I debated taking West Russia, but I figured it best to put some space between the Nazi advance and the Motherland. I still don’t feel completely confident on my stack sizes, but I think that I am doing better than last time.
What do you define as a medium stack? Is it a stack that approaches the size of the stacks bordering it, yet not clearly larger?
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7
Game History
Round :1
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Russians
2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Russia to West Russia
1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to West Russia
3 infantry moved from Caucasus to West Russia
Combat - Russians
Battle in West Russia
Russians attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
Germans defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 6 infantry in West Russia, round 1 : 3/11 hits
Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in West Russia, round 1 : 1/5 hits
1 infantry owned by the Russians and 3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry in West Russia, round 2 : 5/10 hits
Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 artillery in West Russia, round 2 : 0/2 hits
1 armour owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
Russians win, taking West Russia from Germans with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
Russians win with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
Recording Battle Statistics
Non Combat Move - Russians
2 fighters moved from West Russia to Russia
1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Archangel to Karelia S.S.R.
2 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Caucasus
2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang
2 infantry moved from Evenki National Okrug to Novosibirsk
2 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia S.S.R.
1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Buryatia S.S.R.
1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Buryatia S.S.R.
Place Units - Russians
4 infantry placed in Caucasus
4 infantry placed in Russia
Turn Complete - Russians
Russians collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs total
Territory Summary for Russians :
Novosibirsk : 2 infantry
Karelia S.S.R. : 1 armour and 6 infantry
Caucasus : 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory and 6 infantry
Sinkiang : 2 infantry
West Russia : 1 flag, 2 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry
Buryatia S.S.R. : 6 infantry
Russia : 1 aaGun, 1 factory, 2 fighters and 4 infantry
4 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
Production/PUs Summary :
Russians : 26 / 26
Germans : 38 / 40
British : 30 / 30
Japanese : 30 / 30
Americans : 42 / 42
If needed, my email address is: rrmcgrew@gmail.com
Yeah, starting over is fine with me. Lol
You will have noticed two different sets of dice rolls for the same battle in Archangel in your inbox. Shortly (within seconds) of making my non-combat move with the British, I decided against my option, and I wanted to change it. I rebooted the game and replayed the battle. The second time around my fighters stayed alive, but I removed them from the board since they didn’t live through the initial skirmish. Typically this is not something I would do since it can lead to integrity violations and borders on cheating, but this is a learning game. I have no problems conceding victory to the Axis. I just wanted to see if my idea was correct, and how it would play out.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7
Game History
Round :2
Purchase Units - British
British buy 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;
Combat Move - British
1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Archangel
1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Archangel
Combat - British
Battle in Archangel
British attack with 1 bomber and 2 fighters
Germans defend with 2 armour
British roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 fighters in Archangel, round 1 : 2/3 hits
Germans roll dice for 2 armour in Archangel, round 1 : 0/2 hits
2 armour owned by the Germans lost in Archangel
British win with 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
Casualties for Germans: 2 armour
British win with 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
Casualties for Germans: 2 armour
Recording Battle Statistics
Non Combat Move - British
2 fighters moved from Archangel to Russia
1 bomber moved from Archangel to Novosibirsk
1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 45 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
1 infantry moved from Western Canada to Eastern Canada
Place Units - British
1 carrier and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone
1 fighter placed in 6 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - British
British collect 24 PUs; end with 25 PUs total
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: British player Removing units owned by PlayerID named:British from Russia: 2 fighters
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
Territory Summary for British :
Eastern Canada : 1 infantry
Australia : 1 infantry
Kenya : 1 infantry
India : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry
Novosibirsk : 1 bomber
Trans-Jordan : 2 infantry
United Kingdom : 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 1 factory
New Zealand : 1 infantry
Solomon Islands : 1 flag, 2 infantry
37 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
6 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 transport
13 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
Production/PUs Summary :
Russians : 19 / 25
Germans : 50 / 50
British : 24 / 25
Japanese : 25 / 32
Americans : 48 / 50
First of all, thanks for the advice. I think I can adapt the American strategy a bit. There is still plenty of fight in my heart, so don’t worry about that. Good Marines don’t doe. They just go to Hell and regroup.
