@colin VGG

@colin had a feeling you were gonna do that

@Hendriks1 I knew you'd figure it out.

Here is a fun one where the AI Allies have been keeping us on our toes... Axis went with the slow push to expand carving up the conquests between the various minors along the way, but got stalled up in the Urals and the Russians had us fighting tooth and nail to take out Siberia. AI Soviets meanwhile have been launching some effective counter attacks using their bomber stack, with few furious bombing runs to sweep Japanese production on the mainland. Yakutsk is still kicking and British fighter support has kept the far east fairly active. US pacific fleet just did an end around towards Tokyo when the Japanese fleet finally launch from Truk , and AI Stalin has used the opportunity to re-established a final stronghold in Vladivostock! The Americans are stacking fighters to the ceiling! Germans just bought their first nuke to deal with the situation... hehe good times. Elk vs Allies 20 synth fuel per starting factory flat bonus Japan round 12.tsvg AI Australia felt better after the increase on starting fuel, they've been keeping Japan on edge bouncing defending fighters around. South Africa was knocked off and British-India is near collapse, but the rest of the gang is still up to no good in West Africa. Think it could go another half dozen rounds A pretty Epic battle vs AI Britain for control of Mexico City! hehe been taking this one full invasion USA, but the North American air fortress is pretty impressive. Japan didn't have enough strength at the ready after the long campaigns vs India and Russia to turn around and directly take on Australia or USA. So instead they blew past Hawaii and the West Coast and headed to Panama. Axis are sweeping across the South America now, with German tanks leading the way and a massive Italian army finally ready follow along for the Atlantic crossing. Even with tactical nuke strikes by both Germany and Japan over several rounds, the British and Americans are determined to bloody us still. US AI has fifty some odd fighters defending the homeland. Good times! This one might go into the 1960s lol Elk vs Allies 20 synth fuel per starting factory flat bonus Germany round 20.tsvg

@colin once again great game, look forward to our future wars.

@Hepps I have seen some maps with some different special units that look like they would add to the game, such as the kamikaze unit from the 'Hearts of Iron' map, which is a Japanese fighter that has the same attack and range of a normal fighter, but costs a lot less and has 0 defense.

@LovePlayingAAA Good catch, it appears we missed a few updates on some of the HeavyDestroyers and will fix that in the next minor version. ImprovedDestroyers and AdvancedDestroyer techs still exist and have been updated to make different improvements for destroyers now. This post outlines the sub/destroyer changes: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/493/total-world-war-december-1941-beta-2-8-0-5/392 (there were a few adjustments to that original vision). The notes haven't been updated yet for 3.0 but are in-progress and hopefully be added shortly. Please use the new TWW 3.0 for discussing the new version: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/1181/total-world-war-december-1941-3-0-0-0-now-available

Little one is a galley, big one is a man of war. Both can fight, I really dislike the instantly killed dedicated transports of some games.

Love this game. Nice feel/flow and very large map. Good is strong in my opinion, and if they are too strong (as others have commented), then I suggest Rangers be limited. In the books there exist only Rangers of the North and Rangers of the South (Arnor and Gondor) and only a very few of them. If you delete the rangers from Free People, you may want to give them catapults. Also, if Free People have no anti-air, then they would depend on allies to help them deter dragon attacks (I like this potential dynamic) Some have commented that Angmar is near impossible to play successfully. It would be easier for Angmar if they had a really cheap defensive unit to stack up or to go out with the Dragons. Bats could be added to Angmar too. Such cheaper units could help soak hits to prevent dragons from dying as easily in border territory skirmishes and help maintain a land buffer between Angmar's capital and her enemies. In addition, Arnor could be weakened (fewer unit options and no starting ramparts) and depend on allies to stand up to a full-on Angmar assault -- I believe that the North Kingdom was an abandoned, wild and sparsely populated region in the LotR. It appears that Lorien is vulnerable to a combined Saruman and Orc assault strategy. However, this could be dissatisfying since the Saruman/Rohan conflict is so central to the books/movies. Anything to make the Saruman/Rohan conflict more central to the game would be of interest to fans, I believe. If more evil players are needed, a Variags of Khand player could be added. Make them with fast moving units (perhaps similar to Rhun). They could choose to move North or West, which would add more variation in play from game to game. Absolutely beautiful map! Keep up the great work and THANK YOU!

ignore that sorry

One quick holiday teaser for all the Canadians out there... The turkey unit unfortunately provides all units with a -1 Att. and Def. penalty. But rest assured... all your troops die in a blissful Tryptophan educed coma. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canuck warmongers!

@redrum kk Japan and NewJersy bots run the latest pre and have maps updated

@beelee might try "TransportC8 D1 (already available) " if subs get out of Line. Seems ok so far though, ( U-Boats just took a beating as I type this ) but "Those Boys been in Dry Dock too Long". : ) With a C5 DD it'd no longer be the Fodder Unit. Also, just noticed, if a DD is fired on in CM while going to another SZ, You cannot move through that zone in NCM due to it have been being in a "Combat Zone". Another boost for the DD : ) Oops ! Sorry just realized probably not the right spot for this : )

**** FINAL RESULT **** Just received notification that Icelander defeated Wasp in the Finals. Congratulations to Icelander for his victory. It is worth noting that BOTH Wasp and Icelander kindly donated their prize money to TripleA development. Thanks to both of you for your generosity and good sportsmanship. Warm Regards, Deltium

@Black_Elk GG then! Score 1 for the Axis! Yeah, just create a new thread here in the forum and put the number after /topic/ in the PBF settings. The rest of the settings you can pretty much take from our existing game. Go ahead and start it up using 0.2.7 when you're ready. Good luck!

@Gully Yeah, sorry forgot about this. I'll look to start this up this week.

Haha right on! I got all keyed and fell asleep watching the talking lamp, so maybe tomorrow is best. That way we can give Frostion a proper run here. I'll cue up the Conan soundtrack, Battle of the Mounds style and try not to die too quickly

Congrats Bayder!

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 12 TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0 Game History Round: 12 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 3 battleships, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 6 armour moved from Kweichow to Yunnan 10 armour and 7 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Persia to West India 1 armour moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from 106 Sea Zone to New Brunswick Nova Scotia 1 mech_infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry moved from 116 Sea Zone to Newfoundland Labrador Combat - Germans Battle in New Brunswick Nova Scotia Battle in Newfoundland Labrador Battle in Yunnan Germans attack with 6 armour Chinese defend with 3 artilleries and 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 6 armour in Yunnan, round 2 : 4/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 3 artilleries and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Germans, 1 infantry owned by the Chinese and 3 artilleries owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Germans win, taking New Brunswick Nova Scotia from British, taking Newfoundland Labrador from British, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 5 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9 Casualties for Germans: 1 armour Casualties for Chinese: 3 artilleries and 1 infantry Battle in West India Germans attack with 10 armour and 7 mech_infantrys ANZAC defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 10 armour and 7 mech_infantrys in West India, round 2 : 7/17 hits, 6.17 expected hits UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in West India, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in West India Germans win, taking West India from UK_Pacific with 10 armour and 7 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 battleship moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 121 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 121 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from Western Germany to France 1 artillery moved from Western Germany to France 2 armour moved from Western Germany to France 7 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Poland 5 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Caucasus Place Units - Germans 2 battleships and 1 transport placed in 109 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 submarine placed in 110 Sea Zone 2 fighters placed in France Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 84 PUs; end with 90 PUs Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 95 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 100 PUs Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 105 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 120 PUs Combat Hit Differential Summary : Germans : 1.83 Chinese : -0.33 UK_Pacific : -0.33 Savegame