2018L Shin-Ji (Axis, no IJ) vs AeV

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 4 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 7 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 3 infantry moved from Korea to Northern Manchuria 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Northern Manchuria 2 infantry moved from Kwangtung to Hunan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Fukien to Hunan 2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State 2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan 1 transport moved from 132 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Borneo to 44 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 38 Sea Zone to Sumatra 1 marine moved from Guam to 22 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 22 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 45 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 infantry moved from Davao to 36 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Java 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 132 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 132 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 132 Sea Zone to Shan State 1 fighter moved from 132 Sea Zone to Yunnan 1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to Shan State 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Yunnan 1 bomber moved from French Indo China to Yunnan 1 bomber moved from French Indo China to Shan State 1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to Shan State 1 infantry moved from Hopei to Tsinghai Japanese take Tsinghai from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hopei 1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kiangsi Combat - Japanese Battle in Java Battle in Sumatra Battle in Celebes Battle in 56 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers Americans defend with 1 submarine; ANZAC defend with 1 cruiser Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 56 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 56 Sea Zone Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 56 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 2.67 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 cruiser in 56 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 56 Sea Zone 1 cruiser owned by the ANZAC lost in 56 Sea Zone Japanese win, taking Java from ANZAC, taking Sumatra from Dutch, taking Celebes from Dutch with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 11 Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine Casualties for ANZAC: 1 cruiser Battle in Hunan Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Chinese defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Hunan, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Hunan 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry Battle in Northern Manchuria Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Russians defend with 3 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Northern Manchuria, round 2 : 1/7 hits, 2.83 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Northern Manchuria, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Northern Manchuria 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Northern Manchuria Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Northern Manchuria, round 3 : 1/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Northern Manchuria, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Northern Manchuria Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Northern Manchuria, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Northern Manchuria, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Northern Manchuria Japanese win, taking Northern Manchuria from Chinese with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 1 infantry; Chinese defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Yunnan, round 2 : 4/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 2 infantry owned by the Chinese and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Shan State Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Shan State, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.17 expected hits UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Shan State 1 artillery owned by the British and 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State Japanese win, taking Shan State from UK_Pacific with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 1 destroyer moved from 132 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone 1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Shan State to 45 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 56 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 56 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser and 1 submarine moved from 132 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Shan State to 43 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 132 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 132 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from Borneo to 37 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from 37 Sea Zone to French Indo China 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Manilla to 36 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from 37 Sea Zone to French Indo China 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to 37 Sea Zone 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to French Indo China 1 bomber moved from Yunnan to French Indo China 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hunan to French Indo China 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Fukien to 6 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Northern Manchuria to Southern Manchuria 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to 21 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 21 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to French Indo China 1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 7 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 7 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 1 carrier placed in 6 Sea Zone 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 7 Sea Zone 3 infantry placed in Southern Manchuria 3 infantry placed in French Indo China 1 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 58 PUs; end with 58 PUs Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 61 PUs Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -0.33 Americans regular : 0.50 Japanese regular : 0.50 UK_Pacific regular : 1.00

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 9

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 9 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 artillery and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 fighter moved from 40 Sea Zone to Eastern India 1 fighter moved from Queensland to 40 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 1 artillery and 1 fighter placed in Queensland Turn Complete - ANZAC Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 55 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 132 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4,6,2,2,4,4,6,6,5,6,2,6,5,1,5,4,3,1,6,6,5,5,1,4,3,3,3,5,2,4,3,4,4,2,6 ANZAC collect 11 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 11 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French

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Observations,

G1 - I think 2 men should not stay in Norway but go to Finland
Not necessarily wrong, but is less pressure on Russia
G1 - G2 Declaration of War is very effective, doesn’t need to be a G3
G1 - Holding the battleship back, saving all 10 planes by overwhelming 110 and using 2 subs is a strong move - well done

I1 - Tank to South France diminishes pressure on Russia. Maybe tank was needed because all air used to attack 97

G2 - Maybe too many ground units west to Normandy and Holland, delays pressure on Russia. 4 mech total delayed

G2 - fighter + transport buy relieves some pressure on Russia

I2 - The pressure on Egypt evaporated. You had something going there

J3 - Left Z6 vulnerable and let the Carolines go. There is great pressure on India, but a little pressure was left off

G4 - a little nitpicky, but these things can make a big difference - Submarine in 125 is not needed because Russia isn’t getting the NO

J4 - That much movement into China (away from India) is going in the wrong direction. Pressure on India (and Russia) is extremely important even if you can’t take them down soon, it pins down more Allied defenses

I4 - Not sure why ftr/bmb on North Italy (no airbase). Airstrike of Holland (again nitpicky) probably not needed because Germany has air. I don’t think the Italian tank should go to Belarus. 2 tanks went to Yugo and not Romania, less pressure on Russia and not needed west. I would probably take the tank from West Ukraine to take Ukraine instead of go to Belarus, and if the Russian infantry hits, lose a plane. Then Germans move to Ukraine
So overall, the one Italian can opener tank would be killed on Belarus, and the other 2 are on Yugoslavia.

