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@allenche
You are ok with using the carrier to take hits in combat. It’s the same as in defense - you are not required to take planes as hits before you take carriers even if the carrier is the only viable landing spot.

I think my assumption about not required to use the carrier came from a time when i couldn’t - therr was a destroyer blocker between where i need my carrier to be for the landing of some aircraft. So I attacked the blocker and the target in same turn. The planes survived the attack, but the attack on the blocker failed - so carrier couldnt move to pick up. Bye bye planes.

@mainah
So i guess that doubles your point. I remember the small “gardens” and small cars in the UK. I remember actually being a little jealous of my host - he never had to spend a whole saturday doing yard work!

@WindowWasher
Pretty much the same. I’m new, and play for fun. As long as it isnt affected by already rolled combats or the other sode has already moved - even then, i’m open to the idea.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italy round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Total World War: December 1941 3.0

Game History

Round: 3

    Research Technology - Italy
        Italy spend 0 on tech rolls
            Italy rolls : 1/1 hits, 0.00 expected hits
        Italy removing all Technology Tokens after successful research.
        Italy discover Logistics

    Combat Move - Italy
        Trigger italianTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianTank
        Trigger italianHvyTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting isInfrastructure to false for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting attack to 1 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy cleared for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianMecht3: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianMecht4: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianTank
        Trigger italianHvyTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank
        1 italianSubmarine moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        2 italianFighters moved from Crete to 51 Sea Zone
        1 italianStrategicBomber and 1 italianTacticalBomber moved from Al Kufrah to 51 Sea Zone
        1 italianNavalFighter moved from Cyrenaica to 51 Sea Zone

    Combat - Italy
        Battle in 51 Sea Zone
            Italy attack with 2 italianFighters, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianSubmarine and 1 italianTacticalBomber
            Britain defend with 1 britishDestroyer
                Italy roll dice for 1 italianSubmarine in 51 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.25 expected hits
                Italy roll dice for 2 italianFighters, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianStrategicBomber and 1 italianTacticalBomber in 51 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 1.42 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 1 britishDestroyer in 51 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.25 expected hits
                1 britishDestroyer owned by the Britain lost in 51 Sea Zone
            Italy win with 2 italianFighters, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianSubmarine and 1 italianTacticalBomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Britain: 1 britishDestroyer

    Non Combat Move - Italy
        Trigger italianMecht1: Setting isLandTransport to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger IncomeRegulationEA2: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachmentYesEA attached to ExiledAllies
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting isInfrastructure to true for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting attack to 0 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy to FROM:Italy for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianMecht2: Setting isLandTransport to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianProd: Italy has 1 Material placed in Rome
        1 italianStrategicBomber moved from 51 Sea Zone to Cyrenaica
        1 italianFighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to Cyrenaica
        1 italianFighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to Crete
        1 italianTacticalBomber moved from 51 Sea Zone to Crete
        1 italianNavalFighter moved from 51 Sea Zone to Crete
        2 italianSubmarines moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        1 italianArtillery, 1 italianInfantry and 1 italianTank moved from Southern Italy to 50 Sea Zone
        1 italianArtillery, 1 italianInfantry, 1 italianTank and 2 italianTransports moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        2 italianInfantrys moved from Sicily to 48 Sea Zone
        2 italianInfantrys and 1 italianTransport moved from 48 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        2 italianTransports moved from 48 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone
        1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianArtillery and 1 italianInfantry moved from Greece to 50 Sea Zone
        1 italianInfantry moved from Peloponnese to 50 Sea Zone
        1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianArtillery, 2 italianInfantrys and 2 italianTransports moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        1 italianAlpineInfantry, 2 italianArtillerys, 5 italianInfantrys and 1 italianTank moved from 51 Sea Zone to Western Egypt
        1 italianAntiTankGun and 1 italianArtillery moved from Tobruk to Western Egypt
        1 italianCombatEngineer moved from Tobruk to Cyrenaica
        1 Truck moved from Tripolitania to Tobruk
        1 Train, 1 italianAntiAirGun and 1 italianInfantry moved from Rome to Southern Ukraine
        1 italianInfantry moved from Bessarabia to Southern Ukraine
        1 italianInfantry moved from Kharkov to Southern Ukraine
        1 Truck moved from Southern Italy to Rome
        1 Material and 1 Truck moved from Rome to Northern Italy
        1 Truck moved from Northern Italy to Rome
        1 italianBattleship moved from 49 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
        1 italianBattleship, 1 italianCruiser and 3 italianDestroyers moved from 48 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone

    Purchase Units - Italy
        Italy buy 2 italianFighters and 4 italianInfantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Place Units - Italy
        4 italianInfantrys placed in Rome
        2 italianFighters placed in Northern Italy

    Activate Technology - Italy
        Italy activating Logistics
        Trigger italianL1: Setting isAirBase to true for unitAttachment attached to italianCarrier
        Trigger italianL1: Setting maxScrambleCount to 2 for unitAttachment attached to italianCarrier

    Turn Complete - Italy
        Italy collect 30 PUs; end with 30 PUs
        Trigger italianIP: Italy met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 33 PUs
        Units generate 6 techTokens; Italy end with 6 techTokens
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italy from Eastern Ukraine: 1 Truck
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italy to Southern Ukraine: 1 Truck
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italy regular : -0.67
Italy rolls : 1.00
Britain regular : -0.25

Savegame

@UpstateNate
Why wasn’t the Russian cruiser in sz 114?

@wizmark
Thank you! I i knew in straight economic terms, it wasn’t good. But i was thinking i could take out the jap DD’s used to take mine out to even the odds, mostly using UK forces, which would also remove some of your blockers, lessing the TUV swing and adding to what was my intent: strategic placement - saving calcutta for a turn or two and take advantage of that reprieve. My plan was to be able to hold the carolines with the us/anzac force, and pressure sz 6, east asia, and the philipones. But after i saw how it looked after your move, wasn’t so sure it would work, or even matter if it did. you moved mostly like i had thought you would have, but once it happened, i realized how strong it was, much stronger than i had pictured in my head. Your plan is clearly better for that overall goal, with the much better odds against any counter attack. I think the tuv swing would have been worth it if i had done that.
Wow. 2 big lessons in as many turns.

@WindowWasher
I did the same exact thing in another game. and I swore I would use 2 inf next time. Up and down I promised myself. :face_palm: My favorite emoji!

@surfer said in Total World War 3.0 7 players:

Why can’t a train pick up 1 unit, move, pick up another unit, and move both units somewhere. Just like a transport?

I was wondering that myself. Really messed my NCM up.

@JPatrickRemiger

I think there are Axis and Allies discord channels. I play via email or via forum on this site (see play board games or G40 League. As you are new, I would be wary of starting by playing in the League. That would be akin to learning to drive by reading a book, jumping into a double clutch 18 wheeler and taking a load cross country in the winter.

TripleA is a computer program, available on github.

https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases

Once you download the program, you can select the maps/games you’d like to play. On TripleA, Global Second Edition is what matches the box games you purchased. This is a free crowd funded program, and the program will allow you to do some things that the rule book doesn’t allow, but only some things.

@wizmark
I don’t like your bid. :wink: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :thinking_face:
Need more coffee, more experience, more Italians.
I’m gonna have to settle for just the coffee!

@WindowWasher
Thank you for the tips! Very much looking forward to learning and tightening my game up in the league.

I really wanted to do that attack. But the survivors would have been easy prey for you in any of the available landing spots. Best to cut my losses short, as un short as they may be. Gonna need that G air to survive!

TripleA Turn Summary: Italy round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Total World War: December 1941 3.0

Game History

Round: 5

    Research Technology - Italy
        Italy spend 0 on tech rolls
            Italy rolls : 1/1 hits, 0.00 expected hits
        Italy removing all Technology Tokens after successful research.
        Italy discover ImprovedFighters

    Combat Move - Italy
        Trigger italianTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianTank
        Trigger italianHvyTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank
        Trigger italianL2: Setting movement to 3 for unitAttachment attached to Truck
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting isInfrastructure to false for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting attack to 1 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy cleared for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianL4: Setting movement to 6 for unitAttachment attached to Train
        Trigger italianMecht3: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianMecht4: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianTank
        Trigger italianHvyTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank
        2 italianMarines moved from Western Egypt to 51 Sea Zone
        2 italianMarines and 1 italianTransport moved from 51 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone
        2 italianMarines moved from 53 Sea Zone to Cairo
        2 italianBattleships, 1 italianCruiser and 3 italianDestroyers moved from 51 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone
        1 italianAirTransport and 1 italianParatrooper moved from Sicily to Cairo
        3 italianFighters, 1 italianNavalFighter and 1 italianTacticalBomber moved from Crete to Cairo
        1 italianFighter and 1 italianStrategicBomber moved from Cyrenaica to Cairo
        1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianAntiTankGun, 4 italianArtillerys, 7 italianInfantrys, 1 italianMech.Infantry and 2 italianTanks moved from Western Egypt to Cairo

    Combat - Italy
        Battle in Cairo
            Italy attack with 1 italianAirTransport, 1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianAntiTankGun, 4 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters, 7 italianInfantrys, 2 italianMarines, 1 italianMech.Infantry, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianParatrooper, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianTacticalBomber and 2 italianTanks
            Egypt defend with 1 Flagpole, 1 Rail, 2 britishAirfields, 1 britishBarracks, 1 britishDocks, 1 britishFactory and 1 britishFortification; Britain defend with 1 Material, 1 Truck, 1 britishAntiAirGun, 1 britishAntiTankGun, 2 britishArtillerys, 1 britishCombatEngineer, 2 britishFighters and 12 britishInfantrys
                Britain roll AntiAircraftGun dice in Cairo : 0/1 hits, 0.08 expected hits
                Britain roll AntiTankGun dice in Cairo : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            1 italianMech.Infantry owned by the Italy lost in Cairo
                Italy roll dice for 2 italianBattleships in Cairo, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Italy roll dice for 1 italianAirTransport, 1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianAntiTankGun, 4 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters, 7 italianInfantrys, 2 italianMarines, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianParatrooper, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianTacticalBomber and 2 italianTanks in Cairo, round 2 : 7/1 hits, 7.08 expected hits
                Egypt roll dice for 1 britishAntiAirGun, 1 britishAntiTankGun, 2 britishArtillerys, 1 britishCombatEngineer, 2 britishFighters, 1 britishFortification and 12 britishInfantrys in Cairo, round 2 : 8/1 hits, 7.58 expected hits
                1 italianAlpineInfantry owned by the Italy and 7 italianInfantrys owned by the Italy lost in Cairo
                6 britishInfantrys owned by the Britain, 1 britishAntiAirGun owned by the Britain and 1 britishAntiTankGun owned by the Britain lost in Cairo
                Italy roll dice for 1 italianAirTransport, 1 italianAntiTankGun, 4 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters, 2 italianMarines, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianParatrooper, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianTacticalBomber and 2 italianTanks in Cairo, round 3 : 5/1 hits, 5.08 expected hits
                Egypt roll dice for 2 britishArtillerys, 1 britishCombatEngineer, 2 britishFighters, 1 britishFortification and 6 britishInfantrys in Cairo, round 3 : 5/1 hits, 5.17 expected hits
                1 italianAntiTankGun owned by the Italy, 2 italianMarines owned by the Italy, 1 italianAirTransport owned by the Italy and 1 italianParatrooper owned by the Italy lost in Cairo
                5 britishInfantrys owned by the Britain lost in Cairo
                Italy roll dice for 4 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianTacticalBomber and 2 italianTanks in Cairo, round 4 : 4/1 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Egypt roll dice for 2 britishArtillerys, 1 britishCombatEngineer, 2 britishFighters, 1 britishFortification and 1 britishInfantry in Cairo, round 4 : 3/1 hits, 3.33 expected hits
                1 italianNavalFighter owned by the Italy and 2 italianArtillerys owned by the Italy lost in Cairo
                1 britishInfantry owned by the Britain, 2 britishArtillerys owned by the Britain and 1 britishCombatEngineer owned by the Britain lost in Cairo
                Italy roll dice for 2 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters, 1 italianStrategicBomber, 1 italianTacticalBomber and 2 italianTanks in Cairo, round 5 : 3/1 hits, 3.25 expected hits
                Egypt roll dice for 2 britishFighters and 1 britishFortification in Cairo, round 5 : 2/1 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                1 italianStrategicBomber owned by the Italy and 1 italianTacticalBomber owned by the Italy lost in Cairo
                1 britishFortification owned by the Egypt and 2 britishFighters owned by the Britain lost in Cairo
            Italy destroys 8PUs while taking Egypt capital
            Some non-combat units are destroyed: 
            Italy converts britishBarracks into different units
            Italy converts britishDocks into different units
            Italy converts britishFactory into different units
            Italy win, taking Cairo from Egypt with 2 italianArtillerys, 4 italianFighters and 2 italianTanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
            Casualties for Italy: 1 italianAirTransport, 1 italianAlpineInfantry, 1 italianAntiTankGun, 2 italianArtillerys, 7 italianInfantrys, 2 italianMarines, 1 italianMech.Infantry, 1 italianNavalFighter, 1 italianParatrooper, 1 italianStrategicBomber and 1 italianTacticalBomber
            Casualties for Britain: 1 britishAntiAirGun, 1 britishAntiTankGun, 2 britishArtillerys, 1 britishCombatEngineer, 2 britishFighters and 12 britishInfantrys
            Casualties for Egypt: 1 britishFortification

