2016 Championship Game: Me1945 (Allies +45) vs Rubioton (Axis)

According to the statistics of the game, I believe they don’t, LL in them would be definitive in my view too. Even with a disaster for Japan on both attacks, Rubi still has what I believe is an unstoppable europe win option, but I think he prefers seeking a global win. I think given it is a final, ME is doing what most of us would do, fight till the end.

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

Game History

Round: 16

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 destroyer and 7 fighters; Remaining resources: 6 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            7 fighters moved from Egypt to Saudi Arabia
            1 bomber moved from West India to Ukraine
            5 fighters moved from Russia to Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Novgorod
            2 fighters moved from 50 Sea Zone to Queensland

Combat - Americans
            Air Battle in Ukraine
                Americans attacks with 6 units heading to Ukraine
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Novgorod
                    AA fire in Novgorod : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Bombing raid in Novgorod rolls: 6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Novgorod causes 6 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                    AA fire in Ukraine : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Bombing raid in Ukraine rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in Saudi Arabia
                Americans attack with 7 fighters
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 7 fighters in Saudi Arabia, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.50 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Saudi Arabia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Saudi Arabia
                Americans win, taking Sumatra from Japanese with 7 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Queensland
                Americans attack with 2 fighters
                Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 2 fighters in Queensland, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Queensland, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Queensland
                    Americans roll dice for 2 fighters in Queensland, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Queensland, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Queensland
                Americans win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Novgorod to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Russia
            5 fighters moved from Ukraine to Russia
            2 fighters moved from Russia to West India
            7 fighters moved from Saudi Arabia to Egypt
            1 aaGun moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 artillery moved from Tsinghai to Kazakhstan
            1 battleship, 7 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 81 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from West India to 41 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from West India to 41 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 26 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to French West Africa
            1 submarine moved from 88 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 106 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Central United States to Central America
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to French Central Africa
            1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Brazil to 86 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 86 Sea Zone to 68 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from West India to India
            1 fighter moved from Kansu to West India
            1 fighter moved from West India to India
            1 tactical_bomber moved from West India to India
            1 fighter moved from India to West India
            1 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to French Central Africa
            1 carrier moved from 51 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to South Australia
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to Northern Territory
            1 fighter moved from India to West India

Place Units - Americans
            1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone
            5 fighters placed in Eastern United States
            2 fighters placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 63 PUs; end with 69 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 79 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 89 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -0.33
    Americans : 1.50
    AA fire in Ukraine : : -0.17
    Japanese : -1.00
    AA fire in Novgorod : : -0.17

Territory Summary for Americans :

Manchuria : 1 infantry
    India : 1 tactical_bomber
    Northern Territory : 1 fighter
    South Australia : 1 fighter
    New Guinea : 1 infantry
    Guam : 1 airfield
    Wake Island : 1 airfield
    Western United States : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters and 1 harbour
    Hawaiian Islands : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Midway : 1 airfield
    Kazakhstan : 1 artillery
    Sumatra : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    41 Sea Zone : 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 7 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
    26 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
    11 Sea Zone : 1 carrier
    10 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    Central United States : 1 aaGun and 1 factory_major
    Central America : 2 mech_infantrys
    Eastern United States : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 5 fighters and 1 harbour
    West India : 6 fighters, 1 infantry and 5 tactical_bombers
    Egypt : 1 aaGun and 10 fighters
    French Central Africa : 1 bomber and 1 infantry
    French West Africa : 1 fighter and 1 infantry
    Libya : 1 flag
    Russia : 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    119 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Chile : 1 flag
    80 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    104 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    86 Sea Zone : 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    85 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Argentina : 1 flag
    109 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    101 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    Brazil : 1 flag
    Venezuela : 1 flag
    Colombia : 1 flag
    Bolivia : 1 flag
    68 Sea Zone : 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 69 / 100
    Russians : 17 / 19
    Japanese : 36 / 75
    Americans : 63 / 89
    Chinese : 23 / 30
    British : 22 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 16 / 21
    Italians : 26 / 38
    ANZAC : 6 / 0
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 1 / 0

