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Thanks for the game, mate.

Whew! I really pulled that one out of the fire.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 13

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 armour, 2 fighters and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 2 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 2 Sea Zone to Alaska
            6 fighters moved from Japan to Hawaiian Islands
            2 fighters moved from Midway to Hawaiian Islands
            1 destroyer moved from 16 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 7 carriers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 4 infantry, 4 tactical_bombers and 4 transports moved from 54 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 9 fighters, 4 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 62 Sea Zone to New South Wales

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 62 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 7 carriers, 1 destroyer and 4 transports
                ANZAC defend with 1 cruiser; British defend with 1 cruiser
                Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
                Japanese win, taking 62 Sea Zone from Neutral with 6 carriers, 1 destroyer and 4 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 carrier
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 cruiser
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
                Turning on Edit Mode
                EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 62 Sea Zone: 2 carriers
                EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 62 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
                EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Battle in Alaska
            Battle in New South Wales
                Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 9 fighters, 4 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 3 aaGuns, 3 armour, 5 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                ANZAC win, taking Alaska from Americans with 3 armour, 4 artilleries and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -112
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 9 fighters, 4 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for ANZAC: 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese

Place Units - Japanese
            10 infantry placed in Japan
            1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in Kiangsu
            1 fighter placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 43 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 1 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,5,3,4,2,6,6,5,2,5,2,2,3,2,3,1,1,2,5,4,4,5,2,2,6,6,2,4
            Japanese collect 51 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 51 PUs total
            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 56 PUs

Point taken on complaining.  Playing Bold and some of the others the smack talking and propagandizing (including self pitying) get a little out of hand.  I suppose there is an insidiousness to it to try to demoralize the other player.  :-(  Thus you always want to note your bad dice and never good dice to try to get the other guy thinking he’s winning when he may not be.

It’s silly but it creeps in.

I will also say, I’ve always suspected the dice server of being too random.  The amount of AA’s hit and sub defense hits and totally extreme dice seems too frequent to me.  I realize it’s probably just me, but sometimes the crazy dice make my head spin.

AS for the game, you play so aggressively that it literally keeps me on the edge of my seat.  I think I’ve lost most my games against you, and I have to say its because I felt rather hopeless.  Either my luck would stop you in time for me to regroup or I would die.

GG

Karl

Thanks! Yes, I don’t really see a path for you on this one. Japan will be at zero income in a couple turns (even if taking Tokyo takes a few more), and then it’s a war of attrition. An interesting game - had that big 50/50 battle off of Hanoi gone against me, I probably would have resigned!

A pleasure to play with you, I have a few other games lined up, but feel free to shoot me a note if you have a spot in your schedule.

I concede, and grats on a good game.  Let me know when you have room on your game roster for a rematch.

I’m still experimenting with bombers, I keep finding different things to do with bomber stacks.  It really hurt when you crushed my bomber stack in Siberia.  :(

See you later

Any want to play the official G42 setup?  Never played it myself, so I’m curious as to how it plays.  I’ll be either side.

GG, well played.

Can this topic be posted and pinned in a location that’s easy to access, like in the Play Boardgames? Just wondering. :-D

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.7.0.3, time: 16:42:25

Thank you.  It was fun.  You brought the best out of me on this game.

It was a fun one.  There were still plenty of Russian stacks left, but I agree it was a matter of time.  All I had to do was play it safe from here on out.

meh.  you won fair and square.

I want arty Alexandria, mech egy, inf New guinea, ipc uk Atlantic

Thanks!  It was a fun game.  You kept recapturing VCs for a lot longer than I thought possible.  lol

I’d like to try it on the forums.  I think the Axis are weak in this version, so I’d like to play as the Allies  :-D

thanks for the game :-)

good game….rgp

I do, but let’s do a new bid and save it for the 2014 season

UK transport in SZ71
UK Inf in Alexandria