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AlbertN -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 2:25:00 PM)
Anyhow in general to raise AA is not a good option unless you can sensibly destroy (or abort at situational need) one enemy airplane. The cross referencing of tables is how much you could eventually roll; and how many columns your AA fire can shift leftward the attacker. In general - unless as stated you can gun down an enemy plane - it is better to shrink damage than increase AA fire. The higher is the naval air value, the stronger that rule turns. If you look at the table, the first columns are one value only (1 is a column, 2 is another column, etc) and once you get higher the intervals are much wider (Therefore your AA turns less efficient, albeit you'd roll more dices because of more bombers). That's how I see it - I never went down to do some math though! But AA is a gamble (in the end even your 1 single AA dice can be rolled as 1, after you spent 6 surprise points to pump it); meanwhile to shrink damage is a certainnees. As it is a certainness if you roll AA dices, you'll lower the enemy bombing factor by at least 1.

Centuur -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 6:59:55 PM)
Agreed. Only if you can reduce AA fire to nothing, one might use surprise points (especially if one has only 1 or 2 air-to-sea factors attacking). Otherwise, using them during AA fire isn't wise. And on Greece: if one goes for a Barbarossa 1941, it isn't wise to attack Greece at all. Those 10 CP are just to many to give to the CW. A neutral Greece is a danger to the Euroaxis, because of the possibility that the Allies might be able to align Yugoslavia, by attacking Greece. So it's better to take Yugoslavia out first. Now, I would choose to attack Yugoslavia in the second Axis impulse of S/O 1939, thus preventing the USSR from demanding Bessarabia if I wanted to go for a Barbarossa 1941, but it isn't unusual to see the capture of Yugoslavia happening after the fall of France. Also, being at war with Yugoslavia is enough to align Rumania, before war starts with the USSR.

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 10:58:52 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Weather. German takes a combined, Italy a land and Japan a land. There's a 50% chance that this is the last impulse of the turn. [image]local://upfiles/31901/CD9A364D6BD84DCC8B31B23634C52B80.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:00:43 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Germany. North Atlantic. German uses the combine to send Bismarck and two heavy cruisers into the North Atlantic to link up with German u-boats operating there. German initiates combat but both sides fail to find the other. [image]local://upfiles/31901/2F70C175BBFB448C81287F915C60B433.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:07:38 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Germany. Naval. East Med. Naval Combat, Round 1. Unfortunately I lost two screen caps associated with round 1. I'll do my best to explain with the cap I have. German sends a He 112 into the East Med which allows them to initiate combat. Germany successful finds and surprises the Brits. The use the surprise to isolate sea box 4 which contains the British aircraft carrier Glorious. In air to air they have two fighters to the Swordfish, which is flying as a fighter. The RN rolls well and splashes the German NAV (He 115C) and killing the pilot. The axis air to air has no effect. So round 1 ends as either side has any bombers to attack the other side naval forces. Both the Italians and the Germans have lost their NAV to excellent RN air to air rolls. Back luck for the axis, but great luck (or shooting) for the Brits. [image]local://upfiles/31901/EBCC09BE9F874E8CA7F05C2A4D7C7148.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:11:35 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Germany. Naval. East Med. Naval Combat, Round 2. Both sides stay. The Italian RM again surprise the British RN. They isolate sea box 2 and use their surprise points to force a surface combat in the hopes of targeting and sinking the CVL Eagle. However, after forcing the surface the Italians only have 2 surprise points left with they use to increase their effectiveness. The Italian battleship Andrea Doria faces off against three RN battleships forcing all three to abort. However, the Andrea Doria is damaged in return. Since none of the three RN BBs aborted were damaged I'd have to score this a minor victory for the RN. [image]local://upfiles/31901/55050779C9A74AE58BDC81E993BF6572.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:13:02 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Italy. The Middle East. The Italians now have four in-supply corps in Jordan and adjacent to Iraq. This means that Iraq should align with Italy next impulse. [image]local://upfiles/31901/89937FCA587F48C7892C4A2739BF66F4.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:14:38 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #11. Japan. China. No combat, but through maneuver alone the IJA is threatening to outflank Mao and his communist army. [image]local://upfiles/31901/745402F6473D4F9DABC020F41264ABF6.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/11/2016 11:36:33 PM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #13. China. Fearing that the communist could get outflanked in northern China if the turn didn't end (10% chance if all pass) or more likely, the axis win the initiative, the Soviets take a combine and the Chinese take a land. All other axis (CW, Free France and USA) pass. This reduces the chance of the turn ending after this impulse to 70%. Mao and his army fall back in order not to be (potentially) outflanked by the IJA. The allies, who are ready for the turn to end, are glad to see an end of turn roll of 1. This turn ends. [image]local://upfiles/31901/C712667FC37B4D7E81277F16FAEE26A8.jpg[/image]

AlbertN -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:08:21 AM)
Italy though are risking to lose 4 BPs - the Gun left on its own is a combat factor 1 unit! Wavell can easily blitz it, and round up with some extra shore bombardment to ensure it's a safe win!

