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    Stu

    @Stucifer

    2025 2024 '23

    My first memory of a big box board game was courtesy of my older brother's copy of A&A classic. I think I only truly played it a handful of times before adulthood. I have the most experience with A&A 1942 2nd Edition, but added Anniversary to my collection a few years ago and finally picked up Global in summer 2023.

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    Best posts made by Stucifer

    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

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

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    • RE: Post League Game Results Here

      @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

      posted in League
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    • RE: Path to Victory League Discussion

      @gamerman01 Absolutely correct!

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

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

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

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      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

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    • RE: Anzac Shuck Into Europe

      @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.

      posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
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    • RE: The new ELO-based ranking system

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

      link url

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      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!

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    • RE: Post League Game Results Here

      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

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      @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!

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    Latest posts made by Stucifer

    • RE: WW2v3 Deluxe Argothair (Axis) v. Stucifer (Allies) - playtest #1

      I’d say scrambling in general is the one thing I think should be made universal somehow but then also needs to increase cost (and maybe nerf combat stats?) of fighters to compensate. I remember a thread from years ago where you had made fighters a 2A/3D C8 unit so I know you’ve probably had some testing with changing them around. Building stacks of planes in global variants is just too powerful and easy IMO

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    • RE: WW2v3 Deluxe Argothair (Axis) v. Stucifer (Allies) - playtest #1

      @Argothair
      Been quite busy with holidays and other events. Wrapped up all my other games so haven’t been on much! Im going to be quite limited the next few months and want to do the PTV championship . Let’s put a pin in it. I enjoy the setup it feels quite well balanced. I like that there are ways for Italy to protect its fleet and stay relevant, the extra territories make it feel a bit more like global. I like what you’ve done with the split islands a lot too. That’s my favorite thing in PtV.

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    • RE: New Support Tier?

      @barnee said in New Support Tier?:

      @djensen

      Platinum ?

      Element 115 ?

      Valor and Distinguished both good. I know there’s people who are able and desire to donate more.

      XCOM Fan I see :D

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      @axis-dominion said in League General Discussion Thread:

      @Stucifer said in League General Discussion Thread:

      @axis-dominion
      3rd edition Global with a little redesign to incorporate the split-sea zone island groups and a couple other balance adjustments from BM/PTV (Sea Zone 36, NOs) would be a pretty good Christmas present 😅😏

      i’m down!

      It is a project I’ve been thinking about undertaking this winter and if I have willing test subjects… 😏😁😁

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    • RE: Stucifer vs Mikawagunichi G42 Testing

      TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 6

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

      Game History

      Round: 6
      
          Purchase Units - Japanese
              Japanese buy 1 destroyer, 4 infantry and 9 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 
      
          Combat Move - Japanese
              1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Amur
                    Japanese take Amur from Russians
              1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Novosibirsk
              1 infantry moved from Sikang to Kazakhstan
              1 artillery moved from Tsinghai to Kazakhstan
              1 artillery moved from Tsinghai to Novosibirsk
              1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kazakhstan
              1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Novosibirsk
              4 artilleries and 13 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Shensi
              1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
              1 armour moved from Malaya to Shan State
              1 infantry moved from Siam to Shan State
              1 artillery moved from Siam to Shan State
              2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Malaya to 39 Sea Zone
              2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
              1 bomber moved from Malaya to 39 Sea Zone
              1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
              1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
              1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from 56 Sea Zone to Western Australia
              1 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
              1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 85 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from 85 Sea Zone to Brazil
              2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
              1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from 55 Sea Zone to Northern Territory
              1 carrier moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
              1 tactical_bomber moved from Queensland to 39 Sea Zone
              1 artillery moved from New South Wales to Victoria
              1 infantry moved from 62 Sea Zone to Victoria
              1 infantry moved from 62 Sea Zone to Victoria
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
              1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
              1 artillery moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
              1 mech_infantry moved from Shantung to Chahar
              1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to 24 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
              1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
              1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
              1 bomber moved from Philippines to Yunnan
              1 fighter moved from Queensland to 39 Sea Zone
              1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to Yunnan
              1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to 24 Sea Zone
      
