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We play with:

Russia Restricted Tech from turn 4 No Industrial Complexes No invasion of neutrals Can place units in enemy sea zones.

For the sake of clarity, we play with:

Russia Restricted Tech from turn 4 No Industrial Complexes No invasion of neutrals Can place units in enemy sea zones.

@lebowsky said in Simon33 (Allies+10) vs Lebowsky (Axis) French Rebalance:

Im assuming the base game is BM4

Yes indeed. Is that the only thing you were asking?

One thing I was wondering last night is when you step on Normandy, can you use the IC in the same turn? Probably yes but I don’t really think you should be able to.

Ok, no problem. Used to send the file because you can see every move and purchase better.

Will do next time

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 2 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Politics - Americans Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Americans from Neutrality to War Americans takes Political Action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians Americans succeeds on action: Political Action Americans To War With Italians: Changing Relationship for Italians and Americans from Neutrality to War Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States Combat Move - Americans Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared for rulesAttachment attached to Americans 1 marine moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 marine moved from 104 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 89 Sea Zone to French West Africa Combat - Americans Battle in French West Africa Non Combat Move - Americans 1 marine moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry, 1 marine, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 27 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 2 marines moved from 55 Sea Zone to Queensland 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to Queensland 1 bomber moved from Western United States to Queensland 1 marine moved from Central United States to 104 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 104 Sea Zone to 88 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 88 Sea Zone to Brazil Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 104 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 104 Sea Zone to 89 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to 89 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Iceland 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States 2 aaGuns moved from Eastern United States to Central United States Place Units - Americans 2 transports placed in 104 Sea Zone 1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in Eastern United States 1 infantry placed in Central United States 2 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 84 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,2 Americans collect 52 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 52 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 10 infantry moved from Honan to Anhwe 4 infantry moved from Shansi to Anhwe 3 infantry moved from Chahar to Jehol 1 fighter moved from Inner Mongolia to Jehol Combat - Chinese Battle in Anhwe Chinese attack with 14 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 14 infantry in Anhwe, round 2 : 2/14 hits, 2.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Anhwe, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Anhwe Chinese win, taking Anhwe from Japanese with 14 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Jehol Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Jehol, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Jehol, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Jehol Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Jehol, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Jehol, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Jehol Chinese win, taking Jehol from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 2 infantry moved from Chahar to Shansi 1 fighter moved from Jehol to Shansi Place Units - Chinese 4 infantry placed in Anhwe Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 11 PUs; end with 11 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 3 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 4 artilleries and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 2 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Iraq 2 infantry moved from Eastern India to 40 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 82 Sea Zone to Iraq 1 transport moved from 74 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 marine moved from Union of South Africa to 73 Sea Zone 1 infantry, 1 marine and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 marine moved from 74 Sea Zone to French Madagascar 1 armour moved from Kenya to Ethiopia British take Ethiopia from Italians 1 armour moved from Ethiopia to Italian Somaliland British take Italian Somaliland from Italians 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 126 Sea Zone to 128 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Iceland to 126 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 126 Sea Zone to 128 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 128 Sea Zone to Norway 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from United Kingdom to Norway 1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern India to Iraq Combat - British Germans scrambles 1 units out of 115 Sea Zone to defend against the attack in Norway Battle in French Madagascar Battle in 128 Sea Zone British attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport Germans defend with 1 submarine British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 128 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 128 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits British roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 128 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 128 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 128 Sea Zone British win, taking French Madagascar from Neutral_Axis, taking 128 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine Battle in Norway British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Germans defend with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Norway, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 5.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry in Norway, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 2.67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the British, 1 infantry owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Norway 5 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Norway British roll dice for 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in Norway, round 3 : 1/7 hits, 3.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 fighter in Norway, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Norway British roll dice for 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in Norway, round 4 : 5/7 hits, 3.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 fighter in Norway, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Norway British win with 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10 Casualties for British: 1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 5 infantry Battle in Iraq British attack with 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in Iraq, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits British roll dice for 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Iraq, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Neutral_Axis roll dice for 3 infantry in Iraq, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Iraq 2 infantry owned by the Neutral_Axis lost in Iraq British roll dice for 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Iraq, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Neutral_Axis roll dice for 1 infantry in Iraq, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Neutral_Axis lost in Iraq British win, taking Iraq from Neutral_Axis with 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Neutral_Axis: 3 infantry Non Combat Move - British 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia 1 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1 aaGun moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Kenya 1 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Kenya 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Belgian Congo to 82 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from Iraq to Southern Persia 1 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Iraq 1 carrier moved from 81 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 74 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia 1 fighter moved from Belgian Congo to Kenya 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 14 infantry moved from Burma to Eastern India 1 destroyer moved from 81 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 40 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Norway to Finland 1 bomber moved from Norway to United Kingdom 1 mech_infantry moved from Kenya to Belgian Congo 1 destroyer moved from 82 Sea Zone to 78 Sea Zone Place Units - British 1 destroyer placed in 73 Sea Zone 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa 1 transport placed in 109 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 84 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6 British collect 31 PUs; end with 34 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 4 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Eastern India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 10 PUs Some Units in Eastern India change ownership: 4 artilleries and 1 infantry

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -1.17 Japanese regular : 0.00 Germans regular : -1.67 Neutral_Axis regular : -0.33 British regular : -2.67

