LOL like I said it’s late.
No, next will be the “rest” of your attack roll (Triple A should have done it all at once before demanding casualties, while tracking separately which are sub hits),
so you will need another casualty choice. I’d give it in advance, but I can’t because I may start taking a mix of planes and ships depending on your number of hits.
If you only hit twice, LOL, I’ll lose 2 subs
@gamerman01 said in L24 OOB Gamerman01 (Axis) vs FlyingBadger (Allies+51) #1:
Therefore, if you change your mind on what you take, after seeing the “2nd” ship roll, you may change your “planes defense” casualty choice of the 1st roll after seeing the 2nd. This is why I often roll mixed fleet battles on the forum, but it’s OK, you’ll just possibly have some inconveniences
Interesting. I’ve never played the board game, so didn’t know that TripleA does the casualty selection for battles wrong (I assume it is the handling of subs not being able to hit planes which causes the difference).
Like you say, the only way to avoid this is to use dicebot and do the combat on the forum topic. I have played 50+ league games and this is the first time this has been raised, I guess most of us just don’t do mixed naval combat correctly!
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Game History
Round: 8
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Americans
1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 3 infantry, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
2 fighters moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 10 Sea Zone
2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 87 Sea Zone
Combat - Americans
Japanese scrambles 3 units out of Caroline Islands to defend against the attack in 33 Sea Zone
Battle in 87 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 bomber
Germans defend with 1 transport
1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 87 Sea Zone
Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
Battle in 10 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters
Japanese defend with 1 submarine
Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 4 fighters in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 10 Sea Zone
Americans win, taking 10 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
Battle in 33 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 6 submarines, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
Japanese roll dice for 6 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 1.00 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Americans
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 10/19 hits, 9.50 expected hits
5 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
3 submarines owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 7/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Americans regular : -2.00
Japanese regular : 0.33
@gamerman01
7 hits from the rest of the attack. Casualties?
@FlyingBadger said in L24 OOB Gamerman01 (Axis) vs FlyingBadger (Allies+51) #1:
Like you say, the only way to avoid this is to use dicebot and do the combat on the forum topic. I have played 50+ league games and this is the first time this has been raised, I guess most of us just don’t do mixed naval combat correctly!
Wow, you’re right, I keep hearing this with my new opponents! This is not just a technicality, if you think about it I’m sure you’ll realize it can make a significant difference in several types of circumstances.
Page 19 in the Europe manual details how to conduct combat.
Step 1 you set up the battle on the battle strip
Step 2 Submarine surprise strike or submerge
However, a destroyer prevents subs special capabilities so subs cannot surprise strike or submerge, so this step is skipped when the enemy destroyer is present
Step 3 All other attacking units fire. If step 2 didn’t apply because there was a destroyer, then all attacking units includes subs, all units roll together. But sub hits need to be distinguished so the attacker doesn’t choose plane casualties for sub hits
Defender chooses casualties. As many hits as can be assigned must be assigned.
Step 4 Defending units fire
As many hits as can be assigned must be assigned. If there is no destroyer, planes can’t hit subs so planes rolls need to be distinguished from ships
The TripleA programmers made sure surprise strike casualties were chosen before the rest of the roll, and made sure planes and subs weren’t hitting each other when there aren’t destroyers.
However, they left two holes/errors.
In other words, the only time a player has to choose casualties two different times in a single round of combat is when enemy subs have surprise strike capability and those subs score at least 1 hit
Have fun rolling on the forum in the future ;)
Understanding this rule will change the game a bit for you and your opponents who didn’t realize!
I am enjoying good dice so far, but must not get lazy!
I said 1 sub before, so 7 more hits,
2 subs (so all subs are sunk now)
3 destroyers
2 tactical bombers
Wait a second…
I can damage the undamaged carrier I guess
So damage the carrier instead of 1 tac if I’m not too late, don’t worry about it if I was too late
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Game History
Round: 8
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Americans
1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 3 infantry, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
2 fighters moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 10 Sea Zone
2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 87 Sea Zone
Combat - Americans
Japanese scrambles 3 units out of Caroline Islands to defend against the attack in 33 Sea Zone
Battle in 87 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 bomber
Germans defend with 1 transport
1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 87 Sea Zone
Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
Battle in 10 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters
Japanese defend with 1 submarine
Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 4 fighters in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 10 Sea Zone
Americans win, taking 10 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
Battle in 33 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 6 submarines, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
Japanese roll dice for 6 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 1.00 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Americans
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 10/19 hits, 9.50 expected hits
5 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
3 submarines owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 7/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
Japanese roll dice for 3 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 10/19 hits, 9.50 expected hits
2 submarines owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 7 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese, 3 destroyers owned by the Japanese and 3 submarines owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 3.33 expected hits
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Americans regular : -2.33
Japanese regular : 0.33
@gamerman01 No subs for either side now…
Understanding this rule will change the game a bit for you and your opponents who didn’t realize!
