Next the most combatants, in order to keep it Round Robin, Axis German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, versus, Allies Russian & French & British Empires and U.S.A.
For the Allies, it is let’s save Russia, before the Axis overrun them. Russia needs to either hold at all costs, or, trade space for time, while British needs to get naval superiority and land troops to help France attack S. Germany, also the French need to keep the Med. Sea a Allied lake. While the U.S.A. helps fill in the gaps(probably help take out those GE. colonies).
The Axis needs to keep their land & air forces rolling onto Russia, least amount of spending on naval forces, but, keep their coastal areas well defended.
Round One: AHE builds 2 fighters, submarine, &, 2 troopers. Moves land forces into S. Russia(Trieste garrison is left to guard coastline). Galicia garrison goes into Ukraine, even if contested, &, destroyed on Russia’s turn.
The ideal is to take out more Russian forces, than can be replace(a one-two punch delivered by the Axis powers). Six troopers & 2 guns, versus, the same. Losses Axis 5 troopers & Allies 3 troopers, Uk. is contested.
Russian Empire builds fighter, sub., gun, &, 3 troopers. Moves forces from Empire towards southern & western portions of the empire. In the Baltic Sea coastal regions are protected by one trooper each & fleet. The Black Sea has just 2 C protecting Sevastopol & no forces for White Sea.
Forces enter Ukraine from Tartarstan & Sevastopol, battle 9 troopers & five guns, versus, AHE trooper & 2 guns. Losses Allies a trooper & Axis all, region is uncontested.
Germany builds fighter, BB & transport off Berlin, and, C off Kiel.
In Africa GE. takes over undefended Gold Coast, &, Nigeria from Togoland, &, Kamerun. While trooper & gun from S.W. Africa invade & defeat defending trooper & gun, in Brit. S. Africa(for no lost).
Coastal garrisons down to trooper & gun, while Ruhr & Munich garrisons, will reinforce Alsace. Also Berlin & Hanover garrisons head eastwards, Kiel split between western & eastern fronts. Prussia & Silesia invades Poland, fighter from capital & 12 troopers & 6 guns, versus, Russian 15 troopers & 6 guns. Losses Axis 9 troopers & Allies 11 troopers, Poland is contested.
In Sea Zone #7, two submarines enter waters off Canada & sink transport & C(for no lost). Home Fleet enters British Home Waters, &, 2 subs. from Sea Zone #5(no mine lost). Battle BB, 2 C & 2 submarines, versus, Brits. BB, 2 C, &, one transport. Losses Axis & Allies all.
Fr. builds submarine off Marseilles, fighter, &, 4 troopers. Moves more land forces into Lorraine, with fighter flying in from capital(leaving coastal Atlantic provinces with just one trooper).
BB & transport arrives off London, with 2 troopers offloaded(for a next turn, potential run, to Russia). Trooper in Fr. W. Africa, invades Gold Coast, defended by GE. trooper, battle no losses(colony contested). While troopers from Morocco & Algeria head for Gold Coast.
From Marseilles BB, C, &, transport head for Canada. There they face GE. 2 subs., battle occurs, losses Allies BB is damaged & GE. all.
British Empire builds two transports off Wales, 2 fighters(one in India), &, sub. off London. Moves from India BB & transport(2 troopers) for GE. East Africa, also C from India goes to off Egypt. Transport leaves Egypt & lands 2 troopers in Marseilles.
Two troopers leave Egypt for Sudan, while trooper in Sudan heads for Brit. East Africa. Meanwhile trooper from Brit. East Africa, invades GE. E. Africa defended by a trooper, battle no losses, colony contested. Rhodesia trooper invades S. Africa, defended by invading GE. trooper & gun, battle Allies all lost & GE. a gun.
Canadian 3 troopers & gun, board 2 Fr. transports.
U.S.A. builds fighter, &, 2 transports. C goes to Marseilles & BB goes to off London, from East Coast.
Round Two: AHE builds fighter, 2 troopers, gun, &, BB. Moves a force from Galicia again of 12 troopers & 2 guns, &, fighter from capital, into the Uk., versus, Russia 8 troopers & 5 guns. Losses AHE 6 troopers, &, for Russia 7 troopers & a gun.
They could destroy the Russian forces & take Poland this turn, but, will leave that to the Germans(the Axis pincer forces will meet only when they take Moscow). Sending more forces into Galicia, from Vienna, sans two troopers & fighter sent to the coast.
The fleet leaves home waters, &, goes to off Egypt. BB, C, sub., &, transport(2 troopers), versus, Brits. 2 C. Losses Axis BB damaged & sub., &, Brits. all. BB shells & defending guns replies. A British trooper is destroyed, on land AHE 2 troopers, versus, defending British trooper & 2 guns. Losses all Axis forces, this was a fore long hope of helping GE. forces in Africa, but, cost the British military forces, that are needed elsewhere.
