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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Germans

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:.

NP ABH, we’re only Human. I forgot it also.

Why I didn’t attack Southern France? Easy. I was afraid that I might conquer it ;-). I wouldn’t want to give Germany another chance to gain a mediterranean production facility, even though I know it’s supposed to build a lot of Bombers, not ships. I try not to abuse my foreknowledge as much as I can. Also one of the reasons why I didn’t attack Tobruk: I’m not supposed to know what the axis are going to do but I am free to anticipate to the possibility that Germany comes down with a lot of planes and attack my spread out small stacks, airblitzing the UK into oblivion. For now I prefer to consolidate instead of trading units with Italy on a rough 2/3 ratio.

I’m hoping for an even out, Oysteilio! Uk was definately not supposed to loose 2FTR and Germany to keep its BB. But if Germany gets Lucky on the #91 Cruiser, then attacking axis ships become more risky…

I can only hope it won’t affect strategy a lot, because that’s what we’re interesting in and that’s why we are playing LL. But I guess LL can still screw a player, though it mitigates too much luck a bit.

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

Game History

Round: 2

Research Technology - Russians

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 8 artilleries and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Baltic States from Russians to Germans
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Eastern Poland: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Baltic States: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
            1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone

Combat - Russians
            Germans scrambles 1 units out of Western Germany to defend against the attack in 113 Sea Zone
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Russians attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 armour
                Russians win, taking Western Ukraine from Germans with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                Russians attack with 1 cruiser and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Russians: 1 cruiser and 1 submarine
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans forced to land in Western Germany

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 submarine moved from 111 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Belarus
            2 artilleries moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk
            5 infantry moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 armour moved from Ukraine to Belarus
            1 fighter and 5 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            2 aaGuns moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            1 aaGun moved from Buryatia to Amur
            1 aaGun and 18 infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur

Place Units - Russians
            8 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 39 PUs

I handled a few things for you, ABH.
Russian baltic fleet attacked Kriegsmarine and got Lucky. Both sub and cruiser hit. I took the liberty to scramble the German FTR, took a hit on the CV and killed a FTR for you. If you want a different loss, feel free to take the BB or CV instead. Just edit the FTR back in and the loss of your choice out.

Also, you left 3 German AAA open for destruction by a single Russian MECH in Poland. I assumed you overlooked that so I took the liberty to remove 1INF from Eastern Poland and put it into the Baltic States (adding the territory to Germany). Feel free to correct that situation differently if you wish. Just keep in mind that if you leave Baltic States open you’ll need enough combat units in Poland to prevent Russia from driving a mech and a FTR in.

I want to change the Russian production in Moscow from 8ART + 2INF to 9MECH. Suits the overall idea much better. Dark Skies strategy (and its yet-to-find counter) is very new to me. But that’s what a playtest is for, not? Trial and error.

I can edit it myself after you post the Japanese turn, ABH. So you don’t need to bother.
But if you want to do the edit for whatever reason, that’s fine too, ofc. Just delete the 10 units in Moscow, add 9MECH and change Russian PU’s from 39 to 41.