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

Game History

Round: 16

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            7 artilleries and 17 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsi
            5 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            2 fighters moved from Anhwe to Manchuria
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Jehol
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Kansu to Shensi
            1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
            10 infantry placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 29 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Kwangsi : 1 artillery and 8 infantry
    Kiangsi : 7 artilleries and 17 infantry
    Jehol : 2 infantry
    Manchuria : 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 24 infantry
    Shensi : 2 artilleries and 11 infantry
    Yunnan : 7 infantry
    Anhwe : 6 artilleries and 2 infantry
    Burma : 5 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 69 / 100
    Russians : 17 / 19
    Japanese : 36 / 75
    Americans : 63 / 89
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 22 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 16 / 21
    Italians : 26 / 38
    ANZAC : 6 / 0
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 1 / 0

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

Game History

Round: 16

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

Combat Move - British
            1 mech_infantry moved from Afghanistan to Persia
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Saudi Arabia
                  British take Saudi Arabia from Germans
            3 fighters moved from Trans-Jordan to Persia

Combat - British
            British creates battle in territory 41 Sea Zone
            Battle in Persia
                British attack with 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Persia, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Persia
                British win, taking Persia from Germans with 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 aaGun, 2 armour, 4 artilleries, 14 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            3 fighters moved from Persia to West India
            1 infantry moved from Afghanistan to Kazakhstan
            1 mech_infantry moved from India to Afghanistan
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to West India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kenya to Egypt
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 86 Sea Zone to 68 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from West India to Afghanistan
            1 aaGun moved from West India to Afghanistan
            1 aaGun moved from West India to India
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to West India
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 mech_infantrys placed in India
            1 fighter placed in India
            1 infantry placed in French Indo China

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 39 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,6
            UK_Pacific collect 16 PUs; end with 16 PUs
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 21 PUs
            Units Change Ownership
                Some Units in India change ownership: 1 fighter and 2 mech_infantrys
                Some Units in French Indo China change ownership: 1 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -0.33
    British : -0.67

Territory Summary for British and UK_Pacific :

Siam : 1 flag
    Ceylon : 1 infantry
    Burma : 1 mech_infantry
    India : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 mech_infantrys
    Malaya : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Kwangtung : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Kazakhstan : 1 infantry
    French Indo China : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    West India : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Egypt : 1 aaGun, 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 14 infantry and 11 mech_infantrys
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Tobruk : 1 flag
    Ethiopia : 1 flag
    Russia : 4 fighters
    Afghanistan : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Mozambique : 1 flag
    Saudi Arabia : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Persia : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 mech_infantry
    68 Sea Zone : 1 transport

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 65 / 100
    Russians : 17 / 19
    Japanese : 36 / 75
    Americans : 63 / 89
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 26 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 16 / 21
    Italians : 26 / 38
    ANZAC : 6 / 0
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 1 / 0

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

Game History

Round: 16

Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
                  French take Trans-Jordan from Italians

Combat - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 fighter moved from Egypt to French Madagascar

Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Territory Summary for French :

Trans-Jordan : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Egypt : 1 infantry
    French Madagascar : 1 fighter

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 65 / 100
    Russians : 17 / 19
    Japanese : 34 / 75
    Americans : 63 / 89
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 21 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 16 / 21
    Italians : 30 / 43
    ANZAC : 8 / 0
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 1 / 0

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

Game History

Round: 17

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 armour moved from Russia to Smolensk
                  Russians take Smolensk from Germans
            1 armour moved from Smolensk to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Tambov
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Volgograd
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Volgograd
            1 infantry moved from Timguska to Evenkiyskiy
                  Russians take Evenkiyskiy from Japanese

