Allies (+16) vs. Axis (darkskies) Coop

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Politics - Japanese
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Americans from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Chinese and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for British and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for UK_Pacific and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for ANZAC and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Japanese and British from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Japanese and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Japanese and ANZAC from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Dutch from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Chinese and British from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Chinese and UK_Pacific from Concordant to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Chinese and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With British And ANZAC: Changing Relationship for Chinese and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With French
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Japanese and French from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Chinese and French from Neutrality to Allied
            Trigger Russians Allied Americans 5: Changing Relationship for Russians and Americans from Neutrality to Allied

Combat Move - Japanese
            Trigger Japanese Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttatchment attached to Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Siam to French Indo China
                  Japanese take French Indo China from French
            1 infantry moved from Siam to French Indo China
            1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Japan to 37 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 20 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to 20 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kwangtung
            1 artillery moved from Kiangsi to Kwangtung
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Manchuria to Hunan
            1 fighter moved from Okinawa to Kwangtung
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 35 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 artillery moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 armour moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
                  Japanese take Chahar from Chinese
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to Kwangtung
            1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Anhwe
                  Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese
            1 destroyer moved from 19 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Formosa to 37 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Japan to 37 Sea Zone

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 35 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Japanese win with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Philippines
                Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 airfield, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Philippines from Americans with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Battle in Kwangtung
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Kwangtung from UK_Pacific with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 2 bombers, 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
                British defend with 1 battleship
                Japanese win, taking 37 Sea Zone from Neutral with 2 bombers, 1 cruiser and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship
            Battle in Hunan
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry
            Battle in Borneo
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Chinese defend with 4 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Borneo from UK_Pacific with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 4 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 aaGun and 5 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            4 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
            1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi
            2 bombers moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 19 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            3 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 40 PUs; end with 42 PUs total

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 36 / 67
    Russians : 37 / 38
    Japanese : 40 / 42
    Americans : 50 / 52
    Chinese : 9 / 12
    British : 28 / 28
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 17
    Italians : 10 / 10
    ANZAC : 10 / 10
    French : 13 / 0
    Dutch : 11 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 3 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 8 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I’m starting to get the hang of this.  I did a standard bovine J1 attack with a failed Yunan raid.  Not a big deal in the scheme of things, IMHO.

Good luck as the Americans, China, and UK!

[ItIsILeClerc]

Thanks, man :-).
I’m glad to hear you like it. Trying to get it running is no problem at all. If you make a mistake/forget something, it may be better to not correct it immediately, because the other player may have a hard time trying to see why something was redone. Post it like it is and request if you may redo that phase/battle. I will never make any problems with something like that. I’m going to need it myself as well haha! Given that this game is Low Luck, we may even correct certain mistakes with a simple edit.

Maybe we can disable the “also post after combat moves” checkbox. That is just silly double information. Maybe AD can explain why he advised to leave this on. If there’s a good reason I am missing, we can leave it on, ofc.

[ItIsILeClerc]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 carrier and 5 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Politics - Americans
            Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans
                Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Americans from Neutrality to War
            Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians
                Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians: Changing Relationship for Italians and Americans from Neutrality to War
            Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States
            Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States

Combat Move - Americans
            Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttatchment attached to Americans

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 86 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 86 Sea Zone to Brazil
                  Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies
            1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Western United States to Central United States
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 64 Sea Zone
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Western United States to Central United States
            2 aaGuns and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States
            2 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 10 Sea Zone to Western United States
            1 cruiser moved from 101 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Central United States to French Guiana

Place Units - Americans
            1 carrier and 5 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 53 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 73 PUs

[ItIsILeClerc]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
            2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi

Place Units - Chinese
            4 infantry placed in Szechwan

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 15 PUs

[ItIsILeClerc]

Scramble?
Don’t bother with saving anything. Just say Yes or no (and if yes what planes exactly).

[ItIsILeClerc]

A little Coop-talk:

Since I have foreknowledge that Germany is… ‘restricted’… to building a LOT of STR (from what I’ve seen it should be 10 in 3 turns and more later), I think it is more than fair if I give you an equal amount of foreknowledge. I can’t pin anything about the allies yet (depends too much on what your next moves will be) -except the USA, so here it is: The USA will from now on produce nothing in Europe anymore. Except perhaps another carrier or a submarine or 3. Unless… Japan gives the USA an easy time in the Pac ;-).

This is the most uncertain strategy I have for the USA (safe against a late JDOW aiming for India, but J1 perhaps not), but I want it tested against a veteran Japanese player doing J1, now that I have the chance. Just to be sure how safe it is.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I don’t see which battle you were asking about the scramble.  Since this is co-op and we have such lag in responses, you can make the decisions for me on scrambling unless it is a massive game changer were the answer is not obvious. If you have overwhelming force in the Med against my Italian Navy, I’m not scrambling.  If my planes will tip the battle to make me win it, I obviously will scramble.