Russia builds 7 troopers. Reinforcements arrive into the Uk. via Belarus & Moscow of troopers & a fighter. Trooper from Finland & Karelia move to Livonia(while trooper from Livonia goes to Poland).
Fighters are in dogfight over Uk., Russia wins. Five troopers, 4 guns, &, fighter, versus, AHE 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Allies 4 troopers & Axis all but one trooper, Uk. still contested.
More reinforcements goes into Poland, 11 troopers & 8 guns, versus, GE. 4 troopers, 6 guns, &, a fighter. Losses Allies 9 troopers & a gun, Axis all, Poland is freed this round.
Theses victories has cost Russia, manpower that cannot be replace, &, the Axis know it.
Russia BB(damaged by mines) & sub., enter German Home Waters off Berlin, versus, GE. BB & transport. All lost.
GE. builds sub. off Kiel, transport off Berlin, fighter, 6 trooper, &, gun. In Africa trooper in Gold Coast fails to destroy invading Fr. trooper, while trooper in Nigeria returns to Togoland. Also trooper in S. Africa moves into undefended Rhodesia, &, colony falls. Along with trooper in GE. East Africa, versus, invading British trooper, both lost.
From Prussia & Silesia, 14 troopers, 5 guns, &, fighter from Berlin again invade Poland, versus, Russian 2 troopers & 7 guns. Losses Axis 5 troopers, &, Allies all, Poland falls!
Forces invade Lorraine from S. Germany, 21 troopers & 9 guns, versus, Fr. 17 troopers, fighter, &, 6 guns. Losses Axis 14 troopers & Allies 14 troopers, Lorraine is contested.
Oh Yes Happy New Year!
France builds 6 troopers, &, submarine(off Brest). Sub. off Marseilles goes to off Egypt, versus, AHE BB(damaged), C, &, transport. Losses Allies sub. & AHE Cruiser. In Africa trooper enters British Gold Coast as reinforcements, &, 2 troopers versus defending GE. trooper. Losses Allies none, Axis trooper lost, colony is freed.
Damaged BB & 2 transports of two Canadian troopers & 2 guns arrive off Marseilles, from Canada. Off London BB(damaged by mines) enters GE. Home Waters, versus, GE. C & sub., all lost.
Battle reinforcements into Lorraine from Burgundy, while Paris garrison goes into Burgundy, &, also a Paris fighter flies to Lorraine. Battle 2 fighters, 9 troopers, &, 8 guns, versus, GE. 7 troopers, &, 9 guns. Losses Allies 7 troopers & 4 guns, &, Axis 6 troopers, &, 3 guns, Lorraine still contested.
In Africa 2 troopers enter GE. Togoland, defended by trooper, each side loses a trooper, colony falls. While 2 troopers from N. Africa board transport & debarks Marseilles, &, another transport heads back to Canada. Finally transport runs through two GE. minefields on run to Russia(fighter from Berlin fails in attack to sink it).
British Empire builds fighter, BB, &, C. Flies fighter from India to Egypt, BB goes from East Africa, to off Egypt, &, battles damaged AHE BB & transport(all lost).
Transport lands 2 troopers & retake undefended S. Africa colony, while trooper from Brit. East Africa goes into undefended GE. East Africa & takes colony. While a trooper enter Fr. Eq. Africa & Brit. East Africa from Sudan.
Another transport leaves Marseilles for Canada, while fighter lands in Lorraine, from London. From Marseilles to Burgundy, 4 troopers & 2 guns move there on the way to Lorraine. Sub. joins Fr. transport on Russian run, survives both minefields, sinks GE. transport off Berlin, but, sunk by fighter from Berlin.
Off Canada 2 troopers board a Fr. transport, &, 2 more troopers board a transport, &, debark at Picardy.
U.S.A. builds 3 transports, &, gun. Moves BB to off Scotland, &, from East Coast to off Ireland, 2 transports with 2 troopers & 2 guns. Also flies to Ireland, fighter from East Coast.
C off S. France, enter AHE Home Waters(no mine lost), &, battles BB(both lost). Axis has no naval power left!
Round Three: AHE needs to put some $ into naval purchases, but, at the same time pour as much material towards Moscow. Their Ally German is having trouble on the Western Front, &, will probably add little reinforcements for their Moscow push. It comes to the AHE to get there first, this round will pave the way for the next, either getting into Moscow(taking it or contesting it), or, make peace feelers to the Allies.
