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RE: 1914: 3 English gents play the CP and 3 unruly Yanks play the Entente
@Wittmann said in 1914: 3 English gents play the CP and 3 unruly Yanks play the Entente:
Adam, don’t force me to come up to rural, backward, Derbyshire to see you!
Anything but that! :scream:
If we have not heard anything from the other GB players by cob tomorrow then we should ask our European friends. If we Brits have any left that is!
So ought to be sorted one way or the other in a couple of days.
Hopefully the fact of this reply has dealt with your genius delusion!?
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RE: Summer 2022 Battle of Britain - 26th June - See Battle Report
Here is my battle report … be prepared to be amazed!!!
With seven of us we played 2 games:
1. 1914
Entente - Tomas (F, R & I) and Dave (UK & US)
CPs - Steve (AH & T) and Adam (G)Two house rules - UK builds in India restricted to 4 units and ground units moving through friendly territories could move 2 spaces.
The CPs agreed that they would prioritise Moscow and accept retreats on the Western Front when necessary. This strategy began well, but AH failed to take Venice. Then Emperor Franz Josef began buying ships (a battleship, a cruiser and a transport) and Kaiser Wilhelm lost faith in the Moscow first strategy and started sending more units west. Meanwhile Sultan Mehmed 5 was embroiled in a long drawn out losing battle against the imperialist Brits in Mesopotamia. With the CPs having made few gains by the time of US entry to the war it seemed that the CPs were facing defeat.
The AH navy felt honour bound to engage the enemy in the central med having had such scarce resources lavished on it. Against mines and a superior Italian/British fleet victory was far from assured. But superior seamanship and fighting spirt won the day. Kaiser Wilhelm was forced to eat his words!
Italy then also had to buy ships. But it was still able to put a significant force into Venice threatening the much smaller AH garrison with annihilation. Once again AH kicked Italian butt!
Turkey found itself able to capture Egypt which was undefended.
G’s advance into France progressed slowly against combined F / UK resistance. The Kaiser planned to risk an advance into Burgundy, so threatening Paris. Then the US landed their entire army in Belgium rather than adding it to the allied stack in Normandy. The Kaiser could not ignore the easy victory on offer and the entire US presence in Europe was erased.
The allied fleet in the North Sea decided to kill the G fleet off Kiel. They succeeded but only just! Shame - there were perhaps 15 allied transports left undefended in the North Sea.
But the real game changer was the Russian front. G advanced against the bigger R stack in Ukraine, sacrificing a lot of infantry in the process. AH then also moved into the now contested territory. Emperor Franz Josef then spotted an opportunity that Kaiser Wilhelm had not. Leaving one unit in Ukraine, so that it remained contested, the G stack moved into contested Poland and the AH stack into the contested territory to the east, bordering Moscow. R had no choice but to retreat to Moscow and both stacks returned to Ukraine, capturing it. R was now unable to venture out of Moscow and having to fight on with little income.
All of which meant that by day’s end the CPs possessed an advantage but with so much left to do they felt unable to claim victory and the game was declared a draw.
2. 1942.2
I was not in this game, but was will do my best to capture the sheer unexpected direction of events.
Allies - Darren (UK) and Colin (US & R)
Axis - Mark (G & J)Allies had a 12 bid and placed a sub off Australia and another off India.
This allowed the UK to kill the J southern fleet and capture the East Indies. The US went all Pacific and in no time at all they had destroyed what remained of J naval and air power. The US regained the Philippines and the UK took Borneo and south Asia.
G took and then lost Egypt. But otherwise it threw everything it could at Russia. Moscow fell, making only a minimal dent in G’s forces.
However, G air power being focused to the east did allow a UK fleet to operate in the Atlantic. France and NW Europe were traded. The UK also took Scandinavia, Leningrad and various territories in eastern Europe. UK income grew close to 70 ipcs.
Nevertheless G had so many tanks and aircraft at its disposal that the Axis looked likely to win. The US attempted attacks on Manchuria and then Japan and were rebuffed with heavy casualties both times. G tank columns pushed south and captured the middle east and India and Africa seemed set to fall.
