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@crockett36 I believe it refers to the fact that the playable countries like Japan, USA and USSR start fully at war with all the relevant powers. They aren’t neutral to any of the unaligned powers like they are in G40 at the start.

@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… 😏😁😁

@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.

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

@mikawagunichi you lost a chunk in France too! Nice opening for the Allies.

@crockett36

I will be surprised if Allies win all the games. Shocked, even.

I would wager on Gamerman and Booper in their match against Daaras and FranceNeedsMorePower. And I think we’re in for a rough time against mikawagunichi and Oysteilo, neither of them are slouches here!

And yes, I love the game for what it is, but I think the game was developed with a different focus.

Some of the A&A games are quite well balanced (Anniversary 1942 setup without National Objectives, and 1942 2nd Edition), while others are wildly unbalanced – 1940 Global and 1914. Classic was also heavily Allies-favored, without the Russia rule for round one.

I’m fine with that, I enjoy these games a lot. As a kid I would tinker with the pieces on the Classic map and make up different scenarios for a “WW3” style setup. The flexibility of the game mechanics being commutable to many different versions is a testament to the excellence of its design foundation. I’m more in the tinker & improve camp myself, I have spent countless hours making alternative setups, such as a 1942 setup for PtV and a 1942 setup for YoungGrasshopper’s Tournament edition.

@oysteilo Live play is definitely more “interesting” in that way to me, the lack of battle calcs lets you make more risky decisions (and sometimes miss things that are more of a “sure-shot” than your intuition would tell you)

One of our live Tournament games this past November with my teammate @mikawagunichi came down to a battle for Turkey or Spain, one was 70+% odds and the other was 55/45 for the attacker, the attackers picked the 55/45 without the benefit of a battle calculator

If I hadn’t rolled all misses round one, we might have won that one…haha

@crockett36 USA is up good sir

Need to coordinate some on China/UKP/USSR here but should be able to post soon.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 2

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

Game History

Round: 2

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 2 destroyers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser moved from 46 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 47 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Java to Malaya

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 fighter moved from Java to Malaya

    Place Units - ANZAC
        2 destroyers placed in 62 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs
        Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 58 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone

    Combat - French
        Battle in 41 Sea Zone
            French attack with 1 destroyer
            Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 41 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 41 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 41 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 41 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 41 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 41 Sea Zone, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 41 Sea Zone
            French win, taking 41 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 infantry moved from French Central Africa to French Equatorial Africa
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.50
French regular : 0.00

Savegame

GLORY TO THE MOTHERLAND!

@crockett36 said in oysteilo and mikawagunichi vs crockett36 & Stucifer team Gamerman's setup:

@crockett36 Hey, I believe that when Russia goes into China the Mongolians are out.

They’re still Strict Neutrals, so since Axis declared on the Neutrals, they went to Pro-Allied. So can be activated by any Allied power now.

Convoy roll for Spain
[dice 1d6]

@Adam514 said in 2025 PTV Playoffs Stucifer (X+13) vs Adam514:

@Stucifer said in 2025 PTV Playoffs Stucifer (X+13) vs Adam514:

@Adam514 Looks like I shift+clicked here there should have been a tac left on the carrier in 38, but I understand if it’s too late to fix it.

3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 2 marines and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 38 Sea Zone to Malaya

Ah yeah I don’t use that functionality so that didn’t occur to me that that might have happened. I didn’t go for some other options in order to be able to set up that attack. I think it’s too late to change the move. Hopefully the dice in that battle are fair.

Yeah I usually try not to leave a fleet with 70% odds to die 😅

@Booper They are very valuable, I thought it was worth it to kill off your northern force given your buy and fleet position. Losing Norway & Finland always feels horrible to me. But you’re set up well for pressure on both Moscow & Stalingrad so I’m excited to see how this plays out

Hell of a game, I really enjoyed this match. Cheers 🍻