G40 house ruled nerquen(Axis) vs. wittmann(Allies)

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            2 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan
            1 artillery moved from Hopei to Suiyuyan
            2 infantry moved from Hopei to Suiyuyan
            2 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Kwangsi to 43 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to 43 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 21 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Dutch with 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Suiyuyan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 4 infantry
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Suiyuyan from Chinese with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry

Combat Move - Japanese
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei
            4 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar

Combat - Japanese
            Japanese creates battle in territory 43 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - Japanese
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            1 aaGun moved from Anhwe to Hopei
            1 mech_infantry moved from Anhwe to Yunnan
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 43 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 bomber moved from 43 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Siam to Yunnan
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Guam to 21 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 21 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Borneo to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 43 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            2 fighters moved from Kwangsi to 41 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            4 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 37 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 21 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 carriers, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            EDIT: 2 infantry moved from Chahar to Manchuria

Place Units - Japanese
            1 harbour placed in Hainan
            1 airfield placed in Kwangsi
            2 infantry placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 57 PUs; end with 57 PUs total
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Your failure to capture Yunnan last turn has provided me with a shot on Calcutta crush… be aware of the new “desertion rule” #11 of the house rules. If Calcutta falls in 1st round of a battle any UK army in West India or Burma will lose 1/2 of its units (you chose deserted units). UK units farther from Calcutta (for example Eastern Persia) won’t be affected by this.

but you can still consider moving 13 slow units to W India, leaving 1 in Burma, all fast units and planes to E Persia… then you would loose “just” 6 inf in W India…

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

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 destroyer and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Politics - Italians
            Italians takes Political Action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Italians and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and British from Neutrality to Allied
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Blitz combat - Italians
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Baltic States
                  Italians take Baltic States from Russians
            2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Cyprus

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Cyprus
            Battle in Eastern Poland
                Italians attack with 1 bomber and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Cyprus from British, taking Eastern Poland from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Northern Italy
            1 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland

Combat - Italians
            Italians creates battle in territory 97 Sea Zone

Non Combat Move - Italians
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Northern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 14 PUs; end with 15 PUs total
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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War

Combat Move - Germans

Combat - Germans

Combat Move - Germans
            1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 119 Sea Zone
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Poland to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
                  Germans take Karelia from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg
                  Germans take Vyborg from Russians
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Novgorod
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Novgorod
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 125 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 114 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 125 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 submarine
                Germans win, taking 125 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 submarine
            Battle in 114 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for Russians: 1 cruiser
            Battle in 119 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 destroyer
                Germans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Novgorod
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Novgorod from Russians with 1 fighter, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Bessarabia from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 114 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 125 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 bomber moved from 119 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 bomber moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Baltic States
            1 aaGun moved from Poland to Baltic States
            3 aaGuns, 3 armour, 4 artilleries and 18 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
            1 aaGun, 13 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            5 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
            2 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg

Place Units - Germans
            3 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            1 destroyer placed in 113 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,4
            Germans collect 49 PUs; end with 49 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Objective Germans 4 Control West Europe: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
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TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 destroyer, 2 factory_minors and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Kansu
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Kansu
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
                  Japanese take Szechwan from Chinese
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow
            2 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
                  Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 5 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India
            2 fighters moved from 41 Sea Zone to India
            4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to India
            2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to India
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 36 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in India
                Japanese attack with 3 artilleries, 2 bombers, 11 fighters, 9 infantry and 7 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 12 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; UK_Pacific defend with 1 factory_major
                Japanese captures 12PUs while taking UK_Pacific capital
                Japanese converts factory_major into different units
                Japanese win, taking India from UK_Pacific with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 7 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 9 infantry
                Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 2 fighters, 12 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Battle in 6 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 3 destroyers and 1 submarine
                Americans defend with 1 submarine
                Japanese win with 3 destroyers and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
            Battle in 45 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                Japanese win with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in Kweichow
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Kweichow from Chinese with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Kansu
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry; Chinese defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 fighter and 2 infantry

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Hopei to Suiyuyan
            2 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan
            1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Shan State
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Shan State
            1 bomber moved from India to Kwangsi
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Yunnan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from India to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Shan State
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Yunnan

Place Units - Japanese
            1 destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone
            2 fighters placed in Japan
            1 factory_minor placed in French Indo China
            1 factory_minor placed in Kiangsu

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 63 PUs; end with 76 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs
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Germans think that those Russian artilleries are pretty scary, so I better built more mechs now while I can…. I can build planes later and they can catch with my front fast

India capture was a bit costly… lost 5 planes, but still worth the effort… India was somehow stronger compared to OOB (+6 IPC extra = 2 extra inf per turn) so I was worried that together with a weaker Japanese economy Japan would have hard times conquering it… really bad luck you failed to capture Yunnan in previous turn…

so far I like the changes…. I actually like the Russian super artilleries, I think it is good for game dynamics if Russia is given an offensive bonus without increasing their defensive strength much… for example Russia were given just extra IPC then they might just invest it all into infantry and turtle even more… with boosting Russian offensive instead, Russia cannot really turtle much stronger than it is used to in OOB rules, so Germany still has a chance conquering it. But it takes just a little misstep on eastern front and those super artilleries can potentially start pushing Germans back especially if Germans would be busy on both fronts…

I first thought that DD’s shall be reduced in price, since their usage as blockers is not that useful anymore… but at price 7 they are just 1 IPC more expensive than the subs… so at least for Japan, I would hardly buy subs if DD’s are so cheap… in J4 I even proffered to send a DD to kill anzac TT as DD has better chance to actually hit back on defense.  Also if DD’s are priced at 8 it is more likely to see cruisers being purchased.

So starting from turn 5, my suggestion would be to bring DDs back to their original cost: 7 IPC for the US and 8 IPC for everyone else. What do you think?