@Myygames surrendered to @Arthur-Bomber-Harris in L22 OOB FINAL LL Myygames (X) VS ABH (L+50)

Masterfull played, hail to the OOB champion!

It is very sad to hear that trulpen has left us. I played him only twice, but the first game against him really changed the way I play this game forever. I contemplated for months how to counter his strategies. My fist game as allies against him was a complete loss, and I never learned so much again in a single game. He tought me the 111 BB retreat opening with extensive carrier builds on both boards afterwards. He beat me with a three Japanese AC build in 36 that enabled his planes to crush me. He had a way of playing G40 that was unique. tribute to trulpen, one of the greatest in this forum!
May he rest in peace.

@The-Janus

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Some comments from my side:

• mechs are excellent for the Germans on their way east. They are also useful for all other nations, but maybe not in the numbers Germany should build them.
• I consider artillery a very useful unit. It helps in particular to give punch to large stacks of infantry, eg those that tend to build around Moscow. The ratio of infantry to artillery is depateable, but you want it at least to be 1:5 if you intend to (threaten) attack.
• your navy analysis seems pretty correct; battleships and cruisers are far too expensive to be build. In my opinion saving the ones on the board is worth it, but building them seems waste of IPC

@knallbär

Your game is not optimal but far from being screwed. some thoughts for your US3 turn

• why not take Gibraltar with your two transports. The BB can bombard. you will get the italian bomber killed, nice.
• get all your ships including UK into SZ 91. Maybe one UK transport back to Canada, you can build 2 infantry there. Use SZ91 to threaten half europe in the future turns.
• build an airbase there in the next turns and bring ships into the med to deny italy its objective. dont lose gibraltar again!
• take two infantry from brazil to guiana, build a transport in new york that can pick them uo next turn on the way to gibraltar
• your bomber in french west africa can knock out the last italian transport. nice
• its very important to stabilize egypt. you must also collect a force there that can re-conquer alexandria and maybe more of north africa or against japan. build a minor IC there now and use your fleet in 76 along with the units in kenya and sudan to stabilize.
• build two infantry in south africa now every round. use your transport in 72 to collect them now, next round switch transports in 71 and 81. build two units there now every round plus 3 in egypt.
• the tactical in SZ76 should go to india as that is also threatened.
• buy only ground units in india from now on
• you need more US ships against japan. build a carrier at minimum, i suggest to put all but the one transport to the west with US. continue to not focus on ships in the pacific the following rounds.
• the transport in sz42 needs to die, use an anzac DD and safe the US ships
• not sure where your bombers in hawaii are aiming… you can move to amour and bombard for sure but japan seems to be ready to bring fighters to intercept you. you can try it nevertheless. alternatively relocating to queensland is not a bad idea and could also provide a few hit points for india should he press.
• china is not dead yet… try to safe the fighter at all costs. do as much damage to japanese units as possible.
• try to position some units in south australia to be able to attack western australia if he lands there. alternatively i also like a fast moving unit on the continent.

Just some suggestions from a quick view. good luck to you!

I Must say I am also Not 100% sure I understand the issue. I leave it to @gamerman01 to Decide.

As Martin Said we agreed on a bid but have Not started yet.

Just let me know whom I am against and I will go for it.

Besides that I love martins statement:

@martin said in Post League Game Results Here:

I don’t care who I am crushing, and I also never remember the names. LOL ;-)

Just have fun;-)

This is an exciting topic! And one that can be debated for ages I guess ;-) Nevertheless, I would like to give some thoughts into that.

First of all, I agree that the allies need a high bid in this game, obviously.

@simon33 said in crockett36 - Allies need bigger bids in all versions:

The longer people play this game the more the Axis seems to be favoured. Allies benefit from Axis mistakes or dicings a lot though.

And it is also true, that the game changed with the strategies that players employed over the years. If I remember correctly people saw the Allies in huge favour some ten years ago, nowadays this has completely turned. So the “fair” bid, meaning a bid that equals chances to win the game between players of equal strength, is also a kind of a flow, depending on what gamers call the “Meta”, the current strategies out there and employed by players.

