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

yes, all three. The ANZAC ftr goes down first, in case of casualties.

So you’re not taking my fleet after all.

Let me see.

Bombing in India: 6 shots at your bombers, no hits - you are lucky, considering the value that’s a stake
Shensi: 1 inf, 1 tac vs 1 inf: You win without loss - you are more lucky than not
Burma: 2 inf 1 art vs 1 inf 1 AA: you lose 1 inf - average
Chahar: You are quite unlucky, but you could have avoided the fighter loss by retreating
sz 8: 1 DD, 1 Sub vs 1 DD: You win loosing one 1 - happens, not massively unlucky
Kweichow: you looes one 1 - unlucky, but not massively (1/3 after all)
Shan State: same battle, you loose nothing (1 of the other 2/3 of above)
Szechwan: ok, that went really bad for you as well.
French Indochina: attack 4 against 2, no losses - could have also gone worse

All in all, I would say that you had two battles that went really bad, the remaing battles were, in sum, slightly in your favor. With so many battles (all of them somewhat risky), it would basically be surprising if not at least one of them would go really bad for you. So, in a way, the bad luck for you is only that you had two battles that went bad instead of one. Compare that with my UK turn were I got pounded in Yunnan and in Iraq (2 out of 2 battles), and it doesn’t look so bad anymore. (NB that if the Iraq strafing mission hadn’t failed so miserably, you probably wouldn’t even be there now)

Anyway: Intercept in Western Germany? Bombing raid with all 5 bombers from London.

dog fight: one fighter, one bomber shot down.
AA shoots down another bomber
20 IPC damage

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 fighter and 1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            5 bombers moved from United Kingdom to Western Germany
            1 bomber moved from Malta to 98 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from British Columbia to 8 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to 8 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Air Battle in Western Germany
                Americans attacks with 5 units heading to Western Germany
                Germans launches 4 interceptors out of Western Germany
                1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in Western Germany
                1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Western Germany
                1 bomber killed by AA
                Bombing raid in Western Germany rolls: 8,6,8 and causes: 20 damage to unit: factory_major
                Bombing raid in Western Germany causes 20 damage total.
            Battle in 8 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 bombers and 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                Americans win with 2 bombers and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Italians defend with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                1 submarine owned by the Italians Submerged
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
            Battle in 92 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 transport; Italians defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 fighter moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Brazil to Suriname
            1 bomber moved from 8 Sea Zone to Western United States
            1 bomber moved from 8 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to Queensland
            1 submarine moved from 44 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 51 Sea Zone to Samoa
            1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 9 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            3 bombers moved from Western Germany to United Kingdom
            1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to 91 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands

Place Units - Americans
            2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone
            2 fighters placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 54 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 74 PUs

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Sikang to Shensi
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Shensi
            1 fighter moved from Sikang to Shensi

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Shensi
                Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese win, taking Shensi from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Shensi to Kansu
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Kweichow
            1 infantry moved from Sikang to Szechwan

Place Units - Chinese
            1 infantry placed in Chahar
            2 infantry placed in Kansu

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 9 PUs total

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

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 carrier, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy nothing; Remaining resources: 17 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
                  British take Algeria from Germans
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
            1 bomber moved from India to Persia
            2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma
            1 submarine moved from 43 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Belgian Congo to Ethiopia
                  British take Ethiopia from Italians

Combat - British
            Battle in Burma
                British attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                British win, taking Burma from Japanese with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                British win with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                British attack with 1 fighter
                Italians defend with 1 aaGun
                British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Italians: 1 aaGun
            Battle in Persia
                British attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 infantry
                British win, taking Persia from Italians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Persia to India
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to India
            1 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India
            1 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Ukraine to Russia
            1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Russia

Place Units - British
            2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            1 transport placed in 71 Sea Zone
            1 carrier placed in 106 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 98 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
            British collect 30 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 30 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 14 PUs; end with 31 PUs total

NB that I’m assuming here that my Calcutta airfield is still operational with 3 damage. If that should not be the case, I’d obviously spend 1 IPC to repair it. (Strangely enough, AAA asked me during the UK Europe repair phase if I wanted to repair it).

The bombing raid on Germany was ok. Clearly, I’d hoped to loose only 1 bomber, but its still a net gain for me. In particular shooting down that fighter is good. Your Luftwaffe is not in the best shape.

The rest went quite well too, admittedly.

And I disagree with you that you are in control of the board. The only place where you cause real trouble is the middle east (which is unsurprising, since you threw virtually everything you could in that direction). Russia is safe and snug. In the pacific, you’re not near taking any of the three victory cities, let alone two. Your Japanese income is low, as is your German income, too, btw. You are about to loose control over China, ANZAC is gonna bounce back if you don’t move back there, and the US can basically focus on Europe while maybe putting some IPC in the pacific to keep the pressure up.

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).