14L G40 Ghost vs. Bold - no tech, 1 unit per TT

to be exactly correct, uk did have one combat move, a walkin.

@Ghostglider:

I completely agree with you that convoy dice would rarely affect NCMs.

As you know I play the flexible style (Extra movement was allowed during US2) - anything that will speed up the game is usually OK with me.
I also always accept changes in combat moves also - as long as it is clear that the change is not due to the results of the battles.
I often also accept changes in purchases - again as long as it does not take advantage of the results from the battles.

I think it is very good that you have firm rules - as you say you are not flexible about changing combat movement. Firm rules makes it much easier for you compared to changing what to allow and not from time to time.

I will not allow the change in NCM for US. You started playing China3, so the map after US3 stands.
Please feel free to change any or all of your UK3 turn.

Please send updated map after UK3 and I will proceed.

actually i’m totally fine if you want to not allow the noncom, but would the reason be that i went ahead with china (since china did nothing) or would it be because of the convoy dice rolled in the philippines?  i just hope it is not because of the fact that i didn’t allow the added walkin to fic on your japanese turn…  i don’t want any hard feelings - to me i thought there was a good chance that you may have taken fic when you realized in noncom that fleet in z36 could be attacked by anzac.  this is the reason i just don’t allow any combat changes after combat dice are rolled, which is something the majority of players recognize as rational.  however, if it is upsetting you at all, i would rather just let you have the walkin to fic and set the expectation for the rest of the game that no changes to combat are allowed after dice are rolled?

cheers

hmmm ok.  nothing china did had any effect on the income collected, since they had no units.  as i said, i’m fine with it, just trying to understand your decision making so i can account for it in the future.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 cruiser moved from 37 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 destroyer moved from 61 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 38 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
            3 fighters and 3 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
            1 aaGun moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 aaGun moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 3

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - French

i don’t even know what you are referring to yet, but i better check fast cuz it sure sounds good…  you had +60 on the china battle now you had -95?  Sounds like close to a wash no?

Holy smokes, that was some great defensive rolling!  A few thoughts:

1. you could have taken in 3 more infantry and 1 ftr
2. you could have bombarded with the battleship
3.  if i had left my british ftr on the island, you would have likely lost the battle
4. thank goodness for your superb 3rd round roll of 7/8 huh?
5. bizarre for a battle that started with zero AA hits and the bombardment hitting
6. you are really really going to wish you had gone for it on G3 - my gut told me it was a fatal decision either way, but boy, that sure is way beyond anything i could have expected.
7. battles like this are why i don’t complain about dice until the game is over.

I will probably think of more.

Cheers

8. you do have 91 bucks
9. you don’t have the logistical problem of having to take so many heavy artillery and tanks off the island

always gotta look on the bright side.  :-)

Not trying to rub any salt just commenting on a wild battle/game.  We have had two completely crazy ones now - i calculated that your attack on Szechwan was a <1% chance result.  This is probably an even smaller chance of happening.  Still many many things that can still occur - these are the kind of games even I can remember, when there are so many spectacular battles.

Thanks to the earlier Szech result, you have japanese bearing down on the russian backside.  Should be interesting from here.

You think you have this one huh?

Or did you mean you can take that tank back home to germany?

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 bomber and 6 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

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 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
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Italians
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Italians: Changing Relationship for Italians and Russians from Neutrality to War

Combat Move - Russians
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Romania
            1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Romania
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Romania
            3 artilleries and 30 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Poland
            1 armour and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Poland
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Poland
            18 infantry moved from Amur to Manchuria

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Manchuria
                Russians attack with 18 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Manchuria from Japanese with 18 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Poland
                Russians attack with 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 30 infantry and 8 mech_infantrys
                Germans defend with 6 aaGuns and 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Poland from Germans with 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 29 infantry and 8 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30
                Casualties for Germans: 6 aaGuns and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Romania
                Russians attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Romania from Germans with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Italians: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
            Trigger Russians Conquer Japanese Territory By Mongolia: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_Mongolia_May_Change_To_Russians_Control_Switch attached to Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 fighter moved from Romania to Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Ukraine
            4 aaGuns moved from Eastern Poland to Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
            1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns moved from Amur to Manchuria

Place Units - Russians
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            1 bomber placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 42 PUs; end with 43 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 49 PUs