2015 Championship Game: JDOW Axis vs Zhukov44 Allies+40

[JDOW]

Any chance to continue soon?

[JDOW]

Sir, I think it is really time to resume that game now, that game speed is kind of frustrating. I am certainly no one who insists on the 72 hour rule but I think the US/UK moves should be doable at least in a week or so. Is that possible?

[Zhukov44]

Sorry everyone and especially JDOW.  Been really busy and this is an important turn and I don’t want to screw it up.  I can understand your frustration though so feel free to use bumps.

[JDOW]

Well, bumping is certainly not the way I wanna go, or would you say that this would psychologically influence you? :-)

You didn’t say anything about when you can continue? Can you make the move during the Christmas days?

[JDOW]

Bump #1

Please note that your hesitation and procrastination of decision making significantly influences the moral of your troops.
They sense that lack of leadership and will fight worse the longer they do not know what their generals plan them to do.

Axis intelligence reports first defectors, both in Asia as well es Europe.

[JDOW]

Bump #2

Happy new year.
Sir, any update? You haven’t moved for an entire month now. We are all busy somehow, but could you now stop procrastinating the move and continue the championship final?
Not moving at all is not the appropriate reaction to being anxious to mess something up because the game situation is complicated.

Come on. It is not even that I can’t wait to make my moves, the game is very very challenging and I have no idea about the outcome. But the battle must be fought!

[JuanSpain]

I think Zhuk´s delay reason is that his time in the last month has been very limited, he did not even answer when I conceded in our last game, unusual in a gent like him.

I hope he returns on time and provides the rest of this very interesting game, Axis has advantage now in my view, but definately still a lot of chances to win for Zhuk.

Congrats JDOW for having balanced the match for Axis with a 40 bid + a disaster suffered with Japan initially, I think it is really meritorious.

You are in your right to win this league through a third bump, and in my view you would be a fair winner after what I just described, but I beg you a little more patience, it is much better having a league winner with all honors and a lot of us want to see the rest of this great show.

[JDOW]

“Congrats JDOW for having balanced the match for Axis with a 40 bid + a disaster suffered with Japan initially, I think it is really meritorious.”

Thanks for the praise, means a lot. I would like to add that prior to my disaster at Java I had great France attack G1 only losing 1 ground and, even more important, a very pleasant outcome of the risky attack at Yunnan J1. Then after the horrible third round I found some imbalance in favor of the Allies. But the turn after Japan had 4 battles where every hit would have forced me to take an aircraft down and all allies whiffed.

So in case I lose I would not blame the dice given the current battles.

[Zhukov44]

Sorry JDOW extremely busy with work and family right now.  I’ll make a move by Saturday, hopefully sooner.

[JDOW]

Okay, thanks for the update!

[Zhukov44]

self-imposed deadline came and went, but still want to continue, working on it now.  Should post by tonite.

Should have more time now that the holidays are over.

[Zhukov44]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

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: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
                  Chinese take Kwangsi from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Hunan
                  Chinese take Hunan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
                  Chinese take Szechwan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan
                  Chinese take Suiyuyan from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Shensi
            1 fighter moved from Kansu to Yunnan

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            4 infantry placed in Yunnan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 10 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 16 PUs

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[Zhukov44]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 factory_minor, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Persia
                  British take Iraq from Germans
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to Persia
            2 infantry moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            3 infantry moved from Yunnan to Shan State
            2 fighters moved from India to Shan State
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to French Indo China
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            4 fighters moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 armour moved from Tunisia to Tobruk
            1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
            1 carrier moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 4 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kansu to Urals
            1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 86 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Battle in French Indo China
                British attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 2 infantry
                British win, taking French Indo China from Japanese with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
            Battle in Shan State
                British attack with 2 fighters and 3 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                British win, taking Shan State from Japanese with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Persia
                British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry
                British win, taking Persia from Germans with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Persia to Trans-Jordan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            2 fighters moved from Shan State to Yunnan
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Yunnan
            2 artilleries moved from 92 Sea Zone to Algeria
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Algeria

Place Units - British
            4 infantry placed in United Kingdom
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Union of South Africa
            1 factory_minor placed in Egypt

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 32 PUs; end with 33 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 38 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,5,4,3,1,5,5,5,6,3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 36 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,2,6,2,5,6,5,2,2,3,3,3
            UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 infantry

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[666]

this can’t be the 2015 championship game?!?

[JDOW]

It is. The playoff of the 2015 season started end of 2015 and haven been stretched till now. My semifinal game against Gamerman took 6 months and this game started in early September.

[JDOW]

Feels like taking over a game from someone else that is already in progress:)
No idea what my plans where.

I checked the map and just thought:

• Damn, Allies have 600+ TUV edge and 100 more units, many many reds on the map :-/
• Holy shit, you must have replaced Stalin by a capitalistic gold digging puppet :-o
• Where the f*ck is my Italian bomber?
• WTF, 25 chinese at Yunnan? and 15 Chinese income.
• Hey, I can attack India, nice!
• Whew, healthy Luftwaffe, 20 German planes, including 7 bombers  :evil:
• Cool, Germans 82 to spend and in the middle east already. But did I have any plans there? (I believe any plan I had did not matter as it heavily depended on the US/UK turn anyway)

Let’s see what the Italians can do to protect the humble territorial demands of the peaceful Axis party against the evil Allies perpetrators invading Axis ground from all sides.

[JDOW]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
            1 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Persia

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Persia
                Italians attack with 2 armour and 3 mech_infantrys
                British defend with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians win, taking Persia from British with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Italians: 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 fighter moved from Germany to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Germany
            2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 infantry placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5,2,1,4,2,5,1,6,4
            Italians collect 9 PUs (6 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs total
            Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 16 PUs

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[JDOW]

Sir, my apologies, I ran a German turn as a test accidently in PBEM mode, so you received some mails for a battle in archangel which are of course invalid. please ignore this dice.

[Zhukov44]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 transport; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to 54 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 13 PUs total
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 18 PUs

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[Zhukov44]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Combat Move - French
            1 cruiser and 2 destroyers moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
            2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt

Non Combat Move - French
            2 infantry moved from 92 Sea Zone to Algeria

Turn Complete - French

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