AHE builds sub., fighter, 3 troopers, &, gun. Moves a trooper to Trieste, &, trooper & gun to Galicia. Meanwhile Galicia garrison enters Uk., 25 troopers, 6 guns, fighter, versus, Russian trooper, 4 guns, &, fighter. Losses both fighters lost in air duel, Axis losses 3 troopers, &, Allies all, Uk. has fallen!
Russia builds 7 troopers, &, plans to hunker down in Moscow. Sends 2 troopers from Livonia into Moscow. All forces are concentrated in capital, Russians know the Axis will take the shortest way to their capital. The Axis cannot afford to take undefended provinces, that will give time for Russia to build more forces.
GE. has the most IPCs to build for this turn, but, has no navy(needing to build one, so the Allies do not make any landings), and, needs plenty of land units, to stop the Allies from getting into S. Germany. GE. builds 2 troopers, fighter, &, off Kiel a BB, C, &, submarine. Next turn more land forces, less naval units.
Moves forces back into Alsace, in order to save those precious guns. Still 6 guns & a trooper will not stop the Western Allies. Lorraine is abandon!, fighter flies from capital to Kiel(fails to sink Fr. transport off Berlin). Berlin garrison heads for Alsace.
Garrison in Poland(sans trooper & gun to protect coastline), enter & take undefended Belarus. Moscow is caught in the pincer of the Axis Powers!
France builds sub. off Marseilles, fighter, 2 troopers, &, gun. Moves reinforcements from Burgundy & Picardy into Lorraine. Along with 2 troopers into Burgundy from Marseilles. Also Lorraine garrison into Alsace, fighter, 4 guns, &, 2 troopers, versus, GE. trooper & 6 guns. Losses Allies all but trooper, &, Axis 4 guns, Alsace is contested!
Trooper from Togoland enters undefended British Nigeria, and, frees it from Axis. Transport from Marseilles arrives off Egypt, while BB enter AHE Home Waters(damaged by mines), versus, submarine. Losses both sank.
Transport leaves Canada with 2 Canadian troopers, &, arrives off Picardy. Also another transport arrives off Livonia & debarks 2 troopers.
British Empire builds fighter, BB, transport, &, gun. Transport off S. Africa goes to off Kamerun, while in Egypt trooper & gun board Fr. transport. Also trooper from Fr. Eq. Africa, takes over GE. undefended Kamerun. Trooper from S. Africa & GE. East Africa, enter Rhodesia defended by GE. trooper. Losses none, colony is contested.
From Picardy to Lorraine, 5 troopers & gun enter. From Home Waters, fighter, BB, C, &, two transports(from Wales with 2 guns & 2 troopers), enter GE. Home waters off Kiel(no mine losses), versus, GE. fighter(lost in air duel), BB, C, &, submarine. Losses Allies BB damaged, C, &, fighter, &, Axis all.
Finally a landing in Kiel, BB shells & defending gun replies. Both score a hit, Brit. trooper lost & GE. gun lost. In Kiel British trooper & 2 guns, versus, defending GE. trooper. Losses Allies gun & Axis trooper, Kiel falls! Axis fleet destroyed & home port captured!
From Lorraine into GE. Alsace, 4 troopers, 2 guns, &, 2 fighter, versus, GE. trooper & 2 guns. Losses Allies trooper, &, GE. all, Alsace has fallen!
U.S.A. builds C, transport, &, trooper. Two transports(2 troopers & 2 guns), with escort BB arrive off London. Also 3 transports(4 troopers & gun) leave East coast for France. Along with fighter leaves Ireland for Scotland.
Round Four: AHE will probably take or contest Moscow, or, GE. will finish it. Builds mostly naval & air units, her coastline is well defended, as for land forces any new units would take three turns to reach Moscow(by then the war could tilt into the Allies favor).
Builds BB, C, sub., &, trooper. Moves from capital to Galicia 2 troopers & gun and fighter flies to Uk., from Galicia to Uk. a trooper & gun. Finally from Uk. to Moscow, 23 troopers & 6 guns, versus, Russian 16 troopers & gun. Losses Axis 9 troopers, &, Allies 5 troopers, Moscow is contested.
Russia builds 7 troopers(yes I know Moscow is contested, house rule for capitals, forces are still arriving to defend it). Will not attack AHE forces, not enough wins can be gotten to eliminate them, much less oncoming Germans.
Germany build BB, sub., tank, gun, &, 4 troopers. Moves Berlin garrison to retake Kiel, 3 troopers, gun, &, fighter, versus, Brits. trooper & gun. Losses Axis trooper & Allies all, Kiel retaken. Splits Hanover forces(6 troopers & gun) to cover Ruhr & Munich areas. Forces in Belarus enter Moscow, 12 troopers & 2 guns & fighter, versus, Russian 18 troopers & gun. Losses GE. 11 troopers & gun, &, Russian 6 troopers.
