I printed a PtV map image on banner vinyl. Playing our first game on it this weekend!

@dawgoneit @mikawagunichi Thanks guys, appreciate it -
I don’t want to freak anyone out, this is a personal break but I’m in good health and looking forward to coming back eventually. I found that I had crossed the balancing line in my personal life. Need some time away to recalibrate and have healthy space for my gaming addiction(s) while still accomplishing my work/life goals ;)

Cheers
Stu

@gamerman01 Absolutely correct!

From left to right
@Daaras
@avandoo
@stucifer
@mikawagunichi

Been playing Stalingrad and Global (Larry Harris 1942 setup with GenCon Tournament Rules) with @mikawagunichi and @Daaras this weekend!

I posted this in the strategy discussion thread, I published a video going over my J2 strategy a couple days ago and a new video today discussing PTV changes from OOB.

J2 Strategy video:
https://youtu.be/0JK0TXDrYGY?si=U_sTL42aK_FfuH4j

Introduction to PTV:
https://youtu.be/YPJ_I0qxGBU?si=bYbZHALTBa0n49-e

@crockett36 said in Anzac Shuck Into Europe:

@FranceNeedsMorePower I think it is imperative that Anzac stay in its lane in its ocean PTO.

Can’t agree more. ANZAC has very limited income and production capabilities. If they are making 20 per round due to NOs Japan is going to be in serious trouble. They can build 2 subs and a destroyer each round and assist the US deep in the Pacific. This is far more effective than shucking infantry into Africa or Gibraltar.

One of the #1 rules of Axis & Allies is to use overwhelming force. For that reason it is better to have most of your income and units being controlled by as few powers as possible. Germany at 80 IPCs/round and Italy at 3 is far more dangerous than Germany at 53 IPCs/round and Italy at 30.

The Allies income is already very distributed, which when coupled with generally longer supply lines, lowers the effect of their income lead. If you take Brazil with ANZAC you are:

1. not projecting any threat of trading islands or securing objectives with that ANZAC transport in the Pacific;
2. operating a very weak power far away from their power base

If you continue down this path, what do you do with the ANZAC infantry if you get them to Gibraltar or Africa? You need artillery, and preferably heavy air support, to go on the offensive.

Spending 34 IPCs (factory, harbor, transport) to then spend 6 IPCs per round shucking 2 ANZ infantry into a theater where they have no ability to project power is a complete misuse of resources and will cost you the game against a solid opponent. If you spent the same amount in the Pacific, you could have an additional fighter and 4 subs, plus another sub each round; as @crockett36 mentioned having a sub count higher than Japan’s destroyer count and the opportunity to shotgun them out to start convoying can do some serious, serious damage to the Japanese economy.

I went through 14 more pages and collected data on 226 more games to input.

Fun, watching it while I work. Love @crockett36’s comment about engineers and accountants, my older brother that got me into A&A is an engineer and I am an accountant. Who would have guessed!

Congrats Farmboy on the 2023 title!

Also, in a wild tech- (and quickly jet-)fueled match, heavy favorite @gamerman01 's Germany steamrolls through the USSR and towards Egypt for a decisive triumph over the Allies, despite Japan withering on the vine in the Pacific.

OOB +51 bid for Allies. I haven’t played OOB and didn’t realize just how weak the USSR is, tried to do too much with it, both stacking Yunnan with the aircraft and rushing fast movers to Iraq and toward Tobruk/Ethiopia for the N.O. cheese.

Tech played a factor, although Gamerman didn’t need it to cement a victory, it just assured it more quickly 😉

Germany got Long Range Aircraft on round 3 followed by Jet Power on round 5, with a purchase of 4 tokens total. USA missed 16 tech dice rolls in a row (1 token round 2, and then 3 tokens over the next 5 rounds).

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1719409

@regularkid said in League General Discussion Thread:

@Stucifer that is so freaking epic! very impressive. how are you differentiating the marines?

Right now, I have Marines for the US that I got from Historical Board Gaming. However I do not have marines for the other countries, so we are using German infantry with a Japanese occupation marker underneath for Japanese marines.

@regularkid said in League General Discussion Thread:

also, how do you handle the vichy units?

I put a black-backed occupation token on each Vichy territory and left the French units on the board. Since Germany opted for Vichy and the French fighter was lost in the 113 scramble, it’s not too confusing.

I’m also logging each end state in TripleA. Mostly to track income with all the NO conditions, easy to lose track of one. Added benefit since we have to clear the table for an activity tonight, but plan to continue playing tomorrow if the weather forecast holds!

Scramble 114?

