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Axis & Allies Stalingrad: Early Review and Balance Impressions

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Oh, one last point about balance/playtesting, etc. Especially compared to the older games like G40, etc.

From what I understand, playtesting pre-Renegade was done by some combination of Larry, his private staff/team (most of whom went on to form Nightingale Games and are now working on War Room, Imperial Borders, etc.) and internal Hasbro/WotC staff. I don’t know the names or skill levels of any of those people, or how the names/faces changed over the years, but I think that may be part of why you saw games like 42SE, G40 and 1914 (which all seem balanced enough at a low level but becomes lopsided once you start playing more seriously) come out over the latter part of that era of A&A.

Currently, Renegade open-sources its play-testers. Most of us are pretty hardened players with a lot of experience but that may be why, at least in this case, the experience from the casual/entry-level point of view doesn’t reflect the experience from people racking up 50+ games each.

There’s actually a sign-up thread on this very site ( https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/40917/open-call-for-play-testers-for-renegade-a-a-games/13 ) if you’re interesting in trying to help make a difference for future games. They ask a few basic questions about experience level with A&A, etc. but generally as long as you’re willing to put in the hours + contribute to discussions they’ll be happy to take you.
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G40 cwglee51 allies 20 vs Mike64 axis for fun

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TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 6
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 6 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 3 destroyers, 3 fighters and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 destroyer moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 5 fighters moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from United Kingdom to 93 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 submarine moved from 28 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to 31 Sea Zone Combat - Americans Battle in 93 Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber Germans defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 5.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 destroyer owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 93 Sea Zone Americans win with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14 Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine Battle in 31 Sea Zone Americans attack with 4 fighters and 1 submarine Japanese defend with 1 destroyer Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Americans roll dice for 4 fighters in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 31 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 31 Sea Zone Americans win with 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2 Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer Non Combat Move - Americans 1 destroyer moved from 28 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 carrier, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 28 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 112 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Central United States to 104 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to Quebec 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from British Guiana to 90 Sea Zone 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 4 submarines and 4 transports moved from 90 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 1 bomber, 7 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 93 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to Scotland 1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 destroyer moved from 28 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 28 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 28 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 31 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 31 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 112 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to Scotland Place Units - Americans 1 destroyer placed in 104 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in Eastern United States 2 destroyers and 3 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone 2 fighters placed in Western United States Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 51 PUs; end with 52 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Szechwan 2 infantry moved from Eastern Sinkiang to Kansu 3 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kansu 12 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Inner Mongolia Combat - Chinese Battle in Kansu Chinese attack with 5 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 5 infantry in Kansu, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kansu, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kansu Chinese win, taking Kansu from Japanese with 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Szechwan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Szechwan Chinese win, taking Szechwan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Inner Mongolia Chinese attack with 12 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 12 infantry in Inner Mongolia, round 2 : 0/12 hits, 2.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Inner Mongolia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 12 infantry in Inner Mongolia, round 3 : 4/12 hits, 2.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Inner Mongolia, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Inner Mongolia Chinese win, taking Inner Mongolia from Japanese with 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Northern Sinkiang Place Units - Chinese 2 infantry placed in Inner Mongolia Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific repair damage of 2x factory_major; Remaining resources: 8 PUs; UK_Pacific buy 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode EDIT: 1 infantry moved from Northeast Persia to Southern Persia 3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Shan State to Malaya 1 infantry moved from Shan State to Yunnan 2 fighters moved from Tsinghai to Yunnan Combat - British Battle in Yunnan British attack with 2 fighters and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits British roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Malaya British attack with 3 artilleries and 4 infantry Japanese defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 4 infantry British roll dice for 3 artilleries and 4 infantry in Malaya, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 2.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 4 infantry in Malaya, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Malaya 3 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya British roll dice for 3 artilleries and 3 infantry in Malaya, round 3 : 2/6 hits, 2.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Malaya, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya British win, taking Malaya from Japanese with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 4 infantry Non Combat Move - British 3 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 11 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Shan State to Burma 2 fighters moved from Yunnan to Eastern India 2 infantry moved from Eastern India to Burma 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western India to 81 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Western India to Eastern India 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 82 Sea Zone to Southern Persia 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 73 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 82 Sea Zone to Southern Persia 3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 infantry moved from French Central Africa to French Equatorial Africa 1 artillery moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from South West Africa to Rhodesia 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia 1 transport moved from 70 Sea Zone to 87 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from British Guiana to 90 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 90 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns and 5 infantry moved from United Kingdom to Scotland 1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to Eire British take Eire from Neutral_Allies 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Scotland 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to Scotland 1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to French Equatorial Africa 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Eire 2 infantry moved from British Guiana to Brazil Place Units - British 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa British undo move 1. 1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa 2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Southern Persia 1 fighter placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 100 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,4,4 British collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 1 destroyer placed in 40 Sea Zone Turn Complete - UK_Pacific Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 40 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,6 UK_Pacific collect 11 PUs; end with 11 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 14 PUs Some Units in 40 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 destroyer
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : 1.50 Americans regular : -1.33 Japanese regular : -2.67 Germans regular : -0.50 British regular : -0.50
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L25 BM4 Ghostglider (Axis) vs Avner (Allies+18)

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Round: 10 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 destroyer and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 1 destroyer moved from 54 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone Combat - ANZAC Battle in 44 Sea Zone ANZAC attack with 1 destroyer Japanese defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 44 Sea Zone ANZAC win, taking 44 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 destroyer moved from 54 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from Queensland to Caroline Islands Place Units - ANZAC 1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 62 Sea Zone 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 Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 16 PUs Combat Move - French Non Combat Move - French 1 destroyer moved from 81 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone Turn Complete - French
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Gamerman01 v TheGoodCaptain (+8) Loser bracket final