Then the UK recaptured Moscow, which had been left poorly defended. Although G looked set to retake Moscow, Leningrad and also gain India, the Allies had sufficient victory cities at the end of the US turn to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Phew!
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RE: 🎖 Axis & Allies .org 2021 Support Drive
Just bought Gold David. Thanks.
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RE: 1914: 3 English gents play the CP and 3 unruly Yanks play the Entente
Clearly our American cousins are too scared to take us on Leo! It must be your masterful play of Turkey in our last game that has frightened them off ……
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Autumn 2022 Battle of Britain - 9th October - See Battle Report
The next Battle of Britain will be held on the 9th October. We currently have 8 players (+1 possible) with space for more.
This all-day event is held in Derbyshire, UK. Typically we will have three A&A games running - Anniversary, 1942.2 and 1914 - allowing players to decide which they wish to join.
If you would like to come along then please either reply to this thread or contact me using the Chat facility on this website.
Cheers
Adam (PP)PS The winter event will be on 22 Jan 2023.
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RE: Axis & Allies .org 2023 Support Drive
Hi Dave. I have just purchased a gold badge. Cheers PP
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RE: 1914 NML - Total Annihilation
Tsarist Russia survives another turn while its allies win this game! :face_with_head_bandage:
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RE: Summer 2022 Battle of Britain - 26th June - See Battle Report
@barnee No! We missed him if course. He had to cancel a few days beforehand.
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RE: Trying to create a new game and getting error: User Private-Panic doesn't exist.
As a note for anyone else having the same problem: one of my fellow players has managed to start the game and I can play it from there. So the problem appears to only apply to starting a new game. Which means we have avoided the need for all players to download the version referenced by Panther. Phew!
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RE: NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2
@redrum said in NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2:
@Private-Panic You’re up. Enjoy one of your few turns as the poor frogs before they are crushed beneath German steel!
Mon Dieu! Did the Royal Navy forget to get up this morning! Only my glorious French Navy achieved a victory against the Kriegsmarine. You are welcome in Paris anytime redrum. Just remember to leave your guns and jackboots at home.
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Spring 2023 Battle of Britain on 23 April
The next Battle of Britain will be held on the 23rd April 2023.
This all-day event is held in Derbyshire, UK. Typically we have up to three A&A games running - Anniversary, 1942.2 and 1914 - allowing players to decide which they wish to join.
If you would like to come along then please either reply to this thread or contact me using the Chat facility on this website.
Cheers
Adam (PP) -
RE: NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2
@redrum said in NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2:
Germany - Redrum
Austria - Captainwalker
Turkey/Communists - Degrasse
France/Siberia - Adam (Private-Panic)
Italy/Arabia/US - Colin (GuilyCol)
UK/Russia - Leo (Wittmann)I am beginning to wonder whether our colonial cousins are real people or computer simulations? :thinking_face:
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RE: Which is the best sea unit?
@corporalclegg Yes CC. When you are safely building and moving loaded transports you know your admirals have been fighting a good war.
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RE: Traders in the UK
@Keith-Brownsword Hi Keith. You are looking for a trader in order to buy the game at a competitive price? I guess the best thing to do is use the Board Game Geek market. Just looked at A&A 1942 and they list 5 stores, 10 sellers in the GeekMarket (5 of which are in Europe) and 119 sellers on ebay.
Good luck!
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RE: Napoleon 8 Players Game #13
I am awaiting a victory in one of my games, no matter how small, so that I can do the same! :muscle:
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RE: 1914 NML - Total Annihilation
@Gargantua said in 1914 NML - Total Annihilation:
I’d better go get the popcorn ready - for the battle of Irkutsk!
If russia builds 3 trench and 6 heavy guns - it has a 45% chance to hold at -40 ipc loss+ or so for the communists. who CAN take the territory.
If not… the battle is lost! thats pretty much half of russias income… but you know what to do!! GIve nothing up to that communist filth!
The Commie filth will die at the defences of Irkutsk Garg. Don’t you worry!
Will try to do R this evening if I get a moment.
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RE: NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2
@redrum @Wittmann Eh? Can you take a TT as a casualty? I thought not!