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Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord

Taran_Wanderer posted:

How do you want to resolve your events?

...good question! Don't know how I glossed over that.

Bell Tolls for Thee x3:
Lose a step in Odessa for a CW Victory in Bilbao
Lose the step that was put in Minsk for a CW Victory in Barcelona
Treat the third as No Result

Allies Support Resistance:
Targeting Kwantung Logistics in Mukden


edited to add locations and change ASR result, since I was looking in the TK book instead of the DS book.

Count Thrashula fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jan 5, 2015

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Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Soviet places a 1-1-2 Russian infantry in Minsk.
A 1-1-2 Russian infantry is removed in Minsk and Odessa to flip Barcelona and Bilbao.
The Axis Kwatung Logistics marker is removed.

End of Summer 1937 Turn

Delay rolls:
Kwatung Logistics: 5 Placed in Mar-Apr 1938
Japanese Air Force: 4 Placed in Jan-Feb 1938
Japanese Government: 3 Placed in Nov-Dec 1937
Japanese 2-1-1 HQ [Nor]: 1 Placed in Aug-Sept 1937
Kiangsu 0-1-1 infantry: 6 Placed in Apr-May 1938
Kiangsu 0-1-1 infantry: 1 Placed in Aug-Sept 1937
Kiangsu 1-1-1 infantry [Exp]: 5 Placed in Mar-Apr 1938
Kansu 1-1-1 infantry [Exp]: 4 Placed in Jan-Feb 1938
Kansu 1-1-2 cavalry [Exp]: 3 Placed in Nov-Dec 1937
Kansu 0-1-1 infantry: 1 Placed in Aug-Sept 1937

Turn advanced to Autumn 1937
Japanese 2-1-1 HQ [Nor] and Axis Scratch Convoy placed in DS Axis Force Pool.
Kiangsu 0-1-1 placed in DS Western Force Pool.
Kansu 0-1-1 placed in DS Soviet Force Pool.

Axis Autumn 1937 Turn

Axis reveals German Rearmament and Diplomatic Overtures.
One German 2-2-3 HQ [Nor] and seven German 3-4-2 infantry are added to TK Axis Force Pool.

Replacements:
One German infantry step
One German panzer step

First roll on the Diplomatic Overtures table: 6-1=5
Conflicting Plans: No Result

Second roll: 5-1=4
Roll on the Cabinet Crises table: 4-1=3
International Incident

Map, Turn Tracks, Current and Pending Options, Axis Force Pools, DS Western Force Pool, and Soviet Force Pools.

Axis, please PM me your Pending Option cards. Please post your replacements, event resolution, and any other actions you may have for the turn.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Allow military aid instead of declaring war, combine the two steps in Formosa.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013

Tekopo posted:

Allow military aid instead of declaring war, combine the two steps in Formosa.

Western, how would you like to resolve Military Aid?

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
Put the non-Res Kiangsu inf in Wuhan.

Herewaard
Jun 20, 2003

Lipstick Apathy
Replacements in Berlin
Remove Demand Switzerland and Jet Fighters (46)

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Western places a 0-1-1 Kiangsu infantry in Wuhan.

Axis places a 1-2-3 German infantry and a 2-2-4 German panzer in Berlin.
Demand Switzerland and Production Directive: Jet Fighters are removed.

Western Autumn 1937

Western reveals Chamberlain Diplomacy and Chiang Diplomacy

Replacements:
one TK British infantry step

First roll on Chamberlain Diplomacy table: 2-1=1
Roll on Guarantee table: 1-1=1
Roll on Conference table: 2-1=1
TK Military Aid

Second roll: 2-1=1
Roll on Guarantee table: 1-1=1
Roll on Conference table: 5-1=4
Pacific Offensive (I think this is treated as a "No Result" but I don't see anything about it in the rulebook)

First roll on Chiang Diplomacy table: 5-1=4
Roll on Strategy Board table: 2-1=1
DS Military Aid

Second roll: 6-1=5
Conflicting Plans: No Result

Map, Current and Pending Options, Axis Force Pools, and DS Western Force Pool updated.

Western, please PM me your Pending Option selections. Please post your replacements, event resolution, and any other actions you may have for the turn.

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
TK Military Aid will turn into a French step for Panzeh to place.

DS Military Aid will turn into a British colonial step for CNN Sports Ticker to place.

The Pacific Offensive entry should indeed be a no result per the errata.

Option Cards will be on their way shortly.

Panzeh
Nov 27, 2006

"..The high ground"
Take a 1-1-2 and put it in Paris, flipping if possible.

Bullbar
Apr 18, 2007

The Aristocrats!
I'll place it in Bay of Bengal

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013

CNN Sports Ticker posted:

I'll place it in Bay of Bengal

You also have an infantry step to place on the TK map.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Western places a 1-1-2 French infantry in Paris, flipping it to 3-3-2 and placing a 0-1-2 French infantry in the TK Western Force Pool.
A 1-1-3 UK infantry is placed in London
A 1-2-1 UK Indian infantry is placed in Calcutta.

