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@dawgoneit Well, thanks for the pair of games. It was good to get practice in learning the new board, and the new rules. There is a version 6.0 that you can upgrade to, and it modifies the map a little in the South Pacific.

I like PTV a little better than BM3. I think it makes for a more historical game, by putting greater value on Mayala (Singapore), making it a Victory city, and de-emphasizing French Indo-China and its adjacent sea zone, from which Axis BM3 players can threaten India from with a placed Naval Base.

I like the land and carrier scramble rules. I also like the map mods in China and USSR, making it harder for Japan to dominate China, and harder for the Germans to surround Moscow, which happens so often in BM3.

It also gives most Pacific islands 2 adjacent sea zones, and I like the new play dynamic that those changes bring to the game.

I’ve been attaching bids for axis to most of my games now but since this one went with no bid, it would only be fair to do it no bid. Will set it up.

I certainly found this one fun too.

Yeah, PTV is pretty interesting. It seems to open up many more strategies. It’s definitely a brain-burner. Right, looking forward to the next one. I’ll set up the next one soon.

TripleA Turn Summary: British round 10

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Europe 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.0.0

Game History

Round: 10 Purchase Units - British British buy 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from Turkey to Southern Italy 1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone 2 bombers moved from Union of South Africa to 80 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to 80 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan Combat - British Strategic bombing raid in Southern Italy Italians roll AA dice in Southern Italy : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits Bombing raid in Southern Italy rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor Bombing raid in Southern Italy causes 4 damage total. Battle in 80 Sea Zone British attack with 3 bombers and 1 destroyer Italians defend with 1 submarine British roll dice for 3 bombers and 1 destroyer in 80 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 2.33 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 80 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 80 Sea Zone British win, taking 80 Sea Zone from Italians with 3 bombers and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine Non Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from 80 Sea Zone to Anglo Egyptian Sudan 1 bomber moved from 80 Sea Zone to Eastern Persia 1 bomber moved from 80 Sea Zone to Eastern Persia 1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Greece 2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from British Guiana to 88 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 88 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Spain 2 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Spain 1 artillery moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Spain 3 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 2 fighters moved from Norway to Russia 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from 104 Sea Zone to Spain 1 infantry moved from 104 Sea Zone to Spain 1 aaGun moved from Morocco to 92 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from 92 Sea Zone to Spain 1 fighter moved from Turkey to Greece Place Units - British 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry placed in Union of South Africa 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 3 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 41 PUs; end with 41 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0.17 British regular : 0.67 Italians AA : -0.17

Savegame

Thanks! Early on I thought the Allies would win, especially after my failed attack in Belarus, but slowly and carefully the Axis fought back. Thanks for the pair of games. I learned a lot from your excellent Axis play (an extremely effective J2, as I recall) in the first game, but I wasn’t able to use it very effectively when I played Axis against you. In this game, I thought your Allied naval base in Mexico was a brilliant move, which I had totally overlooked until you took back Hawaii a turn before I expected. I was glad I only lost a transport with that oversight. Best wishes with your future gaming. I think I need to take a leave of absence for a while after I finish my other 2 games. This pace has taken too my of my time and brainpower. But it was fun!

You post the result by "reply"ing to the “Post League Game Results Here” thread. You say “OwenToo (Axis) wins over Samuel06 (Allies)”, and you also add the URL of our game to the posting so that Gamerman can check it.

Thanks! GG! Best wishes to you, also!

Best wishes with all your other and future games!

I can’t do anything with this, I think. I just let you get out of control on Gibraltar.

I’ve posted your result.

Thanks for the game.

Thanks! I enjoy your comments throughout the game. It was a good game, and a lot of fun.

I think that your initial aggressiveness against Japan hurt you, and even though you sank some carriers in SZ6 early on, you lost several aircraft, and it (your overall aggressiveness against Japan) diverted your attention and resources from threatening Europe sooner. I think in the game, as in the real war, the Allies are best off using a “Europe first” strategy.

Please post the results in the “Post League Game Results Here” thread, as it is the conceding players responsibility to do so.

Enjoy the family in the coming days. I will look forward to your G1 next week!

@OwenToo said in TripleA engine - Known rules-related bugs/issues:

In TripleA, Why are air units allowed to fly through the Turkish Straits when Turkey in Neutral?

That’s legal. You don’t overfly Turkey when you overfly the strait.

This game is yours @OwenToo , there is Nothing i can do.
Congratulations to your win and i hope you make Champion on this braket.

I suggest to start the next one.
If you are ok with it let me know and i will start with the set up.

Do you now care for a bid?

Hi Owen
Thanks for a good game. There where some massive diceswings in this one again.
It seems that is the name of the game in our battles.
But I’m up for a new game with switch sides.
And I dont think I’ll advance in the Playoffs. I had a terrible turn 2 with japan where all aircrafts but 2 bombers got shot down by china and russia. But I haven’t thrown in the towel yet and I hope to force some big 40-60 fights and with a little luck I might be back in.
But I’ll PM you when the new game is up and running
Best regards
MrCunego

I already conceded the game in my post after Russia. I do not want to play this one out. I posted in the discussion thread for game results.

Thank you for a great game.
Moscow was decisive in this game and i was lucky as well.
You played a very strong Japan and it kept me very busy to react accordingly to your moves.

Here is game 2:https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/32703/19l-bm3-oventoo-l-vs-aetv-x-game-2/3

GL HF

That’s fine. Slow is OK. It can go well into next year’s league season. I like learning from everyone, and I want to see what Axis surprises you might have for me. :wink:

Thanks for the game.

I think I got  lucky this time around too. My AA especially definitely helped me at the right times (especially Norway and your last bombing run on India).

I think we both played quite well but made key blunders. Since you didn’t catch my mistake with the US/UK air in greece, 55 though was probably the decisive one.  The Pacific is often hard for Japan to manage when the US really focuses on it.But if Japan could have stayed dangerous for another couple of turns than you might have had the time you needed for Europe.

I was also super relieved that you didn’t turn the tanks around. I was in a strong enough position that maybe I could have survived losing Moscow, but I’m glad I didn’t have to test that.

And for sure we can do another in the new year. These two games were a lot of fun.

Good luck with your other games.

This is the Balance Mod 3.0 … You should download the map if you don’t already have it. Jon is Germany/Italy, Dad is Japan, Jim is Russia/UK/France, Joseph is USA/ANZAC/China

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Americans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

triplea_42369_Ame12.tsvg

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