    Non Combat Move - Italy
        Trigger italianMecht1: Setting isLandTransport to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger IncomeRegulationEA2: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachmentYesEA attached to ExiledAllies
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting isInfrastructure to true for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting attack to 0 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy to FROM:Italy for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport
        Trigger italianL3: Setting movement to 2 for unitAttachment attached to Truck
        Trigger italianMecht2: Setting isLandTransport to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry
        Trigger italianL5: Setting movement to 5 for unitAttachment attached to Train
        Trigger italianProd: Italy has 1 Material placed in Rome
        1 Truck moved from Western Egypt to Cairo
        3 italianFighters moved from Cairo to Al Kufrah
        1 italianFighter moved from Cairo to Western Egypt
        1 Material and 1 Truck moved from Rome to 49 Sea Zone
        1 Material, 1 Truck and 1 italianTransport moved from 49 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
        1 Material and 1 Truck moved from 48 Sea Zone to Tripolitania
        1 italianTransport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
        2 italianInfantrys moved from Rome to 46 Sea Zone
        1 italianTransport moved from 51 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone
        4 italianInfantrys moved from Southern Italy to 50 Sea Zone
        4 italianInfantrys and 2 italianTransports moved from 50 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
        2 italianInfantrys and 1 italianTransport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
        6 italianInfantrys moved from 48 Sea Zone to Tripolitania
        3 italianSubmarines moved from 51 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        1 italianFighter moved from Northern Italy to Tripolitania
        1 italianTank moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        1 Truck moved from Northern Italy to Rome
        2 italianMarines moved from Rome to Southern Italy
        1 Truck and 1 italianAntiAirGun moved from Southern Ukraine to Western Ukraine
        1 italianArtillery, 4 italianInfantrys, 1 italianMech.Infantry and 1 italianTank moved from Southern Ukraine to Western Ukraine

    Purchase Units - Italy
        Italy buy 1 italianFighter, 1 italianFortification, 4 italianInfantrys and 1 italianTank; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Place Units - Italy
        Units in Tripolitania being upgraded or consumed: 1 Material and 1 italianEntrenchment
        1 italianFortification placed in Tripolitania
        4 italianInfantrys placed in Rome
        1 italianFighter and 1 italianTank placed in Northern Italy

    Activate Technology - Italy
        Italy activating ImprovedFighters
        Trigger italianImpFig1: Setting attack to 6 for unitAttachment attached to italianFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig1: Setting airAttack to 6 for unitAttachment attached to italianFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig1: Setting defense to 7 for unitAttachment attached to italianFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig1: Setting airDefense to 7 for unitAttachment attached to italianFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig2: Setting attack to 5 for unitAttachment attached to italianNavalFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig2: Setting airAttack to 5 for unitAttachment attached to italianNavalFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig2: Setting defense to 6 for unitAttachment attached to italianNavalFighter
        Trigger italianImpFig2: Setting airDefense to 6 for unitAttachment attached to italianNavalFighter

    Turn Complete - Italy
        Italy collect 31 PUs; end with 32 PUs
        Trigger italianIP: Italy met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 35 PUs
        Units generate 6 techTokens; Italy end with 6 techTokens

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italy regular : -1.25
Britain AntiAircraftGun : -0.08
Egypt regular : 0.25
Italy rolls : 1.00
Britain AntiTankGun : 0.83

Savegame

@colonel-ace
Share. We are listening (reading?)

@wizmark
I’m cool with an edit. The ontario guys up to Quebec?

@WindowWasher
Then I’ll have italy done this evening. I, unfortunately, do not have the day off

guderian1 last log in was 5 days ago, but last post anywhere was 26 days ago.
Any of the allies want to do china, at least for this round?

last accurate turn was:
TotalWar JapanR5.tsvg

I will do Japan if Guderian hasnt come back by that turn.

@colonel-ace
Hard pressed to take Malaya on J1. Can take on J2, but don’t forget to prioritize the money islands for the money.

Malaya factory can be difficult to hold. FIC is usually built first. From there, with the right NCM, you can go on to take Calcutta round 4-5.

Have you looked up the Calcutta crush? General hangrenade and young grasshopper have some YouTube videos that might help. Not saying follow them exactly, but it’s a start.

I lean towards fic J1, factory J2, and an overland push with an airfield in fic to help. Nabbing Calcutta j4-5 can mess with middle earth well

@mainah
I went with the change. I hope I wasn’t presumptuous. Let me know if you would like original results.

The edit is because the mech that took the Baltic states should have come from Germany, not Poland. Didn’t notice I clicked wrong until NCM.

@colonel-ace
Well - harder to keep from being captured by the allies. Harder than FIC. Building an IC can be done, but timing and allies moves is what would dictate when/if I would put a IC I Malaya. I do it sometimes, but not a ton. Its far away from Japan, so takes a bit to get the forces to capture and keep it; keep in mind it’s 3 SZ spaces from Queensland, 2 from india. As far as land spaces to India, it’s just as far as FIC.

If the goal is to get pressure on Calcutta early, you can capture FIC on J1 with a single inf, IC on J2, plus reinforcements from Japan (one turn away, for transports or planes), and on turn J2,3, or 4 build an airfield.

Malaya is 2 turns from Japan with a TT or plane, has one land territory connection so that can be used to block, deadzone, etc. Malaya also has 4 inf on it at start, with a BB off shore, while all Japan can reach it with is a inf and art from the one transport that can reach on J1.