My experience is also that not all players adapt correctly to this flow. Many players do not judge correctly what would be fair and what they need as allies to win a game. The problem here is perception. A bid of 30-40 is NOT a high bid, it is in fact pretty low. And many players do seem not to have realized that. So advising new players to target higher bids in their games will definitely help them.

The final bid of a game, the agreed bid, is from my point of view, also a projection of how both players view each other in terms of playing skill. If I think I am the better player, I am tempted to bid lower for the Allies, because I think I can still beat my oponent.

@crockett36 said in crockett36 - Allies need bigger bids in all versions:

would i be wrong in saying, the best players are giving the bid away and playing the axis?!

And the wrong perception is probably also the reason for that statement, the fact that the better players like Andrew playing the Axis far more often than the Allies. Is that the fault of the better player? Not sure… let us view this from another angle: If I bid 30 to play Allies against my opponent, I am basically telling him that I think I am the better player, because I can even win with 30 against his Axis. Question here is: Why does my opponent not read this correctly and let me play Allies with 30, a bid that is pretty low? This would actually even out the skill (given that I am indeed the better player in this example…). My answer is perception here, as stated above. Many players still think that 30 additional IPC is a lot of stuff, and that they can get the advantage with it… but no, it’s not.

Following that logic, if all players had a better perception of what is “fair”, the better players would far more often play the Allies than the Axis (which is not the case, see Andrews post). So go on, shout it out to everyone: The Allies need bigger bids! We need to change peoples perception of that (and not enforce it with rules).

@crockett36 said in crockett36 - Allies need bigger bids in all versions:

I would recommend a bid that is also logical, reasonable AND historical. Dump it in the US fleet or the Chinese and Russian armies. OR change bid placement rules. Which are reasonable, but arbitrary. OR ask Andrew for a 30 ipc Allied bid placement and go from there.

I am actually against any proposal that will tell me what to bid. I think that the bid for the Allies is the one option, where the Allies can set a tone in the beginning of the game, where they can chose what is important. Other than only reacting this enables them to chose the battleground, at least in some limited places of the board. If you come up with fixed units, the Allied player will not be able to do this. I think we should not discourage allied creativity, and each player should come up with his own thoughts on how the IPCs given can be used best to stop the Axis.

Just my 10 cents…

Congratulations to @AndrewAAGamer for the win and @oysteilo for survining that Long! Really hard and Long battle fought here!

@crockett36 not sure if you saw my post?

What if I proposed a game to you: We both roll a die, if you are higher you win, if I roll higher I win, if we both roll the same we call it a draw. What? You don’t like it? Purely luck? - Yeah, I think the same…

The fact that luck is determining the outcome of games is something that I do not like in general. In my opinion a game outcome should be much more determined by the decisions the players take, by the strategy and tactics they apply then by a random factor. And while I admit that some random factor is needed in all games in order to bring variance, I think that the dice have too much impact in Axis and Allies games.

As you might have guessed by now, I am a big fan of the Low Luck variant of Axis and Allies. I have noted that many players do not like this variant, and I wonder why. So I want to take the opportunity to explain -and advertise!- this variant here. I will go through it in three sections, staring with explaining the Low Luck Principle, then the options the TrippleA engine holds for us, and in the end explaining some Implications to the game and my personal opinion. Feel free to comment, add or disagree with me!

Please not that all my examples relate to G40 OOB rules.

A. The Low Luck Principle

The Low Luck variant uses the expected result as basis for a combat outcome. It directly applies the expected number of hits from your units in the battle, instead of rolling for each unit. Dice are only rolled in case the expected result is not a full hit. By doing this, the expected result does not change, but the variance of the results is much more limited.

To determine the number of hits in a round of battle the total power of a combatant is determined by summing up the (offensive or defensive) strengthes of its units (e.g. for 2 tanks and 1 fighter attacking that would be 9 = 3 + 3 + 3). The statistical expectation is that you score one hit for every 6 total strength you have (e.g. in above example that would be 1.5). The Low Luck calculation consequently applies an automatic hit for every 6 points of total power. For the remaining power, that cannot be divided by 6, a dice is rolled to determine if a hit is scored (e.g. in above example that would be on dice with hit at 3).