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Tambov, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Tambov, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Tambov
                Russians win, taking Tambov from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Volgograd
                Russians attack with 2 fighters and 3 mech_infantrys
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 3 mech_infantrys
                    Russians roll dice for 2 fighters and 3 mech_infantrys in Volgograd, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 3 mech_infantrys in Volgograd, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                    2 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd
                    Russians roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd
                Russians win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 3 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 3 mech_infantrys

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 fighters moved from Volgograd to Russia
            1 fighter moved from Tambov to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            6 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 15 PUs; end with 16 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 1.33
    Russians : 0.67

Territory Summary for Russians :

India : 2 infantry
    Evenkiyskiy : 1 infantry
    Egypt : 1 mech_infantry
    Russia : 7 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 4 armour, 18 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters and 81 infantry
    Tambov : 1 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 69 / 91
    Russians : 15 / 16
    Japanese : 33 / 75
    Americans : 63 / 89
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 21 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 16 / 21
    Italians : 30 / 43
    ANZAC : 8 / 0
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 1 / 0

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My congratulations. Will post your win shortly.

Wow. Gratz rubi, great job.  Frankly, I thought the Allies were winning after Moscow held and Japan was on the decline. But the sea lion imo sealed the deal.

Well played by both. Always a pleasure to watch Me1945s crafty style with Allies.

Great Match, like any match vs the great ME. One of the best ever for sure, competitiveness and sportmanship at the highest. Winning a tournament has real value when the competitors have such a level. Any of both of you could have won.

And what to say about my padawan, absolutelly proud of Jose, amazing speed to reach this level with such a fantastic output.

Spain wins this final, soon another one to enjoy.

@JDOW:

Wow. Gratz rubi, great job.  Frankly, I thought the Allies were winning after Moscow held and Japan was on the decline. But the sea lion imo sealed the deal.

Well played by both. Always a pleasure to watch Me1945s crafty style with Allies.

My read too.

Now that the game is over, I was and remain confused by the neutral crush. There must be something I’m not seeing? I don’t think it cost Me1945 the game but I think it slowed the allied momentum that existed at that point.

I didn’t check the game now but if I recall correctly, the neutral crush was necessary open an escape route through Turkey for the units that have been accumulated at Greece?

But I might be totally wrong here.

@JDOW:

I didn’t check the game now but if I recall correctly, the neutral crush was necessary open an escape route through Turkey for the units that have been accumulated at Greece?

But I might be totally wrong here.

To pong the units from NW Persia back to Greece and buy another round. Hmm, a high price.

My read was the declaration on the neutrals was necessary to fly 4 extra fighters from India to Russia on Round 8, which reduced Germany’s G9 odds from pretty good to 50/50.  So it “worked” in the sense that Moscow never fell.

This (holding onto Moscow a few more turns) is probably the best possible justification for declaring on neutrals in a game where its usually suboptimal to do so.  It’s hard to say for sure if it was the right move–there’s a lot of factors to that need to be taken into account.  It would have been tough for Allies to win if Russia had fallen G9 but it’s also tough to win after declaring on neutrals, especially if USA doesn’t have the resources to open a new front in the Iberian Peninsula.

Congrats to Rubioton on the win and the title!

yep, that’s it Zhukov, thanks for clarifying!

So it was a difficult situation either way.

Yeah, when Rubi elaborated to put the pressure at the same time on Calc, Moscow and Greece, that was a key check to the king. When players are at so similar level, forcing a slight suboptimal decision can make the difference long term. Precisely because of that, I still believe that the apparently little step by that russian inf taking Korea first, helped a lot Japan long term, with a US factory there… Japan might not have resisted so long.

The only reason for opening neutrals was to bring air from India and thus save Moscow. Supporting Greec is just a side affect.
I am still confused why Axis didn’t pick up to guys in Switzerland? Same happened with my games with you. Any dislikes between Spain and Swiss? :-)