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With continuing Covid 19 restrictions some of us decided to play via Zoom using triple a. Of course this was not as much fun as playing face to face, but the four of us who joined in very much enjoyed the day.

Mark (@Credulous) kindly hosted the Zoom session.

We decided to play Anniversary (1942 set up). Mark played Japan and Adam (@Private-Panic) Germany / Italy. Leo (@Wittmann) took USA & Russia and Andrew (@h0lym0nk) GB. The Allies had a bid of 12 which they placed as a GB destroyer off Canada and a R artillery.

The opening moves on the R front favoured R, as G counter attacks all suffered more casualties than they inflicted. GB attempted its Taranto moment and lost heavily, leaving Italy able to capture Egypt. Japan suffered no mishaps, killing the GB fleet of India, the US flotilla at Pearl Harbour and the Chinese fighter.

GB considered its choice of factory locations and decided to opt for South Africa. Fortunately Hirohito spotted the possibility of capturing this and under Japanese orders the Italian navy navigated the Suez Canal and dropped 2 ground units in south east Africa, and these were able to capture the factory the following turn.

The US landed in north Africa, but then lost its 2 transports, defended by a single destroyer, to a G Luftwaffe attack. The US decided to allocate a considerable proportion of its resources towards an Atlantic navy sufficient to allow further landings in north Africa. These pushed towards Egypt.

This allowed J some freedom in the Pacific. J captured India and built a factory there. Briefly this appeared threatened by US pressure on Egypt and a R threat south from the Caucasus, but the prudent deployment of J fighters to India and Egypt stymied any Allied ambitions. Later Australia also had the honour of joining the J empire!

Meanwhile G managed to keep R in check while also combining with I units to deny the Allies the opportunity of gaining the French national objective. As a result the Axis were gaining most of their national objectives, but the Allies few of theirs. This and the collapse of the British Empire gave the Axis an income advantage of around 30 ipcs per turn.

The Allies surrendered, with a G stack before the walls of Moscow and a growing J threat on Caucasus. The US Pacific fleet had captured a couple of islands (while J replaced the naval fighters it had sent to India) but had no opportunity to effect further advances. The US Atlantic fleet had sailed south to defend Brazil from Italy’s South African fleet, robbing north Africa of reinforcements. Perhaps the only bright point for the Allies was GB’s capture of Norway.

The four of us had a chat and decided that the autumn and winter BoB dates should be arranged with the intention of falling back on a virtual event should Coronavirus continue to preclude face to face play.

@captainwalker thank you. Enjoy your G1.

@SS-GEN Thanks mate.

@CWO-Marc Very happy to be called Nelson.
And Adam is my Villeneuve.

@Krieghund said in Latest Tournament Rules?:

I have created a new topic with a file containing the rules. Could someone please “sticky” it? Thanks.

Done, thanks a lot!

@koala I sometimes think I enjoy 1914 the most of all the A&A variants koala. You certainly should give it a go.

@Slip-Capone And also we don’t play Economic victory.

TripleA Turn Summary: Pergamon round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Total_Ancient_War, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 4 Combat Move - Pergamon 1 unit repaired. 1 cavalry moved from Pergamum to Nicaea 1 skirmisher moved from Pergamum to Nicaea 1 cavalry moved from Pergamum to Nicaea 1 skirmisher moved from Sardis to Attalia 1 spearman moved from Sardis to Attalia 1 catapult moved from Sardis to Attalia 1 spearman moved from Sardis to Attalia Purchase Units - Pergamon Pergamon buy 1 cavalry, 1 phalanx, 1 skirmisher and 2 spearmen; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 1 techTokens; Combat - Pergamon Battle in Attalia Pergamon attack with 1 catapult, 1 skirmisher and 2 spearmen Seleucid defend with 2 phalanxs Pergamon roll dice for 1 catapult, 1 skirmisher and 2 spearmen in Attalia, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.17 expected hits Seleucid roll dice for 2 phalanxs in Attalia, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 skirmisher owned by the Pergamon, 1 phalanx owned by the Seleucid and 1 spearman owned by the Pergamon lost in Attalia Pergamon roll dice for 1 catapult and 1 spearman in Attalia, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Seleucid roll dice for 1 phalanx in Attalia, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 spearman owned by the Pergamon lost in Attalia 1 catapult owned by the Pergamon retreated to Sardis Seleucid win with 1 phalanx remaining. Battle score for attacker is -5 Casualties for Pergamon: 1 skirmisher and 2 spearmen Casualties for Seleucid: 1 phalanx Battle in Nicaea Pergamon attack with 2 cavalrys and 1 skirmisher Bosporus defend with 1 cataphract and 1 horsearcher Pergamon roll dice for 2 cavalrys and 1 skirmisher in Nicaea, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Bosporus roll dice for 1 cataphract and 1 horsearcher in Nicaea, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 horsearcher owned by the Bosporus lost in Nicaea Pergamon roll dice for 2 cavalrys and 1 skirmisher in Nicaea, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Bosporus roll dice for 1 cataphract in Nicaea, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 cataphract owned by the Bosporus lost in Nicaea Pergamon win, taking Nicaea from Bosporus with 2 cavalrys and 1 skirmisher remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14 Casualties for Bosporus: 1 cataphract and 1 horsearcher Non Combat Move - Pergamon 1 leader, 1 phalanx, 1 skirmisher and 1 spearman moved from Pergamum to Sardis 1 trireme moved from SZ 69 to SZ 67 1 spearman moved from Cydonia to SZ 67 1 spearman moved from SZ 67 to Sparta Place Units - Pergamon 1 cavalry, 1 phalanx, 1 skirmisher and 2 spearmen placed in Sardis Research Technology - Pergamon Pergamon spend 0 on tech rolls Pergamon rolls : 0/1 hits, 0.00 expected hits Pergamon removing all Technology Tokens after unsuccessful research. Turn Complete - Pergamon Pergamon collect 27 PUs; end with 29 PUs Trigger TechResetPergamon: Pergamon met a national objective for an additional -10 techTokens; end with 0 techTokens Objective PER 10unitMaintenance: Pergamon met a national objective for an additional -1 PU; end with 28 PUs Objective PER 15unitMaintenance: Pergamon met a national objective for an additional -1 PU; end with 27 PUs Objective PER 20unitMaintenance: Pergamon met a national objective for an additional -1 PU; end with 26 PUs Objective PER 5unitMaintenance: Pergamon met a national objective for an additional -1 PU; end with 25 PUs Units generate 1 techTokens; Pergamon end with 1 techTokens Units generate 3 PUs; Pergamon end with 28 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Pergamon : -0.50 Bosporus : -1.00 Seleucid : 1.00 Pergamon rolls : : 0.00

