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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 French Rebalance

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 4 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Finland 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland Combat - Russians Battle in Finland Russians attack with 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 10 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys Germans defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 10 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Finland, round 2 : 8/20 hits, 5.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 aaGun and 1 infantry in Finland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Finland 1 aaGun owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Finland Russians win, taking Finland from Germans with 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 9 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 aaGun moved from Vyborg to Finland 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Russia 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 13 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk 9 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies 6 infantry moved from Yenisey to Timguska Place Units - Russians 10 infantry placed in Russia 2 infantry placed in Volgograd Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 39 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 42 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 44 PUs Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 46 PUs Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 49 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.67 Russians regular : 2.33

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TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 2

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

Game History

Round: 2 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 carrier; Remaining resources: 3 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 Italians takes Political Action: Political Action Italians To War With Chinese Italians succeeds on action: Political Action Italians To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Italians and Chinese from Neutrality to War Combat Move - Italians 1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to British Somaliland Italians take British Somaliland from British 2 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta 1 armour moved from Romania to Eastern Poland Italians take Eastern Poland from Russians 1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia Italians take Bessarabia from Russians Combat - Italians Battle in Malta Non Combat Move - Italians 1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Algeria Italians take Algeria from Neutral_Axis 1 artillery moved from Tunisia to Algeria 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia 2 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 92 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Northern Italy 1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Romania 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania 1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 97 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 1 armour moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Northern Italy 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy Place Units - Italians 1 carrier placed in 97 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 15 PUs; end with 18 PUs Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs

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Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 2 armour, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 infantry moved from Solomon Islands to Solomon Islands Sea Zone 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 6 submarines and 1 transport moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to West US Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from Algeria to French Equatorial Africa British take French Equatorial Africa from Germans 2 fighters moved from Algeria to Red Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from East US to East US Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from East US Sea Zone to West Spain Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from West Spain Sea Zone to Algeria 1 infantry moved from West US Sea Zone to West US 2 infantry moved from Finland Norway to Karelia S.S.R. Combat - Americans Battle in Red Sea Zone Americans attack with 2 fighters Germans defend with 1 transport; Japanese defend with 1 transport Americans roll dice for 2 fighters in Red Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 transports in Red Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in Red Sea Zone Americans roll dice for 2 fighters in Red Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 transport in Red Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Red Sea Zone 1 transport owned by the Germans lost in Red Sea Zone Americans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter Casualties for Germans: 1 transport Non Combat Move - Americans 1 fighter moved from Red Sea Zone to Persia 3 infantry moved from West US to West Canada Place Units - Americans 1 submarine and 2 transports placed in West US Sea Zone Americans undo move 1. 2 transports placed in East US Sea Zone 1 submarine placed in West US Sea Zone 2 armour placed in East US Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 0.00 Germans regul

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Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from East US: 2 armour EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Finland Norway: 2 armour EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 2 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Ukraine S.S.R. 1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Ukraine S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Ukraine S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from West Spain Sea Zone to French Equatorial Africa 1 infantry moved from Algeria to Libya Russians take Libya from Germans 2 infantry moved from Russia to Kazakh S.S.R. 2 infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk 1 armour moved from Russia to Persia 1 armour moved from Evenki National Okrug to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 armour moved from Evenki National Okrug to Novosibirsk 1 infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk 1 armour moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Novosibirsk Combat - Russians Battle in Kazakh S.S.R. Russians attack with 1 armour and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 armour and 2 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kazakh S.S.R. Russians win, taking Kazakh S.S.R. from Japanese with 1 armour and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Novosibirsk Russians attack with 2 armour and 3 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 armour and 3 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Novosibirsk 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Novosibirsk Russians win, taking Novosibirsk from Japanese with 2 armour and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Ukraine S.S.R. Russians attack with 1 fighter and 3 infantry Germans defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine S.S.R. 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. Russians win, taking Ukraine S.S.R. from Germans with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 fighter moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Karelia S.S.R. Place Units - Russians 4 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 24 PUs; end with 24 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0.33 Germans regular : 0.00 Russians regular : 1.83

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 14

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 French Rebalance

Game History

Round: 14 Combat Move - Russians 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Volgograd 2 armour, 5 artilleries, 77 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Kazakhstan to Samara Combat - Russians Battle in Volgograd Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry Germans defend with 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Volgograd 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd Russians win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Battle in Samara Russians attack with 2 armour, 5 artilleries, 77 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys Italians defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 5 artilleries, 77 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys in Samara, round 2 : 18/88 hits, 17.00 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Samara 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Samara Russians win, taking Samara from Italians with 2 armour, 5 artilleries, 76 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Evenkiyskiy to Urals 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Buryatia to Timguska 4 aaGuns moved from Kazakhstan to Samara Turn Complete - Russians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0.67 Germans regular : 0.67 Russians regular : 1.33

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@surfer Well that attack made up for a lot at +105 IPCs. Worth more than my wins in SZ 42 and 43 combined.

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 1 infantry moved from New South Wales to 64 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 64 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Queensland to 55 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 55 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 56 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea 4 fighters moved from 55 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea 1 fighter moved from 27 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan British take Trans-Jordan from Italians Combat - ANZAC Battle in 33 Sea Zone ANZAC attack with 1 fighter Japanese defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone ANZAC win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport Battle in Dutch New Guinea ANZAC attack with 1 artillery, 4 fighters and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery, 4 fighters and 1 infantry in Dutch New Guinea, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Dutch New Guinea, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the ANZAC and 1 artillery owned by the ANZAC lost in Dutch New Guinea 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Dutch New Guinea ANZAC roll dice for 4 fighters in Dutch New Guinea, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter in Dutch New Guinea, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Japanese lost in Dutch New Guinea ANZAC win with 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 16 Casualties for ANZAC: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Non Combat Move - ANZAC 4 fighters moved from Dutch New Guinea to 55 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 64 Sea Zone Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 11 PUs Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 14 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.17 ANZAC regular : -1.67

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@BombsAway glad that you’re back, the guys in paris no so… ;-)
max defence (keep tactical before tanks).
please lose units of same defence value in order:

french soviets us brits (so keep brit fighter till end)