in the Atlantic earlier with the US it could have been different.  I’m sure we will both tweak our strategies in the rematch!

As for timeline, I don’t think I’ll have much time for this game until at least Thursday night.  Then I should be moving regularly again.  After this game is done, I’m planning to take a break from A&A for at least a few weeks (tons of work and personal stuff to do), but I’m happy to reserve my next game for a rematch with you - most likely in late December or early January.

Sounds like a more cautious opening with the UK which is probably good.  That’s always the difficulty with the UK I find - you want to be ambitious but you get Sea Lion’d if you try anything.  I do recall thinking that I could have been slightly better positioned for Sea Lion, so you’re probably right.  I wasn’t really planning for it, then suddenly realized you had left me an opening so I went all out on it.  Plus, I remember thinking that you left me no other choice but to do Sea Lion, considering that if I didn’t do it you would wipe out the Italian navy next move with minimal losses!  You really had me on the ropes in the Med with that first UK move, do you normally do that but without the Egypt minor now?

What sea zone do you want your destroyer blocker in?  (for whenever I get to this)