Marshmellow of War (Allies) vs simon33 (Axis) BM3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 14

Combat Move - Americans
            1 destroyer moved from 30 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 12 destroyers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 46 Sea Zone to New Guinea
            2 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 49 Sea Zone to Solomon Islands
            1 submarine moved from 79 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Greece
            1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Sardinia
            1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Sicily
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Archangel
                  Americans take Belarus from Germans
                  Americans take Archangel from Germans
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            3 armour moved from Poland to Novgorod
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Novgorod
            1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Finland to Novgorod
            1 armour moved from Norway to Karelia
                  Americans take Karelia from Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Norway to Vyborg
                  Americans take Vyborg from Germans
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Finland to 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Novgorod
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 3 destroyers, 5 fighters, 10 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Sicily
            Battle in Sardinia
            Battle in Solomon Islands
            Battle in New Guinea
            Battle in Novgorod
                Americans attack with 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 4 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 infantry; Japanese defend with 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
                Americans win, taking Sicily from Italians, taking Sardinia from Italians, taking Solomon Islands from Japanese, taking New Guinea from Japanese, taking Novgorod from Germans with 3 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
            Battle in 54 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 12 destroyers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                Units damaged: 6 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Americans win, taking 54 Sea Zone from Japanese with 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 74
                Casualties for Americans: 2 carriers, 9 destroyers, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Novgorod to Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            5 bombers moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands

Place Units - Americans
            3 transports placed in 95 Sea Zone
            3 destroyers placed in 10 Sea Zone
            10 infantry placed in Central United States
            5 fighters placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 98 PUs; end with 99 PUs total
            Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 104 PUs
            Trigger Americans 5 Presence In France: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 109 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 114 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 119 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 129 PUs

Combat Move - Chinese

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy nothing; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 0 PUs; end with 3 PUs total

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
                  British take Bryansk from Italians
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Rostov
                  British take Rostov from Germans
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan
                  British take Kazakhstan from Germans
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Novosibirsk
                  British take Novosibirsk from Japanese
            1 armour moved from Caucasus to Samara
                  British take Samara from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
                  British take Volgograd from Germans

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 3 armour, 1 destroyer, 1 harbour and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat - British

Non Combat Move - British
            1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Novosibirsk
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Persia
            4 infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            1 bomber moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            1 carrier and 2 fighters moved from 81 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            4 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Iraq to Eastern Persia
            1 armour moved from Baltic States to Bryansk
            4 infantry moved from Baltic States to 115 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            2 cruisers and 1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            3 armour and 1 harbour placed in Persia
            1 destroyer and 2 transports placed in 80 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 53 PUs; end with 55 PUs total
            Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 58 PUs
            Objective British 2 Southern Europe Beach Head: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 61 PUs
            Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 67 PUs

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 14

Combat Move - Italians

Combat - Italians

Turn Complete - Italians

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 14

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from 80 Sea Zone to Eastern Persia

Combat Move - French
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Smolensk
                  French take Smolensk from Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
                  French take Western Ukraine from Germans

Purchase Units - French
            French buy nothing; Remaining resources: 17 PUs;

Combat - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Eastern Persia
            1 fighter moved from Egypt to Eastern Persia

Turn Complete - French
            French collect 20 PUs; end with 37 PUs total

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@Marshmallow:

Battle in 54 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 12 destroyers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                Units damaged: 6 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Americans win, taking 54 Sea Zone from Japanese with 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 74
                Casualties for Americans: 2 carriers, 9 destroyers, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 battleship, 6 carriers, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports

I assumed you wanted max defense for this battle. If that is not the case, will rerun.

Marsh

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 15

Combat Move - Americans
            2 infantry moved from Solomon Islands to 49 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 49 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 63 Sea Zone to New Zealand
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from New Guinea to 46 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Hawaiian Islands to 15 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            5 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Persia to West India
            2 bombers moved from Eastern Persia to West India
            1 bomber moved from Ukraine to West India
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Vologda
                  Americans take Vologda from Japanese
            1 armour moved from Archangel to Nenetsia
                  Americans take Nenetsia from Germans
            1 armour moved from Nenetsia to Urals
                  Americans take Urals from Japanese
            2 armour moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Belarus
            1 armour moved from Karelia to Belarus
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Eastern Poland to Kazakhstan
            2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 54 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 armour, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters, 1 harbour and 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Americans
            Battle in New Zealand
            Battle in Java
            Battle in 15 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 bombers and 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win, taking New Zealand from Japanese, taking Java from Japanese with 2 bombers and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Americans
            2 bombers moved from 15 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to 115 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 2 transports moved from 115 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 infantry moved from Sicily to 95 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 5 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Albania to 97 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries moved from Yugoslavia to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Greece to 97 Sea Zone
            5 artilleries, 3 infantry and 5 transports moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            10 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            1 harbour placed in Central America
            10 infantry placed in Central United States
            1 armour and 7 fighters placed in Western United States
            1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 105 PUs; end with 105 PUs total
            Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 110 PUs
            Trigger Americans 5 Presence In France: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 115 PUs
            Trigger Americans 6 Western Europe Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 120 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 125 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 130 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 140 PUs