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: British round 1

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 1

    Combat Move - British
        1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Scotland to 114 Sea Zone
        1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 114 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Malta to 98 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 100 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone

    Combat - British

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

Edge outcomes happen, I don’t think I’d enjoy playing this game on low luck although sometimes I wish for it haha

The transports help a lot, if it weren’t for that I’d be around -125, as it is I’m at -100 for sz 93 + 94 I think. However one of the strengths of the Allies is they tend to be less brittle, with the US taking most of that negative TUV swing I should be ok but the UK is smarting. I was planning on the german transport being eliminated to deny Norway & the NO for another round

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1942 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British

    Combat - British

    Non Combat Move - British
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Persia
        1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
        2 infantry moved from West India to 79 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 79 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
        1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone

    Place Units - British
        1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 110 Sea Zone
        1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Persia

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

Didn’t realize the battle calculator snip was before the scramble. Still a <2% outcome, but not 0.2%.

Huge disaster for the UK though, 4 fighters, 2 destroyers and a cruiser, and still didn’t sink the Littorio

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters and 3 submarines moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from United Kingdom to 93 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 104 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 marines moved from Sumatra to 38 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya
        1 bomber moved from Eastern India to Malaya

    Combat - Americans
        Germans scrambles 1 units out of 94 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in 93 Sea Zone
        Japanese scrambles 3 units out of 132 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in Malaya
        Battle in Malaya
            Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Japanese defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 harbour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship and 3 cruisers in Malaya, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber in Malaya, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Malaya, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans and 1 marine owned by the Americans lost in Malaya
                1 fighter owned by the Japanese, 3 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 artillery owned by the Japanese, 1 mech_infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 armour owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 marine and 1 tactical_bomber in Malaya, round 3 : 4/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in Malaya, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 bomber owned by the Americans and 1 marine owned by the Americans lost in Malaya
                2 fighters owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya
            Americans win with 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 22
            Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 2 marines
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
        Battle in 93 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 7 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
            Germans defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 2 submarines
                Americans roll dice for 7 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/7 hits, 2.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/10 hits, 4.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 9/14 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                5 submarines owned by the Americans and 2 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 carrier owned by the Germans and 2 submarines owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/10 hits, 4.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 7/13 hits, 6.50 expected hits
                2 submarines owned by the Americans, 4 destroyers owned by the Americans and 1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the Germans, 1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 carrier owned by the Germans and 1 cruiser owned by the Germans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 2/5 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 5/9 hits, 5.17 expected hits
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Americans and 1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
            1 transport owned by the Americans retreated to 90 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -80
            Casualties for Americans: 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 7 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for Germans: 2 carriers, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 submarines
        Moving scrambled unit from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            3 fighters owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans forced to land in Gibraltar

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 fighters moved from New South Wales to Queensland
        3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Malaya to 38 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 2 fighters moved from 38 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 38 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 28 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands

    Place Units - Americans
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 4 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 27 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6,3,3
        Americans collect 54 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 54 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 64 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        15 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan

    Combat - Chinese
        Battle in Yunnan
            Chinese attack with 15 infantry
            Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 15 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 3/15 hits, 2.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
            Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 14 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        COMMENT: Skipped scramble to Yunnan due to odds
        1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Kansu to Eastern Sinkiang

    Place Units - Chinese
        2 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 9 PUs
        Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 12 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Scotland to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to 100 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Celebes
        1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
              UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese
        1 marine moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 marine moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya
        1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern India to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone

    Combat - British
        Italians scrambles 1 units out of 94 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in 93 Sea Zone
        Battle in 100 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 fighter
            Italians defend with 2 transports
                2 transports owned by the Italians lost in 100 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for Italians: 2 transports
        Battle in 50 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 fighter
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 50 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
        Battle in Celebes
        Battle in Malaya
        Battle in 43 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
            Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 43 Sea Zone
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 43 Sea Zone
            British win, taking Celebes from Japanese, taking Malaya from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
            Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
        Battle in 93 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters
            Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                2 destroyers owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 3 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 fighter owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
            Italians win with 1 battleship and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -36
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters
            Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            British attack with 2 fighters and 1 submarine
            Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 carrier and 2 transports
                British roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 carrier and 3 transports in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
                2 transports owned by the Italians and 1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 94 Sea Zone
            British win with 2 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 34
            Casualties for Italians: 1 carrier and 2 transports
            Casualties for Germans: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - British
        2 fighters could not land in 94 Sea Zone and were removed
        2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
        1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 43 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 50 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 43 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Eastern India to 38 Sea Zone
        1 carrier moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 13 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
        1 transport moved from 74 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 82 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
        1 fighter moved from 100 Sea Zone to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
        3 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Iraq
        1 infantry moved from Syria to Trans-Jordan
        1 transport moved from 82 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Place Units - British
        1 submarine placed in 109 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in United Kingdom
        1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
        3 infantry placed in Southern Persia

    Turn Complete - British
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 128 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,6
        British collect 36 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 37 PUs
        Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 40 Optional[PUs]

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 artillery and 3 infantry placed in Eastern India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 132 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3,2,4,3,1,4,2,1,6,2,3,3,6,1,4
        UK_Pacific collect 9 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 9 PUs
        Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 12 Optional[PUs]
        Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 1 artillery and 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.50
Americans regular : -1.00
Italians regular : 1.33
Japanese regular : 1.50
Germans regular : 2.33
British regular : -3.50

