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Game History

Round :1

Combat Move - British
1 fighter moved from Scotland to 111 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 111 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 96 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Iraq
1 artillery moved from 80 Sea Zone to Iraq
1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from India to Iraq
1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Iraq
1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Iraq

Combat - British
Battle in 96 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 96 Sea Zone, round 1 : 2/3 hits
Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 1 : 1/1 hits
1 bomber owned by the British , 1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
British win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for British: 1 bomber
Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
Battle in 111 Sea Zone
British attack with 3 fighters
Germans defend with 1 battleship and 2 submarines
2 submarines owned by the Germans Submerged
British roll dice for 3 fighters in 111 Sea Zone, round 1 : 2/3 hits
Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in 111 Sea Zone, round 1 : 1/1 hits
1 fighter owned by the British and 1 battleship owned by the Germans lost in 111 Sea Zone
British win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship
Casualties for British: 1 fighter
Battle in Iraq
British attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry
British roll dice for 1 cruiser in Iraq, round 1 : 1/1 hits
British roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Iraq, round 1 : 3/5 hits
Neutral_Axis roll dice for 3 infantry in Iraq, round 1 : 1/3 hits
1 infantry owned by the British and 3 infantry owned by the Neutral_Axis lost in Iraq
British win, taking Iraq from Neutral_Axis with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 mech_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 moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
1 tactical_bomber moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
2 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
1 artillery moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
1 artillery moved from 81 Sea Zone to Trans-Jordan
1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone
1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
3 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
1 fighter moved from Burma to India
1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
2 infantry moved from Burma to India
1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
1 carrier moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from 111 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to Eire
British take Eire from Neutral_Allies
2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
1 aaGun moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 88 Sea Zone to British Guiana

Place Units - British
9 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,3
British collect 27 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 28 PUs total
Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Territory Summary for British :

Shan State : 1 flag, 3 infantry
India : 1 flag, 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 7 infantry
Malaya : 1 flag, 1 harbour
Kwangtung : 1 flag, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
39 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 battleship
Iceland : 1 flag, 1 airfield
Quebec : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
Trans-Jordan : 1 flag, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Alexandria : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 harbour and 1 tactical_bomber
New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 flag, 1 harbour
Egypt : 1 flag, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
Union of South Africa : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
British Guiana : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Ontario : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
Scotland : 1 flag, 1 airfield
Malta : 1 flag, 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
United Kingdom : 1 flag, 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 12 infantry
Rhodesia : 1 flag, 2 infantry
80 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
94 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
Eire : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
Iraq : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry
92 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers and 2 fighters
Eastern Persia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
81 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 transport
83 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
110 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
88 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 transport

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 39 / 68
Russians : 34 / 37
Japanese : 32 / 45
Americans : 52 / 52
Chinese : 9 / 15
British : 30 / 33
UK_Pacific : 17 / 0
Italians : 10 / 10
ANZAC : 10 / 10
French : 15 / 0
Dutch : 11 / 0
Mongolians : 0 / 0
Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
1 was rolled 11 times
2 was rolled 4 times
3 was rolled 7 times
4 was rolled 5 times
5 was rolled 1 times
6 was rolled 6 times
Average roll : 2.971
Median : 3.000
Variance : 1.758
Standard Deviation : 1.326
Total rolls : 34

Null / Other
1 was rolled 1 times
3 was rolled 2 times
Average roll : 2.333
Median : 3.000
Variance : 2.500
Standard Deviation : 1.581
Total rolls : 3

Neutral_Axis Combat
1 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 2 times
Average roll : 3.000
Median : 4.000
Variance : 2.500
Standard Deviation : 1.581
Total rolls : 3

Japanese Combat
2 was rolled 1 times
3 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 1 times
Average roll : 3.000
Median : 3.000
Variance : 1.500
Standard Deviation : 1.225
Total rolls : 3

Germans Combat
1 was rolled 1 times
3 was rolled 2 times
Average roll : 2.333
Median : 3.000
Variance : 2.500
Standard Deviation : 1.581
Total rolls : 3

British Combat
1 was rolled 4 times
2 was rolled 2 times
3 was rolled 2 times
4 was rolled 1 times
5 was rolled 1 times
6 was rolled 2 times
Average roll : 2.917
Median : 2.500
Variance : 0.545
Standard Deviation : 0.739
Total rolls : 12

Italians Combat
1 was rolled 1 times
Average roll : 1.000
Median : 1.000
Variance : ∞
Standard Deviation : ∞
Total rolls : 1

Chinese Combat
1 was rolled 3 times
2 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 1 times
6 was rolled 4 times
Average roll : 3.667
Median : 4.000
Variance : 1.875
Standard Deviation : 1.369
Total rolls : 9

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Game History

Round :1

Purchase Units - Chinese
Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
4 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Yunnan

Combat - Chinese
Battle in Yunnan
Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 4 infantry
Japanese defend with 2 infantry
Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 1 : 1/5 hits
Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 1 : 1/2 hits
1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 2/4 hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/1 hits
1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Szechwan
1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
4 infantry placed in Szechwan

Turn Complete - Chinese
Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs total
Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 15 PUs

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Shensi : 1 flag, 2 infantry
Yunnan : 1 flag, 3 infantry
Szechwan : 1 flag, 1 fighter and 9 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 39 / 68
Russians : 34 / 37
Japanese : 32 / 45
Americans : 52 / 52
Chinese : 9 / 15
British : 28 / 28
UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
Italians : 10 / 10
ANZAC : 10 / 10
French : 15 / 0
Dutch : 11 / 0
Mongolians : 0 / 0
Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
1 was rolled 3 times
2 was rolled 2 times
3 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 2 times
6 was rolled 4 times
Average roll : 3.500
Median : 3.500
Variance : 0.909
Standard Deviation : 0.953
Total rolls : 12

Japanese Combat
2 was rolled 1 times
3 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 1 times
Average roll : 3.000
Median : 3.000
Variance : 1.500
Standard Deviation : 1.225
Total rolls : 3

Chinese Combat
1 was rolled 3 times
2 was rolled 1 times
4 was rolled 1 times
6 was rolled 4 times
Average roll : 3.667
Median : 4.000
Variance : 1.875
Standard Deviation : 1.369
Total rolls : 9

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Game History

Round :1

Politics - Americans
Trigger Americans Friendly With Mongolians activates a trigger called: Trigger Allies Friendly With Mongolians

Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 3 bombers and 1 carrier; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans

Non Combat Move - Americans
1 carrier moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 101 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 battleship moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 artillery moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to Central United States
1 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
2 aaGuns moved from Western United States to Central United States
1 bomber moved from Central United States to Eastern United States
1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Western United States
1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
2 aaGuns moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Philippines to Guam

Place Units - Americans
3 bombers placed in Eastern United States
1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs total

Territory Summary for Americans :

Philippines : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
Guam : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 fighter
Wake Island : 1 flag, 1 airfield
Western United States : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
Hawaiian Islands : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
Midway : 1 flag, 1 airfield
26 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 submarine and 1 transport
10 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier and 1 transport
16 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
54 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
Central United States : 1 flag, 4 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys
Eastern United States : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 4 bombers, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
89 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 39 / 68
Russians : 34 / 37
Japanese : 33 / 45
Americans : 52 / 52
Chinese : 8 / 12
British : 28 / 28
UK_Pacific : 17 / 17
Italians : 10 / 10
ANZAC : 10 / 10
French : 15 / 0
Dutch : 11 / 0
Mongolians : 0 / 0
Neutral_Axis : 2 / 0
Neutral_Allies : 6 / 0
Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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Tried to automatically post to the forum but something went wrong. I will copy paste the history next time.

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R1

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What were Germany’s purchases? It’s relevant in this case.

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In the sea lion counter, the UK doesn’t hit the Italian navy where it can scramble, instead - it clears the path to gib by taking out the block at malta, and then leaves a blocker to prevent the italians from counter attacking the UK navy.

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be sure to have at least 1 dd defending those us carriers.

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all available planes that can reach by R2 are headed back to London, landing on the carrier R1. Make sure that the Italians can’t realistically hit the fleet by using a block.

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make sure that you land the carrier planes on London. They are more flexible as a scramble threat than on the decks of the carrier.

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Unfortunately, Italy doesn’t have to throw its entire weight into Barbarossa. They just need to send maybe 4-8 divisions as special crack can-opener units to the Germans. The Russians can’t block all paths to Moscow since the Italians can throw these divisions at the block (plus the bomber) and the Germans then rush into Moscow with their blitzing units. To avoid letting this happen, ultimately the Russians are backed into their capital. Note that Italian can openers will ultimately deliver the oil fields and Stalingrad once the Russians are backed into their capital.

The Italians can’t dispute Africa unless the allies concede it. They just need to keep the fight going as long as possible in the Med and Africa in order to delay more important Allied objectives.

India will eventually fall from Japan alone (or with German help if you play the game that far out and the Japanese aren’t focused on India) and it’s not as critical as bottling up the Russians.

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You really should try to hold London if at all possible and only use the knock out of the German navy as a fall back.

Bring the med fleet including the transport carrying 2 inf or at least 1 inf 1 aa gun to gibraltar with the intent of landing troops back in the UK and stationing the consolidated fleet in 110. If the Canadian navy survives, that’s two more troops that can reinforce.

The Germans will need to hit your fleet on the same turn that they invade or else they will lose their navy the next round when you counter attack it. If nothing else, the threat of the scramble defense will force the germans to assign some luftwaffe units to the sea rather than the land, and this boosts your defensive odds. You also cancel the bombardment shots.

Activate Ireland with your mech inf round 1 to create another landing spot for US bombers.

Obviously max infantry builds with UK for R1 and R2.

Get 1 or 2 american carriers stationed in SZ 102 on R2 so that you can hit the German fleet with bombers and ftrs/tacs after the invasion.

Yes, the best way to liberate the UK is to take care of that massive german transport fleet first. If you don’t take care of it, Germany might get to take UK twice, which is a disaster.

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In classic, Russia can block German forward progress by stacking in Karelia. This isn’t an option in 1940 where Italian can openers force the Russians back to Moscow. At that point, if the Axis can’t take Moscow by direct attack they can lay siege to it and take everything of economic consequence, thus securing victory.

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The next strategy that I’m going to try is an all out Kill Italy by UK and USA. Maybe I can cut off the can openers this way. I don’t believe that it will be successful however. I won’t let myself take Italy so easily.

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Russian scorched earth? Axis powers yield only half the ipc value of conquered territories?

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I completely agree with the Gibraltar airbase suggestion.

I also wish that the Axis were not able to produce inside Russian territory. At least the Italian can openers would have to be replaced with Italian mechs coming in from Italy instead of Ukraine.

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I realize that the Russians could create bigger blocks to try to stop the Italians from can opening, but that’s just too expensive and places the Russians on the losing side of a war of attrition.

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Karl –

Nice of you to acknowledge this. I do concede the game we started about a year ago. Yes, the inevitability of an axis win turned me off the game for about half a year. Keep in mind that it could have been even worse than it currently is. I think that Italian can opener ability which forces the Russians back into Moscow instead of coming out to fight at Stalingrad for the oil fields is the main reason.

I have recently started playing games against myself using the now available Triple A software that makes this easier and I won’t play until I figure out a way to beat the axis playing myself as the allies, or at least until I figure out how to work the bid so that it’s even.

Again, I think that the key is the Italian can opener. Sorry, it’s not the early german attack since I can crush my allied self with my axis self even allowing the allies to declare war first on every front. Simultaneous movement (all axis go followed by all allies go) would solve a big chunk of this in my opinion, but can openers are a big part of the game.

Brian

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yeah, I’m not quitting, but it doesn’t look good in Moscow and I might have done things differently.

There’s of course, a chance that I could even get favorable dice in Moscow and after risking everything, that would be devastating to Germany (imagine 5 or 6 aa gun hits on the first round, it’s not that unimagineable) - and then you might have to lose planes to take Moscow or retreat.

I need some time to decide however, sorry can’t promise quick moves unless I’m taking the Anzac and French.

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although, it looks like you will eventually wear down Mosow regardless.