BM3 Colt(Axis) vs Rommel

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Americans
            Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States

Combat Move - Americans
            Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttachment attached to Americans
            1 marine moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry, 1 marine, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 marine moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 16 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 16 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters and 1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Caroline Islands
                Americans attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Americans win, taking Caroline Islands from Japanese with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 aaGun and 2 infantry
            Battle in 16 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 bomber and 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 44 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                Americans win, taking 44 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in Gibraltar

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from 16 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western United States to Central United States
            1 bomber moved from Central United States to Hawaiian Islands

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Western United States
            2 fighters placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in Central United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 50 PUs; end with 50 PUs total
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Shensi
            2 infantry moved from Kansu to Shensi
            2 infantry moved from Sikang to Shensi

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Shensi
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 7 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                5 infantry owned by the Chinese retreated to Tsinghai
                Japanese win with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Shensi to Tsinghai

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Tsinghai

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 3 PUs; end with 5 PUs total

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 airfield, 1 artillery and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 3 artilleries and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from India to 37 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 39 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from India to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to 99 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kenya to Ethiopia
                  British take Ethiopia from Italians

Combat - British
            Battle in 99 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 transport
                British win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 battleship
                Japanese defend with 1 cruiser
                British win, taking 43 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 battleship remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 cruiser
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 fighter
                Japanese defend with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese Submerged
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in Burma
                British attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Burma from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 cruiser and 1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Egypt to 81 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 99 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from Union of South Africa to Egypt
            1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from British Guiana to Gibraltar
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar
            1 armour and 1 artillery moved from Libya to Tobruk

Place Units - British
            1 airfield placed in Gibraltar
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Egypt
            3 infantry placed in Persia

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 109 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,1,5,3
            British collect 28 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 28 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs total
            Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 3 artilleries and 3 infantry

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Desperate times call for desperate action.  I don’t want to die a slow death in the Pacific.

I know that I’ve already rolled the dice, but do you mind if USA not attack Carol with the entire fleet?  I’m getting cold feet.

Let me see what I can do as a NCM with the part of the fleet that didn’t participate in the invasion of Carol.  It won’t affect Ita move.

I will lay a screen of dd’s to block the Jpn fleet from Carol, using the dd’s that didn’t participate in the land battle.  There was no sea battle, so those dd’s really shouldn’t have moved during combat anyway.  I have other stuff to do now and will be heading out, so may not revise NCM until this eve.  Sorry about this.  This fiasco doesn’t help my position in the game.  But I hope to avoid complete disaster.  I remember in a prior game that you. as USA, attacked Carol and I, as Jpn, sank your fleet.  But the victory was offset by bad dice rolls that decimated my planes.

I edited NCM 1 dd from sz54>23 instead of sz33, and another dd from sz54>34 instead of sz33.  I wanted to move my WC USA fleet closer to the action, but Wake doesn’t have a naval base, so it wouldn’t get me closer next turn and my fig from EC USA couldn’t go any further than the cv at Hawaii anyway.  I don’t know what I would have done instead of invading Carol, I guess I just got impatient.  The Jpn fleet by Phil is strong defensively with 5 ships that can take 2 hits and a naval base to repair them.  So the only way to attack it is to lure it away.  It doesn’t have and doesn’t need many support ships while in harbor.  Jpn does have other ships scattered.  Now USA dd’s are scattered and will be short-lived.  Jpn can make an all air attack on the US fleet at the expense of letting other targets go.  But there’s no real need to attack the US fleet.  A limited air attack would have poor odds, as the US has 3 ships that can absorb hits and be repaired.

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No problem with using tt instead of cru, easier to sink.  I think that the 3 inf in Iraq should become Italian.  That might affect your NCM decisions.  Italy getting a cv really improves it’s ability to attack and protect the fleet away from home.  And it will have even more cash to spend next turn.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 artillery and 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            3 fighters moved from Queensland to 33 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            1 cruiser moved from 54 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 marine moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 62 Sea Zone to New South Wales

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 destroyer placed in 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 42 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,2
            ANZAC collect 12 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 14 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 17 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

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If it wasn’t for having to use its air and fleet to protect the US fleet in Carol, Anz could have sank the Jpn dd & sub blockading Java with a dd and 3 figs and then landed reinforcements.  The French considered taking over UK and re-establishing their claim to the British throne.  If they could just get the Bri garrison to go overseas.

No scramble.  I didn’t expect Ger to use the fleet and so many planes.  I just looked at the subs and bombers.  I should have just used the tt.  I didn’t even build in E. coast US.