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You’re welcome - I’ll name my bid on the new game thread… it’s GoT time, so I’ll come up with a diabolical Allied plan later tonight.

Ok, well for the record you kicked my butt in one game, and my two goat sacrifices worked in the second  :-D

Thank you sir! See you around, and good luck to you in the league ~

Thanks tc - if you want to analyze/talk strategy at all, let me know. I’ve learned all my lessons the hard way  :-)

Forget this one exists - started this in the wrong place. We’ll let it fade into oblivion…  :-D

Thanks Snake - I look forward to the rematch. I’m still finding my way with the Allies.

I think I’ll take 3 UK infantry and an artillery in Transjordan.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :22

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

Jeff - thank you! I’m up for the rematch whenever you’re ready to go - just PM me and I’m in.

If I remember right I also had some dice go my way early, here and there. Early good dice for the Axis has a ripple effect much larger than it seems.

Talk to you soon -

Rod

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.6

Game History

Round :2

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 3 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 submarines moved from 111 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 112 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
                  Germans take Normandy Bordeaux from French
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium
            2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 94 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Greece
            3 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Greece
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Greece
            1 artillery moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 mech_infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 mech_infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium
            1 mech_infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 109 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 3 submarines
                British defend with 1 transport
                Germans win, taking 109 Sea Zone from Neutral with 3 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Battle in 94 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in Greece
                Germans attack with 3 armour, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Germans win, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 3 armour, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Holland Belgium
                Germans attack with 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                French defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Holland Belgium from French with 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in 104 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 destroyer
                Germans win with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Germans
            6 armour moved from France to Germany
            1 battleship moved from 111 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
            2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            3 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Slovakia Hungary
            3 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
            2 artilleries moved from Yugoslavia to Slovakia Hungary
            3 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Poland
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Greece to Southern Italy
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 aaGun moved from France to Southern France
            2 bombers moved from 94 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux

Place Units - Germans
            3 armour, 1 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            1 infantry placed in Germany
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 112 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 43 PUs; end with 43 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 48 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

I was supposed to win with 12 units left… I ended with 15, if you count carrier absorptions I chose not to take. Based in the value of thise last few units, I think you have a 6 IPC US median reroll opportunity… please confirm.

I surrender. Too bad to have a great game f*&%3d by dice.

I had a 98% chance to win with 14.5 units left, and an absolutely dominant position vs. Russia. I lost my entire Luftwaffe and you still had 7 units. A 21 unit shift in the most pivotal area of the game.

Long live straight dice. Way to ruin a perfently good game.

I’m not interested in pretending it didn’t happen… let’s just move on and maybe I’ll have one of those go my way some game.

Please use this one!

Russia 5.tsvg

good game and good night.  way past my bedtime…

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.6.1.2, time: 04:38:57

Splash… melt…  :evil:

I’m going to play Germany.

How does it work ? Do i have to collect every one email to start the game ?

That sounds good Rod. Lets debrief soon.

Thank you sir, and see you on the boards…  8-)

On German aircraft - I buy mostly fighters as a standard rule, but I buy Tacs and/or Strats a turn before I know I’ll make a major assault. If my purchase forces my opponent to move from a territory I covet, I view it as a win, and think of the Tacs/Strats as investments for future assaults.

I’ve also come to view aircraft of all sorts, for all nations, as a capital investment - as important as a major naval purchase (cruiser or better). I do everything I can not to lose them, and I only sacrifice them if the payoff is equal to or higher than the loss.

I view any aircraft being shot down or lost as one of my razor sharp teeth being pulled out of my head… it hurts, and my bite has diminished. I don’t want to gum my adversary to death. It follows that seeing an opponent’s aircraft lost makes me feel happy inside, if lost fairly. I hate silly luck either for or against me.

Regarding pulling out of Russia - that came down to how much damage will the Russians inflict on their way out? I would have stayed if the battle was 50-50, or maybe even 60-40 to your advantage, but you built up such an impressive force that moving was the only option I felt I had. I did it for pure survival!

Ok - that’s all I’ve got in me for now - just spent two hours with my daughter doing homework and getting her to sleep.

Ok, sir… we move on to the other platform full time.