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L26 BM4 Avner(X) vs Surfer (L+18)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 2
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

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Round: 2 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Politics - Russians Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Russians from Neutrality to Unprovoked Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and Chinese from Neutrality to Allied Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Japanese: Changing Relationship for Russians and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Allied Combat Move - Russians Trigger Russians Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared for rulesAttachment attached to Russians Non Combat Move - Russians 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Yunnan 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Shensi 8 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 submarine moved from 111 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 6 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk 1 fighter moved from Russia to Novgorod 1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Belarus 2 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk 3 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk 2 aaGuns and 15 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur 3 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Yenisey 2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Bryansk to Belarus 1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Ukraine Place Units - Russians 3 infantry placed in Novgorod 3 infantry placed in Ukraine 6 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 39 PUs
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L26 PtV surfer (Allies) vs AetV (Axis+11)

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 5
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 5 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 transport moved from 65 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Burma to Eastern India Place Units - ANZAC 2 submarines placed in 64 Sea Zone 1 infantry placed in New South Wales Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs Combat Move - French Non Combat Move - French 1 destroyer moved from 82 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone Turn Complete - French
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This is an interesting gambit, though one that only works if 1) the UK player has never seen it before and 2) if the UK player is inclined to use Gibastion.

While the OP notes in his video that he believes any UK would essentially “100%” go for Gibastion after the German opening, I wouldn’t. I’m convinced that Taranto is more effective than Gibastion as a strategy, especially once one considers the trade-offs elsewhere (such as not crushing the Italians in Ethiopia turn 1). Both options have risks, but I’ve been burned too many times allowing the Italian fleet to survive. Even if I lose the entire UK Med fleet to do so, eliminating the Italian fleet the first two turns is incredibly powerful. So only use this gambit if you can be confident your opponent will use Gibastion.

Second, there are some risks with this gambit. For example, sending only two German planes to kill the French fleet only works roughly 75% of the time. Indeed, in the video the French shoot down both planes, losing only one ship. This negates Italian shore bombardment, which makes the Italian invasion of Spain another roughly 75% battle. In the video Italian shooting was so bad, I suspect the Spanish would have held had they not completely whiffed on round two of the battle. Lastly, one of the attacks on Normandy and S. France was only 90%, and even when the Germans win, better rolling by the French can see the Germans too weak to take Gibraltar without suffering significant air losses.

If you combine all this, I’d guess the gambit still has a roughly 92% chance of a favorable result. That’s not a terrible risk, but it also results in German losses against secondary targets, e.g., the French fleet. Overall, I’m not convinced the risks of the gambit are worth the payoff, especially considering this is a no bid game, so the Axis are already strongly favored to win.

That said, I suspect the biggest payoff is the look of shock on the Allied player’s face when the Italians invade Spain and precariousness of Gibraltar sinks in. :)

Continuing with the Axis, this gambit has the Japanese attack the Soviet J1, leaving the Allies alone until J3. This is a viable strategy, but I find a J1 attack on UK and US to be much stronger. You can, of course, still use the J1, but the sooner the US is in the war, the sooner they pick up all the now-pro-Allied minors nearby, so I’m guessing the gambit assumes the US doesn’t enter the war until US3 at the earliest.

Looking at the Allies, I agree with zlefin that the UK should activate Turkey, not the French. Eight extra infantry are much more valuable to the UK than the French. And I’m definitely not a big fan of building multiple Soviet SAC early, nor building tanks for India. Just because India will eventually fall if the Japanese really try, we shouldn’t make it easy for them.

I didn’t watch all the videos - there’s roughly 8 hours of video in total - so I don’t know how the Japanese were able to take and hold six victory cities using a J3 strategy. I suspect the Allied play was too lax in the Pacific, as turtling in India buys time, and turtling in Australia and Hawaii can make them practically invulnerable.

