11L '41 - Manstein (axis) v BoldFresh (Allies) Bid 6, +NOs, No Tech

@Stucifer BTW, assumed you would not scramble in UK SZ

@dawgoneit Scramble?

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 16

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

Game History

Round: 16 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 9 armour, 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Novosibirsk Germans take Kazakhstan from Russians 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Samara 1 fighter moved from Bessarabia to Caucasus 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus 1 armour moved from Belarus to Bryansk Germans take Smolensk from Russians 1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Vologda Germans take Vologda from Russians Combat - Germans Battle in Novosibirsk Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Novosibirsk Germans win, taking Novosibirsk from Russians with 1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry Battle in Samara Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Russians defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Samara, round 2 : 3/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Samara Germans win, taking Samara from Russians with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Caucasus Germans attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry British defend with 2 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 : 0/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 4 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Caucasus 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus Germans win, taking Caucasus from Russians with 1 artillery and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Buryatia: 1 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Yakut S.S.R.: 1 mech_infantry EDIT: Changing ownership of Buryatia from Russians to Germans EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 2 fighters moved from Caucasus to Greece 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Greece 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Greece 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Samara to Novgorod 1 aaGun, 50 artilleries and 43 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk 2 infantry moved from Tambov to Bryansk 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novosibirsk to Volgograd 17 armour moved from Volgograd to Bryansk 10 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Bryansk 1 artillery moved from Volgograd to Tambov 7 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Bryansk 2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine 2 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Ukraine 3 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Belarus 14 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Bryansk 3 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine 2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 4 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone 4 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry and 4 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 4 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway 1 submarine moved from 119 Sea Zone to 124 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 armour and 7 mech_infantrys moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia 1 aaGun, 4 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from France to Western Germany 4 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary Place Units - Germans 3 armour placed in Volgograd 3 armour placed in Ukraine 3 armour placed in Western Ukraine 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Novgorod Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 64 PUs; end with 66 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 71 PUs Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 86 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -1.00 Germans regular : -1.67

Savegame

Doing only combat move in the combat movement phase keeps your options open, and is the only choice according to the rules, but sure is easy to forget you were going to reinforce something in non combat that you just walked in on the combat move phase
Barely caught that one

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 7

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

Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 6 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi 1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Kansu Japanese take Kansu from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei Japanese take Hopei from Chinese 1 bomber moved from Anhwe to Shensi 1 bomber moved from French Indo China to Shensi 2 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma 3 tactical_bombers moved from French Indo China to Burma 1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 32 Sea Zone Combat - Japanese Battle in 32 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 submarine Americans defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Americans lost in 32 Sea Zone Japanese win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for Americans: 1 transport Battle in Burma Japanese attack with 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers British defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers in Burma, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits UK_Pacific roll dice for 2 infantry in Burma, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Burma Japanese win, taking Burma from UK_Pacific with 2 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Battle in Shensi Japanese attack with 2 bombers and 1 infantry Chinese defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 bombers and 1 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shensi 2 bombers owned by the Japanese retreated Chinese win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 2 bombers moved from Shensi to French Indo China 3 tactical_bombers moved from Burma to French Indo China 1 artillery moved from Szechwan to Yunnan 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow 1 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar 2 aaGuns and 5 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria 1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 20 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 20 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from Anhwe to Manchuria 1 fighter moved from Anhwe to Japan 1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to 6 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 3 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone 8 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China 2 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar Place Units - Japanese 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone 3 infantry placed in Japan 3 artilleries placed in Manchuria 3 artilleries placed in French Indo China Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 65 PUs Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from French Indo China: 1 aaGun EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Yunnan: 1 aaGun EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.67 Japanese regular : -1.33 UK_Pacific regular : -0.67

Savegame

@VictoryFirst

Game History

Round: 8 Purchase Units - British British buy 1 bomber and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Caucasus 1 fighter moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to Caucasus 1 bomber and 3 fighters moved from Persia to Caucasus 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Caucasus Combat - British Battle in Caucasus British attack with 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 2/7 hits, 3.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Caucasus British win with 1 bomber and 5 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Changing ownership of West Europe from Germans to British EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Anglo Sudan Egypt 1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Caucasus to Karelia S.S.R. 2 infantry moved from Finland Norway to Karelia S.S.R. 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to North Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from North Sea Zone to Finland Norway 3 transports moved from West Spain Sea Zone to North Sea Zone 1 armour and 3 infantry moved from United Kingdom to North Sea Zone 1 armour, 3 infantry and 3 transports moved from North Sea Zone to West Spain Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from West Spain Sea Zone to West Europe 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from West Spain Sea Zone to Algeria 5 infantry moved from Algeria to Libya 6 infantry moved from Libya to Anglo Sudan Egypt 9 infantry moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to Syria Jordan 3 armour moved from Persia to Anglo Sudan Egypt 2 infantry moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 aaGun and 5 infantry moved from Persia to Syria Jordan Place Units - British 1 bomber and 7 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.67 British regular : -1.33

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Russians round 12

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 12 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 9 artilleries; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 5 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Kursk to Ukraine 1 infantry moved from Northern Caucasus to Rostov Russians take Rostov from Italians 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Southern Belarus Russians take Southern Belarus from Germans 1 infantry moved from Russia to Yaroslavl Russians take Yaroslavl from Germans Combat - Russians Russians creates battle in territory 82 Sea Zone Battle in Ukraine Russians attack with 5 artilleries and 5 infantry Italians defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 5 artilleries and 5 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 6/10 hits, 3.33 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 aaGun and 1 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 aaGun owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Ukraine Russians win, taking Ukraine from Italians with 5 artilleries and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8 Casualties for Italians: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Tambov to Rostov 1 artillery moved from Stalingrad to Rostov 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern Caucasus to Rostov 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Samara to Rostov 2 aaGuns, 7 artilleries and 61 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk 1 aaGun moved from Gorky to Yaroslavl 9 artilleries and 23 infantry moved from Samara to Russia Place Units - Russians 9 artilleries placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 82 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,4,5,3 Russians collect 36 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 36 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 39 PUs Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 41 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0.33 Russians regular : 2.67

Savegame

@surfer Sorry for the delay, had a nice weekend of playing over the board then had to catch up on work. Should be able to post turn tomorrow.