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 - 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!