Forgot to mention that I played the battle through to the end of round 2 in the event that you want the hit assigned to the A/C.
If you decide to take the hit on the tact bomber then I’ll roll an additional dice for the A/C in round 2 before continuing the battle. (The tact bomber missed anyway so it won’t effect the battle).
Might have made an error here so wanted to check with you for OOL.
I attacked SZ26 with 1 Battleship and 3 subs. You’re defending with an A/C, I tact bomb and 1 fighter.
1st round of attack:
US:
3 subs all missed.
Battleship hit for 1. This is where I think I got it wrong. TripleA assigned the hit to the A/C. However after I clicked it I realised that if you take the damage on the A/C then your planes have nowhere to land and are doomed regardless of the result.
Would you prefer I put the hit onto the tact bomber?
Keep him in the battle. I’ll need the fodder.
Yeah, scramble both of the fighters. They’re doomed but I think it’ll be a better net result for me with them there.
I once again didn’t consider the possibilty of you bringing in units from Japan. It just seems so far away that I never consider it.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 4
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;
Combat Move - Russians
1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
1 fighter moved from Smolensk to Western Ukraine
1 fighter moved from Russia to Western Ukraine
Combat - Russians
Battle in Western Ukraine
Russians attack with 2 fighters and 1 infantry
Germans defend with 1 infantry
Russians win, taking Western Ukraine from Germans with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
Non Combat Move - Russians
2 fighters moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
1 infantry moved from Tambov to Russia
2 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 22 infantry moved from Bryansk to Russia
8 infantry moved from Smolensk to Russia
2 aaGuns and 18 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur
1 infantry moved from Tambov to Rostov
Place Units - Russians
10 infantry placed in Russia
Turn Complete - Russians
Russians collect 28 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Combat Move - French
Non Combat Move - French
1 destroyer moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
Turn Complete - French
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Purchase Units - ANZAC
ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;
Combat Move - ANZAC
1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea
ANZAC take Dutch New Guinea from Dutch
1 artillery moved from New Guinea to 46 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
Combat - ANZAC
Battle in Java
Non Combat Move - ANZAC
1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland
Place Units - ANZAC
3 infantry placed in New South Wales
Turn Complete - ANZAC
ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 18 PUs total
Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs
Fwiw; that wasn’t meant to be a trap. I played the UK turn about 4 hours after I did the US and had forgotten they were there. Nothing I write here will be a deliberate attempt to mislead.
Regarding Gibraltor; I ran the attack through the tripleA battle sim with 20,000 iterations and it was apparently an 86% chance to be successful. So even with all of the units attacking on a 1 I still should have won it. However, now that I might not lose those ships I’m not so annoyed at it all.
Well, that was an interesting turn.
Firstly, if you want to roll some dice in the forum for the Caroline Islands then feel free to and then we can edit the results in before Japan’s next turn. You listed the attack in your original post so it’s clear you just missed it when transferring across.
I think the loss of the US fleet is going to seal the fate in the pacific. If I had taken a lot of your ships down with me then maybe it wouldn’t be over but it was so one sided that I’m not sure how the US is meant to get back into it.
I thought I might still have a hope in Europe though until the dice did what they did in Gibraltar. 3 inf and a mech inf with 1 bombard Vs 1inf and 1art. I recommend having a look at the rolls. Wowee they were bad. The loss of the units is not so bad, however the plan was to take Gibraltor which would close the straits for Italy’s turn. However after losing my UK ships are sitting there ripe for the picking.
And in case you’re wondering why I sent a fighter, tact bomber and strat bomber all to a single transport; I forgot you couldn’t scramble without an airfield.
