Ichabod (+17) vs Cow (x)

Am I going to have to fight for Cairo?  :-D

Or is there a threshold for remaining tanks in Moscow that would convince you otherwise?

Yes, I would have kept the destroyer in the sea battle for max defense; especially in a live game. It appears you were successful in doing a strafing run to knock out a Italian ship off the board with zero losses.

Very funny regarding my post about Paris fail! On a table top game…due to the time invested, I’d really hope that in a Paris fail situation for a friendly game something could be worked out. A good game would be more important to me.

My guess is that my odds for Moscow on G11 are in the mid-80s. If dice is close to LL, I think that will result in around 15 tanks left. If that amount or less (heck even 22 tanks), I’d understand your reasoning to fight on. It’s not guaranteed that Cairo could be captured. It’s a very long way to get there while the US is going near 100% at Germany. You could fight on! There is no time limit to a PBEM game!

Lastly, I was curious on Saturday and clicked through to a G11 Moscow as if all UK/Anzac fighters made it to Moscow (and they could have). In that scenario, the UK evacuated the med on round 9 to get carrier based fighters there…ect. Calcutta would have been re-captured (didn’t do that just clicked through to Moscow) with a good chance of defending against the UK if UK Pac forces evacuated.

When I rolled the practice Moscow round (I did 2x), Germany was left with only 7 tanks and 1 tank. Advantage to the allies would have been more time to slow Germany’s ground unit advances. Disadvantage of course would have Japan collecting India NO money and the UK fighting in the middle east without any starting fighters except for a 3 fighter build if you chose to do that.

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

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour, 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 98 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 98 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 artillery moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Samara to Kazakhstan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

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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 armour, 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 98 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 98 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 artillery moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Samara to Kazakhstan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
            1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Kazakhstan
                Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                British defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Kazakhstan
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery in Kazakhstan, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Kazakhstan, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Italians lost in Kazakhstan
                Russians win with 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Caucasus
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 fighter and 4 mech_infantrys
                British defend with 1 artillery and 6 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 fighter and 4 mech_infantrys in Caucasus, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 6 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 :  2/7 hits
                    2 mech_infantrys owned by the Italians and 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 fighter and 2 mech_infantrys in Caucasus, round 3 :  1/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 4 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 :  2/5 hits
                    2 mech_infantrys owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus
                1 armour owned by the Italians retreated to Volgograd
                Russians win with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Italians: 4 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for British: 3 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 aaGun moved from Tambov to Volgograd
            1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to France
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy
            1 infantry placed in Northern Italy
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Western Germany: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Northern Italy: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs total

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I hope Italy soaked up all of my bad dice roll percentages for Germany!

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

Game History

Round: 11

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            3 infantry moved from Samara to Russia
            31 armour, 30 artilleries, 6 bombers, 3 fighters, 24 infantry, 22 mech_infantrys and 6 tactical_bombers moved from Bryansk to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Russia
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Novgorod to Russia
            3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
            3 armour moved from Ukraine to Russia

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

Game History

Round: 11

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            3 infantry moved from Samara to Russia
            31 armour, 30 artilleries, 6 bombers, 3 fighters, 24 infantry, 22 mech_infantrys and 6 tactical_bombers moved from Bryansk to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Russia
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Novgorod to Russia
            3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
            3 armour moved from Ukraine to Russia

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Russia
                Germans attack with 37 armour, 30 artilleries, 7 bombers, 5 fighters, 27 infantry, 25 mech_infantrys and 9 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 6 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 2 armour, 11 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 87 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber; British defend with 14 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber; Americans defend with 1 bomber
                    AA fire in Russia :  3/18 hits
                    3 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 37 armour, 30 artilleries, 7 bombers, 2 fighters, 27 infantry, 25 mech_infantrys and 9 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 2 :  61/137 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 6 aaGuns, 2 armour, 11 artilleries, 1 bomber, 15 fighters, 87 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 2 :  52/120 hits
                    25 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans, 1 bomber owned by the Americans, 6 aaGuns owned by the Russians, 27 infantry owned by the Germans and 54 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 37 armour, 30 artilleries, 7 bombers, 2 fighters and 9 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 3 :  34/85 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 11 artilleries, 15 fighters, 33 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 3 :  27/65 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians, 27 artilleries owned by the Germans and 33 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 37 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 bombers, 2 fighters and 9 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 4 :  28/58 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 11 artilleries, 15 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 4 :  17/31 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Russians, 11 fighters owned by the British, 1 fighter owned by the Russians, 2 armour owned by the Russians, 11 artilleries owned by the Russians, 14 armour owned by the Germans and 3 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 23 armour, 7 bombers, 2 fighters and 9 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 5 :  35/41 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 fighters in Russia, round 5 :  2/3 hits
                    3 fighters owned by the British and 2 armour owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                Germans captures 23PUs while taking Russians capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking Russia from Russians with 21 armour, 7 bombers, 2 fighters and 9 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 112
                Casualties for Germans: 16 armour, 30 artilleries, 3 fighters, 27 infantry and 25 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 6 aaGuns, 2 armour, 11 artilleries, 1 fighter, 87 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for British: 14 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber

Non Combat Move - Germans
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Volgograd
            2 aaGuns moved from Bryansk to Tambov
            1 aaGun moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 aaGun moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine
            7 bombers moved from Russia to Tambov
            9 tactical_bombers moved from Russia to Volgograd
            6 bombers moved from Tambov to Volgograd
            1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Belarus

Place Units - Germans
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Volgograd
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Western Ukraine
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            1 mech_infantry placed in Germany
            3 fighters placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 64 PUs; end with 87 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 92 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 107 PUs

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I’ll give it my best shot…even if I don’t make it to Cairo, I had a lot of fun this game.

Japan had some good dice earlier in China in this game and other areas which slowed you down. I was disappointed about Japan’s attack on Philippines in Round 8?..would have been nice for me to hold it long enough to make the US buy transports or require Anzac to get it back. I think at that moment the allies didn’t have many loaded transports around.

You and Arthur Bomber Harris are the two best I’ve played against. That first live game against you opened my eyes to a completely different Allies playing strategy.

The battle calc was 99%, yep you were right. I thought you were going to send up a few more fighters.

In either event, there was a chance that battle could have really swung in your favor. Both of our second rolls were not very good; especially mine because I mostly only lost my 1s and a small handful of artillery. But, at that moment, Russia could have rolled strong again which would have swung it where Germany may have won with just a few tanks or take plane hits.