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OOB: GovZ (X) vs Caesar1 (L+21)

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@Caesar1

Happy New Year! Hope you had a good holiday season. The post directly to forum is giving me an error - not sure what that is about. Please let me know if you have any problems loading the file.

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Round: 8 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone Combat - Italians French scrambles 1 units out of Egypt to defend against the attack in 98 Sea Zone Battle in 98 Sea Zone Italians attack with 1 bomber and 1 fighter British defend with 1 fighter; French defend with 1 destroyer Italians roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 fighter in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits French roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the French lost in 98 Sea Zone 1 bomber owned by the Italians retreated French win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2 Casualties for Italians: 1 fighter Casualties for French: 1 destroyer Moving scrambled unit from 98 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Egypt Non Combat Move - Italians 1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine 3 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Western Ukraine Place Units - Italians 1 fighter placed in Southern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 11 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,4,3,4 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3,3,6,3,3,1,1,2,2,5,4 Italians collect 4 PUs (11 lost to blockades); end with 4 PUs Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 9 PUs
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French regular : 0.00 Italians regular : -0.17
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L24 bm4 PLAYOFF axis-dom vs FlyingBadger (allies+16)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 1
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

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Round: 1 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 4 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians Combat - Russians Non Combat Move - Russians 1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone 6 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus 3 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus 2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Belarus 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Novgorod 1 artillery moved from Novgorod to Belarus 2 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod 3 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod 2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Bryansk 3 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine 2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine 2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Rostov 6 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R. 2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia 6 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia Place Units - Russians 3 artilleries placed in Novgorod 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Ukraine 5 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs
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L25 BM sunkhareb (Allies+23) v Omni (Axis)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Americans round 1
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

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Round: 1 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans Non Combat Move - Americans 1 fighter moved from Philippines to Guam 1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands 1 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States 1 bomber moved from Central United States to Eastern United States 2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States Place Units - Americans 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 101 Sea Zone Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 101 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Central United States: 2 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Central United States: 2 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 101 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
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Has Anyone Played This ?

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I haven’t played enough games to decide that, but overall it looks pretty even. Both sides played evenly (all the games I played were against myself) have a good shot at winning.

Its hex based system is definitely a change from most games, but it’s still based on the real world (it takes place within the Arctic Circle and Greenland, Alaska, Iceland, northern Canada, Norway, Finland, and northern Russia are clearly visible), and as there are limits on land and sea movement (explained below), it actually isn’t that different.

Land units can still only move on land by themselves and can only cross from hex to hex if there is a corresponding land connection. This makes for some interesting movement when fighting over the islands north of Canada, as the map is designed so that important areas in that region are quite far from the bases of both sides.

Adding to the above is the introduction of a Cobra “Weather Dominator”, allowing to turn hexes with water into ice (i.e land) hexes at the cost of 1 reinforcement point (basically IPCs). They’re generally used to faciliate the land movement of Cobra-Destro units and bridge areas.

One huge change that I’m still getting used to is that ships, aircraft, and land units occupy hexes that contain both land and water together, attacking and defending with each other (with some small exceptions). As such, amphibious assaults are made with ships and land units fighting together, and most battles (especially over islands) are conducted with all air, land, and sea units fighting together.

The unit selection is pretty truncated. There are only 2 land units, 1 air unit, and 2 sea units per side. Submarine mechanics don’t exist. Cruisers operate as the only surface ship and are also able to transport units. Like tanks in Classic, cruisers defend at a worse value than they attack. Carriers are still 2 hit though.

Aircraft are pretty interesting. The Cobra-Destro side has Rattlers, which are basically fighters that move at 3 (costs and attack and defense values are the same). The really useful thing is that they can fly almost anywhere, including territories captured on the same turn. They more or less make aircraft carriers for the Cobra-Destro side unneeded. In comparison, the Joes have Skystrikers, which have superior attack and move values to Rattlers but can only land in hexes with victory points (more on that later) and carriers. They’re actually quite balanced against each other.

Snow Cats (for the Joes) and W.O.L.Fs operate basically like Classic tanks, with an attack of 3, a defense of 2, and a cost of 5. Each has special abilites in combat. Snow Cats can make targeted attacks in the first round of combat and W.O.L.Fs have the option of doing what’s basically the first strike ability of submarines in the first round of combat, down to taking a combat penalty of attacking at 2 and defending at 1.