          Combat - Japanese
              British scrambles 1 units out of India to defend against the attack in 39 Sea Zone
              Battle in Western Australia
              Battle in Brazil
              Battle in Northern Territory
              Battle in Borneo
                  Japanese attack with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry
                  British defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 3 artilleries and 3 infantry in Borneo, round 2 : 4/6 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                      UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Borneo, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Borneo
                      1 artillery owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Borneo
                  Japanese win, taking Western Australia from ANZAC, taking Brazil from Americans, taking Northern Territory from ANZAC, taking Borneo from UK_Pacific with 3 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                  Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
                  Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
              Battle in Victoria
                  Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                  ANZAC defend with 1 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Victoria, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                      ANZAC roll dice for 1 infantry in Victoria, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Victoria
                      1 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in Victoria
                  Japanese win, taking Victoria from ANZAC with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                  Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
              Battle in South Australia
                  Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                  ANZAC defend with 1 artillery
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in South Australia, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery in South Australia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in South Australia, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery in South Australia, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in South Australia
                      1 artillery owned by the ANZAC lost in South Australia
                  Japanese win, taking South Australia from ANZAC with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                  Casualties for ANZAC: 1 artillery
              Battle in Shan State
                  Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                  British defend with 1 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 3/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State
                  Japanese win, taking Shan State from UK_Pacific with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                  Casualties for British: 1 infantry
              Battle in Novosibirsk
                  Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                  Russians defend with 1 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Novosibirsk
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 4 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 5 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 5 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Novosibirsk
                  Japanese win, taking Novosibirsk from Russians with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                  Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
              Battle in Kazakhstan
                  Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                  Russians defend with 1 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Kazakhstan
                  Japanese win, taking Kazakhstan from Russians with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                  Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
              Battle in Yunnan
                  Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                  British defend with 2 aaGuns and 4 infantry
                      British roll AA dice in Yunnan : 1/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 2 aaGuns and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                      1 aaGun owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 1 aaGun and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                      1 aaGun owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Yunnan, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Yunnan, round 5 : 0/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 5 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      1 mech_infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 bomber in Yunnan, round 6 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 6 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 bomber in Yunnan, round 7 : 2/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 7 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                  Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 armour and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                  Casualties for British: 2 aaGuns and 4 infantry
              Battle in Shensi
                  Japanese attack with 4 artilleries and 13 infantry
                  Chinese defend with 3 infantry
                      Japanese roll dice for 4 artilleries and 13 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 4/17 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                      Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shensi
                      3 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Shensi
                  Japanese win, taking Shensi from Chinese with 4 artilleries and 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                  Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry
              Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                  Japanese attack with 1 battleship and 1 carrier
                  British defend with 1 cruiser
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 carrier in 41 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      British roll dice for 1 cruiser in 41 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                      1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 41 Sea Zone
                  Japanese win, taking 41 Sea Zone from UK_Pacific with 1 battleship and 1 carrier remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                  Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
              Battle in 24 Sea Zone
                  Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                  Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                      Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 24 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                      Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 24 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 destroyer owned by the Americans lost in 24 Sea Zone
                  Japanese win with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                  Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
              Battle in 39 Sea Zone
                  Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                  British defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in 39 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 5.17 expected hits
                      British roll dice for 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 39 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/7 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                      5 fighters owned by the Japanese lost in 39 Sea Zone
                      2 carriers owned by the British lost in 39 Sea Zone
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber and 3 tactical_bombers in 39 Sea Zone, round 3 : 3/4 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                      British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 3 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 39 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/5 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                      3 tactical_bombers owned by the Japanese and 1 bomber owned by the Japanese lost in 39 Sea Zone
                      1 tactical_bomber owned by the British, 1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 39 Sea Zone
                  British win with 2 fighters and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -30
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
                  Casualties for British: 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
              Battle in 38 Sea Zone
                  Japanese attack with 1 battleship
                  British defend with 1 destroyer
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship in 38 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 38 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                  Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                      1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 38 Sea Zone
                  Japanese win with 1 battleship remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                  Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
              Moving scrambled unit from 39 Sea Zone  back to originating territory: India
                  1 fighter owned by the British forced to land in India
      
          Non Combat Move - Japanese
              2 carriers moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
              1 tactical_bomber moved from 24 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
              2 fighters moved from 24 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
              1 carrier moved from 33 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
              2 fighters moved from 17 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
              1 carrier moved from 35 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
              1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Shantung to 19 Sea Zone
              1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan
              1 bomber moved from Yunnan to Hopei
      
          Place Units - Japanese
              1 destroyer and 9 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone
              3 infantry placed in French Indo China
              1 infantry placed in New South Wales
      
          Turn Complete - Japanese
              Japanese collect 74 PUs; end with 74 PUs
              Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 79 PUs
              Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
      

      Combat Hit Differential Summary :

      Chinese regular : -3.33
      Americans regular : -0.33
      Japanese regular : 1.67
      British AA : 0.67
      ANZAC regular : 1.00
      UK_Pacific regular : 1.00
      Russians regular : -0.67
      British regular : 2.50
      