Examples

• If you are attacking with 6 Infantry, you expect to score one hit. You are rolling 6 times (hit at 1), and the expectation is that one of the Infantry hits and the others miss. Low Luck will sum up your total strength to 6, and let you score one automatic hit.
• If you are defending with 2 fighters and 1 Infantry your defence power is 10 (4 + 4 + 2). You will score one automatic hit and roll one die (hit at 4 = 10 - 6) to determine if you score a second hit.

The Low Luck principle can be applied for all units that target the same set of enemy units. In my playgroup we are applying it whenever possible, e.g. also for offshore bombardment and strategic bombing raids. In TrippleA not all of this can be handeled, but I will explain now what options are there in our beloved game engine.

B. TrippleA Low Luck Options

There are several options to implement the Low Luck principle into your TrippleA game, all available at the start of the game through Map Options. I will give an overview on how trippleA behaves with these options (based on my experience / version - 2.5.22294)

• Low Luck

This option will generally apply the Low Luck principle to all of your sea and land combats. A little exception is the behaviour of submarine and offshore bombardment. Note that this option includes air battles prior to strategic bombing raids and AA defense of complexes, but not the raid damage.

Here some remarks how the engine handeles combats:

a) Submarines will always rolled seperately. This applies for all combats, no matter if destroyers or planes are involved. Nevertheless, if several submarines are present the Low Luck principle will be applied to them (e.g. two subs roll one dice at 4).
b) Planes will be rolled seperately from naval units if enemy submarines are present and no friendly destroyer present (since the planes cannot hit the subs in that case).
c) Offshore bombardment will always be rolled seperately, if several ships bombard the Low Luck principle will be applied to them (e.g. two cruisers score an automatic hit).
d) Air battles prior to strategic bombing raids will be treated with Low Luck, e.g. 4 bombers participating in an air battler will roll one dice at 4 to hit.

• Low Luck for AntiAircraft

This option will apply the Low Luck principle to all Anti Aircraft Guns. This means 1 AA hits at a 3, two AA score an automatic hit (provided that there are enough planes attacking). If not ticked AAA will each be rolled seprately with hits at 1.

• Low Luck for Bombing and Territory Damage

This option will apply the Low Luck principle for the damage done by strategic bombing raids, in particulary result in an average damage each time. This option will limit the damage done to a facility by a successfull raider to 5 or 6 damage for strategic bombers and 3 or 4 damage for tactical bombers
The engine will roll a dice for each bombing plane: 1-3 will result in the lower damage and 4-6 in the higher damage.

• Low Luck for Technology

This option will apply the Low Luck principle to your tech rolls. This means you have only one roll to determine if ou get a tech. It also means that you can spend 30 IPC to buy 6 tokens and get an automatic tech (Not sure what happens if you spend more - who does that anyways??). Rolls on the tech charts, to determine which tech you have developed is performed as normal.

• Battle Calculator

Just want to mention here that the trippleA battle calculator can calculate also Low Luck combat.

C. Implications to the Game
In this section I will give some remarks from my experience how the game changes with Low Luck. I actually think that the changes are not that big, given that the majority of the rules still apply. Nevertheless I have noted some behaviours with my own play that I would like to share.

a) Less need for overwhelming forces. Probably the biggest impact I notice is that with Low Luck you have less need to bring overwhelming forces. In normal dice games there is a high variance of results, and the only way to mitigate unpleasant results is to increase the numbers considerably above the number needed in average. This is not true in Low Luck games. At some point your odds will be at 100%, and adding more units will only impact the expected amounts of losses, not the result itself.
The reduced need of overwhelming forces applies for both offense and defense.

b) More predictable leftovers. In Low Luck games you can much more reliable calculate which forces will remain after the battle. This often leaves you in a position to additionaly understand if the remaining forces are enough to survive counter attacks, and integrate that into your decision whether or not to do an attack.

c) Calculated losses. When planning your Low Luck attack you are often able to guarantee that you are not losing any valuable units such as planes. If you are e.g. attacking 6 Infantries with 2 Infantries and enough planes you will not lose any of your planes, guaranteed.

d) Secure trade of territories. With Low Luck the trading of territories is reliable. If you e.g. attack a territory containing 1 enemy Infantry with 2 Infantries and a bomber you are guaranteed that you will conquer it, and you can reliably block enemies there next turn e.g. from blizzing through it, or stacking planes there.

