L24 OOB Gamerman (X) v Stucifer (L+51) with Tech!

Killing Italy fleet fast is an excellent strategy, too bad you don’t get all that extra money from BM now
But I couldn’t even pick off an NO island like I did against Oysteilo

I gotta say, this is one heckuva Italian army going East. Loss of Italian fighter I1 was massive.

And the advantage of Greek Yugo and Greece is a lot of convoy protection.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 2

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

Game History

Round: 2

    Research Technology - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Iceland: 1 bomber
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Gibraltar: 1 bomber
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 fighter and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 unit repaired.
        1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to 96 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Syria

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Syria
        Battle in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/6 hits, 3.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 submarines in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                British roll dice for 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/8 hits, 3.50 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 2 cruisers owned by the Italians and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone
                2 destroyers owned by the British and 2 submarines owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber and 1 fighter in 98 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 98 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/6 hits, 2.83 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Italians and 1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the British and 1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
            1 bomber owned by the Italians retreated
            British win, taking Syria from French with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -20
            Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 98 Sea Zone: 1 cruiser and 2 destroyers
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Libya to 96 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Greece to Bulgaria
        1 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
        1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
        1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania
        1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Yugoslavia
        2 aaGuns and 3 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
        1 aaGun moved from France to Northern Italy
        1 armour moved from Greece to Romania

    Place Units - Italians
        1 fighter placed in Southern Italy
        2 mech_infantrys placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,4,3,6,2,6,4,6
        Italians collect 13 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 13 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Greece: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0.67
British regular : 0.33

Savegame

OK, figured it out between putting in tater tots and then shrimp. The other foot will fall on G3. I can’t let the 2 transports and carrier go, simple as that.

@Stucifer said in L24 OOB Gamerman (X) v Stucifer (L+51) with Tech!:

@gamerman01 Makes sense. 4 subs will on average convoy away 8 IPCs-6 to take out 12 if you have Yugo + Greece.

Italy normally has 8 and 4 subs would usually stop them all but not always.
Germany’s 4 would always be lost

So 4 subs takes away all 12 every turn usually
But with all 12 Italy, 4 subs take 8, and even 6 subs can’t surely take it all away, just more than 1/2 the time.
Other considerations, you mentioned German ability to build facilities on Greece.
Italy taking Greece, Germans don’t have to go down there and take it, they can get in Russia faster
But Yugo to Italy normally means some Yugo guys get to fire twice.

I didn’t explain it very well, but all Italy definitely means more money to the Axis every turn, and/or more Allied ships to stop it. It’s just painful to see some subs getting convoy damage 2X every round.

It’s down there a couple posts -
Couple hours ago

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 3

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

Game History

Round: 3

    Research Technology - Germans
        Germans spend 0 on tech rolls
            Germans roll 2,6,5 and gets 1 hit
        Germans removing all Technology Tokens after successful research.
        Germans discover Long Range Aircraft

    Activate Technology - Germans
        Germans activating Long Range Aircraft

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 3 fighters and 5 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Politics - Germans
        Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese
            Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Germans and Chinese from Neutrality to War

    Combat Move - Germans
        4 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
        1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
              Germans take Belarus from Russians
        1 armour moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
        1 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
              Germans take Novgorod from Russians
        2 bombers, 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 98 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Libya to 98 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Greece to 98 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone
        4 artilleries and 20 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
        2 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Bessarabia
        1 artillery moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

    Combat - Germans
        Germans creates battle in territory 114 Sea Zone
        Battle in Western Ukraine
            Germans attack with 5 artilleries and 20 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 5 artilleries and 20 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 5/25 hits, 5.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Western Ukraine
            Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 5 artilleries and 20 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Bessarabia
            Germans attack with 2 armour and 4 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour and 4 infantry in Bessarabia, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Bessarabia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Bessarabia
            Germans win, taking Bessarabia from Russians with 2 armour and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in 98 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports; French defend with 1 destroyer
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 7/10 hits, 6.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/8 hits, 3.50 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans and 2 tactical_bombers owned by the Germans lost in 98 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the French, 2 destroyers owned by the British, 2 cruisers owned by the British and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 98 Sea Zone, round 3 : 6/7 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 98 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans lost in 98 Sea Zone
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 2 transports owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 46
            Casualties for Germans: 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
            Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
            Casualties for French: 1 destroyer

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 bombers moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        1 armour moved from Greece to Romania
        2 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
        1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Novgorod
        1 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
        5 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
        1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 114 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
        3 aaGuns moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
        1 mech_infantry moved from France to Yugoslavia
        2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern France to Yugoslavia
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Poland
        1 mech_infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Germany
        1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
        1 aaGun moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Greece
        1 infantry moved from Germany to Western Germany
        1 aaGun and 9 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
        1 artillery moved from Southern France to France

    Place Units - Germans
        5 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
        3 fighters placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3
        Germans collect 48 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 48 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0.67
Germans regular : 2.33
British regular : 0.33

Savegame

That is music to my ears.
Finally (referring to all other games recently) my luck has returned

It’s pretty exciting to have my first tech in 12 years…

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Japanese round 3

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 3

    Research Technology - Japanese
        Japanese spend 0 on tech rolls
            Japanese rolls : 0/1 hits, 0.00 expected hits

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 1 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to 39 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
        1 armour moved from Soviet Far East to Amur
              Japanese take Siberia from Russians
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Caroline Islands to 45 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Anhwe to Ulaanbaatar
        1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Amur to Ulaanbaatar
        1 mech_infantry moved from Sakha to Ulaanbaatar
        1 armour moved from Chahar to Ulaanbaatar
              Japanese take Central Mongolia from Russians
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Kwangsi to Ulaanbaatar
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to Ceylon
        1 artillery moved from 39 Sea Zone to Ceylon
        1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 43 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Kwangsi to 41 Sea Zone

    Combat - Japanese

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese rolls : 0.00

Savegame

Your fighter on India is holding up the action!

Does it scramble to 39?