15L G40 Karl7 (Allies +16) vs Shin Ji (Axis)

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

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 destroyer and 9 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to 92 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 101 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 123 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            9 fighters moved from French West Africa to Egypt

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Germans defend with 1 transport
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
            Battle in Morocco
            Battle in 125 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 destroyer
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer
                Germans win, taking Morocco from Italians with no units remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 bomber and 1 submarine
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 2 carriers, 3 destroyers, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            3 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 64 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from French Indo China to Samara
            4 fighters moved from Korea to Kansu
            1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 bomber moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar

Place Units - Americans
            3 fighters placed in French Indo China
            3 fighters placed in Korea
            3 fighters placed in Eastern United States
            1 destroyer placed in 101 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 74 PUs; end with 74 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 79 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 89 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 99 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Kansu
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kansu
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang
            3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 24 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kansu

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            10 infantry placed in Tsinghai

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 24 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 30 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 aaGuns, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 armour and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Persia to Northwest Persia
                  British take Northwest Persia from Germans
            3 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar

Combat - British

Non Combat Move - British

Place Units - British
            2 aaGuns and 1 fighter placed in Egypt
            1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,4
            British collect 29 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 30 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 armour and 1 fighter placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 armour and 1 fighter

Ok, get ready for the big one!

Ouch, I rolled terribly in Egypt…. not that it would have mattered I guess.

resign.

Interesting game.  I am now starting to think this game is broken with the bomber strat. We’ll have to see if anyone can figure out a solution.  Here I tried to break up the game by retreating from Russia.

Didn’t seem to work.

GG :-P

39 fighters and I got 23… less than 50%
that sucks.

Yeah, to be blunt, I think you could have won this game a lot quicker than you did. You could have KO’d UK I think pretty easy.

Hmmm, I’d take allies at 25. Not sure if I can go much lower though.  You are pretty good at the bomber strat.  Especially now you’ve had 2 games to practice!

@Shin:

Or, alternatively, we could play with Variance’s HR about air and sea base fixes not taking effect until the end of the turn.

well, I think the easiest solution would be ftrs defend at 2 on SBR.  BUT, I think we should try with just a higher allied bid.

If you give me allies at 25, I’ll try a new tactic now that my Russian gambit didn’t pay off….

please do NOT make the rule that bases repair at noncombat…then you could never rely on the bases for scrambling or extra movement…as long as there’s even one tac or strat bomber around, you just could NOT trust the base to serve its purpose, ever

imo it’s a foolish rule. sorry to be blunt, but i’d rather quit playing than to introduce a rule that pretty much destroys the concept of the air/naval base

i really think ftrs should intercept at 2. seems most sensible way to help alleviate some of the impact of this dreaded strategy

Higher bids are the first best solution.  That’s why 25 is a good number.