L17/18 BM3 G40 Variance (L) vs Aetv (X)

Outstanding! Was allready wondering when you are going to pull the aces out of your sleeve.

I have to think this trough and run some calcs.
Hang in there.
Maybe tonight or tomorrow.

It is def. worth a potw (play of the week) :wink:

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 aaGun, 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 marine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 battleship moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Southern France to Morocco
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Morocco
            2 artilleries and 1 marine moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
                  Italians take Caucasus from Russians
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Rostov
                  Italians take Rostov from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
                  Italians take Eastern Persia from British

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Scramble Morroco?

All that is left to me.

Italy scored two hits by shorebomb., casualties?

And another two bites the dust.

1x Bmbr and the mech?

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 aaGun, 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 marine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 battleship moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Southern France to Morocco
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Morocco
            2 artilleries and 1 marine moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
                  Italians take Caucasus from Russians
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Rostov
                  Italians take Rostov from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
                  Italians take Eastern Persia from British

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Morocco
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 airfield, 7 bombers, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in Morocco, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Morocco, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 7 bombers, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 2 :  3/11 hits
                    1 bomber owned by the Americans, 1 mech_infantry owned by the Americans, 1 fighter owned by the Italians, 2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Morocco
                    Italians roll dice for 1 fighter in Morocco, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 3 :  0/7 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 fighter in Morocco, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 4 :  3/7 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Italians lost in Morocco
                Americans win with 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -5
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 artillery moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 aaGun moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus

Place Units - Italians
            1 aaGun, 1 fighter and 1 marine placed in Southern Italy
            1 fighter and 3 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 30 PUs
            Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 36 PUs

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3

Game History

Round: 6

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 armour, 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Morocco
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Rostov to Volgograd
                  Germans take Volgograd from Russians
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Tambov
                  Germans take Tambov from Russians
            1 armour moved from Tambov to Bryansk
            3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
                  Germans take Archangel from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Baltic States to Smolensk
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Karelia to Smolensk
            2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Smolensk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Baltic States to Smolensk

Combat - Germans

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I assumed no scramble to prevent Shorebombardment and went for max Def.

Shorebmb = one hit, took out one Bomber
Scored additional three hits.

3xBmbr?

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

Game History

Round: 6

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 armour, 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Morocco
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Rostov to Volgograd
                  Germans take Volgograd from Russians
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Tambov
                  Germans take Tambov from Russians
            1 armour moved from Tambov to Bryansk
            3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
                  Germans take Archangel from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Baltic States to Smolensk
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Karelia to Smolensk
            2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Smolensk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Baltic States to Smolensk

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Morocco
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 airfield, 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in Morocco, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 2 :  3/4 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 2 :  1/7 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans and 4 bombers owned by the Americans lost in Morocco
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans, 2 bombers owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Morocco
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber in Morocco, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in Morocco, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    1 bomber owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans lost in Morocco
                Americans win with no units remaining. Battle score for attacker is 46
                Casualties for Germans: 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Americans: 6 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber
            Battle in Smolensk
                Germans attack with 2 bombers, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers in Smolensk, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Smolensk
                Germans win, taking Smolensk from Russians with 2 bombers, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            4 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            7 mech_infantrys moved from Baltic States to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            2 bombers and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 infantry moved from France to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Egypt
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone

Place Units - Germans
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            1 armour and 2 fighters placed in Egypt
            Germans undo move 1.
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            2 bombers placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 59 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
            Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 71 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 81 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 86 PUs

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