2016 JDOW (Axis) vs strategic planner (allies +24)

nice dice at Shan state;)
However I am a bit afraid this encourages you to make suicide attacks more often. Most you did in this game were rather ill advised.

One note for future reference: You should ask you order of losses in battles like Shan state. TripleA offers you to take bombers off first because the have the lowest defense value. However they have a higher value than tanks or fighters.

I would have taken the Armour and the tac off in this case.

You might sometimes just choose for your opponent but you need to tell him later and offer him to change it. In some battles, the OOP can have a big impact, in those cases waiting for your opponent to respond is the best thing. In this case save the map when being ask to assign casualties, post the map and wait for the reply.
This would not have been necessary in this game though.

best regards!

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 submarines moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 destroyers moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Italians win, taking 98 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 43
                Casualties for Italians: 2 submarines
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies to Italians
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Iraq: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Iraq: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Northwest Persia: 3 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Northwest Persia: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Shan State: 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Shan State: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Greece to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Syria
            1 artillery moved from 98 Sea Zone to Syria
            1 infantry moved from Greece to 97 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 98 Sea Zone to Iraq

Place Units - Italians
            1 submarine placed in 95 Sea Zone
            1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 20 PUs; end with 21 PUs total
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs
            Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 30 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Iraq: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Sorry about the edit. I in fact confused that I have to take NWP during combat move phase, though its NCM like Iraq :roll:
However i was a no brainer move to take NWP with at least one man thus I edited it.

Sir, just to be sure.

You are aware I can easily attack the transports at Alaska?
The blocker does not prevent the planes from attacking. All I need is to somehow attack the sub.
The rule says I just need a theoretical chance for a landing spot.
Assuming you would have a large fleet placed in sz8 I could still just send a sub to attack the fleet as theoretically by a miracle that sub could win that battle.

However even if I would not kill the fleet in sz8 I could still attack the transports at Alaska with a single plane.

In case I would clear sz8 I would have to move a carrier to pick the plane up. In case I would clear sz8 from surface ships the plane attack the transports would crash.

If this would affect your US turn, feel free to change your NCM. And also your buy, in case you believe you don’t need the harbour than anymore.

Advice from my end. The Harbour and transports in Alaska are not a good idea anyway. You will not achieve anything from there. With your fleet being at Queensland all you provide is targets for Japan.

Regards,
Tobias

All I need is to somehow attack the sub.
–> I meant I just need to attack the destroyer at sz8, even with a single sub and even if the sub loses I could still attack the transports.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 4

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 fighters and 7 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            9 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            3 bombers moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            4 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Baltic States
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Baltic States
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Belarus
            8 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            5 artilleries moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
                Germans win, taking Bessarabia from Russians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
                Casualties for Germans: 7 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 5 artilleries and 8 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 5 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Battle in Belarus
                Germans attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 1 infantry 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 - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            4 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            3 armour and 8 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            2 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Germany
            1 fighter moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
            3 bombers moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
            2 infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
            2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland

Place Units - Germans
            3 fighters placed in Western Germany
            7 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Oh, I forgot thos precious subs in sz 121.

I will edit them to sz122 and sz123 later.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 4

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 fighters and 7 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            9 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            3 bombers moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            4 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Baltic States
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Baltic States
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Belarus
            8 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            5 artilleries moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
                Germans win, taking Bessarabia from Russians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
                Casualties for Germans: 7 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 5 mech_infantrys
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 5 artilleries and 8 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 5 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Battle in Belarus
                Germans attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 1 infantry 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 - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            4 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            3 armour and 8 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            2 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Germany
            1 fighter moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
            3 bombers moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
            2 infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
            2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland

Place Units - Germans
            3 fighters placed in Western Germany
            7 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 121 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 105 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 109 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 123 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 122 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Oh, you were just moving.

Sorry I made an edit in between.
However the German sub activites do not influence the Russians at all.

You taking high risks in every turn, and you are getting away with it so far. For future games my advice is to be more carefull with the units, especially Russian air.