D. Some Personal Opinion

Does Low Luck favour Allies or Axis?
Thats the usual question I get when discussion this option, and, honestly, I am not so sure here. Reviewing the above mentioned game implications I tend to say that Low Luck favours the allies more in the beginning, but this gets less and less during the game. This is, because in the beginning the axis has more potential to bring overwhelming forces (e.g. against china or russia) to level out the luck than the allies have. On the other hand, the allies are given better opportunity to hold precious spots (e.g. sea zones) with a marginal edge. Secure territory trading is something that is valuable for both, but also favours the allies I would say. Burma comes to my mind, which can be really game changing of you fail to trade as UK. Being able to more percisely predict the leftovers in a battle is clearly in favour of the axis. Overall, I tend to bid slightly less for Low Luck games than with usual dice.

So why do I like Low Luck?
Let me explain with an example: Let’s say I am Japan and have brought 10 tanks to attack India, which is guarded by 10 Infantry. With normal dice I have a chance of around 85%, with an average of 4 tanks left. That is a decent chance, but it does also imply that I will lose this battle every 6th time. Reflecting that, I think it is not fair. I have invested a lot in that situation, but the result of dices might still deny me my prize. Not only have I invested twice the amount of IPC than india, I have also build the tanks, moved them, and - most importently - I have played the game in a way that allows me to make this attack against an overwhelmed foe now. In being able to make this attack I have demonstrated a tactical skill that should now pay off. If the dice decided that I will lose all tanks in round one (which is possible) I will feel cheated.

Another example: Let’s say you are Japan and you have managed to outbuild my american fleet in the pacific. You have involved the allies in a lot of small battles that lead to the american fleet becoming smaller and smaller and now you have made a huge fleetpurchase in SZ6 and have a fleet there that is outnumbering mine Hawaii by far. Now I, realizing that I will lose the game, throw all my units into a desperate last assult against SZ6 that has merly 10% of success chance, and -guess what- I win and sink your fleet. Doesn’t that feel cheesy?

In my opinion this game is about strategy, about tactic and about using the rules and the map to your advantage. Dice can screw that all, even if you are the master tactican. And in the end, when being diced, I have also invested a lot of time into a game. I can stand losing because someone is better, but not because someone is luckier. I think dice should have less influence on results in this game. I think Low Luck makes the game a better game.

During my time here I have realized that many of you think otherwise. I would be interested to understand why you have such a different perception than I have, and what you like or dont like of the Low Luck concept. Feel free to express your toughts and feedback!

Thanks for reading this far and… Good Luck to you!

@trulpen said in L21 #1 trulpen (X) vs Myygames (A+45) OOB LL:

You’ll have to excuse me, but I’m not so used to OOB anymore. Remembered in the middle of the turn that there’s no draw-back in DOWing against Russia (big difference to BM3), so restarted the turn with that change. Then of course messed up tr-movement (took the wrong one to Siberia), so did some adjustment during NCM.

Yey, no drawback on attacking russia, only the mongolian terretorries.

Thats why I dont play varaints: too many rules to remember :-)

By the way, I do not mind editing, f you did a mistake. As long as there are no relevant dice rolled my proposal is that edist are ok. especially as allies, I will need to fix things in the UK turn that I m,essed up with US :-)

@GovZ

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Game History

Round: 2

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 2 armour, 13 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 unit repaired.
        2 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Greece
        3 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Greece
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 96 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 96 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Greece
        1 infantry moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Gibraltar
        Battle in Greece
            Germans attack with 3 armour, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 3 armour, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Greece, round 2 : 3/1 hits, 3,67 expected hits
                Neutral_Allies roll dice for 4 infantry in Greece, round 2 : 2/1 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies and 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Greece
            1 bomber owned by the Germans, 1 fighter owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans retreated
            3 armour owned by the Germans retreated to Bulgaria
            Neutral_Allies win, taking Gibraltar from British with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
            Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 3 infantry
        Battle in 96 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/0 hits, 3,00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/1 hits, 1,17 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British, 1 cruiser owned by the British, 1 fighter owned by the Germans, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
            Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 bomber moved from Greece to Western Germany
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Greece to Southern Italy
        EDIT: 1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 96 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 112 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
        1 artillery moved from France to Southern France
        6 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from France to Germany
        1 aaGun moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
        3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
        1 aaGun moved from Norway to Finland