I realize most of my comments have been negative, so I want to take the opportunity to stress how much I appreciate you posting this idea. My friend and I have gotten into a bit of a rut in our gameplay, so we’ve been looking at ideas to shake things up, which is why I sent this thread to him. While we don’t use Gibastion, so this particular gambit would never work with us, it does make one consider what other gambits we can use to make the game fresh again.
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L26 PTV Mikawagunichi (X+14) vs Surfer

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 2
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 2 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 1 artillery and 14 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians Non Combat Move - Russians 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Southern Belarus 1 artillery and 12 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Southern Belarus 2 aaGuns moved from Bryansk to Southern Belarus 1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus 2 infantry moved from Archangel to Leningrad 2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Ukraine to Kursk 2 infantry moved from Northern Caucasus to Rostov 4 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk 1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Smolensk 1 armour moved from Bryansk to Smolensk 1 submarine moved from 128 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from Sakha to Siberia Place Units - Russians 1 artillery placed in Siberia 3 infantry placed in Leningrad 3 infantry placed in Ukraine 8 infantry placed in Russia Russians undo move 4. 2 infantry placed in Stalingrad 6 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs
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@Tyzoq over me https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/42195/l25-g40-oob-tyzoq-l-42-vs-cwglee-x-rematch/190?page=8
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L25 G40 OOB Tyzoq L +42 vs cwglee X rematch

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@Tyzoq gg, needed some depserate luckj and got the exact opposite
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Canuck 12 v Karl7 AA50 1942 grudge match, who is cooler?

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 1
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v3 1942

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Round: 1 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 factory and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Japanese 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 2 fighters moved from 38 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from French Indo-China Thailand to 35 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 46 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 51 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Japan to 53 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Japan to 53 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan 2 infantry moved from French Indo-China Thailand to Yunnan 1 fighter moved from Manchuria to Yunnan 1 fighter moved from Formosa to Yunnan 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Japan to 62 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 61 Sea Zone to Fukien 1 cruiser moved from 50 Sea Zone to 61 Sea Zone Combat - Japanese Battle in Fukien Japanese attack with 1 armour and 1 infantry Chinese defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 cruiser in Fukien, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Fukien, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Fukien 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Fukien Japanese win, taking Fukien from Chinese with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Battle in 35 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 3 fighters British defend with 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 3 fighters in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese 1 destroyer owned by the British and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 35 Sea Zone Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 3 fighters in 35 Sea Zone, round 3 : 3/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 transport owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 35 Sea Zone Japanese win with 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 39 Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 3 infantry Chinese defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in Yunnan, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter in Yunnan, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Japanese: 3 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 1 fighter and 2 infantry Battle in 53 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 53 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 53 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 53 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese and 1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 53 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Americans lost in 53 Sea Zone Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 fighters in 53 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.67 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 carrier and 1 fighter in 53 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in 53 Sea Zone Japanese win with 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 18 Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter Non Combat Move - Japanese 1 fighter moved from 53 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 51 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 bomber moved from 53 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from 51 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Fukien 1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to French Indo-China Thailand 1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to French Indo-China Thailand 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to French Indo-China Thailand 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to French Indo-China Thailand Place Units - Japanese 2 transports placed in 62 Sea Zone 1 factory placed in French Indo-China Thailand Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 32 PUs; end with 34 PUs Objective 2: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 39 PUs Objective 1: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 44 PUs 1 unit repaired. Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 53 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 51 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 53 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Caroline Islands: 1 fighter EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 51 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 62 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
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Chinese regular : 0.33 Americans regular : -0.33 Japanese regular : -0.00 British regular : -1.00
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cwglee51 allies+40 vs simon Axis OOB

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 19
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

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Round: 19 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 1 artillery and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 2 infantry moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland 1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Poland Russians take Poland from Germans 2 infantry moved from Tambov to Samara 2 fighters moved from Russia to Samara 1 fighter moved from Russia to Eastern Poland 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland Combat - Russians Battle in Samara Russians attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 armour Russians roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Samara, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 armour in Samara, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Japanese lost in Samara Russians win, taking Samara from Japanese with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour Battle in Eastern Poland Russians attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Germans defend with 1 airfield and 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland Russians win, taking Eastern Poland from Germans with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus 2 fighters moved from Samara to Russia 1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Smolensk to Belarus 1 fighter moved from Belarus to Russia Place Units - Russians 1 artillery and 7 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 23 PUs
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Japanese regular : -0.50 Germans regular : 0.33 Russians regular : -0.33
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