16L G40 Balanced Mod 2.0 Arthur Bomber Harris (Allies) vs Shin Ji (Axis)

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            10 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 10 infantry and 6 transports moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Algeria
            2 armour moved from Tobruk to Tunisia
            1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 92 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Americans scrambles 3 units out of Gibraltar to defend against the attack in 92 Sea Zone
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 submarines
                British defend with 4 fighters; Americans defend with 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 4 destroyers, 5 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 transports

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Naturally you’re gonna want to scramble, so I set that up.

I got two hits with the subs, and assigned them to the destroyers (you still have more, so that was a no-brainer).

Now i got 3 more hits with the rest.  Where would you like them?

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            2 artilleries moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            10 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 10 infantry and 6 transports moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Algeria
            2 armour moved from Tobruk to Tunisia
            1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 92 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Americans scrambles 3 units out of Gibraltar to defend against the attack in 92 Sea Zone
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 submarines
                British defend with 4 fighters; Americans defend with 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 4 destroyers, 5 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 transports
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Americans win with 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters and 3 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -114
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 submarines
                Casualties for Americans: 3 destroyers and 1 submarine
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 2 armour
                Americans defend with 1 armour
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from Americans with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour
                Casualties for Americans: 1 armour
            Battle in Algeria
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 10 infantry
                Americans defend with 3 artilleries and 5 infantry
                Italians win, taking Algeria from Americans with 2 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18
                Casualties for Italians: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 3 artilleries and 5 infantry
            Moving scrambled unit from 92 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Gibraltar
            Moving scrambled unit from 92 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Gibraltar
            Moving scrambled unit from 92 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Gibraltar
                1 fighter owned by the British and 3 fighters owned by the Americans forced to land in Gibraltar

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
            2 aaGuns, 7 artilleries and 18 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya

Place Units - Italians
            1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Objective Italians 5 Control Convoy Lanes: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 17 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 artilleries, 1 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            11 bombers and 4 fighters moved from Western Germany to 92 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Germans creates battle in territory 125 Sea Zone
            Americans scrambles 3 units out of Gibraltar to defend against the attack in 92 Sea Zone
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 11 bombers and 4 fighters
                British defend with 2 fighters; Americans defend with 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 3 transports

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Got ten hits in round 1.  Which is good, because I desperately needed that.

Where do you want them?  Oh, and I scrambled the USA planes - we can change that later with an edit if you’d like.

Oh shoot.  I just realized that in my despair over your amazing defense vs Italy and my poor showing on offense, I clicked through casualties in round 2 of that battle without looking and apparently damaged another carrier.

How would you like to proceed?  It was my mistake, so I’ll accept whatever remedy you find acceptable.

Thanks!  That’s very kind of you.

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 artilleries, 1 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
                  Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians
            1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
                  Germans take Belarus from Russians
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland

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OK, your defense in round 1.

Rolls: 4@2 1@3 7@4; Total Hits: 74@2: (1, 6, 4, 3)1@3: (2)7@4: (6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 3)

That leaves me with 8 bombers vs your 4 fighters.

Rolls: 8@4; Total Hits: 58@4: (5, 3, 1, 2, 5, 5, 1, 4)

Rolls: 4@4; Total Hits: 34@4: (4, 5, 4, 4)

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

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 artilleries, 1 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
                  Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians
            1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
                  Germans take Belarus from Russians
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland

Combat - Germans
            Germans creates battle in territory 125 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Western Germany: 6 bombers and 4 fighters
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 92 Sea Zone: 2 fighters
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 92 Sea Zone: 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 3 transports
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Gibraltar: 3 fighters
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            5 bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
            1 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Poland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from France to Western Germany

Place Units - Germans
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            3 artilleries placed in Novgorod
            10 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,1
            Germans collect 47 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 47 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 52 PUs
            Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs

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If I’m doing my math right, that gives me a score of 47 on that fight.  I’m probably still doomed, but I’m hoping the worm will turn.

Yea, I’m gonna concede at this point.  There’s just no path to victory now, even assuming dice heavily in my favor.

Nicely done!

Apparently whoever has been playing the Allies has won every time in our matchups so far.  Want to continue our series?