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:16:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cohen Italy though are risking to lose 4 BPs - the Gun left on its own is a combat factor 1 unit! Wavell can easily blitz it, and round up with some extra shore bombardment to ensure it's a safe win! Oh, why isn't the gun a 3? Well, the axis actually won the initiative for the next turn and Italy was going to take a long needed naval. But, I guess Italy will take a combine and correct that situation.

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:24:44 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Action & Weather Summary. [image]local://upfiles/31901/C3F5DC03B7D24A19A59CAE00A636ED28.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:25:46 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Victory Totals. [image]local://upfiles/31901/2802A31CA98C470CA87B96A757F30265.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:27:00 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Destroyed & Repair Pools. [image]local://upfiles/31901/3F7A0D45F56244ABB14C341EA4ACDFA2.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:27:36 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Global Maps. [image]local://upfiles/31901/70DC768DA1404EC58C4D5A0A5AC15366.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:28:37 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Convoys and Factories. [image]local://upfiles/31901/E68EE1883A9B4625BE35EAF084587139.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:29:20 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Economic Reports. [image]local://upfiles/31901/27234E4A3CB34D0B938DE1CD1208073E.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:30:05 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. CP Losses. [image]local://upfiles/31901/CDC3B78824144F85871FBB9300EF7DDF.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:31:31 AM)
Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. USA Entry Options. 1 point short in the Germany/Italy entry pool of being able to, "Gear up production."! [image]local://upfiles/31901/B6999AFC2E7C41409756D91E7C86D183.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 4:33:06 AM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Trade. In anticipation of, "Gear up production", the USA drops the number of oil points given to the CW by 1. [image]local://upfiles/31901/06A119AFBDE44B76A4389FA6BE5313B5.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:19:01 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Weather. The axis win the initiative and decide to go first. This decision is rewarded by superb weather. [image]local://upfiles/31901/27CE4B6586AA4D94A6C54BC68D2C4801.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:21:13 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Italy. Italy aligns Iraq and the US does not react. Italy sets up the Iraq cavalry corps in position to quickly overrun and capture an undefended Kuwait. [image]local://upfiles/31901/431E129DD0944CD98AC8F118ACF32BAB.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:28:13 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Germany, Italy. East Med. The Germans take a combined and the Italians a land. The Italians use their one air mission to send their newly deployed NAV into the Eastern Med. The Germans send their fighter which was parked on Cyprus during the return to base phase of last turn. The Germans elect to initiate combat and surprise the RN. The Germans really want the RN aircraft carrier Glorious. Unfortunately, for the Germans, even though the axis had a +2/-2 advantage in air to air, the German NAV is forced to abort. The RN swordfish in return is also aborted. But, a clear win for the RN as the axis now have no bomber to attack the RN fleet. Both sides stay for a second round. However, either side finds the other so combat ends in the East Med. [image]local://upfiles/31901/445AA5E6F65E487D8E9D28EC80EE880B.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:30:48 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Germany, Italy. Cape St. Vincent. The Germans use their combine to send u-boats into both Cape St. Vincent and the North Atlantic. In the Cape St. Vincent the Germans initiate combat, rolling a 2 followed by the RN roll of a 3 during the search. The final result is that both the German and Italian subs are forced to aborted. Another win for the RN. [image]local://upfiles/31901/6818748066634FC2BCEF3D7D9E6BC279.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:35:16 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Germany. North Atlantic. German u-boats also try to initiate combat in the North Atlantic but both sides fail to find the other. [image]local://upfiles/31901/AA3F69B780D04A8A96B2520DCD369EFA.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:38:48 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Italy. Land Combat. Jaffa, Palenstine. Italy throws everything into a land combat to destroy Wavell and finally secure all of Palestine. They're able to get decent odds (+12.4A) but miss the factional odds and then rolls low. The result is that they land combat is successful but the Italians lose 2 units including a newly deployed Egyptian Terr. [image]local://upfiles/31901/4905ED79C185465D9A42DC6A19282CFA.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:40:09 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Axis #1. Italy. The East Med. Palestine. [image]local://upfiles/31901/508E72BEB1D447DFBE9658879E5D1DF3.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:43:07 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Italy. Iraq. Kuwait. [image]local://upfiles/31901/95F71A93CA97482EA43D739F526FC848.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:44:05 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Italy. East Africa. [image]local://upfiles/31901/66EFC6B5A778498D9B8D8BC5C4B27A4A.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Global War AAR in Pictures (3/12/2016 9:46:34 PM)
Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Japan. Strategic Bombing. Lanchow, China. Japan takes a land and uses one of their two air mission for strategic bombing of Lanchow. The raid is ineffective. [image]local://upfiles/31901/FB7E165BB3184DDA999FDEC1CEFBD674.jpg[/image]

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