MrRoboto (Allies) vs Simon33 (Axis) BM3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 5

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 17 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
            1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
            2 submarines moved from 33 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Iwo Jima
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Iwo Jima, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1,17 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Iwo Jima, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Iwo Jima
                ANZAC win, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 45 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 2 submarines
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                    ANZAC roll dice for 2 submarines in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 45 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese and 1 submarine owned by the ANZAC lost in 45 Sea Zone
                ANZAC win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 submarine
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 transport moved from 62 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
            1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 33 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Iwo Jima to 6 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 11 PUs; end with 11 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 14 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 17 PUs

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Greece

Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : 0,17
    Japanese : 0,33

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My tactics with the Siberian Army:

I can’t stack Amur in R1, because Japan will just wipe it. So I stack it in Buryatia. I will move it to Amur in R2, most of the time - depending on the Japanese movement.

The idea is, that in J2 Japan has to stretch the army to defend Manchuria/Korea. This means that China and UK do not need to fight the massive amount of Infantry, but a much smaller portion of it. This is especially true in the turn Japan declares war, because they need a lot of Infantry to take over all of the Islands, Malaya, Kwantung and so on.

I’m more interested on binding Japanese troops to defend Manchuria and keeping them from other, more important areas, than actually taking Manchuria/Korea.
But if Japan just doesn’t defend and goes south with everything - well you can see how painful it is to lose those 6 IPC each turn.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 6

Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland
                  Russians take Eastern Poland from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
                  Russians take Bessarabia from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Kazakhstan
                  Russians take Kazakhstan from Italians
            1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
                  Russians take Caucasus from Italians
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Karelia to Norway
            17 infantry moved from Manchuria to Amur

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 artilleries, 9 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Norway
                Russians attack with 2 mech_infantrys
                Germans defend with 1 artillery
                    Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Norway, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Norway, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Norway, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Norway, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Norway, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Norway, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Norway
                Russians win, taking Norway from Germans with 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery
            Battle in Amur
                Russians attack with 17 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 17 infantry in Amur, round 2 : 2/17 hits, 2,83 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Amur, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Amur
                Russians win, taking Amur from Japanese with 16 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 aaGuns moved from Manchuria to Amur
            1 infantry moved from Samara to Novosibirsk
            2 infantry moved from Samara to Russia
            1 artillery moved from Volgograd to Tambov
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk
            1 armour moved from Archangel to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            1 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Bryansk

Place Units - Russians
            4 artilleries and 6 infantry placed in Russia
            3 infantry placed in Ukraine
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 40 PUs; end with 40 PUs
            Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 43 PUs
            Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 45 PUs
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 47 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 53 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 0,00
    Russians : -0,83
    Japanese : 0,33

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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3 with Combat Move First, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 6

Combat Move - Americans
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 armour moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
                  British take Alexandria from Italians
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 21 Sea Zone to Guam
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to Aleutian Islands
            1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 4 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Americans
            Americans creates battle in territory 6 Sea Zone
            Battle in Guam
            Battle in 8 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 fighter and 1 transport
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 8 Sea Zone
                Americans win, taking Guam from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in Aleutian Islands
                Americans attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Aleutian Islands
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Aleutian Islands
                Americans win, taking Aleutian Islands from Japanese with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Americans attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Americans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Germans with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - Americans
            3 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 102 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Gibraltar to United Kingdom
            2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 4 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 3 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from 91 Sea Zone to Morocco
            1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 2 submarines and 3 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 8 Sea Zone to Alaska

Place Units - Americans
            3 submarines placed in 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 fighters and 3 infantry placed in Western United States
            1 carrier, 1 submarine and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 57 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
            Trigger Americans 6 Western Europe Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 77 PUs
            Objective Americans 8 Pacific Airfields: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 82 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 87 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 92 PUs

Combat Move - Chinese
            3 infantry moved from Kansu to Shensi

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: 1 PUs;

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Shensi
                Chinese attack with 3 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Shensi, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shensi, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Shensi
                    Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Shensi, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shensi, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shensi
                Chinese win, taking Shensi from Japanese with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 6 PUs; end with 7 PUs

Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from Egypt to 81 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 81 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Crete to 99 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Greece to Albania
                  British take Albania from Italians
            1 armour moved from Greece to Bulgaria
                  British take Bulgaria from Germans
            1 armour moved from Bulgaria to Romania
                  British take Romania from Germans
            1 infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Sicily
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Cyprus
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 95 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 95 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 99 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 artillery moved from Iraq to Syria
                  British take Syria from Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Sicily

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific repair damage of 4x factory_major; Remaining resources: 10 PUs;
            UK_Pacific buy 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - British
            Battle in Sicily
            Battle in Malta
                British attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians defend with 1 marine
                    British roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Malta, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 marine in Malta, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 marine owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Malta
                British win, taking Sicily from Italians, taking Malta from Italians with 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 marine
            Battle in Cyprus
                British attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Cyprus, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Cyprus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Cyprus, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Cyprus, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Cyprus
                British win, taking Cyprus from Italians with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 battleship, 1 carrier and 2 cruisers moved from 81 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 95 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 99 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 bomber, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Persia to India
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
            3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt

Place Units - British
            1 factory_minor placed in Iraq
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Persia
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
            1 transport placed in 110 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 41 PUs; end with 41 PUs
            Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 44 PUs
            Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 47 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 50 PUs
            Objective British 2 Southern Europe Beach Head: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 53 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 39 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,1
            UK_Pacific collect 5 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 5 PUs
            Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 8 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -0,67
    British : -0,17
    Italians : 0,00
    Americans : -0,67
    Chinese : -0,33
    Japanese : 0,33

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I agree.

The only upside is, that your Japanese fleet is in a really good position. You lack transports to do anything meaningful, though.

My Beachhead in France isn’t very strong. But since I have another beachhead in Greece and you’d also need to take Norway, your troops are super stretched. I don’t think there is a way for you to win.

Shall we play another?