PTV L21 Playoff - Ghostglider (axis+6) vs FlyingBadger

Can we change title to semifinal or should we make a new separate post for our game with correct game-title?

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 destroyer and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Greece to 99 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to 99 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Cyprus to 99 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Libya to 96 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Belarus Italians take Belarus from Russians 1 armour moved from Baltic States to Belarus Combat - Italians Battle in Malta Battle in 99 Sea Zone Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters British defend with 1 submarine Italians roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 99 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits British roll dice for 1 submarine in 99 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the British lost in 99 Sea Zone Italians win, taking Malta from British, taking 99 Sea Zone from British with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 1 submarine Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from 99 Sea Zone to Southern Italy 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany Place Units - Italians 1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in Southern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 15 PUs; end with 16 PUs Objective Italians 5 Control Convoy Lanes: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 19 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -1.00 British regular : -0.17

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@surfer said in L25 PTV surfer (X+12) vs Simon33 (L):

Does it seem like the game is having wild swings on the dice? Lots of fights where one side just doesn’t roll well. I guess it averaging out over all, but its making the game weird

I think that happens a lot.

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 airfield, 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 artillery moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France Americans take Southern France from Germans 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco 2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 8 submarines and 1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 marine moved from Solomon Islands to 50 Sea Zone 1 cruiser, 3 fighters, 1 marine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 50 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 55 Sea Zone to Queensland 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 51 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 64 Sea Zone to New South Wales 1 bomber moved from New Zealand to New South Wales 4 fighters moved from 31 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 55 Sea Zone to New South Wales Combat - Americans Battle in Gibraltar Battle in Morocco Battle in New South Wales Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in New South Wales, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 2.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in New South Wales, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in New South Wales Americans win, taking Gibraltar from Italians, taking Morocco from Germans, taking New South Wales from Japanese, taking Solomon Islands from Americans with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Battle in 55 Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 cruiser and 6 fighters Japanese defend with 1 destroyer Americans roll dice for 1 cruiser and 6 fighters in 55 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 55 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in 55 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 55 Sea Zone Americans win, taking 55 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 cruiser and 5 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2 Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer Battle in Queensland Non Combat Move - Americans 1 bomber moved from New South Wales to New Zealand 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from New South Wales to 64 Sea Zone 2 carriers moved from 50 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 55 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 31 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 carrier moved from 31 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Gilbert Islands to 33 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 marine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 27 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 2 fighters moved from 55 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 31 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 31 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 55 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 51 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 113 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux 2 infantry moved from Brazil to British Guiana Place Units - Americans 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 11 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Norway 2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Eastern United States Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 61 PUs; end with 61 PUs Trigger Americans 6 Western Europe Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 76 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 86 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Inner Mongolia to Honan 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Inner Mongolia to Chahar 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Inner Mongolia to Shansi 1 infantry moved from Hunan to Kwangtung Chinese take Kwangtung from Japanese 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Hunan to Kwangsi 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan EDIT: 1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 93 Sea Zone EDIT: 1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone EDIT: 1 carrier moved from 27 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone Combat - Chinese Japanese scrambles 3 units out of French Indo China to defend against the attack in Yunnan Battle in Kwangsi Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 artillery Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Kwangsi, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Kwangsi, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Kwangsi Chinese win, taking Kwangsi from Japanese with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery Battle in Chahar Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Chahar, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Chahar, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Chahar, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Chahar, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Chahar 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Chahar Chinese win, taking Chahar from Japanese with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Shansi Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Shansi, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shansi, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Shansi, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shansi, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Shansi, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shansi, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shansi Chinese win, taking Shansi from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Honan Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Honan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Honan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Honan Chinese win, taking Honan from Japanese with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Yunnan Chinese attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 3 fighters and 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 2.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 fighter owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan 2 fighters owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30 Casualties for Japanese: 3 fighters and 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma 5 infantry moved from Hunan to Kiangsi Place Units - Chinese 5 infantry placed in Kiangsi Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 20 PUs; end with 21 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 3 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany 1 armour moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Holland Belgium British take Holland Belgium from Germans 1 armour moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Algeria 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State 2 fighters moved from Hunan to Shan State 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Eastern India 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Persia to Eastern India 1 artillery moved from Burma to Eastern India 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Syria British take Syria from Germans 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan 2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 73 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 83 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Western Germany Combat - British Air Battle in Western Germany British attacks with 3 units heading to Western Germany Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets Strategic bombing raid in Western Germany Germans roll AA dice in Western Germany : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits 1 bomber owned by the British killed by AA in Western Germany Bombing raid in Western Germany causes 0 damage total. Battle in Algeria Battle in Eastern India British attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern India, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 2.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Eastern India, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Eastern India 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Eastern India British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern India, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 2.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Eastern India, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Eastern India 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Eastern India British win, taking Algeria from Italians, taking Eastern India from Japanese, taking Kwangtung from Chinese with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Battle in Shan State British attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 2 infantry British roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shan State British win, taking Shan State from Japanese with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Battle in Trans-Jordan British attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 cruiser in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits British roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Trans-Jordan British win, taking Trans-Jordan from Germans with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Cleaning up after air battles Non Combat Move - British 1 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Northwest Persia British take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Northeast Persia British take Northeast Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kenya to Egypt 3 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 infantry moved from Kenya to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1 aaGun, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux 2 fighters moved from Shan State to Burma 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern India to Burma Place Units - British 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa 3 artilleries placed in Egypt 3 infantry placed in Southern Persia 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 100 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,1,5,6,4,6,5 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 101 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3 British collect 35 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 35 PUs Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 38 PUs Turn Complete - UK_Pacific Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 40 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3,6,5,4,6,4,2,2 UK_Pacific collect 8 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 8 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 11 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 1.33 Americans regular : 0.83 Japanese regular : -2.67 Germans AA : 0.83 Germans regular : -0.33 British regular : -2.00

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@simon33

GG! This was an interesting one.

I’d like a re-match, but need a break for a few weeks. Will let you know.

@max334 If I understand, you won’t be able to play during that time?