G40 BM2  Rommel X vs Colt L "Third times a charm"

Wow! First, let me give credit to the dice, without whom this could not have happened, and to the Fuhrer for lending me a fig.  Battle calc odds for attacker dropped to 45% with the 3rd scrambled fig.  Also, the Iraqi’s buried the evil Brit Empire’s troops in the sand.  I didn’t think Bri could prevent Vichy, but they are allies until after the first Bri turn.  Lots to think about.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Egypt: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Trans-Jordan: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Italians buy 1 artillery and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 unit repaired.
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to Tobruk
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Tobruk
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Greece
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Tobruk
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                British defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry
                retreated to Tobruk
                British win with 1 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -13
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Greece
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Italians win, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 1 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Italians: 5 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
            Battle in 93 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                French defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer; British defend with 1 transport
                Italians win, taking 93 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 21
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry; British defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                1 armour owned by the Italians retreated to Northern Italy
                French win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Tobruk to Libya

Place Units - Italians
            1 artillery placed in Northern Italy
            1 submarine placed in 97 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 99 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1
            Italians collect 12 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs total

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Fickle dice went against Italy this turn.  I knew attacking Bri in Tob was a gamble that I could lose planes.  But I outnumbered and had more power than Bri, yet I hit 1/5 and Bri hit 3/3.  Worse, my surviving fig had to land in Libya.  I have to edit the bomber to retreat to Italy.

edited Italy1 to retreat bomber to Italy.

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Italian attack on S. Fra was just to weaken it, so Fra couldn’t: add its fig to make S. Fra expensive for Ger, which has no inf to attack it with; or attack Norm w/aid of the fig.  And there was the chance Italy could have won.

If you would have preferred to keep the Bri mech instead of the art in Tob, go ahead and edit it on your turn.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 5 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor, 6 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 armour and 1 artillery moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 99 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Cyprus
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 99 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Holland Belgium to Southern France
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 96 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Cyprus
            1 submarine moved from 110 Sea Zone to 87 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Southern France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Denmark to 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 99 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in Cyprus
                Germans attack with 2 bombers
                British defend with 1 bomber
                Germans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 bomber
                Casualties for British: 1 bomber
            Battle in 87 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 transport
                Germans win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Battle in Southern France
                Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                French defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour; British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Southern France from French with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Gibraltar
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans win, taking Gibraltar from British with 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Trigger Germans Occupies Southern France: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_French_Territory_May_Turn_Vichy_Switch attached to French
            1 bomber moved from Cyprus to Southern Italy
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from 99 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 99 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            5 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from France to Germany
            5 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
            3 armour and 2 artilleries moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
            1 aaGun moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania
            1 aaGun moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            10 infantry moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary
            2 artilleries moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary
            1 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany
            1 artillery moved from Germany to Poland
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern France to Western Germany
            1 submarine moved from 106 Sea Zone to 108 Sea Zone

Place Units - Germans
            5 artilleries and 5 infantry placed in Germany
            1 factory_minor placed in Romania
            1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in France

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 44 PUs; end with 44 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 49 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs

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Bri bomber on Cyprus should have been an easy target.  2 Ger bombers with attack of 8 pts, both missed, while the Bri bomber with defense of 1, scored a hit.  End result round 2 was an even exchange.

A while back I read an old post about building an IC in Romania, probably not for Global.  But I haven’t actually seen any game where it was done.  Have you?

When I play Europe, I always build armor and mech on T2 in Ger.  But in Global, Rus gets more cash from the start, so I am trying something different.  The combo of that and the IC in Rom are probably not a good idea.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 2

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 3 armour, 1 destroyer and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Chahar to Hopei
                  Japanese take Hopei from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kweichow
                  Japanese take Kweichow from Chinese
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsi to Yunnan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            2 bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 3 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
            1 artillery moved from Chahar to Anhwe
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe
            1 aaGun moved from Jehol to Chahar
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            2 marines moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kiangsi
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hunan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Shantung to Hunan
            1 artillery moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Manchuria to Anhwe
            6 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 fighter moved from Okinawa to 33 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to Anhwe
            1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 cruiser moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 36 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            3 armour placed in Kiangsu
            1 destroyer and 2 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 42 PUs

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Also, new is not taking FIC by T2 and not building trans on T1.  Probably won’t wait this long again.  There are so many iterations that it will take me more live games to figure out what I’m more comfortable with, and it’s not this opening for Japan.  Building IC in China is good, which is why I waited on FIC, but could have done both.