CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 9

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 5.1.0

Game History

Round: 9

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 airfield, 1 artillery and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 artillery, 1 bomber and 4 infantry moved from Iraq to Southern Persia
        11 artilleries and 12 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Southern Persia
        4 infantry moved from Egypt to 100 Sea Zone
        4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 100 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Egypt to Southern Persia
        4 infantry moved from 82 Sea Zone to Southern Persia

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Southern Persia
            Italians attack with 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 20 infantry
            British defend with 3 aaGuns, 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 14 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British roll AA dice in Southern Persia : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 20 infantry in Southern Persia, round 2 : 9/34 hits, 10,33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 3 aaGuns, 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 14 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Southern Persia, round 2 : 9/24 hits, 8,50 expected hits
                3 aaGuns owned by the British, 6 infantry owned by the British and 9 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Southern Persia
                Italians roll dice for 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 11 infantry in Southern Persia, round 3 : 12/25 hits, 8,67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 8 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Southern Persia, round 3 : 6/18 hits, 6,50 expected hits
                4 artilleries owned by the British, 8 infantry owned by the British and 6 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Southern Persia
                Italians roll dice for 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 5 infantry in Southern Persia, round 4 : 5/19 hits, 6,67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 armour, 3 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry in Southern Persia, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 2,50 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the British, 3 artilleries owned by the British, 3 infantry owned by the Italians and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Southern Persia
                Italians roll dice for 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Southern Persia, round 5 : 5/16 hits, 5,67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour in Southern Persia, round 5 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Italians and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Southern Persia
            Italians win, taking Southern Persia from British with 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 45
            Casualties for Italians: 19 infantry
            Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 2 armour, 7 artilleries, 14 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Southern Persia to Iraq
        1 aaGun moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
        1 destroyer moved from 100 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 97 Sea Zone to Iraq
        1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Egypt
        2 armour moved from Romania to Northern Italy
        1 bomber moved from Iraq to Egypt

    Place Units - Italians
        1 airfield placed in Iraq
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Egypt
        2 infantry placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs
        Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 26 PUs
        Objective Italians 5 Control Convoy Lanes: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 29 PUs
        Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0,33
British AA : -0,33
British regular : 1,00

Savegame

@wizmark

Not entirely happy with the result in S. Persia, could have been better, but could also have been worse. I assumed that the OOL was not a problem.

@wizmark said in CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV:

@cds :disappointed: didnt even occur to me you would attack tbh…not that those troops could have gone anywhere else…but i would have blocked the amphib if id have thought about it…oh well!

It was too good of a opportunity to not do it… I needed that force out of the way, it was to dangerous having it around… The middle east has seen the most action so far :)

Still waiting for my nightmare to come true, but so far I managed to avoid it I guess…

@wizmark said in CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV:

@cds ME is very important…and you are are winning there!

If your plan is psychological warfare then it is working! I cant see anything earthshattering at all…

Lol, I instructed Joseph Goebels to fill the airwaves with propaganda ;) But seriously I always see/think about what my opponent could do, I am afraid of what might/could happen sometimes… Still reacting, not acting at times…

@wizmark

Forgot to kill the transport in sz96, is it oke if I edit this? I wanted to do so, but it slipped my mind and already pressed the done button for combat.

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 10

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 5.1.0

Game History

Round: 10

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 2 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 12 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        2 tactical_bombers moved from France to 113 Sea Zone
        2 tactical_bombers moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Leningrad
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Finland to Leningrad
        2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Northern Belarus
        5 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Northern Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Kursk
              Germans take Kursk from Russians
        8 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
        7 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
        2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
        1 fighter moved from France to 97 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 destroyer moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Leningrad
            Germans attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Russians defend with 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Leningrad, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1,50 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Leningrad, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Leningrad
            Germans win, taking Leningrad from Russians with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in 113 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 4 tactical_bombers in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2,33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 113 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 113 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 tactical_bombers moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 armour moved from Karelia to Vyborg
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus

    Place Units - Germans
        1 fighter placed in Western Germany
        1 destroyer and 2 transports placed in 115 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in Germany
        2 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux
        2 infantry placed in France
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 96 Sea Zone: 1 transport
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 108 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4
        Germans collect 53 PUs; end with 53 PUs
        Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs
        Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 69 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0,17
Russians regular : -0,33
Germans regular : -1,17

Savegame

@wizmark

I edited the transport in sz96, I had the planes ready to kill it in S. Italy. Hope you dont mind.

@wizmark

Well now I am with Japan, this will not be a easy turn :) So dont wait up ;)

@wizmark said in CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV:

@cds An interesting game! I dont know if you are working to a master plan or just reacting turn by turn.
I cant see a pac vc win for axis atm…chinese/russian forces in kiangsu seem to preclude this…and a euro vc win seems a way off due to an unexpectedly strong russia. A late game sealion could be an option with the strong german navy, but that would be signaled with a big tt build allowing the allies to respond.

We started playing our game in a phase where I wasnt really familiar with the ins and outs of PtV, thats why its a pretty open game, where both sides are almost equal (slightly in favour of Allies)… But I dont give up easy, the lessons I learn here can be usefull in other games Ill be playing in the future… The chinese/russian forces in Kiangsu are a nuisance to say the least, but I am not really worried about that at the moment… The problem with PtV is that I havent found a master plan yet… Altough I am pretty close with it in Pacific, the Europe theatre is still a mystery to me… I can say for sure that if we would start a new game now, it will look totally different then this game ;)

@wizmark said in CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV:

@cds I read somewhere that all (Ha!) the allies have to do to win is deny axis the last vc in either theatre and eventually the critical mass will give the allies a breakthrough somewhere so in that regard I am doing ok…but as to forcing you to concede…man thats going to be an uphill fight!

Retired Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard, a paratroop officer who suggested the famously defiant answer “Nuts!” to a German demand for surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge

Concede are you Nuts ;)

@wizmark said in CDS (X) vs Wiz (L) PTV:

@cds lol certainly not yet! You still have the overall initiative and i am being forced to respond…especially in n africa and ME…but G seems bogged down in N russia and the J and US navy are playing cat and mouse with no advantage really being gained…all delay that helps the allies more than axis due to US being able to dedicate all forces outwards…no home garrisons are needed as of yet

Yeah, I need to send my Italian forces up the underbelly (CAU) of Russia in order to treathen the Russian bear a little bit…

The real problem with Pacific is the layout of the Islands, seeing you can attack most of them from multiple seazones… Plus the scramble option is also very tricky… I definitely need a good plan for the coming turns or I can kiss all my hard work goodbye…