Global War 1940 2nd ed.

[General 6 Stars]

As you can see we have 10 techs in game and only like 3 are doing anything useful. But thats why i like the tech in this game. You can get a lot but doesn’t over power the game and it does change every game some what different with the 2 NA’s you get at start of turn also. Winter has arrived and still OK for Germany. Russian Inf defend at 3.

Baron I got a question. As you know when my Tac Bomber ( ground attack) Dive Bomber ( naval attack) rolls a 2 or less can pick target with no return shot. But I was thinking how many Dive Bombers hit a Battleship so bad that it couldn’t return fire. Was wondering if only the Battleship is amune to the Tac-Dive Bomber first strike with no return shot.
And also the Carrier.

[General 6 Stars]

IM going to allow the Battleship and Carrier a return shot from a Tac Bomber first strike. If 2 Tac Bombers hit a Battleship or a Carrier with there first strike shots then the ship is sunk with a no return shot.

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Baron

You around more than once every 10 days? All good ?

[baron Münchhausen]

Yep.
I’m just buried underwork, and I just barely get time for daily basics and a little workout then sleep. Rince, then repeat.
Thanks for caring.
Around end of march, it will be “shiny”.

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Hey Baron I’m going to maybe go with these new Stg. Bomber rules ? You will have a choice of Carpet Bombing or a single attack. Naval Attack has been reduced also.

Stg. Bomber in game now. A8 D2 M6 C10  DF1 SBR 1D8

3  D12 @2  if Carpet Bombing
  OR
1  D12 @6  if making a single ground attack

1  D12 @4  if making a naval ship attack

H. Stg. Bomber in game now A8 D2 M7 C12 DF1 SBR 1 D10

4  D12 @2 if carpet bombing
  OR
1  D12 @7 if making single ground attack

1  D12 @5 if making naval ship attack

The Stg. Bomber hitting on 8 still naws at me for naval attack and even ground sometimes. The ground attack could still be considered a more of a pinpoint bomber attack in one area instead of spraying bombs. Trying to get closer to historical.

Just some thoughts. Anybody else have ideas ?

[General 6 Stars]

Nobody ? IL you agree with these values ? I’m not changing costs for planes.

[CWO Marc]

I don’t have any particular comments about the numbers you’ve used (assessing A/D/M/C values in A&A isn’t my strong suit), but for whatever it’s worth I have a few comments about the single attack / carpet bombing / naval attack concepts in general.

Notwithstanding the alleged “pickle barrel” accuracy of the Norden bombsight (which, in any case, only the American had), the basic problem is that WWII level bombers (a more proper term for A&A’s so-called strategic bombers) weren’t all that accurate in the daytime and were even less accurate at night.  A city-sized target was easy to hit by day, but a city was a tougher proposition at night if it was blacked-out and if there was no moonlight (though radio-navigation tools such as Gee could compensate for these conditions).  However, hitting something specific within a city (such as a dockyard or a factory) was very difficult by day and virtually impossible by night.  Even elite, specialized bomber groups highly trained for precision attacks against individual targets – like the RAF Dambusters, who attacked the moored Tirpitz by day a couple of time with earthquake bombs – tended to score more misses than hits.  This is why carpet bombing was invented: the tactic recognized that – especially at night – the best way to destroy a high-value target like a specific factory complex was to plaster the whole area around it, in the hope that a few of the bombs would hit the right target.

As for the “naval attack” concept, my understanding is that level bombers were generally unsuited to attacking ships operating at sea with all of their speed and maneuvering abilities intact. They did have some successes against such targets – notably the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse in December 1941 – but they also had notable failures (the American B-17s which took a crack at Nagumo’s fleet at Midway in mid-1942 scored zero hits, if I’m not mistaken).  Nagumo’s Pearl Harbor strike force in December 1941 did, if I’m not mistaken, score some of its hits with level-bombing techniques (such as on the Arizona, I think), but the bombers themselves were all naval dive- or torpedo-bombers, attacking anchored ships from low or medium altitudes.  Torpedo-bomber attacks, and dive-bombing attacks, were considered much more suitable than level bombing against ships operating at sea.

[General 6 Stars]

Thanks for reply CWO. Yes I want to make it more historical for the bomber. I do have Dive bombers in game that can pick a target and defender gets a no return shot on a certain die roll.

So I may have to make a single shot from a Stg. Bomber 1 d12 @4 and Naval 1 d12 @2.
I’ll have to play around with it.

Could have a Stg. Bomber have to do a Carpet Bombing attack and score a hit before the Bomber could SBR a IC or base. Ea Bomber rolls 2 or 3  d12s @2. Gets a hit then can roll there d8 for damage. Just some ideas. AAA gun would not get a shot at bomber until it SBRs a IC or base.

