L24 OOB surfer (X) vs AndrewAAGamer (L+60) #1

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 8

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

Game History

Round: 8

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 bomber, 6 infantry and 6 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Sikang
              Japanese take Sikang from Chinese
        1 armour moved from Yunnan to Burma
              Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific
        1 armour moved from Burma to Yunnan
        2 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Siberia
              Japanese take Siberia from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Amur to Sakha
              Japanese take Sakha from Russians

    Combat - Japanese

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 transport moved from 5 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Amur
        2 infantry moved from Chahar to Jehol
        1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
        1 mech_infantry moved from Shantung to Hunan
        2 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Dutch New Guinea to 45 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 45 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        2 battleships, 6 carriers, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 6 fighters, 7 submarines and 5 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to 42 Sea Zone
        2 carriers, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to French Indo China
        3 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
        5 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
        5 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Korea
        2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 8 infantry moved from Anhwe to Shantung
        1 aaGun and 7 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
        2 bombers moved from French Indo China to Shantung
        1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 infantry placed in Shantung
        1 infantry placed in Japan
        1 bomber placed in Japan
        2 infantry placed in French Indo China
        1 submarine placed in 36 Sea Zone
        5 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 64 PUs; end with 64 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs

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@AndrewAAGamer So this is a strange game for me. The Allies haven’t really pressed the Japanese any until T8, but have built up naval forces steadily for a single push.
Normally the Japanese fleet would be more lethal and that kind of Allied strategy would lose, but I have had to dump a lot of resources into a land war in Asia…sounds like a movie line.

The German war is an expected problem. The Russians are holed up in Moscow, and I would be starving them except for the Communism NO. That’s a unique twist to OOB. But expected.

Based on your bid going to defend China and Russia, I was looking back to see what else was an option.

The Med? But Taranto raid really doesn’t allow the Italians to grow easily. I could have left S. France to the Germans to help with a build up. But then the T2 Brit naval buy put any thought of growth there to bed.

that leaves Sealion, but with reinforced Russia I don’t see how that works.

So I’m back to where I ended up. A slog fight in the East. I"m making some progress to getting monetary parity, but unless you lose a battle badly, I don’t see how I’ll make it.
I didn’t really expect to win, and my position is not hopeless, but everything is just a wall and the Axis presses are going to be easily countered.

@AndrewAAGamer Nope. Not worth it.

@AndrewAAGamer RE: in-game analysis. What would you suggest different?

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 8

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

Game History

Round: 8

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 destroyer and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Bulgaria
        1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Northern Italy

    Place Units - Italians
        1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry placed in Southern France

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 10
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,3,4,2,4,2,3,5,4,6,3,5,4,6,3,6,2,6
        Italians collect 10 PUs (10 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs

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@AndrewAAGamer said in L24 OOB surfer (X) vs AndrewAAGamer (L+60) #1:

Actually, I think you are playing quite well

Thanks. I’m at least trying.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 9

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

Game History

Round: 9

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 20 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to 97 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Novgorod to 97 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Caucasus
        1 armour moved from Volgograd to Samara
              Germans take Samara from Russians
        1 armour moved from Samara to Volgograd
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Vologda
              Germans take Vologda from Russians

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in 97 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber, 6 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers; Italians loiter and taunt
            British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 5 submarines
            5 submarines owned by the British submerged
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 6 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/10 hits, 5.67 expected hits

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.33

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@AndrewAAGamer OOL?

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 9

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

Game History

Round: 9

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 20 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to 97 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Novgorod to 97 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Caucasus
        1 armour moved from Volgograd to Samara
              Germans take Samara from Russians
        1 armour moved from Samara to Volgograd
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Vologda
              Germans take Vologda from Russians

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in 97 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber, 6 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers; Italians loiter and taunt
            British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 5 submarines
            5 submarines owned by the British submerged
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 6 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/10 hits, 5.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 fighters in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.17 expected hits
                4 fighters owned by the Germans lost in 97 Sea Zone
                3 destroyers owned by the British, 1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber owned by the Germans, 2 fighters owned by the Germans and 3 tactical_bombers owned by the Germans retreated
            British win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for Germans: 4 fighters
            Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers
        Battle in Caucasus
            Germans attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus
            Germans win, taking Caucasus from Russians with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            2 fighters owned by the British forced to land in Greece

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Bryansk
        2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
        2 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Tsinghai to Volgograd
        7 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Bryansk
        2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        7 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Smolensk
        2 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
        2 transports moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from Germany to 114 Sea Zone
        4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 114 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Novgorod
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Germany
        1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 97 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
        1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
        1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany
        1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Rostov

    Place Units - Germans
        3 infantry placed in Volgograd
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine
        3 infantry placed in Novgorod
        5 infantry placed in Germany
        1 fighter and 7 infantry placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,6
        Germans collect 50 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 50 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
        Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0.33
Germans regular : 0.50
British regular : 0.83

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 9

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

Game History

Round: 9

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 2 fighters, 9 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
              Japanese take Buryatia from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Siberia to 5 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 5 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to Aleutian Islands
        1 armour, 6 artilleries, 24 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in Aleutian Islands
        Battle in Burma
            Japanese attack with 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 24 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 24 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Burma, round 2 : 10/32 hits, 7.67 expected hits
                UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in Burma, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Burma
            Japanese win, taking Aleutian Islands from Americans, taking Burma from UK_Pacific with 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 24 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Buyant-Uhaa from Russians to Japanese
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 aaGun moved from Yunnan to Burma
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Hunan to Yunnan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Sikang to Yunnan
        2 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
        1 submarine moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 2 battleships, 8 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 11 fighters, 3 infantry, 8 submarines, 5 tactical_bombers and 2 transports moved from 42 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        3 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to French Indo China
        1 bomber moved from Japan to French Indo China
        2 bombers moved from Shantung to French Indo China
        5 infantry moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
        5 infantry and 3 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Shantung to 19 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 5 infantry and 3 transports moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        2 fighters moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        5 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
        1 infantry moved from Jehol to Buyant-Uhaa
        3 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
        1 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia
        1 infantry moved from Siberia to Amur

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 fighter and 9 infantry placed in Japan
        1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers placed in French Indo China
        Japanese undo move 2.
        1 fighter placed in French Indo China
        2 tactical_bombers placed in 36 Sea Zone
        Japanese undo move 3.
        1 tactical_bomber placed in 36 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber placed in French Indo China

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 65 PUs; end with 65 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 2.33
UK_Pacific regular : -0.33

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@AndrewAAGamer Ok, I forgot to take Buyant-Uhaa. If you deny it, then put the extra guy in Chahar.

I hope I did this right…Japan is on a knife edge.