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TripleA Turn Summary: British round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v3 1942, version: 1.7

Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - British British buy 5 armour, 1 artillery and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 armour moved from Caucasus to Eastern Ukraine British take Eastern Ukraine from Italians 1 armour moved from Eastern Ukraine to Russia 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Russia 1 armour moved from Persia to Russia 1 armour moved from Persia to Russia 1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia S.S.R. 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 7 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from United Kingdom to 7 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from 5 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. 1 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. 1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 7 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Norway to Karelia S.S.R. 1 artillery moved from Morocco Algeria to 12 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 1 transport moved from 12 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 7 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from 7 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe 1 fighter moved from 7 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe 1 fighter moved from 7 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe 1 carrier moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Norway to Finland 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland 1 armour moved from Egypt to Persia 1 armour moved from Egypt to Persia 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland 1 artillery moved from 7 Sea Zone to Northwestern Europe 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 7 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from United Kingdom to 7 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. 1 armour moved from 5 Sea Zone to Karelia S.S.R. Combat - British Battle in Karelia S.S.R. British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 3 infantry Germans defend with 1 factory and 2 infantry British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in Karelia S.S.R., round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 3 infantry in Karelia S.S.R., round 2 : 3/8 hits, 3.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Karelia S.S.R., round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Karelia S.S.R. British win, taking Karelia S.S.R. from Germans with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Battle in Northwestern Europe British attack with 1 artillery and 3 fighters Italians defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 fighters in Northwestern Europe, round 2 : 4/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Northwestern Europe, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Northwestern Europe British win, taking Northwestern Europe from Germans with 1 artillery and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Battle in Russia British attack with 3 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 aaGun, 5 armour and 1 factory British roll dice for 3 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Russia, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.17 expected hits Germans roll dice for 5 armour in Russia, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.50 expected hits 2 armour owned by the Germans, 1 artillery owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Russia British roll dice for 3 armour in Russia, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 3 armour in Russia, round 3 : 3/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits 2 armour owned by the Germans and 3 armour owned by the British lost in Russia Germans win with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2 Casualties for British: 3 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 4 armour Non Combat Move - British 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to 5 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to 5 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to 5 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to 7 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to 7 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to 5 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Persia 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Persia Place Units - British 3 armour placed in Norway 1 artillery and 4 infantry placed in United Kingdom 2 armour placed in Egypt Turn Complete - British British collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs Objective 2: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 1.00 British : 2.33

Territory Summary for British :

Australia : 1 aaGun Eastern Canada : 1 infantry Eastern Ukraine : 1 flag Egypt : 2 armour and 1 factory Finland : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 2 infantry Karelia S.S.R. : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory and 2 infantry Libya : 1 flag Morocco Algeria : 1 flag New Zealand : 1 infantry Northwestern Europe : 1 flag, 1 artillery Norway : 1 flag, 3 armour and 1 factory Persia : 1 aaGun, 2 armour and 2 fighters United Kingdom : 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 1 factory and 4 infantry Western Canada : 1 infantry 5 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 4 fighters and 2 transports 7 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 1 transport

Production/PUs Summary :

Japanese : 33 / 45 Russians : 12 / 0 Germans : 36 / 73 British : 46 / 51 Italians : 9 / 10 Chinese : 4 / 0 Americans : 38 / 48

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@Private-Panic Thankd for this recommendation, PP. Amazonians eh!

Welcome to the forum Colin!

P.S. Do tell us what it is that you have to feel guilty about? :zipper_mouth_face:

Thanks as always Panther. Will look into that.

@aftertaste Thanks for those additions Mike. Much appreciated.:+1:

@suprise-attack Will do. Thanks mate!

On one occasion, though, 5 bombers did get to attack a G tank and 2 bombers. Marvellous! Until G threw the dice and killed 3 US bombers with 3 dice!

Mental!

Thanks Kevin. Good game. You had me struggling there for a while, so I feel lucky to have won. :-D

@Colt45:

Sounds like it was a blast!

We always have fun Colt …… even when witt joins us! :wink:

I have to think about it… :-P

Thanks, doing great as Japan in 2-on-2 team “War is Declared” 1940 Global 2nd Ed.  Unlike you, I had great opening dice luck, which allowed me to completely conquer China by round 5 and now India in round 7.  All with only 1 Chinese IC.