Another option.
Stg. Bomber  3 d12s @2 for ground and SBR attacks only.
                     1 d12 @2 against naval ship.

As I read up on this subject it was mainly to bomb IC railroads, cities  etc. and carpet bombing an area for support for ground troops to move in after the bombing.
So now maybe only have bombers do a first strike attack on a territory for combat with a no return shot from the defender.

[General 6 Stars]

For now may go with
Stg Bomber

A 3d12s @2 FS only no return shot or no first shot and any die rolls of a 1 by attacker no return shot and a roll of 12 by the attacker has to take there own casualties and defender gets a return shot on attackers roll of 2.
A 1 d12 @2 against a naval ship

Keep SBR same old rule

[General 6 Stars]

IL any thoughts on Stg Bomber values ?

[Imperious Leader]

with d12?
Do nations have different costs and values for units?

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@Imperious:

with d12?
Do nations have different costs and values for units?

Yes D12

Cost and values the same for all nations.

[General 6 Stars]

This is what Im going with for next game.

Stg Bomber
3 d12s @2 any rolls of a 1 no return shot
D2
M6
C10
DF 1
SBR 1 d8

H. Bomber
4 d12s @2 any rolls of a 1 no return shot

D2
M7
C12
DF 1
SBR 1 d10

The Tac Bomber is already a kicked up piece in game and now it will be bought more maybe both for ground and definitely for naval.

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@Baron:

@SS:

I’m going with 3 NO victory points for Axis and 2 for Allies.

1 point - Axis total ICP income is 174 or higher.
1 point - Axis control the Mid East Oil countries of
1- Trans Jordan,
2- Syria,
3- Tehran,
4- Iraq,
5- Iran,
6- Georgia and
7- Caucasus.
1 point - Axis control Northern Manchuria, Sumutra, Borneo, Java  for Japans oil.

Allies

1 point - No German subs in Atlantic ocean.
1 point - No Japanese Capital ships in the Pacific.

I will have Oil Derricks on map in these Mid East Oil countries and Dutch Islands showing what you need to capture and/or recapture to get 1 point bonus or remove 1 point bonus from victory points chart.

Seems pretty cool to me.

Combined with the others VCs and points, this will provided more flexibility on goals for both sides.

I wish I could play your game, I’m so far away…

Have a nice week end.
@SS:

PTO Allies
3 Sydney
2 Hawaii
2 Calcutta
1 Manilla
1 L. A.
1 Hong Kong

PTO Axis
3 Tokyo
2 Shanghai
2 Peking
1 Changkhun
2 Saigon

ATO Allies
3 Moscow
3 London
2 Washington
2 Lengingrad
2 Stalingrad
1 Cairo
1 Johannsburg

ATO Axis
3 Berlin
3 Rome
3 Paris
1 Oslo
1 Milan
1 Warsaw

The Allies start with 24 points and Axis with 22 points. First one to 30 points and holds for a turn wins the game.

@Baron:

@SS:

@Imperious:

W/o the math, what is the final unit attributes for transport?

You mean
                       D12

Planes only attacking lone transports. All transports get a @2 at planes.  No escape.

Ships only attacking lone transports. All surviving transports get a roll of @2 after all attackers roll after each round of combat.

Ships and planes attacking transports with escorts. Transports only shoot at planes@2.

Transport, always taken as last casualty, can only escape when alone and against warships only.

Otherwise, each get an AA roll against aircraft once per combat round, if any available.

I made a few changes for victory points. Axis total income is now 174 from 178.
Also added another Axis Victory point bonus for Dutch Islands for Japan oil.

Stg. Bombers going from
A8
D2
M6
C10
DF1
SBR 1 d8  to

A 3d12s @2  Roll of 1 no return shot
D2
M6
C10
DF1
SBR 1d8 damage

H. Bomber
A 4d12s @2  Roll of 1 no return shot
D2
M7
C12
DF1
SBR 1d10 damage

Will be testing again to see if changes make it a bit easier for the axis to win without changing a VC points. Then in 3 weeks will do a main group game.

[General 6 Stars]

The above Stg. Bomber values will also go against a naval ship.
3 d12s @2 roll of 1 no return shot.

Example

1 Stg. Bomber attacking a battleship. Bomber rolls a 9,1,1  Would kill the bomber with a no return shot.

1 Stg. Bomber attacking a battleship. Bomber rolls a 1,10,2 Battleship sunk with 1 return shot D8.

These new values for Bomber do give them a more of a chance to kill more pieces on a single roll. The bonus is accuracy. After a bunch of die rolling the ave comes out to 1 hit per 10 dice throwing for bomber. But of course thats where the attacker could out dice the defender. So while we play test this weekend will see. May have to lower stg bomber to 2d 12s @2. H. Bomber to 3d 12s @2

Or remove the no return shot period.
The no return shot is for bombers kinda doing the combined (same territory but just in front of troops or like further away from troops) shot before any ground troops attack.