Soviet Autumn 1937

Soviet reveals Political Purges and New Five Year Plan
Collective Security, Franco-Russian Entente, Negotiations with Baltic States, Litvinov Diplomacy, Central Alliance, Balkan Pact, and Comintern removed.

First roll on the New Five Year Plan table: 6-1=5
Conflicting Plans: No Result

Second roll: 4-1=3
Roll on the Cabinet Crises table: 4-1=3
International Incident

Map, Western Force Pools, and Current and Pending Options updated.

Soviet, please PM your pending Options. Please post any actions you may have for the turn. Axis, please post how you will resolve International Incident.

silvergoose
Mar 18, 2006

IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS




holy gently caress when does the actual fighting start

:v:

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord
Taran, would it be possible to have a list of cards that have been played? Or am I missing that somewhere? Usually when I play, there's a discard pile so I know what cards I've played, and know what cards I CAN play.

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord
Pending options sent - no support/org/operations for me this turn.

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord

silvergoose posted:

holy gently caress when does the actual fighting start

:v:

Usually around the 6th Axis turn, we move into Limited War. Depends on how aggressive the Axis is being, and how much they want to build up troops and prep vs. just blitzing.

So, late '38 or early '39.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013

COOL CORN posted:

Taran, would it be possible to have a list of cards that have been played? Or am I missing that somewhere? Usually when I play, there's a discard pile so I know what cards I've played, and know what cards I CAN play.

Yeah, I've been meaning to make one up. I'll add a list to the second post soon.

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!

silvergoose posted:

holy gently caress when does the actual fighting start

:v:

Could be right now depending on how international incident is resolved!

Tekopo is playing the Japanese with a slow fuse strategy, so it might take a bit, but it's 99% certain that it will happen by sometime in 1938 at the latest.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
I'll be busy for the rest of today, so expect an update on Monday.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
I've added the played and removed cards to the third post. I also need how Axis would like to resolve International Incident.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Can't afford to give them more dots, start a war with Nationalist China (and thus Communist China as well).

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Soviet removes Production Directive: Red Navy.

Axis ends the Resistance Policy with Nationalist and Communist China. Limited War has begun!
Outbreak of War. The following counters are placed in the DS Delay Box.
Japanese Air Force, Surf Fleet, CV Fleet, and Minor Country Production
0-2-1 Nationalist Chinese HQ and Western Minor Country Production
0-2-1 Communist Chinese HQ and Soviet Minor Country Production

End of Autumn 1937 Turn

Delay rolls:
Axis Minor Country Production - 6 June-July 1938
Japanese CV Fleet - 2 Jan-Feb 1938
Japanese Surf Fleet - 5 May-June 1938
Japanese Air Force - 2 Jan-Feb 1938
Western Minor Country Production - 6 June-July 1938
Nationalist Chinese HQ - 5 May-June 1938
Soviet Minor Country Production - 3 Mar-Apr 1938
Communist Chinese HQ - 6 June-July 1938

Turn is advanced to Nov-Dec 1937
Japanese Government roll: 6
The Navy now leads the Japanese Government.
1-1-2 Kansu Exp Cavalry is placed in the Soviet Force Pool.

Axis Nov-Dec 1937

Axis reveals Military Purges and Food Shortages
Three Japanese 0-1-1 infantry, and six Japanese 1-1-1 infantry are added to the DS Axis Force Pool.

Map, Current and Pending Options, Turn Tracks, DS Axis Force Pool, DS Axis Organization and Conditionals, DS Western Organization and Conditionals, DS Soviet Force Pool, and DS Soviet Organization and Conditionals.

Axis, PM me your Pending Option selections. Please post your Administrative Phase and Operational Movement Actions.

Taran_Wanderer fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Jan 12, 2015

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Administrative Phase: Break Down the 3-3-1 in 5123. Operational Movement: Move the 2-2-1 in Formosa Down to Foochow. Move the two non-kwantung units in 5123 to Mukden. Use the Troop Transport to move the step in Keijo to Shangai.

No Combat

Reserve Movement: Move 2-2-1 from Foochow to Wenchow. Move non-kwantung units from Mukden to Dairen.

Tekopo fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jan 12, 2015

Herewaard
Jun 20, 2003

Lipstick Apathy
Remove a Ribbentrop Diplomacy card and Demand Gau Moselland

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Axis removes Ribbentrop Diplomacy and Demand Gau Moselland.

A 3-3-1 Japanese infantry in w5124 is flipped and a 1-1-1 Japanese infantry is placed there.
A 2-2-1 Japanese infantry in Formosa is moved to Foochow.
A 1-1-1 Japanese infantry and a 2-1-1 Japanese infantry in w5124 are moved to w5226 (Mukden).

No attacks are declared.

A 2-2-1 Japanese infantry is moved from w4424 (Foochow) to w4524 (Wenchow)
A 1-1-1 Japanese infantry and a 2-1-1 Japanese infantry in w5226 (Mukden) are moved to w5125 (Dairen)

Map and DS Axis Force Pool updated.