Yes, I’ll need to think on this, and maybe forewarn opponents that I would want those kinds of naval battles done differently, as most will probably go with the ‘normal’ but incorrect way.
You will like it, other than sometimes being outside of Triple A, it’s better, and of course it’s the legal way :D
If only we could get Krieghund to play 10 games a year in the league. Or 2 or 3.
@gamerman01 said in L24 OOB Gamerman01 (Axis) vs FlyingBadger (Allies+51) #1:
If only we could get Krieghund to play 10 games a year in the league. Or 2 or 3.
Why is that?
He wrote the rulebook, he’d straighten us all out, and faster
This was not an easy battle to figure, especially with follow up attacks likely. I am super lucky the dice gave me an edge. I know it might be your hail Mary, but I respect your abilities and tenacity too much to get lazy.
Lose 2 fighters, and one tactical!
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Game History
Round: 8
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Americans
1 tactical_bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 3 infantry, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands
2 fighters moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 10 Sea Zone
2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 87 Sea Zone
Combat - Americans
Japanese scrambles 3 units out of Caroline Islands to defend against the attack in 33 Sea Zone
Battle in 87 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 bomber
Germans defend with 1 transport
1 transport owned by the Germans lost in 87 Sea Zone
Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
Casualties for Germans: 1 transport
Battle in 10 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters
Japanese defend with 1 submarine
Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 4 fighters in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 10 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 10 Sea Zone
Americans win, taking 10 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer and 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
Battle in 33 Sea Zone
Americans attack with 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
Japanese defend with 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 6 submarines, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
Japanese roll dice for 6 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 1.00 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Americans
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 2 : 10/19 hits, 9.50 expected hits
5 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
3 submarines owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 7/14 hits, 7.17 expected hits
Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Japanese
Japanese roll dice for 3 submarines in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 6 fighters, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 3 : 10/19 hits, 9.50 expected hits
2 submarines owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 7 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese, 3 destroyers owned by the Japanese and 3 submarines owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports in 33 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 3.33 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 6 fighters, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 33 Sea Zone, round 4 : 9/15 hits, 8.00 expected hits
2 cruisers owned by the Americans, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans, 3 infantry owned by the Americans, 2 fighters owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans, 2 transports owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans lost in 33 Sea Zone
1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese and 2 fighters owned by the Japanese lost in 33 Sea Zone
Japanese win with 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -170
Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 9 fighters, 3 infantry, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
Casualties for Japanese: 3 destroyers, 2 fighters, 6 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers
1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese and 4 fighters owned by the Japanese forced to land in Caroline Islands
Non Combat Move - Americans
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Americans regular : -2.33
Japanese regular : 1.33
@gamerman01 said in L24 OOB Gamerman01 (Axis) vs FlyingBadger (Allies+51) #1:
He wrote the rulebook, he’d straighten us all out, and faster
Impressive, I shall look him up.
@gamerman01 said in L24 OOB Gamerman01 (Axis) vs FlyingBadger (Allies+51) #1:
This was not an easy battle to figure, especially with follow up attacks likely. I am super lucky the dice gave me an edge. I know it might be your hail Mary, but I respect your abilities and tenacity too much to get lazy.
Thanks for the compliment! Combat finished, I will complete the turn later this (UK) evening.
Thanks for telling me when the next move is planned,
Krieghund is Kevin Chapman, and besides Larry Harris he IS Axis and Allies. You can find his name in the rulebook. If you need a rulebook, I can find a link for you.
He answers rules questions at Axis&Allies Global 1940, pinned topic Global 2nd edition Q+A (AAG40.2)
He is a machine. Off the charts intelligence, and over all these years he still knows all the rules and has only had to retract an answer one or two times.
He answers questions within 3-5 minutes or sometimes a few hours, but years ago he deputized a couple of us, Panther and me, to help get answers out and go back and forth with explanations with players sometimes faster or to go back and forth with the questions. There used to be countless questions when it came out.
There isn’t that much need for that anymore. Anyway, that’s what the black “official Q&A” banner by my name and Panther’s name means.
I’ve given several wrong answers that Krieghund cleans up, and almost laid down my badge one time LOL but then I get some tough ones right. No, seriously, no one has hinted that I give it up, yet.
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Game History
Round: 8
Combat Move - British
2 tactical_bombers moved from Gibraltar to 95 Sea Zone
2 submarines moved from 97 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from India to Persia
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
