Wheatbeer (Allies +6) vs Alex (Axis), G40 Final Alpha

It can.

China doesn’t even need the UK to be at war with China to do so either … so it can land in Burma on C1 if it wants.

Chinese land units can also attack (if Japanese controlled) or NCM into Burma or Hong Kong.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :7

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 3 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 infantry moved from Northern Territory to 55 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northern Territory to 55 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 55 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            2 fighters moved from 57 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Malaya
            Battle in Java
                ANZAC attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 armour and 1 infantry
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Java, round 1 :  2/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 infantry in Java, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the ANZAC , 1 armour owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Java
                ANZAC win, taking Malaya from Japanese, taking Java from Japanese with 1 artillery and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour and 1 infantry
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            2 fighters moved from Java to 57 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 55 Sea Zone to 57 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 55 Sea Zone to 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northern Territory to Queensland
            2 aaGuns moved from Northern Territory to Queensland

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales
            1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 17 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 27 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 46 / 70
    Russians : 14 / 21
    Japanese : 60 / 74
    Americans : 54 / 74
    Chinese : 4 / 6
    British : 34 / 41
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 7
    Italians : 25 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :7

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 destroyer moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to French Central Africa

Turn Complete - French

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 46 / 70
    Russians : 14 / 21
    Japanese : 60 / 74
    Americans : 54 / 74
    Chinese : 4 / 6
    British : 34 / 41
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 7
    Italians : 25 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :8

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians repair 3 damage on 3 factory_majors; Remaining resources: 18 PUs;
            Russians buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 armour moved from Russia to Smolensk
                  Russians take Smolensk from Germans
            1 armour moved from Smolensk to Archangel
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Archangel
            2 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            1 artillery moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            2 fighters moved from Russia to Archangel
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Samara
            1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kazakhstan to Tambov

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Archangel
                Russians attack with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 2 mech_infantrys
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Archangel, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Archangel
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 3 :  2/4 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Archangel, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Archangel
                Russians win, taking Archangel from Germans with 1 armour and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Tambov, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Tambov, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Tambov
                retreated to Tambov
                Italians win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Caucasus
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Italians defend with 2 armour
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Caucasus, round 1 :  1/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 2 armour in Caucasus, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Caucasus
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 :  0/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Caucasus, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 :  0/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Caucasus, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Caucasus
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 4 :  1/2 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Caucasus, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Caucasus
                Russians win, taking Caucasus from Italians with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 2 armour
            Battle in Samara
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Samara, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Samara
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Samara, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Samara, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Samara
                Germans win with no units remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Tambov to Russia
            2 fighters moved from Archangel to Russia
            1 armour moved from Ethiopia to Egypt

Place Units - Russians
            6 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 50 / 68
    Russians : 14 / 20
    Japanese : 60 / 74
    Americans : 54 / 74
    Chinese : 4 / 6
    British : 32 / 41
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 7
    Italians : 23 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Lame dice for Soviets.

I forgot to move the bomber, feel free to do it on Japan’s turn.

I have been really tempted to suicide 2 fighters against SITA (knock out one Italian unit hopefully), NCM the US carrier to SZ95, then hit SITA again with the UK (inf, art, 2 fig, strat) … if the US gets a fighter hit, then the UK would probably sack Rome at the cost of a US carrier and 2 fig.  Failure would be such a waste though, that the risk isn’t quite worth the reward.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :8

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 artilleries, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters, 5 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Algeria to Tunisia
                  Americans take Tunisia from Italians
            2 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 3 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
            1 battleship, 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 112 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 109 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 112 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 42 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 battleship, 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 42 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 42 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 4 carriers, 2 cruisers and 5 destroyers in 42 Sea Zone, round 1 :  5/8 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 42 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese and 1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 42 Sea Zone
                Americans win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 battleship, 4 carriers, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Norway
                Americans attack with 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Norway, round 1 :  3/6 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Norway, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Norway
                Americans win, taking Norway from Germans with 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 fighters and 1 submarine
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 92 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 3 fighters in 92 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 92 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Americans and 1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 92 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 aaGun, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
            4 fighters moved from Burma to 42 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from India to 42 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from India to Russia
            2 fighters moved from Egypt to Gibraltar
            2 fighters moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
            2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to Caroline Islands
            2 infantry moved from New Zealand to 63 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 63 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to Eastern United States

Place Units - Americans
            2 destroyers and 2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 5 infantry placed in Eastern United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 58 PUs; end with 59 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 79 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 68
    Russians : 12 / 20
    Japanese : 66 / 71
    Americans : 58 / 79
    Chinese : 3 / 6
    British : 32 / 41
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
    Italians : 22 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :8

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Shensi
                  Chinese take Shensi from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
                  Chinese take Yunnan from Japanese

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Szechwan
            1 infantry placed in Yunnan
            Chinese undo move 1.
            1 infantry placed in Shensi

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 5 PUs; end with 5 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 11 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 68
    Russians : 12 / 20
    Japanese : 64 / 71
    Americans : 58 / 79
    Chinese : 5 / 11
    British : 32 / 41
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
    Italians : 22 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :8

Combat Move - British

Non Combat Move - British
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 2 fighters moved from 57 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State
            2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 16 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Persia to India
            1 infantry moved from Syria to Iraq
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 72 Sea Zone to Kenya
            1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Gibraltar to Iraq
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Norway
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Norway
            1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Norway
            4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Russia to Norway

Place Units - British
            1 factory_minor placed in Egypt
            2 armour and 1 artillery placed in Union of South Africa
            1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in United Kingdom

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

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 68
    Russians : 12 / 20
    Japanese : 64 / 71
    Americans : 58 / 79
    Chinese : 5 / 11
    British : 32 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 0
    Italians : 22 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3 Final, version: 3.2

Game History

Round :8

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in India

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

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 47 / 68
    Russians : 12 / 20
    Japanese : 64 / 71
    Americans : 58 / 79
    Chinese : 5 / 11
    British : 32 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 7 / 6
    Italians : 22 / 30
    ANZAC : 14 / 27
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Sorry that took so long.  Usually when I play the Allies, I’m losing so bad by this point that I concede.  In the rare games where that doesn’t happen, I’m usually winning so handily that I don’t need to think very hard or run many simulations.

In this game, we’re pretty even unit-wise and I have to keep running the odds on Gibraltar, Moscow, Egypt, and any SZ I have ships, sending planes in all directions every turn to keep things balanced  :-o

In sum, next time I need a bigger bid to take Allies :-P