14L G50 hobo (axis) vs axisandalliesplayer (allies +11)

Regardless of it not being as big of a swing as it could have been thanks to a good 1st round and you ditching 2 air afterwards, I do believe that’s the nail in the coffin. I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel, but the fat lady is warming her voice.

I’ve made two big mistakes in this game that good dice can’t overcome.

1. I built an IC in Egypt and tried to hold there, should’ve gone with my gut and just put it in Persia. I wouldn’t have felt like I needed to hold there and even if you had taken it, I’d have had a force just south of there to keep you from spreading and another force in the ME to keep Italy out of that bonus money. Make no mistake about it, I think Italy won the game for you.

They neutralized the Brits having a starting fleet and have been making bank for the axis. I should’ve had a force in Africa/ME moving into Russia to help support while dropping other troops into Europe. USA had to come into the atlantic without really denting Japan much. Which leads to mistake #2.

2. I lost the US fleet. I failed to block a seazone like I’d planned and it hurt me horribly. Just when US needed to keep spending in Europe to try and turn that tide, a whole levee gave way and now there’s nothing in the Pacific to stop the onrushing Japanese. I mean Western US is threatened for God’s sake! I need to build in the Pac, but Europe’s demanding attention. I have one other game where I needed to block with the Aussies and I think I did in that game and that quelled the little voice in my head telling me that the Aussies needed to block.

No bones about it, you outplayed me. You’ve overcome some bad dice to do it as well. Sure, quite a few of them were unimportant side battles. But the attrition you suffered throughout should’ve (has!) helped me. Keeping the British fleet intact was a boon and keeping some of those islands was really nice as well. But you’ve greatly benefited as well (Egypt!). I made a mistake putting an IC in Egy that early when I hadn’t neutralized the Italian fleet. But that was still a battle you only had less than 1/3 chance in taking. Ah, if only . . . .

I’ll play this out another couple of rounds or so. But I put my chances probably somewhere less than 10%, if that!

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 3 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Gibraltar to Egypt

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Egypt
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Italians defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to French Equatorial Africa
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 4 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 6 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Morocco to Algeria
            2 fighters moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 3 infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
            1 destroyer moved from 30 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to Eastern United States
            2 bombers moved from India to Queensland
            4 aaGuns moved from Central United States to Western United States

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 submarines and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 59 PUs; end with 59 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 79 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kansu
                  Chinese take Kansu from Japanese

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            3 infantry placed in Kansu

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            3 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 mech_infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  British take Finland from Germans
            1 artillery moved from Tanganyika Territory to 72 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 81 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 92 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 92 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
                  British take Belgian Congo from Italians
            1 bomber moved from Tanganyika Territory to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 fighters moved from 72 Sea Zone to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Combat - British
            Battle in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                British attack with 1 bomber and 2 fighters
                Italians defend with 1 fighter
                British win with 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Italians: 1 fighter
            Battle in Egypt
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 2 submarines
                Italians defend with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                British win, taking Egypt from Italians, taking 98 Sea Zone from Italians with 1 destroyer and 2 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Battle in Burma
                British attack with 3 artilleries and 9 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                British win, taking Burma from Japanese with 3 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            3 aaGuns moved from India to Burma
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to French Equatorial Africa
            3 fighters moved from Gibraltar to Malta
            1 aaGun moved from Algeria to Tunisia
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            1 submarine placed in 109 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
            1 transport placed in 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 39 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,6
            UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs; end with 6 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 infantry

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Place Units - ANZAC
            3 infantry placed in Queensland
            2 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 41 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 54 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,5,2,2,2,2,1,5,1,5,2,6,2
            ANZAC collect 12 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 8

Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            4 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Samara

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Samara
                Russians attack with 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Samara from Japanese with 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Samara to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            2 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 4 PUs; end with 5 PUs total

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 3 infantry, 3 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 3 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to 26 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Eastern United States to 26 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Queensland to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            4 transports moved from 92 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Algeria to 94 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Alexandria
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from French Equatorial Africa to Egypt
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 26 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 3 submarines and 1 transport
                Japanese defend with 2 carriers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese

Need OOL for sz26.

I got a hit with 1 of the subs that I put against 1 of your CVs and then got 4 additional hits.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 3 infantry, 3 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 3 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to 26 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Eastern United States to 26 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Queensland to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            4 transports moved from 92 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Algeria to 94 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Alexandria
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from French Equatorial Africa to Egypt
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 26 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 3 submarines and 1 transport
                Japanese defend with 2 carriers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                Japanese win with 3 fighters and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -39
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 carriers, 3 destroyers and 1 fighter
                Casualties for Americans: 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 3 submarines and 1 transport
            Battle in Egypt
                Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                Americans win, taking Egypt from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Trans-Jordan
            Battle in Alexandria
            Battle in 104 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 5 fighters and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win, taking Trans-Jordan from Italians, taking Alexandria from Italians with 5 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer
                3 fighters owned by the Japanese forced to land in Hawaiian Islands

Non Combat Move - Americans
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Algeria to Libya
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Algeria
            1 carrier and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from 104 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 104 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 11 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to French Madagascar

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 submarines and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone
            3 infantry placed in Western United States
            1 fighter placed in Eastern United States
            1 artillery placed in Central United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 54 PUs; end with 54 PUs total
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 69 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan
                  Chinese take Suiyuyan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Tsinghai
                  Chinese take Tsinghai from Japanese

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 3 PUs; end with 5 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
                  British take Anglo Egyptian Sudan from Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Kenya
                  British take Kenya from Italians
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
                  Chinese take Yunnan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
                  UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese
            2 submarines moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - British

Non Combat Move - British
            3 aaGuns moved from Burma to India
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            3 fighters moved from Malta to Egypt
            1 aaGun moved from Tunisia to Libya
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Egypt
            1 bomber moved from French Equatorial Africa to Egypt
            1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 75 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from French Equatorial Africa to 75 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            3 infantry placed in Egypt
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Union of South Africa
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 39 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3
            UK_Pacific collect 4 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 4 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 infantry

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.8

Game History

Round: 9

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

Combat Move - ANZAC

Combat - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
            2 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales

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

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 41 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2
            ANZAC collect 12 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs total