XPAD2 Game 21 Dicer's Creed (axis) vs Team GARL (allies+12)

Java omg…  COWDICE

Fortune favours the bold or or in this case the garg.

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

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 armour and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from 95 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
            1 mech_infantry moved from Persia to Trans-Jordan
                  British take Trans-Jordan from Italians
            1 armour moved from Tanganyika Territory to Kenya
                  British take Kenya from Italians
            1 armour moved from Kenya to Belgian Congo
            1 fighter moved from Persia to 79 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to West India
            1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Persia to West India

Combat - British
            Battle in West India
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                British win, taking West India from Japanese with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Northern Italy
                British attack with 1 armour
                Italians defend with 4 aaGuns and 1 factory_major
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Northern Italy from Italians with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for Italians: 4 aaGuns
            Battle in 79 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 79 Sea Zone to Iraq
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            1 fighter moved from Persia to Iraq
            1 bomber moved from West India to Persia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from West India to Persia
            1 infantry moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo
            2 infantry moved from Tanganyika Territory to Belgian Congo
            1 mech_infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo

Place Units - British
            2 armour placed in Persia
            1 transport placed in 80 Sea Zone
            1 transport placed in 71 Sea Zone
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 81 Sea Zone: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 80 Sea Zone: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 33 PUs; end with 34 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

what the….???

Battle in Northern Italy
                British attack with 1 armour
                Italians defend with 4 aaGuns and 1 factory_major
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Northern Italy from Italians with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20

@Boldfresh:

what the….???

Battle in Northern Italy
                British attack with 1 armour
                Italians defend with 4 aaGuns and 1 factory_major
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Northern Italy from Italians with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20

Karl felt that going for the capital was too high risk.

Nuking 4 aa guns + a major factory, and grabbing 4 IPCS that Italy can’t get back. Doesn’t seem all that bad as an alternative.

@Boldfresh:

what the….???

Battle in Northern Italy
                British attack with 1 armour
                Italians defend with 4 aaGuns and 1 factory_major
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Northern Italy from Italians with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20

What were you expecting?

Hey bold it’s been like an hour since the last move And a week since anyone has heard from Seth, how come you’re not jumping up and down about schedule???

@Gargantua:

Hey bold it’s been like an hour since the last move And a week since anyone has heard from Seth, how come you’re not jumping up and down about schedule???

haha…  well, seth was already shell-shocked BEFORE you annihilated java.  it will be a miracle if he’s still breathing now.  losing northern italy and 4 aa guns may have been the last straw.

at least his cruiser killed an american bomber in z92.  gotta look on the bright side.

@Boldfresh:

at least his cruiser killed an american bomber in z92.  gotta look on the bright side.

Yeah, and that damn cruiser got my French fighter too!

Dice rape.

This is a very interesting turn for Italy.  A lot of strategic decisions to make, and a lot of variables.

Tough to say for sure what I would do.

The wisest course of action would be for Italy to declare war on the neutrals.  It will really open things up…. lots of possibilities there…

Wisdom. :)

Fortune favors the bold UNLESS your name is Bold.

@seththenewb:

I think I have a good idea of what I’m going to do, just waiting on input from my partner. He’s busy right now, but he should be coming back to me later, so expect Italy to post sometime tonight.

And man oh man . . . Java was just simply . . . wow those were some DICE! I’ve sacrificied a lamb to the dice gods and performed a ritual cleansing in order to appease their wrath … . hopefully it has an effect.

LOL - Glad to have you back man.

@Boldfresh:

Fortune favors the bold UNLESS your name is Bold.

or Dicer’s Creed…

then it just knifes you in the back.

KILL!

Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!

Gents, I am traveling with my family, so getting some quality minutes to look over the map is rough, and obviously I need more than a few minutes given the situation as it is.  So, I asked Seth to hold off for a bit so we can get on the same page.