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

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 2 artilleries, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Libya to 96 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Tunisia
            1 artillery moved from Libya to Tunisia
                  Italians take Tunisia from French
            1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Rhodesia
            1 fighter moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Rhodesia
            1 bomber moved from Alexandria to 81 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 81 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer
                British defend with 1 destroyer
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer in 81 Sea Zone, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 81 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 81 Sea Zone
                Italians win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Rhodesia
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                British defend with 2 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Rhodesia, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    British roll dice for 2 infantry in Rhodesia, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Rhodesia
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Rhodesia, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 infantry in Rhodesia, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Rhodesia
                Italians win, taking Rhodesia from British with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Tunisia

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from 81 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            2 fighters moved from Alexandria to Southern Italy
            1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Rhodesia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 aaGuns, 1 armour and 5 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            5 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 aaGun moved from Germany to Greater Southern Germany

Place Units - Italians
            1 mech_infantry placed in Egypt
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs total
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 27 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 32 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 45 / 55
    Russians : 37 / 38
    Japanese : 52 / 61
    Americans : 53 / 73
    Chinese : 8 / 10
    British : 21 / 22
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
    Italians : 22 / 32
    ANZAC : 10 / 15
    French : 6 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Could you please post each country’s turn?  Part of the reason I keep asking is because I check this at work where I don’t have Triple A - as previously mentioned, it just makes my life easier.

OK no worries.

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

Game History

Round: 4

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 8 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            9 armour and 6 artilleries moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            8 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            7 infantry moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            9 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 15 infantry and 15 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            9 armour, 8 artilleries and 17 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom

Scramble?

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

Game History

Round: 4

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 8 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            9 armour and 6 artilleries moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            8 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            7 infantry moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            9 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 15 infantry and 15 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            9 armour, 8 artilleries and 17 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 17 transports
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 17 transports in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  3/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                    1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 17 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in United Kingdom
                Germans attack with 9 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 fighters, 17 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry; British defend with 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major, 5 fighters, 1 harbour, 19 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                    AA fire in United Kingdom :  0/8 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 9 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 fighters, 17 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in United Kingdom, round 2 :  14/42 hits
                    British roll dice for 5 aaGuns, 1 bomber, 6 fighters, 21 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in United Kingdom, round 2 :  15/31 hits
                    1 bomber owned by the British , 6 infantry owned by the British , 2 infantry owned by the French , 15 infantry owned by the Germans and 5 aaGuns owned by the British lost in United Kingdom
                    Germans roll dice for 9 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in United Kingdom, round 3 :  9/27 hits
                    British roll dice for 6 fighters, 13 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in United Kingdom, round 3 :  14/22 hits
                    9 infantry owned by the British , 2 infantry owned by the Germans , 4 armour owned by the Germans and 8 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in United Kingdom
                    Germans roll dice for 5 armour, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in United Kingdom, round 4 :  4/13 hits
                    British roll dice for 6 fighters, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in United Kingdom, round 4 :  8/13 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the British , 4 armour owned by the Germans and 4 fighters owned by the Germans lost in United Kingdom
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 4 tactical_bombers in United Kingdom, round 5 :  2/5 hits
                    British roll dice for 6 fighters and 3 mech_infantrys in United Kingdom, round 5 :  3/9 hits
                    3 tactical_bombers owned by the Germans and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the British lost in United Kingdom
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber in United Kingdom, round 6 :  1/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 6 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in United Kingdom, round 6 :  3/7 hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans , 1 armour owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the British lost in United Kingdom
                British win with 6 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -109
                Casualties for Germans: 9 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 fighters, 17 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for French: 2 infantry
                Casualties for British: 5 aaGuns, 1 bomber, 19 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys

Non Combat Move - Germans
            4 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 12 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            1 infantry moved from Greece to 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 bomber moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany

Place Units - Germans
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 110 Sea Zone
            8 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Germany
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            Germans undo move 3.
            Germans undo move 2.
            8 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Germany
            2 infantry placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 45 PUs; end with 45 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 50 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Scotland : 1 flag, 1 airfield
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Western Germany : 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Germany : 6 aaGuns, 9 artilleries, 1 factory_major and 13 infantry
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 infantry
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Finland : 1 flag
    110 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 17 transports

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 45 / 55
    Russians : 37 / 38
    Japanese : 52 / 61
    Americans : 53 / 73
    Chinese : 8 / 10
    British : 21 / 22
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
    Italians : 22 / 32
    ANZAC : 10 / 16
    French : 6 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 2 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 27 times
            2 was rolled 29 times
            3 was rolled 30 times
            4 was rolled 32 times
            5 was rolled 32 times
            6 was rolled 34 times
        Average roll : 3.625
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 0.186
        Standard Deviation : 0.431
        Total rolls : 184

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 9 times
            2 was rolled 13 times
            3 was rolled 17 times
            4 was rolled 14 times
            5 was rolled 24 times
            6 was rolled 16 times
        Average roll : 3.849
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.380
        Standard Deviation : 1.175
        Total rolls : 93

British Combat
            1 was rolled 18 times
            2 was rolled 16 times
            3 was rolled 13 times
            4 was rolled 18 times
            5 was rolled 8 times
            6 was rolled 18 times
        Average roll : 3.396
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.900
        Standard Deviation : 0.949
        Total rolls : 91

You had a 2% chance of winning the battle and actually won it handily!  Not much I can do there… I guess I should have technically stopped the battle 1-2 rounds before the end, regrouped and attacked again next turn again.  Oh well, too late now.

I resign, you win.  I’ll post the result

I don’t think we agreed on a low luck reroll, and in any case I wouldn’t feel good about taking the battle away from you just because you (massively) lucked out, as painful as it was for me.

What I may take you up on, is continuing the game from the point at which I should have retreated my forces but just started being stupid since I had given up, ie. after you rolled 8/13 I should have retreated 5 planes since the odds were way in your favour at that point.

If you’re OK with that, I may be up for continuing.  I say “may” because I would need to analyze the board one more time before going ahead, as this would be a massive uphill battle for me and the Russians are about to run rampant while I would need to use up most of my forces to take UK next turn.

Well that is extremely generous of you - particularly in light of the fact that I’m being honest that I would stick with the original dice results if I was in your shoes.  I’ll of course give you a LL reroll option on any one battle of your choice during the rest of the game in return for this.  So I accept!

I could have taken UK next turn (assuming lightning didn’t strike twice!) by placing my units in W. Germany/Normandy but it would have been extremely thin on the ground in Europe for the next few turns.

I’ll do my revised NCM / placement tonight.  Thanks again for the unsolicited offer.