Tutor game: AndrewAAGamer (X) vs trulpen [and everyone else] (A+50) OOB

@trulpen depending exactly on how Italy tries to help out, there is about a 60% chance of capturing Moscow. Many of those statistical victories are Pyrrhic with too few ground units to continue protecting the Eastern Front from a UK counter-push. I would give him about a 30% chance to win Moscow and still have 10-20 tanks left to continue expansion towards the Middle East.

G9 is his most likely moment to capture Moscow until perhaps G14. I see a continued growth in allied defenses there as Russia adds another 10 infantry/turn and UK+USA can probably get another 4 fighters there / round. There is no way that Germany can devote another 32 attack points/round of additional forces there while trading off units in Scandinavia, the Balkans, and the Caucuses.

Hence his only choices for victory is a G9 desperation assault or a long-game economic win. In such a case the fastest way to gain income would be recapturing Scandinavia, capturing and holding Caucuses, and conquering China. The trifecta is likely required if he wants to make progress in unit value.

Germany’s odds on G9 if they go all in are 39%. The Italians get 2-3 hits on average in a suicidal attack, and that only pushes the odds to 50% or a little better. I don’t think that is worth the risk. A loss is game ending, and in the event of a win, the effort opens up the rest of Europe to the Allies. But still, we should have been considering the possibility of the Italians going in first.

Italy 7: Is my capitol safe? Yes. The US has a 6 infantry, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 bomber attack plus a cruiser bombard followed by a UK 2 infantry, 1 artillery, 1 armor, 7 fighters and 1 tactical bomber attack plus a 3 cruiser and battleship bombard. Luckily UK has a lot of planes but not a lot of ground troops and US has a lot of ground troops but not a lot of planes. So realistically Italy has enough to hold already since I doubt the Allies would squander their Allied air force just to take out Rome. Even with no reinforcements and an all-out US sacrifice the Allies have about a 60% chance of taking it. Why do that when Italy is already out of the game? So, I can use my two planes elsewhere if I want and still be safe with a new build. The main problem is anything in Northern Italy is dead so can only build 3 units. That will not be a problem next Turn since Italy is going to be broke anyway so may save some money.

So, what to do? The Italian fleet is dead therefore do I attack SZ92 to get the most bang for my buck? 31% chance but I lose both planes and on average kill 5 units. That means most likely, SS, 2 DD, CA, CV with both fighters and both transports surviving. But without that I probably kill just a couple of subs when he attacks me. So, is it worth a fighter and a bomber to on average kill $50 instead of $12 with the hope of the lucky 30% winner take all? Maybe…

Greece is the only other target. A mere 13% chance there and most likely I am not even killing a plane. Since Germany has no ground troops nearby even a strafe is useless especially since the French are going to land 2 infantry there after the Italian attack. And with no Italians there the Allies will break out. Nope – not Greece.

So SZ92 or nothing. If I do nothing can I hold Bulgaria? Probably. US has no real attack and the UK attack is again mostly planes. So, if I hold Bulgaria then that minimizes the southern threat. That is good but then I lose the Italian fleet on the cheap. So, the comparison is try and kill a few more ships on the sea that I have already lost or try and protect land that I still own. Protecting land seems the better way to go. Bye-bye Italian Navy.

In Northern Africa make sure the Allies do not clear off the Italian ground troops so Russia can claim Tobruk and Libya. Already Russia is getting too much money from Africa. Italy did not do their job this game. Got too cocky early on with all that money and did not protect its territories the way it should have. Costing the Axis now. Bad, bad Italy.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians

    Combat - Italians

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        8 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Bulgaria
        1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        1 aaGun moved from Southern France to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 infantry moved from Southern France to Normandy Bordeaux
        3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
        1 battleship and 1 submarine moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Italians
        2 fighters placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 10
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,5,6,4,4,3,4,6,5,4,5,3,2,6,6,4,1,4,6,6,2
        Italians collect 8 PUs (10 lost to blockades); end with 8 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in 42 Sea Zone
            ANZAC attack with 1 submarine
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 42 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 submarine in 42 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
            ANZAC win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        2 submarines moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
        1 artillery moved from New South Wales to South Australia
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 62 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 15 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 fighter moved from Eastern Persia to 79 Sea Zone

    Combat - French
        Battle in 79 Sea Zone
            French attack with 1 fighter
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 79 Sea Zone
            French win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 fighter moved from 79 Sea Zone to Persia
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
        1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Greece

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : -0,33

Savegame

@trulpenplay Do you want to take some of those ANZAC fighters off of the US carrier? At some point you might want the additional offensive power of having the USA fighters.

Also, do you want to grab Celebes this round? It seems worth it to exchange equal value of ANZAC and Japan.

Perhaps a few ANZAC fighters in Queensland can be used to take out Japanese destroyer which is used to kill your sub.

My only suggestion would be to change the buy to include a transport for ANZAC. Maybe 2 SS + tran or tran+inf+ftr. It keeps pressure on J to defend DEI plus whatever else the Caroline group wants to attack.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in 42 Sea Zone
            ANZAC attack with 1 submarine
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 42 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 submarine in 42 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
            ANZAC win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        2 submarines moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
        1 artillery moved from New South Wales to South Australia
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 62 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 15 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 fighter moved from Eastern Persia to 79 Sea Zone

    Combat - French
        Battle in 79 Sea Zone
            French attack with 1 fighter
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 79 Sea Zone
            French win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 fighter moved from 79 Sea Zone to Persia
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
        1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Greece

    Turn Complete - French
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 62 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 62 Sea Zone: 1 transport
        EDIT: Changing PUs for ANZAC from 15 to 16
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from South Australia: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to Queensland: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from New South Wales: 1 mech_infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to Queensland: 1 mech_infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : -0,33

Savegame

So is this game dead, or hibernating for the winter?

It’s a pity that it stopped.

Would it be possible to make another one? BM3 or maybe on PTV?