G40 2nd Ed. 2xAxe v tinydictator (+9 Allies)

Which I will do in that case. Although I’m actually rather sure that the airbase is still operational with 3 damage.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Combat - ANZAC
            ANZAC creates battle in territory 26 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from India to Java
            1 infantry moved from Dutch New Guinea to New Guinea
            2 infantry moved from South Australia to Queensland
            1 aaGun moved from South Australia to Queensland
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            2 mech_infantrys moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            2 fighters moved from New South Wales to Queensland
            1 infantry moved from South Australia to New South Wales
            1 infantry moved from South Australia to Queensland

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

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 12 PUs; end with 12 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 5

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

Hm, still looking for an answer to the airbase question on harrisgamedesign.

However, I noted two interesting bits that we (I think) did both wrong, regarding the political status of Russia.

a) Attacking Korea and/or declaring war on Japan does not invalidate the Mongolian defense treaty (at least not according to the Alpha+3 rules)
b) While Russia is not at war with Japan, it is still considered neutral on the pacific side of the map. That means, in particular, that US units cannot move into Russian territories (although I have to say that this doesn’t make massively sense, since it appears that there is no penalty for Russia to declare war on Japan).

Well, in practice not, since Russia would simply declare war on Japan no matter what. Unless we change the neutrality rule even more so that it would invalidate the Mongolia treaty. Maybe something we should consider for the next game.

On the SBR: Still haven’t found it, but I’m reading the discussion where they debate the suggestion that 1 point of SBR damage should make any infrastructure inoperative. I think for factories that’s too harsh, but for air- and naval bases it makes kind of sense. Otherwise there is never an incentive to repair them fully, which is kind of strange. And since they can take only 6 damage max, it really makes very little sense to bomb them in the first place. What’s your take on this?

Too little, too late, my friend. And its not gonna last long.

Well, the battle in Karelia clearly occurs in waist-high snow - 3 rounds and nobody hit anything…

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 6

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians repair 6 damage on 6 factory_minors; Remaining resources: 27 PUs;
            Russians buy 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 artillery moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
            3 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Caucasus
            1 artillery moved from Russia to Tambov
            3 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            2 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Belarus
            1 fighter moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Karelia
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Belarus
                Russians attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 2 infantry
                Russians win, taking Belarus from Germans with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
            Battle in Karelia
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 2 infantry
                Russians win, taking Karelia from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Tambov
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 4 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Tambov from Germans with 1 artillery and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Battle in Bryansk
                Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Bryansk from Italians with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Smolensk
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians win, taking Smolensk from Germans with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Caucasus
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry
                Russians win, taking Caucasus from Germans with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Kazakhstan
            1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Russia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Russia
            1 aaGun moved from Novosibirsk to Kazakhstan
            4 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Samara
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Vologda
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Kazakhstan
            3 infantry moved from Timguska to Novosibirsk
            10 artilleries moved from Russia to Tambov
            12 infantry moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 armour moved from Novgorod to Smolensk
            4 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Tambov
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Tambov

Place Units - Russians
            2 infantry placed in Novgorod
            1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 27 PUs; end with 27 PUs total

One battle for Stalingrad, coming up.

Obviously, I forgot again to edit the airbase in Calcutta.

If you should attack my UK fleet (supposing that it is max with 3 bmb, 1 ftr,  1 tac) I do scramble.

…and, in case you are wondering, OOL would be: BB(1), DD, Crs, BB(2), Tac, Ftr, Ftr

If you should SBR India, I scramble only if all you send is 1 Bmb.

If you attack Hawaii in force (i.e. with fleet and transports), I don’t scramble. If you send only a DD and airforce (to a max attack value if 19), I scramble.

If you should be so nuts as to attack Queensland, I don’t scramble.

So, that should be all possible scrambling calls… Looking forward to see your turn when I come home this evening!

Arg, and since my brain works best under the shower, I just realized another thing - if its not too late to change that, my UK DD would not go from sz41 to sz39, but to sz43 instead.

The scrambling order and OOL for the Indian fleet would remain unaffected.