Best posts made by mainah

@TinCanoftheSea
I tried low luck - personally, not a fan. Sounds demented, but I like the wild swings. I know I need to be more aggressive with the 70% battles for the small and mid size, and learn to accept the results and account for them. I think it will in the long run make me a better player.

LL can lead to too much scripted moves, while the uncommon dice results in regular keeps players on their toes and adds some spice to the game.

But when an entire game is lop sided, it does get discouraging. So I do understand the appeal.

@mikawagunichi
Adam514 ruled it as legal. So by simple logic it also applies to the North African Beachhead as well.

Good to know.

@mikawagunichi
Nope. Did not give it away, but I am still newish, less than 30 total games, so I just thought you were planning supper aggressive in the med, which is why I steered my UK buy to South Africa.

@WindowWasher
YOUR BACK!
I will add a slot for you sir.

@WindowWasher

Welcome back.

@WindowWasher
Also - standings are now life time, based on an ELO score (similar to chess). Among the benefits it removes the need to place a cap on number of games with 1 opponent. Big long discussion of it in the League discussion thread over this winter, went into effect Jan 1 of this year.

@WindowWasher
That’s a harsh G1 result for your first game back.
Why don’t you do a reroll. Same CM, just redo combat.

@WindowWasher
Using the second file.

Friendly reminder about the Mongolian rule - it is independent of if and who declares war. It will activate the Mongolians as Russians if Japan takes a Russian territory adjacent to a Mongolian one (so you can take Siberia or Kazakhstan, and they will stay neutral, but if you take amur or Timguska, they become Russian). They will become permanently neutral if the Russians attack Korea or a Japanese-held Manchuria or Kansu.

Sometimes, when I play, my wife likes to demand my attention, and I miss things.

Since it’s J1, and the missed things are the walk-on battles of Chahar and Anhwe, I am going to edit those.

@WindowWasher
No worries.
Take time to take care of yourself. I am not one to bump.

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 2

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

Game History

Round: 2

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 harbour and 1 marine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 submarine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 56 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to 31 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 25 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone
        1 carrier moved from 10 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 25 Sea Zone to Midway
        3 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to Midway
        1 bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to Midway
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 25 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Western United States to 25 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 51 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 battleship and 1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone
        1 marine placed in Western United States
        1 harbour placed in Midway

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

    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
        1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
        3 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from Szechwan to Kweichow
        5 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow

    Combat - Chinese
        Battle in Yunnan
            Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
            Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Kweichow
            Chinese attack with 3 artilleries and 14 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 3 artilleries and 14 infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 4/17 hits, 3.83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Kweichow
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kweichow
            Chinese win, taking Kweichow from Japanese with 3 artilleries and 13 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma

    Place Units - Chinese
        4 infantry placed in Kweichow

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs
        Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 10 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Persia to 80 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Persia to 80 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 72 Sea Zone to French Madagascar

    Combat - British
        Battle in French Madagascar
        Battle in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Italians defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Anglo Egyptian Sudan, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Anglo Egyptian Sudan, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Anglo Egyptian Sudan, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery in Anglo Egyptian Sudan, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the Italians lost in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            British win, taking French Madagascar from Neutral_Axis, taking Anglo Egyptian Sudan from Italians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
            Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
        1 destroyer moved from 80 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to Eastern Persia
        3 aaGuns and 8 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from India to Burma
        2 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to Egypt
        1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 2 cruisers moved from 92 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Gibraltar to British Guiana
        1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 123 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Iceland to 109 Sea Zone
        1 battleship moved from 123 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from British Guiana to Brazil
              British take Brazil from Neutral_Allies

    Place Units - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 61 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 62 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        2 transports placed in 106 Sea Zone
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Rhodesia: 2 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Tanganyika Territory: 2 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter placed in Union of South Africa
        1 factory_minor placed in Egypt

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs
        Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 35 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs
        Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.33
Italians regular : -1.33
Japanese regular : 1.33
British regular : 0.33

Savegame

@WindowWasher said in BM4 WindowWasher X vs Mainah + 23:

I’ll get the move done tomorrow afternoon (US time), have had guests over for the last few days so I’ve had to entertain.

Nice! Glad the break wasn’t due to work.

@Avner
No power or internet right now (outside if poor cellular connection), sounds like it will be a few days before that gets fixed.

@WindowWasher
No power or internet right now (outside if poor cellular connection), sounds like it will be a few days before that gets fixed.

@WindowWasher said in BM4 WindowWasher X vs Mainah + 23:

@mainah all good take your time

Thank you sir.

Power outage lasted longer than expected, then storm clean up and a family emergency has kept me busy.

Will be taking some time to play my games this weekend; just wanted to give an update.

@Avner
Thank you sir.

Power outage lasted longer than expected, then storm clean up and a family emergency has kept me busy.

Will be taking some time to play my games this weekend; just wanted to give an update.