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TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 5

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

Game History

Round: 5 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 95 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 98 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Germans buy 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Iceland to 123 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 123 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to Scotland 3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 2 bombers moved from Germany to Belarus 19 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 11 artilleries moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine Combat - Germans Battle in Scotland Battle in Ukraine Germans attack with 11 artilleries and 20 infantry Russians defend with 1 artillery and 1 factory_minor Germans roll dice for 11 artilleries and 20 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 10/31 hits, 8.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Ukraine, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine Germans win, taking Scotland from British, taking Ukraine from Russians with 11 artilleries and 20 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery Battle in Belarus Germans attack with 2 bombers and 3 infantry Russians defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 3 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Belarus 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Belarus Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 2 infantry in Belarus, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Belarus, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Belarus Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 2 bombers and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 bomber moved from Belarus to Germany 1 bomber moved from Belarus to Germany 7 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Germany to Poland 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium 2 aaGuns moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Archangel 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel 1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Archangel 3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States 1 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod 10 armour and 17 mech_infantrys moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 1 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 123 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Morocco Place Units - Germans 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Novgorod 1 bomber and 2 fighters placed in Western Germany 3 submarines placed in 110 Sea Zone Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 98 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 95 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0.33 Germans regular : -0.33

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@BobbaRossa

Why not, let’s go full scramble, max D

Oof, 112 went hard in my favor :(.

No worries. I don’t see a way forward for the Axis. Well played!

Good luck in the finals!

Good game! The dice were definitely not your friend this time around :(. That early med was wild.

@Booper Yeah I think I’ll call a forfeit, and we could swap sides soon, perhaps after my other game finishes, I’m quite busy as of late. I wonder how much of a difference it would have made if instead of attack your fleet with all my German airforce if I flew them to the middle east to support Italy instead. I chose the fleet to set you back but it probably did the opposite and it forced me to withdraw Italy and allowed you to make Persia untakeable.

Thanks for the game, was fun.

@aequitas-et-veritas

I promised next game to another player once I wrap up another game or 2. Will check in with you later when I have some more availability.

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 12

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

Game History

Round: 12 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 5 artilleries and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Nenetsia to Archangel 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Archangel 1 armour moved from Bryansk to Novgorod Russians take Belarus from Germans Russians take Novgorod from Germans 1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Caucasus 1 artillery moved from Tambov to Volgograd 1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Volgograd 2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov 2 fighters moved from Bryansk to Rostov 1 artillery moved from Bryansk to Rostov 1 artillery moved from Tambov to Bryansk 1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk 1 armour moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine Russians take Western Ukraine from Italians 1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Bryansk 1 artillery moved from Urals to Vologda Combat - Russians Battle in Caucasus Russians attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Caucasus, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Caucasus 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Caucasus Russians win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry Battle in Volgograd Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 mech_infantry Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd Russians win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry Battle in Rostov Russians attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 2 infantry Italians defend with 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Russians roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Rostov, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Rostov, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Rostov Russians win, taking Rostov from Italians with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Battle in Archangel Russians attack with 2 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys Germans defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Archangel, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Archangel Russians roll dice for 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys in Archangel, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Archangel, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys in Archangel, round 4 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Archangel, round 4 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys in Archangel, round 5 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Archangel, round 5 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Archangel Russians roll dice for 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 6 : 2/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Archangel, round 6 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Archangel Russians win, taking Archangel from Germans with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Bryansk 2 fighters moved from Rostov to Bryansk 1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Bryansk to Belarus Place Units - Russians 5 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0.67 Germans regular : -1.00 Russians regular : -1.50

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@simon33

Thx, enjoyed the game!

@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.

@simon33

Right, I was not a believer in leaving Normandy French, until it was forced upon me due to an extremely poor G1 round. Definitely helps Germany defend the Atlantic assault.

Had not looked at your re-balance before, but looks interesting. I’m not too experienced playing BM, but that would certainly give Germany a strong incentive to do Vichy or at least take it for the early income.

@peirce

Just over a month, hope all is well

@peirce

Good game! Was a fun one.

@Booper GG as well. It was a lot of fun and certainly could have gone either way.

@koala

Thank you for the game! You played very well, and kept it competitive throughout. Even at the end, I was concerned about a blunder on the Europe a side, so just played conservatively and turtled up in Berlin.

A few thoughts from my side:

Not taking the Philippines on J1 was more due to my inexperience playing Axis, and wanting more margin on the other battles. Probably I would not do it again that way.

Agree the Persia (and Iraq) factories could have been helpful earlier on. Either to supply Moscow with fighters or to help bolster India.

Surprising how the blundering of 2 transports is really felt later in the game. I made a similar blunder in a recent game, and I also felt it turned out to be a pivotal mistake that led to me losing that game. You had Italy in a lot of financial distress due to the sub convoying.

I was not surprised you went for Tokyo, but I was surprised you went for it after not taking Korea with Russia so you could bring in the extra bomber. I adjusted my Japan fleet movement to go to Philippines assuming you would NOT go for it with odds I believe ever so slightly in my favor. Once you committed, I think it would have been worthwhile for you to go all the way. If you could not take it with US, Anzac would have a follow up attempt as well. The loss of income to Japan would have been felt, and could have been interesting to see what Anzac would do with 60+ extra income!

I do feel this was a mistake made on my part by (a) not taking Guam much earlier, and (b) getting too greedy trying to deny China access to artillery by holding Yunnan with help from Japanese planes. If I had left the planes on FIC with the airbase, just flying back a few fighters to Tokyo would have made the threat there manageable. You picked the exact right time to strike!

Once you took Rome, it became a strong base of operations for UK and US. I’ve usually gone north to break into Europe with the Allies, but taking Rome was very effective, especially with the bomber fleet.

It’s possible you may have been able to defend India if you were less aggressive attacking Germany/Italy. I never ran the scenario, but landing the Russian planes, all the British planes that were in Rome, and the US bombers could have enabled India to survive at least a couple extra turns, though not positive on that.

Overall, very well played, and enjoyed the game, thank you!

@Booper Sorry it went down like that. Lord knows I have had plenty of games just fall apart on me. My Japan was an example of that just happens you took it worse off than me. Appreciate the play look forward to future play.

@Booper Well played!

@MrRoboto

Bump #4

Will claim due to inactivity

@gamerman01

Nope, that’s the one. Dawg was a 75% favorite to win that battle. With the complete blank on the first round, things really started poorly. He only hits 2 in the 2nd round. What really hurts is that 3rd round, where Germany hits 5/6, to take out Russia’s entire air force. Germany wins that one, losing only 3 mechs. Russia scores only 3 hits the entire 3 rounds, despite having 5 @3 and 1 @4 for much of that battle.

Yeah, the bomber run on US1 really surprised me. I thought there was a problem in the game file, as UK only had to deal with 2 subs, until I went back and looked at the finer details!

Dawg had some bad luck with AA fire. I’m in a current game, and think I’ve been subjected to ~15 bombing runs against me, and 0 AA hits!

@booper Lets do it. I’ll take Allies for the same bid. I started a new thread.
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/39862/l23-oob-al3xanderthegr8-l-38-vs-booper-x-game-2

@mike64

Thank you Mike, enjoyed the game - I think it would have taken several more turns to be decisive, as USA still had a lot of firepower, but with Axis gaining the income advantage, it may have been just a matter of time. I had never played against Gibastion or KJF before, so was cool to see the strats in action.

@taamvan Thx! But yeah, I am trying to keep the cost to a minimum.