Combat Move - Chinese

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy nothing; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 0 PUs; end with 3 PUs total

Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Tambov
                  British take Tambov from Germans
            1 armour moved from Tambov to Samara
            1 armour moved from Samara to Kazakhstan
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Kazakhstan
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Yenisey
                  UK_Pacific take Timguska from Japanese
                  UK_Pacific take Yenisey from Japanese
            1 mech_infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Urals
            1 mech_infantry moved from Urals to Evenkiyskiy
                  UK_Pacific take Evenkiyskiy from Japanese
            1 armour moved from Rostov to Kazakhstan
            3 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 80 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 fighter moved from Eastern Persia to 41 Sea Zone
            3 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to West India
            6 armour, 1 artillery, 3 bombers, 5 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Persia to West India
            1 destroyer moved from 64 Sea Zone to 66 Sea Zone
            2 cruisers moved from 64 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 airfield, 3 armour and 3 fighters; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;

Combat - British
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in 66 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry and 1 transport
                British win, taking Sumatra from Japanese with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            4 infantry moved from Germany to 113 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland

Place Units - British
            3 armour placed in Persia
            1 airfield and 3 fighters placed in Iraq

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 54 PUs; end with 58 PUs total
            Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 61 PUs
            Objective British 2 Southern Europe Beach Head: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 15

Combat Move - Italians

Combat - Italians

Turn Complete - Italians

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.2

Game History

Round: 15

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from Eastern Persia to West India

Combat Move - French

Purchase Units - French
            French buy 3 armour and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 9 PUs;

Non Combat Move - French
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Rostov
            1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Smolensk to Rostov
            2 fighters moved from Eastern Persia to West India
            2 infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            1 fighter moved from France to United Kingdom

Place Units - French
            3 armour placed in Western Ukraine
            1 fighter placed in France

Turn Complete - French
            French collect 20 PUs; end with 29 PUs total

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For what it’s worth, this was the game I was most worried about and spent most of my time on. My scramble dice consistently sucked, you got Egypt early in what my calculations showed was a 13% battle, and I was never really able to get proper support to Moscow due to having to recapture it.

It would not have mattered if your fleet was intact. If you had put down a blocker, I would have deployed my fleet to slow you down while  flying 5-10 fighters and two ground units per turn into Hawaii and piling another 10 infantry per turn into Western US. Each fighter I deploy to Hawaii requires you to bring another loaded transport to the attack – by spending 10 IPCs I make you spend 14 IPCs, and that’s essentially a win for me. Since I was making more money than you and putting it all into the Pacific, by the time you made any headway at all UK would have been spending 60 per turn to recapture India and start China up again.

(If you don’t believe me, go back to J14, put the blocker down, and we can play it out from there. It wouldn’t take that long – as you can see, India is going to be liberated within three turns from the current position because you have to spend every IPC you have to get your 7th victory city, and if you spend money to try to save India that’s money you can’t spend trying to take Hawaii and San Francisco.)

You were doomed by your G10 deployment of forces – if you had pulled everything back to Germany instead of holding it lightly and trying to set up for a counterattack (I guess on West Germany and Northern Italy?), France would never have been able to deprive you of your G11 build. From there it was just a matter of time – the US could go full Pacific from that point forward. It also helped greatly that on US 11, 12, and 13 I built fleet while you concentrated on trying to build a force to take ANZAC, so my fleet achieved parity and then became a lot stronger.

Something else that I think hurt you is that balanced mode requires you to have that 7th vc if Berlin has fallen. It also requires me to capture all three capitals to win instead of just two, but if it hadn’t been for that 7th vc the game might have gone differently.

Also, I thought your opener was pretty good – using the Kriegsmarine for repeated assaults on Leningrad.