ktylu (Axis) vs. simon33 (Allies +18) rematch

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 armour, 8 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 armour moved from Kweichow to Hunan
                  Chinese take Hunan from Japanese
            1 armour moved from Hunan to Anhwe
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
                  Russians take Belarus from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Romania
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bessarabia to Romania

Combat - Russians
            Russians creates battle in territory 113 Sea Zone
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                Russians attack with 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer and 2 transports
                Germans win with 1 destroyer and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 submarine
            Battle in Romania
                Russians attack with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Romania from Germans with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Romania to Western Ukraine
            4 aaGuns, 1 armour, 12 artilleries, 42 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            9 artilleries moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            3 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            5 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Rostov to Ukraine
            3 artilleries moved from Volgograd to Rostov
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Sakha to Manchuria
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Western Ukraine

Place Units - Russians
            3 artilleries placed in Ukraine
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Novgorod
            1 armour and 4 artilleries placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 40 PUs; end with 40 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 46 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 9

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 3 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Southern France
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to Southern France
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Tobruk to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to Southern France
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Denmark
            1 armour moved from Karelia to Baltic States
                  Russians take Baltic States from Germans
            1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 19 Sea Zone to Kiangsu
            4 fighters moved from Yunnan to Anhwe
            6 fighters moved from Anhwe to Kiangsu

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Greece
            Battle in Southern France
                Americans attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                Americans win, taking Greece from Italians, taking Southern France from Germans with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour
            Battle in Denmark
            Battle in Kiangsu
                Americans attack with 1 artillery and 6 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters and 3 infantry
                Americans win, taking Denmark from Germans with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -15
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery and 4 fighters
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 fighters and 3 infantry

Non Combat Move - Americans
            2 fighters moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
            2 fighters moved from Southern France to 93 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            2 armour moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            3 armour moved from Norway to Karelia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Siberia to Buryatia
            1 transport moved from 3 Sea Zone to 2 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Alaska to 2 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 2 Sea Zone to 3 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 3 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
            1 battleship and 2 carriers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Southeast Mexico to 89 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 89 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 transports moved from 102 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Quebec

Place Units - Americans
            3 armour placed in Norway
            3 armour placed in Korea
            3 artilleries, 1 bomber and 3 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            3 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 65 PUs; end with 65 PUs total
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 90 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 9

Combat Move - British
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Germany
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Syria
                  British take Trans-Jordan from Italians
                  British take Syria from Italians
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Alexandria
                  British take Alexandria from Italians
            1 armour moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters moved from 93 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to 20 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Formosa
            1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
                  UK_Pacific take 19 Sea Zone from Japanese
                  UK_Pacific take 20 Sea Zone from Japanese

Combat - British
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 2 transports
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer and 2 transports
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the British
                British win with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer and 2 transports
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier
            Battle in Germany
                British attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_major and 1 infantry
                British captures 39PUs while taking Germans capital
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Germany from Germans with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Formosa

Non Combat Move - British

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Are you happy to concede this one? Berlin is down and the other Axis powers have almost all their income disrupted by convoys on future turns.

Germany will probably be able to reclaim Berlin but they’ve taken too much of a hit.

So same sides?

Happy to have a rematch.

@ktylu:

Yeah, sounds good to me. I posted your victory for ya.

On a side note: Just answer me this, when do you attack? in other words, at what percentage?

In our game, i lost 7 battles when i was above 90% to win according to calculator. Is that not high enough?

I don’t have a hard and fast rule. Depends on the prize for winning vs losses. If its good enough I can attack at 30% or even less. TBH, I pay more attention to the TUV swing than the win % and even that is misleading when damaged CVs come into it, or defending bombers etc.

Bid = sub sz98, art Kweichow, Sudan and Karelia.

Slightly changing up.

@simon33:

@ktylu:

Yeah, sounds good to me. I posted your victory for ya.

On a side note: Just answer me this, when do you attack? in other words, at what percentage?

In our game, i lost 7 battles when i was above 90% to win according to calculator. Is that not high enough?

I don’t have a hard and fast rule. Depends on the prize for winning vs losses. If its good enough I can attack at 30% or even less. TBH, I pay more attention to the TUV swing than the win % and even that is misleading when damaged CVs come into it, or defending bombers etc.

One more comment I’ll make on this one. I have learnt to think about what will happen if the attack goes against me - if I retreat will my units be able to be picked off and thus I’ll need to continue anyway or am I likely to be able to hold the position I’ve retreated to?

If I make a good attack which goes bad I don’t get too upset about it. It’s part of the game and you have to deal with it.

If I attack a DD with a sub and both die, I have lost a 6IPC unit while the defender has lost an 8IPC unit. That’s a 2 IPC swing in my favour. TUV = Total Unit Value.

Of course, if I win and live, that’s an 8IPC swing or lose and the sub lives, that’s a -6IPC swing to me.

For example, in SZ110, without a scramble the calculator tells me you will benefit by an average 38 TUV swing if I don’t scramble. But only a 22 TUV swing if I do.

Scramble 110.

In 111, I will benefit by about 3TUV but I can use that fighter for Taranto or another attack so a 3TUV swing doesn’t necessarily justify losing a fighter.

No scramble in 111.

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 artillery and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Russians
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and Chinese from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Sikang

Combat - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 armour moved from Volgograd to Turkmenistan
            1 cruiser moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Karelia to Vyborg
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
            2 aaGuns and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            3 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Novgorod
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Belarus
            2 aaGuns moved from Russia to Bryansk
            6 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
            2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia
            1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Vyborg

Place Units - Russians
            3 infantry placed in Ukraine
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Novgorod
            6 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs total

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