Japan incoming:D

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 3 transports moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            2 artilleries moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            2 cruisers moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 41 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Amur
            3 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Amur
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Amur
            1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Korea
            2 fighters moved from 6 Sea Zone to Amur
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 6 Sea Zone to Amur
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Japan to 25 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Japan to Amur
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang
                  Japanese take Sikang from Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Jehol to Amur
            1 bomber moved from Shan State to 55 Sea Zone

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Malaya
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
                British defend with 1 harbour; ANZAC defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Malaya from UK_Pacific with 2 artilleries and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
            Battle in Amur
                Japanese attack with 3 artilleries, 4 fighters, 5 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 aaGun and 4 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Amur from Russians with 3 artilleries, 4 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Russians: 1 aaGun and 4 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Java
            Battle in 55 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                ANZAC defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win, taking Java from Dutch with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 25 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 1 submarine
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
            Battle in Korea

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Kiangsu
            5 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 artillery moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kweichow to Burma
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 55 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from 55 Sea Zone to Shan State
            2 fighters moved from Shan State to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 55 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to Burma
            2 fighters moved from 25 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Amur to 6 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Amur to 6 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Jehol to Burma
            1 fighter moved from Jehol to Burma
            1 bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            2 fighters moved from Amur to Jehol
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 carrier, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 63 PUs; end with 63 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs

By the way: You are aware that you could have taken Brazil during Americans Non Combat move?
The transport at Mexico could have taken it.

Just keep it in mind for the next turn just in case you were unaware.

Here is the strategy session part 2: Playing the Russians

While playing the Russians on a very high level is very difficult and underestimated by many players, playing them at least solid is quite easy.

There is just 1 simple objective: Don’t lose Moscow
If you make it easy for the Axis to get Moscow, the Allies lose the game, as simple as that.

You might have seen games where the Axis lost despite taking Moscow, but those games had special circumstances:

• Germans took unacceptable losses in order to take Moscow
• Germans took unacceptable losses in Western Europe
• Allies successfully got Japan so much down that America could focus 100% on Germany

In order to accomplish to not lose Moscow, there are just 2 rules:

1. Do not let substantial parts of the red Army get slaughtered
2. Make sure the biggest part of the Red Army stays in range of Moscow to defend it

You heavily breached both of those rules with your Russians.

• You sent expensive units twice into certain death at Bessarabia
• You sent a substantial part of the Red army to an expedition into Scandinavia, thus they out of range of Moscow

Both attacks at Bessarabia were ill advised, you have no chance there, Germans resupplies just kill those guys en passent, Germans have superior air power to make sure that battles ending up in blood baths. instead sending so many units into certain death you had 2 other options:
1. Not attacking Bessarabia at all
2. Just attacking with few infantry plus solid air support, you just want to exchange units and maybe kill 3-4 Germans and only losing 2 Russians

If you would have kept all those units you could have had a very strong army now at Bryansk making it hard for the Germans to crack.
In addition do not send the Russian planes to chase Italian boats. You need those planes to defend and to efficiently take territories.

So for the next time: Make it hard for the Germans to progress in Russia. Lure them deep into Russia like it happened in the real WW2. The deeper they are into Russia, the longer the German supply chain is and the shorter the Russian is.

• Make solid buys with the Russians: Buy 10 units at least each round, better 11-12 as long as you have the money. Rather something like 7 inf, 3 art, 1 mech for the first 2 rounds
• Only make exchange battles with air support against single Inf. Take e.g. inf+fig+tac vs single inf. Only take more units than the defender in case you really want to take the territory to block somehow
• Keep them in range of Moscow, skip scandinavian expedictions, try to hold Bryansk as long as possible, the hold Moscow as long as possible, bring Allied air to Moscow if necessary

Of course this is a very simple strategy which does not make you autowin, however it will just give the other powers enough time to severely harm the Axis. You need well played US and UK to get the Axis down but as I said, solid Russians are a good start to do so :)