Also didnt add the friendly kill value. Was gonna use a roll of 12 kills own attackers piece on ground but had more 12s come up in test rolls then 1s. Maybe have it where bomber rolls 3 die of 2,12,12. Equals 1 kill for the 2 and 1 friendly kill for only the double 12. But trying to keep it KISS.

[General 6 Stars]

Made 2 changes to the axis bonus points list. Made Mideast Oil territories down to 7 instead of 8 and added 1 bonus point for Japan if they control Northern Manchuria, Sumatra, Borneo and Java for Japans oil and refineries.

Edit: We didn’t use the Japan NO Bonus in the game report posted after this edit.

[General 6 Stars]

We got another game in Sat and the Axis won with 31 points that was held for 1 full turn. I tried a couple different things with US but Japan just to strong if you do not go to the Islands with Anzac and US together. Anyway we tried the new Stg. Bomber values of 3d12s @2 with roll of 1 no return shot for ea bomber. This worked out great with a few 1 rolls and some 2s. Now the bombers dont take over the game. A 1 or 2 bomber attacks are still pretty good but it seemed like the more dice you threw it went against you. You probably better off SBRing now. But you do still get hits with bombers. We had a couple no return shots on some naval ships so you do get rewarded with accuracy. Last ditch effort for me to get Paris was I attacked with 10 inf, 3 figs, 3 Stg. Bombers and 4 H. Bombers with 2 rounds of 25 dice rolling for bombers hoping for that last victory city to delay a axis victory. Of 50 dice I got 8 hits. So I got diced but a good roll would of been sweet. Chance you take. Also I SBR Berlin once with 4 H. Bombers with 4d 10s and rolled only 12 total damage. I got diced every where in this game but thats what it is.
Another 40 game in 2 weeks. Map pics and tech charts below.

[General 6 Stars]

Pacific map we tried in game where if you controlled a 3 Dutch Island only with an oil derrick you were able to roll 1 d6 die for extra icps.

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In my game here I have Tac Bomber at
A7  First shoot no return shot on a roll of 2 or less.
D4  First shot no return shot on a roll of 2
M4
C10
DF1
SBR Germany only if they get there NA. 1d8 damage

When I SBR an AAA gun as far as historical in away, could the Tac bomber get close enough to AAA gun and kill it before it shoots back ? So if I roll a 2 for Tac Bomber it kills the AAA gun before it can defend. Ya No ?

Edit: I did find history on it. Ground fire could maybe hit plane but pretty much the Dive Bomber was immune to AAA fire because of the angle and explosions higher in sky. So

Tac bomber SBR an AAA gun will kill AAA gun on a roll of 2 or less with no return shot.
Tac Bomber rolls a 3-7 kills AAA gun after AAA gun gets its defense roll if AAA gun misses.

Stg Bomber
A3 d12s @2 roll of 1 no return shot (except AAA ) . Roll of double 12s 1 friendly kill.
D2
M6
C10
DF1
SBR 1 d8 damage

Ex : 2 Stg Bombers roll  3, 2. 12, 9, 1, 12 =
1 kill for roll of 1 no return shot for ground or ship only  
1 kill for roll of 2
1 friendly kill for rolling 2 12s.

So also the Stg Bomber will not get its roll of 1 first strike shot due to that plane being higher up in air and AAA gun would get first shot at plane. But any roll of of 2 or less kills AAA gun if it misses.
Unlimited escorts and interceptors in game.

Risk and Reward so sweet !!!  :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

[General 6 Stars]

We played another game and the Axis won in 7 turns. Moscow fell and Calcutta too. Allies tried a desperate shot at taking Rome. But the Transports from allies attacking Italys Navy cost allies 5 bombers. So they lacked air support. UK US did use there joint strike against Italys navy.  US did have 4 H. Bombers for that last attack. SO with using the new Stg. Bomber rule the H. Bombers roll 4 d12 @2 roll of 1 no return shot and double 12s rolled kills your own guy for friendly fire. But as before the bombers do not take over game and the allies hopping for the bombers to get more hits than normal. Which didnt happen.

Japan does what Japan wants when the US goes Atlantic. The plan for Allies was to slow down Italy but it takes a bit longer to get to Africa and allies bought to many trans and inf.

We will have to see if Stg. Bomber new attack value is a bit to weak for the allies. But all like the Stg. Bomber rule. So it may be harder for the allies now where they need to get figs closer and not have the bomber A8 killing 50% of the time. You would think with 3 d12s rolled youd think you get more hits but you dont. Pics of maps at end of game.