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 3 carriers, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 3 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 2 cruisers moved from 94 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 2 marines moved from Algeria to 96 Sea Zone 2 cruisers and 2 marines moved from 96 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone Americans take 100 Sea Zone from Germans 2 marines moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete 1 submarine moved from 93 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone 3 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 27 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 55 Sea Zone to New Guinea 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 47 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 47 Sea Zone to New Britain Combat - Americans Battle in Crete Battle in New Guinea Battle in New Britain Battle in 95 Sea Zone Americans attack with 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber Italians defend with 1 destroyer Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 95 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Americans roll dice for 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 95 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 2.17 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 95 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 95 Sea Zone Americans win, taking Crete from Italians, taking New Guinea from Japanese, taking New Britain from Japanese, taking 95 Sea Zone from Italians with 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8 Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer Non Combat Move - Americans 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 95 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Gibraltar to Egypt 1 artillery moved from Gibraltar to 94 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 2 transports moved from 94 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Algeria to 96 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 2 transports moved from 96 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete 1 fighter moved from 93 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western United States to 93 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to Queensland 2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 65 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from New Zealand to Queensland 2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 27 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 28 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Western United States to 11 Sea Zone 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from 11 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone 3 fighters and 2 infantry moved from 28 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands 4 infantry moved from Central United States to 104 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from Central United States to Western United States 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 aaGun moved from Algeria to 94 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 2 battleships, 2 carriers, 2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 94 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone Place Units - Americans 1 infantry placed in Western United States 3 carriers, 1 destroyer, 3 submarines and 1 transport placed in 11 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 53 PUs; end with 54 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 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 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs 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: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow Combat - Chinese Battle in Kweichow Chinese attack with 3 artilleries and 7 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 3 artilleries and 7 infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 3/10 hits, 2.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kweichow Chinese win, taking Kweichow from Japanese with 3 artilleries and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Szechwan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Szechwan Chinese win, taking Szechwan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Western Sinkiang Place Units - Chinese 1 infantry placed in Kweichow 2 infantry placed in Western Sinkiang Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 4 PUs; end with 4 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from Egypt to Tanganyika Territory 2 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Tanganyika Territory 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia British take Ethiopia from Italians 1 infantry moved from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Kenya British take Kenya from Italians 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria British take Alexandria from Italians Combat - British Battle in Tanganyika Territory British attack with 1 bomber and 2 infantry Italians defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Tanganyika Territory, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Tanganyika Territory, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tanganyika Territory British win, taking Tanganyika Territory from Italians with 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from Tanganyika Territory to Egypt 1 fighter moved from Belgian Congo to Crete 1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to Crete 2 fighters moved from Egypt to Ukraine 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry moved from Algeria to 96 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Egypt to 100 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Iraq to Southern Persia 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Persia to Baluchistan 2 fighters and 7 infantry moved from Western India to Baluchistan 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 73 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 72 Sea Zone to Belgian Congo 1 destroyer moved from 74 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 73 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Algeria to Morocco 1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 90 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from French Guiana to 90 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 90 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar 1 fighter moved from Norway to 93 Sea Zone 2 aaGuns, 4 artilleries and 12 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow 1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kweichow 2 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan Place Units - British 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 100 Sea Zone 2 infantry placed in Union of South Africa Turn Complete - British British collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.67 Americans regular : 0.50 Japanese regular : -0.67 Italians regular : -0.67 British regular : 1.17

Savegame

I matched the dice in my dice email to the game but still better if you check too.

Someone liked a post (not this one) on a 12 year old Sealion thread (shortly after the rules had been firmed up from the Alphas), and I bumped into this nearby post

Apparently I forgot the lessons I had learned. It’s long, but thought you would enjoy:

I wrote this in 2013:

I have never lost as Allies when G attempts Sea Lion
We are getting to the point where we invite a Sea Lion attempt
If you don’t pressure Russia, Russia will kick your butt.  Especially now with the 3 IPC NO per territory, which was another change as of Alpha2/3 somewhere in there.

Dog pile Russia.  If the Allies don’t lose, they win.  If the Allies don’t lose Russia, they will almost always win.  There are exceptions, of course.

To answer the question of the thread “Sea Lion worth it?” I would say, yes, when UK has a lot of money to plunder and you can take it fairly cheaply (without losing your entire fleet to Allied strike after taking) and/or you can take it and hold it at least for awhile.

I would not attempt Sea Lion with less than about 80-90% odds and also a very high chance of losing only a couple of aircraft.  If you’re looking at a 60% chance of taking London with 1 tank and losing most or all of the Luftwaffe - no way.
You don’t win G40 2nd edition just because you successfully took London.
Again, I have never lost after losing London.  It’s best to go full bore after Russia, because Moscow is the biggest threat to the Axis win.

Show me a game where the Axis win after taking London first (in the first 5 or so rounds) and I will show you an Allied player who didn’t do his job, or got horribly diced, or both.  A good Russian player will be licking his chops when he sees the Germans attack London, and should absolutely mop up (assuming London is reasonably defended and G loses most ground units and several air craft, which they almost always will)

New rules that make Sea Lion less rewarding since OOB, Alpha1 version -
Russia AND USA immediately enter the war if London falls
No more NO for London for Germany
AAs can be taken as casualties and UK gets 5
Transport in 113 moved out of range to 114
UK can scramble 3 aircraft from Scotland and UK (for those who don’t remember, weren’t aware, you could not scramble from the UK or Scotland at all, OOB)
Russia gets 3 IPC NO for every single original Axis, pro-Axis Europe/Africa territory (this is a pretty serious deterrent)