Infantry work in the exact same way, but they only cost 2 reinforcement points, so it’s easier to spam.

Each side has national advantages (although they’re not called that), encouraging certain moves.

Most areas cannot be controlled by either side, only passed through. The only areas that can be controlled are areas with victory points, which essentially double as IPCs, as they also determine how many reinforcement points you have to buy units.

All powers have a base, which essentially acts as their capital, which is where all units a power buys are placed (with some minor exceptions) and the capture of one base on the other side instantly leads to victory for the capturing power. Interestingly each side has a “shared” base, where units from two powers on the same side can be placed.

There are 2 ways to win: Capturing bases (I would compare this to a capital capture in normal games) or getting enough victory points from the board, the latter of which is both the most likely scenario of victory and similar to an economic victory in some Axis and Allies house rules.
This plays a lot more like an Axis and Allies tactical game than the “traditional” ones, with stacking limits, round limits, and several scenarios, all like like North Africa (they do have the same lead designer).
Like all Axis and Allies games, the “bad guys”, in this case, Cobra and Destro, start out with more units but fewer reinforcement points, while the “good guys” start with fewer units but more reinforcement points. The resulting dynamics on the game are similar to the other games.

Besides what I outlined above, movement operates fairly normally, as does turn order, purchases, etc.

Overall I would say it’s similar to tactical Axis and Allies games, especially North Africa, and more similar than different to the latter.

It’s pretty fun. The round limits and victory conditions keep the games short and avoid the kind of prolonged deaths losing powers in Global 1940 experience. The changes provide an interesting twist, while what’s kept from other games make it easy for returning players to understand the rules.

I would put it in between 1941 and 1942. Definitely one of the simpler Axis and Allies games. Probably most similar to D-Day of the games I’ve played in terms of complexity.

I hope this helped!
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pacifiersboard (X +12) -vs- mikawagunichi (L) PtV

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scramble also to sz55 (6 Ftr) ?
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L24 BM4 1/4 Playoff Me1945 vs Ghostglider (Allies+22)

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TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 1
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

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Round: 1 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 1 marine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans Non Combat Move - Americans 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Philippines to Guam 1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 1 bomber moved from Central United States to Eastern United States 1 fighter moved from Western United States to Eastern United States Place Units - Americans 1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 carrier and 1 destroyer placed in 101 Sea Zone 1 marine placed in Central United States 1 transport placed in 101 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter and 4 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan Combat - Chinese Battle in Yunnan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 4 infantry Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 4 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 5 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 5 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 6 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 6 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 7 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 7 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1 Casualties for Chinese: 3 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi 2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi 1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Shensi Place Units - Chinese 4 infantry placed in Shensi Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 9 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 1 airfield, 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone Combat - British Battle in 96 Sea Zone British attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport British roll dice for 1 submarine in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 submarine in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 tactical_bomber owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2 Casualties for British: 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 106 Sea Zone to 118 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 111 Sea Zone to 118 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar 1 fighter moved from Scotland to Gibraltar 1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt 2 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt 1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra UK_Pacific take Sumatra from Dutch 2 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State 1 fighter moved from Burma to India 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Tanganyika Territory 2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia 1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Burma to India Place Units - British 1 airfield placed in Gibraltar 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 28 PUs; end with 28 PUs Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 31 PUs Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 34 PUs Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 37 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 6 infantry placed in India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs Some Units in India change ownership: 6 infantry
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Chinese regular : -2.33 Italians regular : 1.00 Japanese regular : -0.33 British regular : -2.17
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Lee vs Emil AA50 (1942)

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@leemorrison triplea_41437_9Rus.tsvg

Italy was thankfull for the time for the small trades :b

Japanese are marching

Negating the NO of UK was a nice overlooked bonus for axis

Russia is up
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L24 PtV Stucifer (X+11) v ArtofWar (L)

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@ArtofWar1947 Skipped scrambles to Algeria (odds) Morocco (unnecessary) or sea zone (odds/2 bombards not worth the fighter), can reroll any of those if you prefer.

I took a british infantry in Morocco as the casualty, figured you wanted to maintain the US troop presence since there are more of them and you have more air force there.