Axis please post any declarations of war you'd like to make.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Can I also breakdown one of the 2-2-1s in Shangai as well, sorry.

No war declarations for now.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013

Tekopo posted:

Can I also breakdown one of the 2-2-1s in Shangai as well, sorry.

No war declarations for now.

Yeah, alright.

Axis flips a 2-2-1 Japanese infantry in Shanghai to its 1-1-1 side and places a 1-1-1 infantry in the space.

Western Nov-Dec 1937

Western reveals British Rearmament and Philippine Independence
Philippine/US Army Integration and Manila Fortifications are removed.

Six British 2-1-3 armor, one British 1-2-2 infantry [BEF], one British Surf Fleet [Home], and one British Convoy Marker are added to TK Western Force Pool.
The Philippines is created as a neutral minor country. The US 0-1-0 Man Garrison is removed from the game.

Replacements:
one US infantry step

Roll on the Philippines Independence table: 1-1=1
Roll on the Colonialism Table: 6-1=5
Minor Country Politics

Map, TK Western Force Pool, and Current and Pending Options are updated.

Western, please PM me your Pending Option selections. Please post how you would like to take your Replacements and how to resolve your event.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Second call for Western!

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
Whoops, missed your update, sorry. I'll post my part of the turn when I get home tonight

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
PM Sent.

US step placed in Western US box.

Roll on the North Asia table for Minor Country Politics.

Operational: Move the Kiangsu 1 army SW and the 1-step 0-1-1 in Wuhan to Changsha.

Combat: No attacks

Reserve: Move the Kiangsu 1 army into Wuhan.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
A US 1-1-1 infantry is placed in the Western US Box.

Western rolls on the North Asia Table: 4
Sinkiang

Axis, would you like to select Sinkiang and roll on the Diplomatic Incident Table or treat this as a No Result?

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


No event.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
Axis treats this as a No Result.

Western moves the Kiangsu 1-2-1 infantry in w4923 to w4823
The Kiangsu 0-1-1 in w4722 is moved to w4521

No attacks are declared.

The Kiangsu 1-2-1 infantry in w4823 is moved to w4722

Soviet Nov-Dec 1937

Soviet reveals Eastern Bloc and Asian Diplomacy

Replacements:
1 Russian infantry step

Per PM, a Russian 1-1-2 infantry is placed in e3906.

Roll on the Eastern Bloc table: 1-1=1
Conflicting Plans: No Result

Per PM, Mongolia is selected for the roll on Asian Diplomacy: 3-1=2
Influence
Mongolia is activated as a Soviet Minor.
The Mongolian 0-1-1 Res infantry is placed in the Soviet DS Force Pool.
Two Mongolian 2-2-2 Cavalry are placed in the DS Delay Box.
The Mongolian 0-1-0 Garrison is placed in w5621.

Map, Soviet Force Pools, and Current and Pending Options updated.

Soviet, please PM me your Pending Option Selections. Please post your actions for the turn.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Taran, the Kwantung logistics marker seems to have disappeared.

Edit: nevermind, I see what happened.

Tekopo fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jan 16, 2015

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord
Cards PMd - no support/org/ops I want to do this turn.

Taran_Wanderer
Nov 4, 2013
End of Turn Nov-Dec 1937

Mongolian 2-2-2 Cavalry delay roll: 5 June-July 1938
Mongolian 2-2-2 Cavalry delay roll: 3 Apr-May 1938

Turn is advanced to Jan-Feb 1938

Two Japanese Air Forces and a Japanese CV Fleet are placed in the Axis DS Force Pool.
A Kansu 1-1-1 infantry is placed in the Soviet DS Force Pool.

Axis Jan-Feb 1938

Map, Axis DS Force Pool, Soviet DS Force Pool, Current and Pending Options, and Turn Tracks updated.

Axis, please post your actions for the turn.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Support/Convoy Marker Placement

Place an Air Force marker on 4723, an Air Force Marker on 4824, place a CV 4826, flip it immediately to place a CV Strike on 4825, place a Troop Transport in Yellow Sea.

Combination

Combine two one-step units in Shangai to form 2-1-1 HQ.

Operational Movement

Move 2-2-1 to 4624.
Move 2-1-1 to Shangai using Troop Transport.

Combat

Attack Nanking, using 2-1-1, 2-2-1 in Shangai and 2-2-1 in 4624, with the help of the 2-1-1 HQ in Shangai.
I get 3 Column Shifts for the airforces and 1 for the HQ, and one column shift against me for attacking a City.

Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Also, the war has finally started :getin:

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!
CV Strikes get sent to the used box after the blitz combat phase, so that one won't help your attack

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Tekopo
Oct 24, 2008

When you see it, you'll shit yourself.


Also apparently I missed the fact that you can't place two air units next to each other anyway? Oh well.

Place on Air marker on 4723, the other on 4825.

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