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters and 3 submarines moved from 91 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from United Kingdom to 93 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 104 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 marines moved from Sumatra to 38 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya
        1 bomber moved from Eastern India to Malaya

    Combat - Americans
        Germans scrambles 1 units out of 94 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in 93 Sea Zone
        Japanese scrambles 3 units out of 132 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in Malaya
        Battle in Malaya
            Americans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Japanese defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 harbour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship and 3 cruisers in Malaya, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 2 marines and 1 tactical_bomber in Malaya, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Malaya, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans and 1 marine owned by the Americans lost in Malaya
                1 fighter owned by the Japanese, 3 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 artillery owned by the Japanese, 1 mech_infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 armour owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 marine and 1 tactical_bomber in Malaya, round 3 : 4/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in Malaya, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 bomber owned by the Americans and 1 marine owned by the Americans lost in Malaya
                2 fighters owned by the Japanese lost in Malaya
            Americans win with 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 22
            Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 2 marines
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
        Battle in 93 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 7 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
            Germans defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 2 submarines
                Americans roll dice for 7 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/7 hits, 2.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/10 hits, 4.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 9/14 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                5 submarines owned by the Americans and 2 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 carrier owned by the Germans and 2 submarines owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/10 hits, 4.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 7/13 hits, 6.50 expected hits
                2 submarines owned by the Americans, 4 destroyers owned by the Americans and 1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the Germans, 1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 carrier owned by the Germans and 1 cruiser owned by the Germans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 2/5 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 5/9 hits, 5.17 expected hits
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Americans and 1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
            1 transport owned by the Americans retreated to 90 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -80
            Casualties for Americans: 2 bombers, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 3 fighters, 7 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for Germans: 2 carriers, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 submarines
        Moving scrambled unit from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            3 fighters owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans forced to land in Gibraltar

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 fighters moved from New South Wales to Queensland
        3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Malaya to 38 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 2 fighters moved from 38 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 38 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 28 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands

    Place Units - Americans
        1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 4 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 27 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6,3,3
        Americans collect 54 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 54 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 64 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        15 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan

    Combat - Chinese
        Battle in Yunnan
            Chinese attack with 15 infantry
            Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 15 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 3/15 hits, 2.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
            Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 14 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        COMMENT: Skipped scramble to Yunnan due to odds
        1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Kansu to Eastern Sinkiang

    Place Units - Chinese
        2 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 9 PUs
        Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 12 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Scotland to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to 100 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Celebes
        1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
              UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese
        1 marine moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 marine moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya
        1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern India to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone

    Combat - British
        Italians scrambles 1 units out of 94 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in 93 Sea Zone
        Battle in 100 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 fighter
            Italians defend with 2 transports
                2 transports owned by the Italians lost in 100 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for Italians: 2 transports
        Battle in 50 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 fighter
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 50 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
        Battle in Celebes
        Battle in Malaya
        Battle in 43 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
            Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 43 Sea Zone
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 43 Sea Zone
            British win, taking Celebes from Japanese, taking Malaya from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
            Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
        Battle in 93 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters
            Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                2 destroyers owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 3 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 93 Sea Zone, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the British lost in 93 Sea Zone
                1 fighter owned by the Italians lost in 93 Sea Zone
            Italians win with 1 battleship and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -36
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 fighters
            Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            British attack with 2 fighters and 1 submarine
            Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 carrier and 2 transports
                British roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 fighters in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 carrier and 3 transports in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
                2 transports owned by the Italians and 1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 94 Sea Zone
            British win with 2 fighters and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 34
            Casualties for Italians: 1 carrier and 2 transports
            Casualties for Germans: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - British
        2 fighters could not land in 94 Sea Zone and were removed
        2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
        1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 43 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 50 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 43 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Eastern India to 38 Sea Zone
        1 carrier moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 13 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
        1 transport moved from 74 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 82 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
        1 fighter moved from 100 Sea Zone to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
        3 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Iraq
        1 infantry moved from Syria to Trans-Jordan
        1 transport moved from 82 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Place Units - British
        1 submarine placed in 109 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in United Kingdom
        1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
        3 infantry placed in Southern Persia

    Turn Complete - British
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 128 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,6
        British collect 36 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 37 PUs
        Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 40 Optional[PUs]

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 artillery and 3 infantry placed in Eastern India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 132 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3,2,4,3,1,4,2,1,6,2,3,3,6,1,4
        UK_Pacific collect 9 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 9 PUs
        Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 12 Optional[PUs]
        Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 1 artillery and 3 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.50
Americans regular : -1.00
Italians regular : 1.33
Japanese regular : 1.50
Germans regular : 2.33
British regular : -3.50

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Scramble option for the Italian fighter

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: British round 5

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5

    Combat Move - British
        1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Scotland to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to 100 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Celebes
        1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
              UK_Pacific take Shan State from Japanese
        1 marine moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 marine moved from 40 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya
        1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern India to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone

    Combat - British

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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