[ItIsILeClerc]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 2 fighters and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 96 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Battle in 96 Sea Zone
                British attack with 2 fighters
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in 91 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 submarine
                British win with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Germans defend with 1 battleship
                Germans win with 1 battleship remaining. Battle score for attacker is -18
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the British
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 39
                Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter could not land in 97 Sea Zone and was removed
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            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 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Eastern United States
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to Eire
                  British take Eire from Neutral_Allies
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
            1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
            1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
                  British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
            3 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Burma to Szechwan
            2 infantry moved from Burma to India
            2 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
                  British take Persia from Neutral_Allies
            1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Tanganyika Territory

Place Units - British
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 97 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 97 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 1 fighter
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 97 Sea Zone: 1 cruiser
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 30 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6
            UK_Pacific collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys

[ItIsILeClerc]

Always hated those first turn battles… Imagine playing OOB, without extra bid units. A little bad luck for the allies around the med and it’s game over… Not that the current situation is much better :|. Sigh.

Right, the name of the scrambled sea area is in the window-header. Also below that, just a little above the unit selection box. The scramble would have been for SZ97, which Italy could indeed not have won. They could have caused UK to loose 2 more aircraft at the cost of 3 axis air.

[ItIsILeClerc]

Before I forget: I took the wrong loss in SZ97.
I forgot 1 FTR came from London and could not land on a dmgd CV. So I edited to correct that.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy nothing; Remaining resources: 10 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Tobruk to Tunisia
            1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland
                  Italians take British Somaliland from British
            1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                  Italians take Anglo Egyptian Sudan from British
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ethiopia to Kenya
                  Italians take Kenya from British

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Italians attack with 2 armour and 1 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 1 infantry
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Southern France from French with 2 artilleries remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Tunisia
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Tunisia from French with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
                British defend with 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Italians win, taking 97 Sea Zone from British with 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 28
                Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from 97 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Bulgaria
                  Italians take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
            1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3
            Italians collect 16 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 26 PUs total

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I don’t understand the heavy focus on the European side.  India is going to fall on J3 or J4 with no significant chance of US reprisals against Japan. Those transports in the Atlantic can be a minor nuisance to the Germans, but the fleet will be sunk the turn after they drop off the soldiers.  I also miss why you spent your bid in Africa but didn’t attack any of the Italian troops.  I should be essentially wiped off that continent after you spending 20 PUs there.  There shouldn’t be a need for additional American soldiers until I4-I5 with so much money spent there.

Despite the large bonus starting money for the Allies, IMHO it doesn’t look good for them at this point.

Question: does the Yukon belong to Germany, or am I crazy.

[ItIsILeClerc]

Hmm, difficult to answer… I know this is a more out of the box course of events but there are reasons for it. It would be too much writing to explain why. At least Egypt is safe now and that means a lot.
It´s just something I want to try first, and if it fails horribly (which I do not see as a remote possibility), we can just start over and play the allies more conventional. Maybe I even wanted to try this strategy first because I have the least faith in it of the few ideas that I have… But it has to be like trial and error. And who says I have to use the US forces I placed in Europe against Germany/Italy :-). The Pacific is not too far away.

As for the UK in the med… Again, there´s reasons why and I admit some of the reasons have something to do with my knowing Germany is going to have a large bomberstack and I don´t want the allies to spread too thinly and/or in too small stacks. But if the allies won´t be able to ´beat the bombers´, I am sure it won´t have anything to do with the UK in the med/Africa. Although, Churchill demands German payment for the unnecesary loss of 2FTR and a CA :-). The loss of the first a direct result of the loss of the latter.

[ItIsILeClerc]

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                ANZAC attack with 2 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                ANZAC win, taking Anglo Egyptian Sudan from Italians with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea
                  ANZAC take Dutch New Guinea from Dutch
            1 cruiser moved from 63 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
            2 aaGuns and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
            2 fighters moved from New Zealand to South Australia

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 15 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 20 PUs

[ItIsILeClerc]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Germans

[ItIsILeClerc]

Something went wrong with posting the French turn summary…
I canceled the posting because I wanted to check something and then the post button was greyed out. So be aware of that bug.

You can manually post (file, post PBEM/PBF) which I found out only after it was already the German turn.
Please be aware I edited the 3 Russian ART in Leningrad for MECH. No big deal, but I don´t want anything to go accidentally unnoticed  :wink:.

[oysteilo]

it is going to be really interesting to follow this game. I think UK was somewhat unlucky not to take out the german battleship and maybe italy was somewhat lucky to just loose a sub? I guess things tends to even out……Also I am curious as to what USA is doing, putting their stuff everywhere. It will be interesting to see. For France…why not take a 50% chance to kill the Italiens in Southern France?

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I definitely would have taken the 50/50 chance to take out Southern France to deny Germany a landing spot plus kill some troops.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

In case my German turn didn’t properly post also, here is the save: