Pejon 88 (X) vs. JDOW (Allies +12), BM3

@JDOW I agree! Those small battles are crucial in the long run. When I play truplen in our game, I basically gave him China for free losing many of those battles consecutively.

@JDOW I will change China’s income back to 5. Think that was forgotten.

@Pejon_88 I will do something very bold with Italy! Will see if it is a disaster or the right choice.

@Pejon_88 It was not ;)

I thought since you were fucked by the dice before, I thought it ok to try it out.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 2

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4.0

Game History

Round: 2

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 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 UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Allied
            Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and ANZAC 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

    Combat Move - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing PUs for Chinese from 9 to 5
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
        1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Egypt
        1 infantry moved from British Somaliland to Ethiopia
              Italians take Ethiopia from British
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Greece to 97 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 97 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Libya to 96 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 96 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Egypt
            Italians attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            British defend with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 3 infantry, 1 marine, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; ANZAC defend with 2 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship and 2 cruisers in Egypt, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1,67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Egypt, round 2 : 3/12 hits, 4,50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 5 infantry, 1 marine, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Egypt, round 2 : 9/13 hits, 5,33 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the ANZAC, 1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians, 2 artilleries owned by the Italians, 2 infantry owned by the British, 4 infantry owned by the Italians and 2 armour owned by the Italians lost in Egypt
            British win with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 marine, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -24
            Casualties for Italians: 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Casualties for ANZAC: 2 infantry
            Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            1 bomber owned by the Italians and 2 fighters owned by the Italians retreated

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
              Italians take Tunisia from Neutral_Axis
        1 armour moved from Greece to Romania
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Romania
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        2 fighters moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        1 bomber moved from Egypt to Libya

    Place Units - Italians
        1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -2,17
British regular : 3,67

Savegame

@Pejon_88 Not something I would normally do, but had it succeeded, it could’ve been Axis win. Now it is probably an Allied win.

@JDOW *Something i normally wouldn’t do i mean :)

Np about the Chinese.

Haha indeed!

@JDOW *Something i normally wouldn’t do i mean :)

Np about the Chinese.

Haha indeed!

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4.0

Game History

Round: 3

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 1 armour, 3 infantry and 9 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
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Libya: 1 bomber
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Alexandria: 1 bomber
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Alexandria to 81 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
              Germans take Baltic States from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
              Germans take Eastern Poland from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
              Germans take Bessarabia from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg
              Germans take Vyborg from Russians
        1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
              Germans take Karelia from Russians
        2 bombers moved from Western Germany to 81 Sea Zone

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in 81 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in 81 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4,83 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser in 81 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 81 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from 97 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to 96 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        2 bombers, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 81 Sea Zone to Alexandria
        1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Alexandria
        2 aaGuns, 5 artilleries and 22 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
        3 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland
        1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
        1 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
        6 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
        5 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Poland
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 112 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 submarine moved from 119 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Germans
        1 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
        Germans undo move 1.
        1 armour and 9 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
        1 infantry placed in Western Germany
        2 infantry placed in France

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 44 PUs; end with 44 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 49 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0,17
British regular : -0,50

Savegame

@Pejon_88 I hope you can accept my two edits with the Italians. Bomber and destroyer? Like you, I was almost about to throw in the towel there for awhile and did not NCM properly…

@JDOW Ok, thanks! Well, it was late and I was quite amazed by the total humiliation for the Italians. Like in the real war :D so I just did NCMs quickly without considering the Germans…

You can also adjust ANZAC if you desire of course.

In any case, I don’t actually regret the attack for several reasons. It was 45-55% ish. One is that it is very rare to even consider something that high risk - high reward (or maybe I have not played enough yet).

@JDOW That sounds about right. Sorry, been very busy.