I’d be willing to sit in on your tournament team, and I feel I would actually do better in a situation where I am given some general orders.
I am sorry for slow responses and turns today. I had an interview this morning, and I am hoping to hear something more about it soon.
Just let me know what I need to do for the tournament game. I, like Journo, have never played Global. I’ll have to do some reading this weekend. If I understand the little that I have read so far, Global uses the Europe base rules and the Pacific special rules plus the A+3.9 errata. Is that correct?
So, any suggestions to salvage at least a glorious defeat? Lol
I think I am correct in the way I see it; I am only delaying the inevitable, and I may not even be doing the best job of it. lol
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7
Game History
Round :2
Purchase Units - Russians
Russians buy 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;
Combat Move - Russians
3 infantry moved from Caucasus to West Russia
1 infantry moved from Caucasus to West Russia
1 armour moved from Russia to West Russia
Combat - Russians
Battle in West Russia
Russians attack with 1 armour and 4 infantry
Germans defend with 1 armour
Russians roll dice for 1 armour and 4 infantry in West Russia, round 1 : 1/5 hits
Germans roll dice for 1 armour in West Russia, round 1 : 1/1 hits
1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 armour owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
Russians win, taking West Russia from Germans with 1 armour and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
Casualties for Germans: 1 armour
Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
Russians win with 1 armour and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
Casualties for Germans: 1 armour
Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
Recording Battle Statistics
Non Combat Move - Russians
1 armour moved from Caucasus to Archangel
1 armour moved from Russia to Archangel
2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Yakut S.S.R.
2 infantry moved from Sinkiang to China
Place Units - Russians
4 infantry placed in Caucasus
5 infantry placed in Russia
Turn Complete - Russians
Russians collect 23 PUs; end with 25 PUs total
Territory Summary for Russians :
Soviet Far East : 2 infantry
Archangel : 2 armour
Yakut S.S.R. : 2 infantry
Caucasus : 1 aaGun, 1 factory and 6 infantry
West Russia : 1 flag, 1 armour and 3 infantry
Russia : 1 aaGun, 1 factory and 5 infantry
China : 2 infantry
4 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
Production/PUs Summary :
Russians : 23 / 25
Germans : 42 / 44
British : 28 / 32
Japanese : 25 / 32
Americans : 48 / 50
I didn’t feel like I had many options for US1, but I know that they are slow to “spin up,” as it were, so hopefully I didn’t leave myself too wide open. After I submitted, I realized that I left some lonely Infantry in Central US. More rookie mistakes, I’m afraid.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7
Game History
Round :1
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;
Combat Move - Americans
1 infantry moved from China to Kwantung
Americans take Kwantung from Japanese
1 infantry moved from China to Manchuria
Americans take Manchuria from Japanese
Combat - Americans
Recording Battle Statistics
Non Combat Move - Americans
2 infantry moved from Sinkiang to China
2 infantry moved from Western United States to 55 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Western United States to 55 Sea Zone
2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 55 Sea Zone to 52 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from 52 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
1 battleship moved from 55 Sea Zone to 52 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 20 Sea Zone to 53 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from Eastern United States to United Kingdom
1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to United Kingdom
1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 armour moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
1 armour and 1 artillery moved from 8 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
1 cruiser moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
Place Units - Americans
1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 submarine placed in 55 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 48 PUs; end with 50 PUs total
Territory Summary for Americans :
Midway : 1 infantry
Manchuria : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Alaska : 1 infantry
Western United States : 1 aaGun and 1 factory
Kwantung : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Hawaiian Islands : 2 fighters and 4 infantry
United Kingdom : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
Eastern United States : 1 aaGun and 1 factory
Central United States : 2 infantry
China : 1 fighter and 2 infantry
53 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
8 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser and 2 transports
52 Sea Zone : 1 battleship and 1 transport
55 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
Production/PUs Summary :
Russians : 21 / 29
Germans : 44 / 44
British : 28 / 32
Japanese : 25 / 32
Americans : 48 / 50
I’ll use it for defense anyway.