    Place Units - Germans
        2 armour and 8 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
        5 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
        1 submarine placed in 110 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 41 PUs; end with 41 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 46 PUs
        Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Neutral_Allies regular : 0,67
Germans regular : -0,67
British regular : 0,83

@GovZ

myygames-vs-govz_ITA1.tsvg

@GovZ said in L24 OOB Myygames (X) vs GovZ (A+42) Game II:

@Myygames said in L24 OOB Myygames (X) vs GovZ (A+42) Game II:

@GovZ

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You may dive the 2 subs in 95 or fight with them. If they fight, pls also confirm sub-sub-cru as OOL.

Subs dive in SZ95.

In SZ93, if we both get exactly one hit each, sink the DD. Otherwise, sink the Cr first.

Thanks.

As for the SZ93 casualties: I think this is difficult. You dont know if you will hit when you chose you casualties, right? You chose after my rolls. Anyways, I think it does not matter in that combat, just in general.

@Caesar1 ping

@GovZ

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You may dive the 2 subs in 95 or fight with them. If they fight, pls also confirm sub-sub-cru as OOL.

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to Guam
        1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
        1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
        1 bomber moved from Central United States to Western United States
        2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to Central United States

    Place Units - Americans
        1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 101 Sea Zone
        2 carriers and 1 submarine placed in 10 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 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
        2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Chahar
        2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Hunan
        1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan

    Combat - Chinese
        Battle in Hunan
            Chinese attack with 2 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 artillery
                Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Hunan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan
            1 infantry owned by the Chinese retreated to Kweichow
            Japanese win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Chahar
            Chinese attack with 2 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Chahar, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Chahar, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Chahar, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Chahar, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Chahar
            1 infantry owned by the Chinese retreated to Suiyuyan
            Japanese win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Yunnan
            Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 artillery
                Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
            Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Shensi
        4 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi

    Place Units - Chinese
        4 infantry placed in Shensi

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs
        Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 15 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone

    Combat - British
        Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
        Battle in 110 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
            Germans defend with 1 battleship and 1 submarine
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 2 fighters in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 battleship owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 110 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 26
            Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship and 1 submarine
        Battle in 96 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 cruiser and 1 fighter
            Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 fighter in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1,00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
        Battle in 97 Sea Zone
            British attack with 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 fighter; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 transport
                British roll dice for 1 submarine in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/5 hits, 2,67 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                Italians roll dice for 3 fighters in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 2,00 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1,17 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British, 1 submarine owned by the British and 1 carrier owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the Italians and 2 fighters owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 2,33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/3 hits, 1,83 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
            Casualties for British: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters and 1 transport
            Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter

    Non Combat Move - British
        1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
        1 fighter moved from 96 Sea Zone to Malta
        1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 aaGun moved from India to Burma
        1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
              British take Eastern Persia from Neutral_Allies
        1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
        1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from 80 Sea Zone to Persia
              British take Persia from Neutral_Allies
        2 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
        1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
        1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
              UK_Pacific take Sumatra from Dutch
        2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
        1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to Eire
              British take Eire from Neutral_Allies
        1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Scotland to United Kingdom
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Ontario to Quebec

    Place Units - British
        1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 106 Sea Zone
        1 factory_minor placed in Egypt

    Turn Complete - British
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 106 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,5
        British collect 27 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 29 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 34 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys placed in India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs
        Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -0,83
Italians regular : 1,50
Japanese regular : 1,67
Germans regular : -0,83
British regular : 0,50

Savegame

@GovZ Both seems reasonable: The raise for the captain and the fighter in Malta.

@crockett36 scramble in the adriatic sea?

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: British round 1

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition

Game History

Round: 1

    Combat Move - British
        1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone

    Combat - British

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@crockett36

and I forgottt

• China: Nice opportunity to attack another artillery. I might be risking a 2 vs 1 attack. Cannot hold in Sezuan against the japanese air, so need to retreat further. Would cost around 6 planes for japan to attack a fully stacked sezuan (11+1 chinese), which is a good result but borderline. Also I think I cannot afford to stack more russian there, this might just make it more attractive for japan… but hey, maybe if I use all russian planes? Need to calculate that…