T2 Playoff JWW vs wheatbeer BM

Haha! Well, if UK whiffs here, I might be forced to use one just to try and avert total disaster … we’ll see if I get luck or not.

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

Game History

Round: 4

Politics - British
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 37 Sea Zone: 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
            EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these Japanese owned units to: battleship = 1
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Move - British
            1 battleship moved from 54 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to 37 Sea Zone

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Okay, set up correctly now.

Will rolls and then apply the result to the first UK map with Yunnan, Shan, Iraq

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

Game History

Round: 4

Combat - British
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 battleship, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 transport
                    British roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/4 hits

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2 hits, OOL?

oof, Japan rolled 6/6 hits

Sadly, yes  :lol:

If Allies don’t clear SZ37, I’m in big trouble, so I have to try.

UK

2 fig, 1 tact, 1 bb

6 + 4 + 4 = 14 = 2 hits r2

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

Japan

1 carrier, 1 cru, 2 fig, 2 damaged bb

2 + 3 + 8 + 8 = 21 = 3 hits r3

Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (5)

@JWW:

I thought you played conservatively? you weren’t supposed to attack

I’ve been playing more aggressive in Balanced Mod, or at least trying to.

I thought Japan was getting too strong to play conservative … trading DEI might have been sufficient if China had anything going on  :lol:

UK damages bb, loses 1 fig, 1 tact
Japan loses cru, 1 fig (assuming same as before)

UK

1 fig, 1 damaged bb

3 + 4 = 7 = 1 hit r1

Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (2)

Japan

1 carrier, 1 fig, 2 damaged bb

2 + 4 + 8 = 14 = 2 hit r2

wipes out UK, no roll needed

What units do you want left?

carrier, 2 damaged bb

or

carrier, fighter, 1 damaged bb

or gambler’s approach

damaged carrier, 2 damaged bb, + fighter lands somewhere

@JWW:

have you ever played Low luck? I used to think I would hate it but it might not be so bad. I just never wanted it to be a simple math exercise……

I have played low luck (can’t remember if any of them were league games or not).

I think it might favor Axis too much in OOB games (not sure that can easily be fixed by bid), but maybe it would work okay for Balanced Mod since Allies have more economic potential.

I’d been willing to try a low luck game after this one if you’d like (league or otherwise).

Small and medium battles still have a fair bit of swing in low luck, especially if there’s anti-air or submarines.

(When I do low luck rolls manually, I lump subs into the total AP unless there would actually be a surprise strike … but TripleA will always roll subs seperately regardless)

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

Game History

Round: 4

Combat Move - Americans
            1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            2 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter and 4 submarines; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Borneo
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 4 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  8/10 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  8/15 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Americans
                    2 destroyers owned by the Japanese, 1 submarine owned by the Americans, 1 cruiser owned by the Japanese, 3 carriers owned by the Americans and 2 carriers owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 4 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 :  3/10 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 :  7/10 hits
                    1 cruiser owned by the Japanese, 1 cruiser owned by the Americans, 2 destroyers owned by the Americans, 2 tactical_bombers owned by the Japanese and 4 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 37 Sea Zone
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber and 1 cruiser in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 :  2/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 :  2/7 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the Americans, 1 fighter owned by the Japanese, 1 cruiser owned by the Americans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                    Americans roll dice for 1 bomber in 37 Sea Zone, round 5 :  1/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 2 fighters and 1 transport in 37 Sea Zone, round 5 :  1/5 hits
                    1 bomber owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese win, taking Borneo from Japanese, taking Sumatra from Japanese with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -31
                Casualties for Americans: 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 submarine
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 16 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Brazil to 86 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 86 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 submarine moved from 21 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers and 4 submarines placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 56 PUs; end with 57 PUs
            Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 72 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 82 PUs

Combat Move - Chinese
            2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from Burma to Yunnan

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: 0 PUs;

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Yunnan
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  0/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  0/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 :  0/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 :  2/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                retreated to Yunnan
                Japanese win with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Szechwan
            1 infantry placed in Tsinghai

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 4 PUs; end with 4 PUs

Combat Move - British
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Tanganyika Territory to Italian Somaliland
                  British take Italian Somaliland from Italians
            2 infantry moved from British Somaliland to 76 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 76 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Iraq
            1 cruiser moved from 76 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 artillery moved from Burma to Shan State

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

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

Combat - British
            Battle in Iraq
                British attack with 1 artillery and 5 infantry
                Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser in Iraq, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 5 infantry in Iraq, round 2 :  3/6 hits
                    Neutral_Axis roll dice for 3 infantry in Iraq, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the Neutral_Axis and 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Iraq
                British win, taking Iraq from Neutral_Axis with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Axis: 3 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                British attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
            Battle in Shan State
                British attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries and 2 infantry in Shan State, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Shan State, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in Shan State, round 3 :  3/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shan State, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shan State
                British win, taking Shan State from Japanese with 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from India: 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 54 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 37 Sea Zone: 2 fighters
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 37 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these Japanese owned units to: battleship = 1
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            2 aaGuns, 2 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Burma to Shan State
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 76 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 76 Sea Zone to India
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 artillery moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 infantry moved from Kenya to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 armour moved from Tanganyika Territory to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
            1 fighter moved from Algeria to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar

Place Units - British
            3 infantry placed in Egypt
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Union of South Africa
            2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            3 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,5
            UK_Pacific collect 10 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs
            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 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 50 / 63
    Russians : 21 / 30
    Japanese : 56 / 74
    Americans : 56 / 82
    Chinese : 5 / 4
    British : 33 / 36
    UK_Pacific : 11 / 13
    Italians : 15 / 16
    ANZAC : 10 / 13
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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