Well, call it newbie logic, I guess. I guess the lessons with the transports is one that I need to learn the hard way. Besides, we Marines aren’t known for our superior intellects. The Solomon Islands, while worth nothing in production value, may provide me an aerial platform in a pinch later, and better to take it now than later so it is there when I need it. As for India, I’m honestly not sure what to make of the situation there. I thought it best to keep the backdoor shut against the Japanese, or at least make it harder to kick in. The UK strategy has been the toughest for me to see much to do with. Perhaps we will need to do a second game after I completely ruin this one. ;)
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7
Game History
Round :1
Purchase Units - British
British buy 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;
Combat Move - British
1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from Australia to 40 Sea Zone
2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 40 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Solomon Islands
1 battleship moved from 2 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone
1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 7 Sea Zone
Combat - British
Battle in 7 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber and 2 fighters
Germans defend with 1 destroyer and 2 submarines
Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 7 Sea Zone, round 1 : 0/2 hits
British roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 fighters in 7 Sea Zone, round 1 : 1/3 hits
British roll dice for 1 battleship in 7 Sea Zone, round 1 : 1/1 hits
Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 7 Sea Zone, round 1 : 0/1 hits
1 destroyer owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 7 Sea Zone
1 submarine owned by the Germans Submerged
British win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
British win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
Battle in 15 Sea Zone
British attack with 1 fighter
Germans defend with 1 transport
1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 15 Sea Zone
British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
Battle in Solomon Islands
British attack with 2 infantry
Japanese defend with 1 infantry
British roll dice for 2 infantry in Solomon Islands, round 1 : 1/2 hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Solomon Islands, round 1 : 0/1 hits
1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Solomon Islands
British win, taking Solomon Islands from Japanese with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
British win with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
Recording Battle Statistics
Non Combat Move - British
1 fighter moved from 15 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from 7 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
1 infantry moved from Persia to Trans-Jordan
1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Kenya
1 armour moved from Eastern Canada to 1 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 transport moved from 1 Sea Zone to 2 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 2 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from United Kingdom to 2 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 2 Sea Zone
Place Units - British
1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 8 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - British
British collect 28 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
Territory Summary for British :
Australia : 1 infantry
Kenya : 1 infantry
India : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry
Trans-Jordan : 2 infantry
United Kingdom : 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 bomber, 1 factory and 2 fighters
New Zealand : 1 infantry
Solomon Islands : 1 flag, 2 infantry
Western Canada : 1 infantry
7 Sea Zone : 1 battleship
8 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
45 Sea Zone : 1 submarine and 1 transport
2 Sea Zone : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 transports
35 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport
Production/PUs Summary :
Russians : 22 / 29
Germans : 44 / 44
British : 28 / 32
Japanese : 30 / 30
Americans : 42 / 42
I am bringing 1 Sub and 1 Transport (laden with 2 Infantry from Australia) from SZ 40 to SZ 45 to conduct amphibious assault on Solomon Islands. There is one Japanese Sub in SZ 45, would it submerge or fight?
Yes, it seems I have been given a pretty thorough trouncing there.
Well, like I said in a previous post, I’ve fiddled with TripleA a bit, so I have gotten to do a few opening turns for each power, and I have played one full opening turn with a friend while we muddled through the rules.
Basically, I just looked at what I would do if I were Germany and Japan, and I tried to limit the more painful (for me) options.
They really have some good arcade games on Live. My personal favorites are Geometry Wars and Castle Crashers. If you are prone to seizures, I recommend avoiding Geometry Wars. lol