But also note, few consider this tactic - sending a medium stack of German infantry from Leningrad to Belarus while having the main German army in WUK can be a great idea because otherwise the medium stack sits in Leningrad to avoid destruction. The Russians often can’t deal with the big stack and the smaller one at the same time. A&A players are programmed to not get involved in negative TUV trades, but this is Global.
I was able to pounce on Belarus and still defend Bryansk, but barely. I had to have high odds on Belarus so your 2 mech on Leningrad couldn’t also threaten Bryansk, and I had to let the mech in Smo go.

You played quite well, and I had to draw on my experiences to survive.

Thanks for the game, and hopefully sometime in 2025 or in the playoffs we meet again!

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 5

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 4 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine Germans take Ukraine from Russians 1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine Germans take Western Ukraine from Russians 1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 8 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland 1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland 2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland 5 infantry moved from Karelia to Archangel Germans take Archangel from Russians 1 infantry moved from Vyborg to Leningrad 1 armour moved from Leningrad to Novgorod Germans take Novgorod from Russians 1 armour moved from Novgorod to Leningrad 1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Leningrad to Vologda Germans take Vologda from Russians 2 infantry moved from Leningrad to Vologda 1 infantry moved from Leningrad to Vologda 1 destroyer moved from 115 Sea Zone to 117 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to 117 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Northern Belarus 1 infantry moved from Leningrad to Northern Belarus 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Alexandria to Southern Italy 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Eire to 112 Sea Zone 2 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 infantry, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone Combat - Germans Battle in Northern Belarus Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 infantry Russians defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Northern Belarus, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Northern Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Northern Belarus Germans win, taking Northern Belarus from Russians with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in 117 Sea Zone Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 destroyer Russians defend with 1 cruiser Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 destroyer in 117 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 cruiser in 117 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 cruiser owned by the Russians lost in 117 Sea Zone Germans win with 1 bomber and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 11 Casualties for Russians: 1 cruiser Trigger Germans Destroy Factories Ukraine: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Germans in Ukraine Non Combat Move - Germans Trigger Ukraine Has Fallen to Germans Switch: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_Russian_Ukraine_Factory_May_Be_Destroyed attached to Germans 1 bomber moved from 117 Sea Zone to Western Germany 1 bomber moved from Northern Belarus to Eastern Poland 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 115 Sea Zone to Western Germany 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Germany Place Units - Germans 1 factory_minor placed in Leningrad 4 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany Germans undo move 2. 4 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 56 PUs; end with 56 PUs Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 59 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from 115 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to 113 Sea Zone: 1 submarine EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0.83 Germans regular : 1.50

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@Stucifer Glad to have you back, I have enjoyed this game.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: French round 15

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 15 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 aaGun and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland 2 fighters moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Shan State to 132 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 132 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Paulau Combat - ANZAC Battle in Paulau Battle in Queensland ANZAC attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 4 infantry Japanese defend with 1 airfield, 1 artillery and 1 harbour ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 4 infantry in Queensland, round 2 : 2/7 hits, 2.17 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Queensland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Queensland ANZAC win, taking Paulau from Japanese, taking Queensland from Japanese with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 aaGun moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 aaGun moved from New South Wales to South Australia 3 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia 1 fighter moved from Queensland to South Australia 1 fighter moved from Queensland to South Australia 1 fighter moved from Eastern India to 36 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 4 destroyers, 1 fighter and 10 submarines moved from 132 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 43 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 50 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to Midway Place Units - ANZAC 1 aaGun and 2 fighters placed in New South Wales Turn Complete - ANZAC Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 55 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,1,3,4,5,1,2,3,3,4,2,6,2,5,1,3,6,2,2,2,4,5,6,3,2,4,2,6,4,2,1,6,4,6,5,1,3,3,2,2,1,2,1,4,3,2,6,5,6,6,1,1,4,3,3,1,5,6 ANZAC collect 11 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 11 PUs Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 14 PUs Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 17 PUs Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 20 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.33 ANZAC regular : -0.17

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