In good news I’m learning a fair bit from this game, however the bad news is that you are giving me an absolute thrashing.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Purchase Units - British
British buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;
Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
UK_Pacific buy 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - British
3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
1 cruiser, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
3 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to Iraq
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to 96 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to 96 Sea Zone
Combat - British
Battle in 96 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
Italians defend with 1 transport
British win with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
Battle in Gibraltar
British attack with 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Italians defend with 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
Italians win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -10
Casualties for British: 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
Battle in Iraq
British attack with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry
British win, taking Iraq from Neutral_Axis with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
Casualties for Neutral_Axis: 3 infantry
Casualties for British: 1 infantry
Non Combat Move - British
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Iraq to Egypt
1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Egypt
1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 2 transports moved from 79 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
1 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Tanganyika Territory
2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
1 artillery moved from Kenya to Ethiopia
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
Place Units - British
1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom
1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 81 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - British
Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4
British collect 33 PUs; end with 34 PUs total
Place Units - UK_Pacific
1 submarine placed in 39 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
UK_Pacific collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total
Some Units in 39 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 submarine
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Purchase Units - Chinese
Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
Chinese buy 1 artillery and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Chinese
Place Units - Chinese
1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Yunnan
Turn Complete - Chinese
Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total
Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 13 PUs
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 2 armour, 1 battleship, 2 infantry, 3 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Americans
Non Combat Move - Americans
1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 submarines and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 102 Sea Zone
2 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
2 armour, 1 carrier, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 3 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
2 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
4 destroyers moved from 25 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
Place Units - Americans
1 battleship, 3 submarines and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone
2 armour and 2 infantry placed in Western United States
Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 50 PUs; end with 50 PUs total
Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs
It’s probably not going to make much of a difference really and really depends on what type of hits you get in the first round. But keep him until after the cruisers are gone.
I had seen most of this but clearly missed the additional fighters coming in from Japan that swung it from a (close to) even fight to heavily in your favour.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 3
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians buy 1 fighter and 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;
Combat Move - Russians
1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
Combat - Russians
Non Combat Move - Russians
1 fighter and 8 infantry moved from Archangel to Smolensk
2 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov
2 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Sikang to Szechwan
Place Units - Russians
1 fighter and 9 infantry placed in Russia
Turn Complete - Russians
Russians collect 31 PUs; end with 34 PUs total
Submerge SZ125.
I’ll take a chance in SZ113 considering there is a destroyer turning up soon.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 2
Combat Move - French
1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
Combat - French
Battle in Libya
French attack with 1 infantry
Italians defend with 2 fighters
Italians win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
Casualties for French: 1 infantry
Non Combat Move - French
1 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia
1 infantry moved from French Central Africa to French Equatorial Africa
1 destroyer moved from 78 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - French
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 2
Purchase Units - ANZAC
ANZAC buy 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;
Combat Move - ANZAC
1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
Non Combat Move - ANZAC
1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 54 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 46 Sea Zone to New Guinea
1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
Place Units - ANZAC
1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 infantry placed in New South Wales
Turn Complete - ANZAC
ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 13 PUs total
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 2
Purchase Units - British
British buy 1 cruiser, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;
Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
UK_Pacific buy 2 artilleries and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - British
3 infantry moved from Shan State to Yunnan
1 fighter moved from India to Yunnan
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from British Somaliland to Kenya
Combat - British
Battle in Kenya
British attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Italians defend with 1 infantry
British win, taking Kenya from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
Battle in Yunnan
British attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry
Japanese defend with 1 infantry
British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
Casualties for British: 2 infantry
Non Combat Move - British
1 fighter moved from Yunnan to India
1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
British take Persia from Neutral_Allies
1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kenya to Egypt
1 artillery moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
1 bomber moved from French Central Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 1 transport moved from 76 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 79 Sea Zone
Place Units - British
1 cruiser, 1 submarine and 2 transports placed in 110 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - British
British collect 31 PUs; end with 33 PUs total
Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 38 PUs
Place Units - UK_Pacific
2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in India
Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5,2,3
UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs total
Some Units in India change ownership: 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9
Game History
Round: 2
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: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Chinese
4 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Hopei
1 fighter moved from Shensi to Hopei
Combat - Chinese
Battle in Hopei
Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 4 infantry
Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
Chinese win, taking Hopei from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry
Non Combat Move - Chinese
1 fighter moved from Hopei to Szechwan
Place Units - Chinese
1 infantry placed in Suiyuyan
4 infantry placed in Szechwan
Turn Complete - Chinese
Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total