      Savegame

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      @axis-dominion
      3rd edition Global with a little redesign to incorporate the split-sea zone island groups and a couple other balance adjustments from BM/PTV (Sea Zone 36, NOs) would be a pretty good Christmas present 😅😏

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      I realize it splits the league up further when adding add more variants which does have drawbacks

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    • RE: League General Discussion Thread

      @gamerman01 I’ve been taking a break from League matches for a couple months learning G42 for Battlefront Dayton. Hard to switch back to the OOB/BM map when you’ve been spoiled on the PtV map for so long… :)

      I do think G42 which is unofficially Larry Harris 1940 Global 3rd edition is very interesting to play especially given the constraints of live tournament play. Throwing empty carriers out as blockers and all-bomber buys are common round 4/5/6 moves depending on the pace of play.

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    • RE: Global 1942 Test Games (Daaras, Mikawa, Stu)

      TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 2

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

      Game History

      Round: 2
      
          Purchase Units - British
              British buy 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 
      
          Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
              UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 
      
          Combat Move - British
              1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 96 Sea Zone
              1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
              1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 cruiser moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 fighter moved from Egypt to 96 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from India to Burma
              1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma
              1 infantry moved from India to Burma
      
          Combat - British
              Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                  British attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
                  Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                      British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 2.50 expected hits
                  Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                      Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/5 hits, 2.50 expected hits
                      Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      1 fighter owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone
                      1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                      1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
                  British win with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 29
                  Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                  Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
              Battle in Burma
                  British attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                  Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                      British roll dice for 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Burma, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                      Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Burma, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Burma
                  British win, taking Burma from Japanese with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                  Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
      
          Non Combat Move - British
              Turning on Edit Mode
              EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 96 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
              EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Gibraltar: 1 fighter
              EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
              1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to India
              1 aaGun moved from India to Burma
              1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 80 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
              1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 39 Sea Zone to India
              1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
              1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
              1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
              1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tobruk
              1 armour moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
              1 armour and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
              1 armour moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
              1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 105 Sea Zone
              1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
              1 destroyer moved from 119 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
              1 carrier moved from 106 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
              1 infantry moved from Rhodesia to Tanganyika Territory
      
          Place Units - British
              2 transports placed in 71 Sea Zone
              British undo move 1.
              1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
              1 factory_minor placed in Persia
              1 transport placed in 71 Sea Zone
              2 transports placed in 109 Sea Zone
      
          Turn Complete - British
              British collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs
      
          Place Units - UK_Pacific
              3 infantry placed in India
      
          Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
              UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs; end with 6 PUs
              Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry
              Turning on Edit Mode
              EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Eastern Persia: 1 infantry
              EDIT: Adding units owned by British to West India: 1 infantry
              EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
      

      Combat Hit Differential Summary :

      Japanese regular : -0.33
      Italians regular : -1.33
      British regular : -1.83
      

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      TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 5

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

      Game History

      Round: 5
      
          Purchase Units - Italians
              Italians buy 2 artilleries and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 
      
          Combat Move - Italians
              1 cruiser moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 battleship moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 96 Sea Zone
              1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
              1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Turkey to Iraq
              1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Turkey to Northwest Persia
              1 fighter moved from Greece to Iraq
      
          Combat - Italians
              Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                  Italians attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                  Americans defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                      Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/6 hits, 3.50 expected hits
                      Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      1 cruiser owned by the Americans, 1 transport owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans lost in 96 Sea Zone
                  Italians win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 39
                  Casualties for Americans: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
              Battle in Iraq
                  Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                  British defend with 2 mech_infantrys
                      Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Iraq, round 2 : 3/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Iraq, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                      2 mech_infantrys owned by the British lost in Iraq
                  Italians win, taking Iraq from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                  Casualties for British: 2 mech_infantrys
              Battle in Northwest Persia
                  Italians attack with 1 armour and 2 infantry
                  British defend with 1 mech_infantry
                      Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 2 infantry in Northwest Persia, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                      Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Northwest Persia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                      1 mech_infantry owned by the British lost in Northwest Persia
                  Italians win, taking Northwest Persia from Russians with 1 armour and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                  Casualties for British: 1 mech_infantry
      
          Non Combat Move - Italians
              3 transports moved from 99 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
              1 bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
              1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Turkey
              1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
              1 fighter moved from Iraq to Turkey
      
          Place Units - Italians
              2 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Northern Italy
      
          Turn Complete - Italians
              Italians collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs
              Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 17 PUs
              Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 21 PUs
      

      Combat Hit Differential Summary :

      Americans regular : -1.17
      Italians regular : 3.50
      Russians regular : -1.00
      

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