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Round: 2 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 8 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Japanese 1 infantry moved from China to Sinkiang Japanese take Sinkiang from Americans 1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Yakut S.S.R. Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians Combat - Japanese Non Combat Move - Japanese 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Wake Island Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Wake Island to Wake Island Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Caroline Islands Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Manchuria to French Indo China 1 infantry moved from China to French Indo China 2 infantry moved from Manchuria to China 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from Japan Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria Place Units - Japanese 8 infantry placed in Japan 1 transport placed in Japan Sea Zone Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 36 PUs; end with 37 PUs
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while i have 1 game going i can manage 1 more…league or friendly i don’t mind. just have some down time from work now to play! message me if you’re interested in a game of g40!
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League G40 Team Game - Stucifer/Crockett36 v Daaras/FranceNeedsMorePower

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TripleA Turn Summary: Chinese round 9
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History
Round: 9 Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Territory Summary for Chinese :
Shensi : 1 infantry Yunnan : 4 infantry Kweichow : 3 infantry Anhwe : 1 infantry Burma : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 8 artilleries, 1 fighter and 27 infantry
Production/PUs Summary :
Germans : 63 / 85 Russians : 8 / 0 Japanese : 44 / 47 Americans : 61 / 84 Chinese : 24 / 24 British : 34 / 34 UK_Pacific : 3 / 0 Italians : 13 / 18 ANZAC : 13 / 14 French : 2 / 0 Dutch : 0 / 0 Mongolians : 0 / 0 Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0 Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0 Neutral_True : 18 / 0
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Total 1 was rolled 266 times 2 was rolled 247 times 3 was rolled 223 times 4 was rolled 260 times 5 was rolled 249 times 6 was rolled 231 times Average roll : 3.455 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.922 Standard Deviation : 0.960 Total rolls : 1476 Null / Other 1 was rolled 42 times 2 was rolled 39 times 3 was rolled 32 times 4 was rolled 44 times 5 was rolled 40 times 6 was rolled 33 times Average roll : 3.435 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.512 Standard Deviation : 0.716 Total rolls : 230 Germans Combat 1 was rolled 33 times 2 was rolled 36 times 3 was rolled 41 times 4 was rolled 35 times 5 was rolled 43 times 6 was rolled 39 times Average roll : 3.599 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.322 Standard Deviation : 0.568 Total rolls : 227 British Combat 1 was rolled 26 times 2 was rolled 26 times 3 was rolled 16 times 4 was rolled 21 times 5 was rolled 21 times 6 was rolled 20 times Average roll : 3.346 Median : 3.000 Variance : 0.568 Standard Deviation : 0.754 Total rolls : 130 Italians Combat 1 was rolled 15 times 2 was rolled 18 times 3 was rolled 16 times 4 was rolled 20 times 5 was rolled 17 times 6 was rolled 21 times Average roll : 3.645 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.253 Standard Deviation : 0.503 Total rolls : 107 Americans Combat 1 was rolled 27 times 2 was rolled 20 times 3 was rolled 15 times 4 was rolled 25 times 5 was rolled 19 times 6 was rolled 24 times Average roll : 3.469 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.770 Standard Deviation : 0.878 Total rolls : 130 Neutral_Axis Combat 1 was rolled 1 times 2 was rolled 1 times 3 was rolled 1 times 4 was rolled 1 times 6 was rolled 3 times Average roll : 4.000 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.806 Standard Deviation : 0.898 Total rolls : 7 Japanese Combat 1 was rolled 42 times 2 was rolled 39 times 3 was rolled 32 times 4 was rolled 44 times 5 was rolled 40 times 6 was rolled 33 times Average roll : 3.435 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.512 Standard Deviation : 0.716 Total rolls : 230 French Combat 1 was rolled 2 times 2 was rolled 5 times 3 was rolled 5 times 4 was rolled 6 times 5 was rolled 5 times 6 was rolled 7 times Average roll : 3.933 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.483 Standard Deviation : 0.695 Total rolls : 30 ANZAC Combat 1 was rolled 4 times 2 was rolled 1 times 3 was rolled 3 times 4 was rolled 2 times 6 was rolled 2 times Average roll : 2.917 Median : 3.000 Variance : 0.909 Standard Deviation : 0.953 Total rolls : 12 Neutral_Allies Combat 1 was rolled 1 times 2 was rolled 3 times 3 was rolled 1 times 4 was rolled 2 times 5 was rolled 3 times 6 was rolled 2 times Average roll : 3.750 Median : 4.000 Variance : 0.364 Standard Deviation : 0.603 Total rolls : 12 Chinese Combat 1 was rolled 16 times 2 was rolled 18 times 3 was rolled 15 times 4 was rolled 17 times 5 was rolled 13 times 6 was rolled 9 times Average roll : 3.227 Median : 3.000 Variance : 0.613 Standard Deviation : 0.783 Total rolls : 88 UK_Pacific Combat 1 was rolled 16 times 2 was rolled 6 times 3 was rolled 9 times 4 was rolled 9 times 5 was rolled 9 times 6 was rolled 9 times Average roll : 3.276 Median : 3.000 Variance : 0.971 Standard Deviation : 0.985 Total rolls : 58 Russians Combat 1 was rolled 41 times 2 was rolled 35 times 3 was rolled 37 times 4 was rolled 34 times 5 was rolled 39 times 6 was rolled 29 times Average roll : 3.381 Median : 3.000 Variance : 0.415 Standard Deviation : 0.644 Total rolls : 215
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