Thanks for sharing these incredibly sad news… I didn’t know until now that he actually passed. I can add that Joakim suffered from terminal colorectal cancer he was diagnosed with probably around 2020 or a bit earlier. I hadn’t reached out to him for a few months now but I will add that he most likely stayed positive and brave until the end. As always…

I got to know Joakim about 8 years ago when I was searching for guys to play OOB 1940 with since I had no one to play with at the time. I ended up meeting about 5 other playing a game, most of whom were very new to the game. One of these guys were a very social, positive and curios individual called Joakim. He showed an interest of the game and not before long he and I started playing 15h sessions of the game ourselves. We even got to start inventing new rules for tech and whatnot. Many of you can probably relate.

After about a year he mentioned this forum where you could play games against people wherever. I was very hesitant at first but eventually tried it out. The rest is history as they say.

In addition to all the kind words from the community l also want to add my personal view of Joakim. He was a very intelligent man, one of you mentioned his chess playing, but he also had an unfinished PhD he decided not to pursue at the time. He was always curios and very competitive. He loved working out and specifically running which was something he excelled in.

Joakim leaves behind two daughters of whom both I’ve met while playing in his apartment many years ago.

I wish everyone the best, wherever you are on planet Earth, on this very sad day.

Warm regards Peter

@gamerman01 thank you! I have been around a very short time compared to some of the players here, but it’s easy to see your contributions and how you are regarded by those players who know you better. Life always has to take precedence so I wish you all the best and hope things work out. Hope to see you back one day.

Warm regards Peter

All the best from Sweden.

@martin haha yeah! To be fair, I had the game versus Simon33 I believe, but he never conceded properly. For my own part, I am getting divorced and need to adjust to the new life with 2 kids every other week. Hope you all will keep the spirit and competition and I will try and get back later :)

@bombsaway and @Soulblighter my suggestion is to just get going with a game. We do this for fun primarily, right? :)

@Amon-Sul Maybe by giving it “for free” say every 5 turns or so we can emulate the real war in a way since tech was advanced. It also circumvents the problem with having to spend previous IPC on something that compared to units is usually much worse. I totally agree there should be some generic techs and Nation specific ones that makes sense.

@Amon-Sul me and @trulpen play tested a lot of different home made variants. We came a long way but it was OOB at my house (mostly). Trulpen do you think it would be worth the effort bringing it here? One major obstacle is of course that it would need to be programmed in AAA 🤣

@LennardF Agreed!

@amon-sul Haha, maybe you should start an additional one then ;)

@trulpen 🙄🙄😀

Thanks for sharing these incredibly sad news… I didn’t know until now that he actually passed. I can add that Joakim suffered from terminal colorectal cancer he was diagnosed with probably around 2020 or a bit earlier. I hadn’t reached out to him for a few months now but I will add that he most likely stayed positive and brave until the end. As always…

I got to know Joakim about 8 years ago when I was searching for guys to play OOB 1940 with since I had no one to play with at the time. I ended up meeting about 5 other playing a game, most of whom were very new to the game. One of these guys were a very social, positive and curios individual called Joakim. He showed an interest of the game and not before long he and I started playing 15h sessions of the game ourselves. We even got to start inventing new rules for tech and whatnot. Many of you can probably relate.

After about a year he mentioned this forum where you could play games against people wherever. I was very hesitant at first but eventually tried it out. The rest is history as they say.

In addition to all the kind words from the community l also want to add my personal view of Joakim. He was a very intelligent man, one of you mentioned his chess playing, but he also had an unfinished PhD he decided not to pursue at the time. He was always curios and very competitive. He loved working out and specifically running which was something he excelled in.

Joakim leaves behind two daughters of whom both I’ve met while playing in his apartment many years ago.

I wish everyone the best, wherever you are on planet Earth, on this very sad day.

Warm regards Peter

@MrRoboto Yes it was! Thank you!

@Pejon_88 scramble to SZ113?

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: British round 22

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 22

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 3 fighters, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 113 Sea Zone
        12 fighters moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 113 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        5 carriers, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
        7 fighters moved from Norway to 113 Sea Zone

    Combat - British

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 22

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

Game History

Round: 22

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 infantry moved from Yenisey to Timguska
              Russians take Timguska from Japanese
        11 infantry moved from Yenisey to Evenkiyskiy
        1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
        1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
        1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Samara

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Bryansk
            Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Bryansk, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Bryansk, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Bryansk
            1 fighter owned by the Russians retreated
            Germans win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Smolensk
            Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Smolensk
            Russians win, taking Smolensk from Germans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
        Battle in Evenkiyskiy
            Russians attack with 11 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 11 infantry in Evenkiyskiy, round 2 : 1/11 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Evenkiyskiy, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Evenkiyskiy
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Evenkiyskiy
            Russians win, taking Evenkiyskiy from Japanese with 10 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Samara
            Russians attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 2 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Samara, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Samara, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Samara
            Russians win, taking Samara from Germans with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        2 aaGuns moved from Yenisey to Evenkiyskiy
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Samara to Russia
        1 fighter moved from Smolensk to Russia
        1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Russia

    Place Units - Russians
        6 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 12 PUs
        Trigger Russians 5 Persia Lend Lease Lane War With Japan: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 14 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0.67
Germans regular : -0.33
Russians regular : -0.67

Savegame

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/40471/l23-bm3-4-quarterfinal-pejon_88-x-vs-ghostglider-a-15/109?_=1710192071596

Ghostglider advances to the next round in the BM playoffs! Good luck!

@Ghostglider How much one missed fig in WG can affect. Missed to put it there to mitigate your landing in Norway although I think you were closing in on the win anyway. That even though you had unlucky dice, well done. I simply played too cautiously especially with Japan. Good luck in the next round.

@Ghostglider yes please.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 21

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

Game History

Round: 21

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Java to 33 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 marine and 2 submarines moved from 35 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Northern Territory to 55 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 55 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
        1 fighter moved from New South Wales to 33 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from India to Persia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        2 submarines placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 fighter 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
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 16 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@Ghostglider Yes, 2 italian + 1 Ger fig please.