G40 Cow(Axis) vs Cyanight(Allies)

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 2 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            2 infantry moved from Timguska to Kansu
            2 fighters moved from Timguska to Kansu
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Timguska to Kansu
            1 infantry moved from Timguska to Kansu
            2 armour and 7 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to India

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Kansu
                Russians attack with 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Kansu from Japanese with 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in India
                Russians attack with 2 armour and 7 mech_infantrys
                Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry; Italians defend with 1 bomber and 1 fighter
                Russians win, taking India from Japanese, taking Burma from Chinese with 2 armour and 4 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 3 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Italians: 1 bomber and 1 fighter
            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
            2 fighters moved from Kansu to Russia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kansu to Russia
            2 aaGuns and 15 infantry moved from Timguska to Novosibirsk
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Rostov
            3 infantry moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan
            1 aaGun moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan

Place Units - Russians
            2 artilleries and 7 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs total

Territory Summary for Russians :

Kansu : 3 infantry
    India : 2 armour and 4 mech_infantrys
    Kazakhstan : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry
    Rostov : 1 infantry
    Russia : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 5 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 52 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Tambov : 1 infantry
    Novosibirsk : 2 aaGuns and 15 infantry
    Volgograd : 1 factory_minor
    Caucasus : 1 infantry
    97 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 destroyers and 6 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Turkmenistan
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from 54 Sea Zone to New Guinea
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 45 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea
            1 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea

Combat - Americans
            Battle in New Guinea
                Americans attack with 4 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Americans win with 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Dutch New Guinea
                Americans attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery
                Americans win, taking Dutch New Guinea from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery
            Battle in Trans-Jordan
                Americans attack with 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                Americans win, taking Trans-Jordan from Italians with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Turkmenistan
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Italians defend with 1 armour
                Italians win with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -12
                Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber

Non Combat Move - Americans
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Russia
            4 fighters moved from New Guinea to 54 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 carriers, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland
            1 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland
            2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            7 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns, 1 destroyer, 7 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 5 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns, 7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            3 transports moved from 92 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from French Guiana to 88 Sea Zone
            3 infantry and 3 transports moved from 88 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 2 transports moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
            2 aaGuns moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            8 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 8 infantry and 5 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns and 8 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            15 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
            15 infantry moved from Central United States to Eastern United States
            6 infantry moved from Eastern United States to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
            5 infantry moved from Eastern United States to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
            10 infantry moved from Central United States to Eastern United States
            10 infantry moved from Western United States to Central United States

Place Units - Americans
            2 destroyers placed in 10 Sea Zone
            6 fighters placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 53 PUs; end with 53 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 73 PUs

Territory Summary for Americans :

Queensland : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Guam : 1 airfield
    Wake Island : 1 airfield
    Western United States : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 6 fighters, 1 harbour and 23 infantry
    Hawaiian Islands : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 10 infantry
    Midway : 1 airfield
    Dutch New Guinea : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    45 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    26 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 2 fighters and 5 transports
    25 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    10 Sea Zone : 2 destroyers
    54 Sea Zone : 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 6 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
    Central United States : 1 factory_major and 10 infantry
    Eastern United States : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 25 infantry
    Trans-Jordan : 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Alexandria : 1 infantry
    Gibraltar : 2 aaGuns, 20 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 13 infantry
    Egypt : 1 artillery and 4 infantry
    Tobruk : 1 flag
    Libya : 1 flag
    Russia : 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    Brazil : 1 flag
    91 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 10 transports

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from Sikang to Yunnan

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Sikang

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 5 PUs; end with 6 PUs total

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Sikang : 2 infantry
    Burma : 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 13 infantry

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 factory_minor and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 artillery, 2 fighters, 5 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to India
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to Iraq
                  British take Iraq from Italians
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Kenya to Ethiopia
                  British take Ethiopia from Italians
            1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Turkmenistan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Shensi to Yunnan
                  Chinese take Yunnan from Japanese

