Teslas (Allies) vs Private Panic (Axis) in 1940 Global

@Private:

ha ha! Was only thinking light trading. I guess though if I recapture each turn I get the ipcs either way.

Yeah, same deal. I’m just giving you an extra 5 IPCs per turn for no reason, and letting you kill British people easily. Maybe if they were Russians, I don’t mind the thought of Russians needlessly dying, there’s plenty of those damn people.

I’d rather Japan just keep it. If you want to build units there, again, good, those are units that aren’t messing with the US/ANZAC.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 81 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 54 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
                  ANZAC take 42 Sea Zone from Japanese
            1 bomber moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Java
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Greece
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines
                Japanese defend with 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports

So, this naval battle, I fucking went for it. Horrible odds, but it’s go time for the allies, and instead of retreating my ANZAC navy to Hawaii, I’d rather take the chance I have now to destroy some units you have that might threaten the middle east or join in a recapture of SZ 6 later. Now that America has showed up, and ANZAC is reclaiming your money islands, the point is to keep Japan in a position of having to make hard decisions.

I have scored two hits on the first round, which sucks for me. Should have been three, and I was hoping for four.

You have:

1x CA (undamaged)
3x DD
1x SS
1x fighter
1x tac

Pick two, sir. I wouldn’t dream of trying to assume your order of losses here.

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

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 81 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 54 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
                  ANZAC take 42 Sea Zone from Japanese
            1 bomber moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Java
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                ANZAC win, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Greece
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines
                Japanese defend with 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                ANZAC win, taking Greece from Italians with 1 cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is 40
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 bomber, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from South Australia to Queensland
            2 aaGuns moved from South Australia to Queensland

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 54 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6
            ANZAC collect 19 PUs; end with 19 PUs total

I ended up getting pretty lucky there. Running the battle calc after the fact (because I refuse to do it before), it seems I had about a 1/3 chance of winning that fight. And I won.

That makes me feel less bad about the previous dice-fuckings I have received this game.

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

Game History

Round: 7

Combat Move - French
            1 fighter moved from Spain to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - French
            Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British loiter and taunt; French attack with 1 fighter; Americans loiter and taunt; Russians loiter and taunt
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 3 fighters
                Italians win with 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for French: 1 fighter
            Moving scrambled unit from 97 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Southern Italy
            Moving scrambled unit from 97 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Southern Italy
            Moving scrambled unit from 97 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Southern Italy

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Turkey

Turn Complete - French

The French fighter did the same thing the French cruiser did the turn before.

If you’d like to lose a fighter instead of the destroyer for Italy, please use the edit mode to rectify that on Germany’s turn.

Hrm, 11 vs. 11.

In an average world, that’s 2 planes dead for each of us, except my planes defend on a 4 and yours attack on a 3, so it’s not worth the trade. No intercepts, sir.

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

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 14 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Rostov
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Rostov
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Tambov from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Rostov
                Russians attack with 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Rostov to Russia
            1 fighter moved from Tambov to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Vologda to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Volgograd

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 15 PUs; end with 29 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 35 PUs

Stop bombing my factory, damn it.

You did it, you crazy bastard. I salute your balls, and wish you the best in this battle.

1:
I don’t see any dice emails from MARTI, and there was no battle that popped up from the savegame file (sorry, I’m new to play-by-forum), so I’m assuming you want me to go ahead with the first round of combat and pick my losses?

2:
Friendly reminder: You did not move your submarine in SZ 90 off of Persia. Were you wanting to fight the destroyer? (Because if not, you actually move it away on the combat movement phase).

Let me know on both counts, and we’ll get this party started!

Oh, I see, you want me to pick my preferred order of losses?

Unfortunately, in a naval battle such as this, I’m going to have to see what you also take as casualties round by round, to know what to take on my end. For instance, whether and when I take carrier/plane losses depends greatly on whether I’m doing well or getting my ass kicked.

If the game does not support posting/loading saves in the middle of combat, with the combat info also going across, I can keep the game loaded and running on my home machine pretty much indefinitely. We could run the big battle on my side if that is easier for you.

Just let me know.