Combat - British
            Battle in Turkmenistan
                British attack with 1 bomber
                Italians defend with 1 armour
                Italians win with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -12
                Casualties for British: 1 bomber
            Battle in India
                British attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 5 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                British win, taking India from Japanese with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            2 fighters moved from India to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma
            1 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt

Place Units - British
            1 factory_minor placed in Egypt
            3 transports placed in 106 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 119 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
            British collect 29 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 29 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 4 PUs; end with 4 PUs total

Territory Summary for British and UK_Pacific :

Yunnan : 1 mech_infantry
    Burma : 3 aaGuns, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    India : 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 4 infantry
    Belgian Congo : 1 armour
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    Gibraltar : 1 airfield, 2 fighters and 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Egypt : 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 8 infantry
    Ethiopia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Russia : 4 fighters
    106 Sea Zone : 3 transports
    Iraq : 1 flag, 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
    98 Sea Zone : 1 flag

Hey I think TripleA made an error on your NO for Italy.  The Russian sub in SZ 94 should prevent Italy from their NO shouldn’t it?

5 IPCs if there are no Allied surface warships in the Mediterranean sea (sea zones 92 through 99). Theme:
Propaganda and strategic advantage.  P39

Nevermind I didn’t read that closely enough… Surface Warships, lol.

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 2 armour; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            1 aaGun moved from Queensland to New South Wales

Place Units - ANZAC
            2 armour placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 12 PUs total

Territory Summary for ANZAC :

Queensland : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 3 fighters, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    New Zealand : 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    New South Wales : 1 aaGun, 4 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    54 Sea Zone : 1 carrier and 2 destroyers

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

Game History

Round: 5

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            3 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria

Turn Complete - French

Territory Summary for French :

Alexandria : 3 infantry
    Gibraltar : 1 fighter
    Egypt : 1 infantry
    United Kingdom : 2 infantry

yea, I was expecting to lose Russia but I also expected Germany to lose most of its aircraft.  Even if you give me those 300 inf I wont be able to stop you from taking Egypt which is the game.  The whole 99 really never became a factor.  The crazy part about the game is by getting 99 inf you still need to invest in art/armor to hit with as well as transports.  I think I have used only 3 of the 99 inf so far.  10 of the inf went to Morocco to party for 6 months and then didn’t like the babes so they went to Gibraltar.  Investing in so many transports takes away from what US needs to compete with Japan in naval/air power.

You digested my “Kung Pao Chicken” strategy.

1. “Kung” = Chinese
2. “Pao” = Russians
3. “Chicken” = Indians

First Russia declares war on Japan and sends 7 mech, 2 armor, 2 fighters and tactical to Yunnan.  Chinese mass in Yunnan and the Indians flee “hence chicken” to Yunnan with everything they have.  After Japan takes India and decides to move off the coast the Chinese take Burma.  Then you can liberate India with Russia’s fast units, mech and armor which is the “Pao” part of the recipe. The “Chicken” then follow the Burma road back to Burma.  Japan can take back India but they cant touch Burma not even with 11 fighters, 7 tactical and 2 bombers.  So they will lose it again on turn 5.  This constant exchange of India may not be the best strategy but it does buy USA time to reinforce ANZAC and/or Hawaii.  It might have been better if I would have waited another round to attack India.

My point is that Japan can rush India but then they are so far away from the war and if you keep them occupied down there while USA and ANZAC build you will buy USA time. Maybe the Kung Pao Chicken force should wait and until Japan leaves.  Once USA has a comparable force then Japan must move their planes off the coast thus allowing the liberation of India. Another idea is to take Kwangtung or Kiangsu with the force.  It moves well together since they have almost back to back turns.

I made some very poor decisions in Africa and I believe that was going to shadow over my entire game which it did.  If I would not have lost the Middle East I believe this strategy may have worked.  I learned a lot from this game Cow and thank you for playing.

Good Game!