Of course if Russia was not allowed to builds reinforcements, the game would be practically over by now.
France builds off Marseilles BB, tank & 3 troopers. Moves trooper in Nigeria to board Brit. transport, while trooper from Alsace enter Munich, versus, GE. 3 troopers(lost Allies none & Axis a trooper, Munich is contested). Also 5 troopers from Lorraine enter Alsace, while 2 troopers from Burgundy enter Lorraine(with a fighter from the capital). Finally the Paris garrison enters Burgundy of 3 troopers & gun. A trooper from Livonia enter Moscow, leaving a trooper to guard the coast.
Transport leaves Egypt with Brit. trooper & gun, &, arrives off Marseilles. While a transport leaves Livonia & arrives(no mine lost) off Kiel. Unfortunately the damaged Allied BB & 2 transports already there are British, so the GE. fleet of a BB & sub. go to the attack. Losses Allies 2 Brits. & 1 Fr. transports, Axis all.
British Empire builds C(one off Wales), 2 transports, 2 guns, &, 2 troopers. Moves trooper in Brits. E. Africa towards Egypt. Two troopers versus GE. trooper in Rhodesia, colony retaken for no lost. While trooper in S. Africa takes over undefended GE. S.W. Africa, another trooper boards a transport off Kameron(heading for France). Off Marseilles trooper & gun debark Fr. transport. Meanwhile a trooper & gun debark off another Fr. transport onto Picardy.
Transport from Wales picks up trooper & gun from London, along with another transport off London picks up same, with a BB & a fighter from London. They join damaged BB off Kiel(no mine lost). Both BB shell & defending gun fire(British BBs destroy trooper & gun, &, GE. gun take out a trooper), in air duel GE. fighter lost. Landed trooper & 2 guns & fighter, face one GE. defending trooper. Kiel falls for such heavy a lost!(GE. has lost 2 troopers, gun, &, fighter for Kiel, better the forces were not defending Kiel).
On Western Front from Alsace forces enter Ruhr with 4 troopers, 2 guns, &, 2 fighters, versus, defending GE. 3 troopers & gun. Losses Allies 3 troopers & Axis all. Ruhr has fallen! Also from Lorraine to Alsace 5 troopers & gun enter.
U.S.A. builds transport, trooper, &, tank. Moves C from East coast to join Fr. fleet off Marseilles. Three transports arrive off London(4 troopers & guns), debark for now.
Fighter flies from Scotland to Prussia. BB(damaged by mines) & 2 transports arrive off Prussia with 2 trooper & 2 guns debark, &, in Prussia are defending GE. trooper & gun. BB shells & defending gun relies(Allies lose a trooper & Axis a gun).
Landed trooper & 2 guns & fighter, versus, GE. trooper. Prussia falls for no Allied lost, first major land action for U.S.A.! While another transport(trooper & gun) leaves East Coast for Picardy.
Round Five: Austro-Hungarian Empire is going to play this round two ways, in regards to Russia. The first if Russia was not allowed to collect 7 troopers as reinforcements for Moscow, due to the fact, the capital is contested. The second is if Russia was allowed to collect those troopers.
AHE builds BB, gun, &, 4 troopers. Moves from Uk. a trooper, gun, &, fighter, into Moscow. Now 14 troopers, 7 guns, &, fighter, versus, defending Russian forces of 5 troopers, gun, &, one Fr. trooper(NOTE: this version is where the Russians due to the capital being contested since last turn, could not purchase seven troopers). Losses Axis 4 troopers & Allies all, Moscow falls!
The Axis win!, in the worst possible way, a true Pyrrhic victory that leaves them in utter defeat! Look at the Allies, Russia has four provinces taken over by the Axis powers, France had Lorraine for a short while taken over by GE., Great Britain had for a while 3 African colonies taken over by GE., while the U.S.A. has had no losses in territory. As for the Axis AHE has never lost any provinces, but, its partner GE. has lost four of its eight home provinces, including the principal naval base Kiel. Along with all of its four African colonies, also the French are contesting & will take over a province that borders AHE.
With more Allied sea landings in Russia, &, the threat of the GE. fading away, can AHE last much longer(the Allies can land & reinforce their holdings in Russia, while AHE needs to pull forces out of Russia to try to help GE., Berlin already has Allies on its border, much less defend itself from a Western Allies invasion).
Already forces have been pulled from coastal province to buff up the western empire. The Allies transport express can make a visit there quite soon.
AHE & GE. can crow about taking over Moscow, but, generous peace overtures will prevent the lost of Berlin(maybe Vienna). Pull out of Russia by the Axis, while the Allies pull out of Germany. Moscow alone is worth a GE. colony returning to Berlin, as for the other three are “sold” to the Allies(everybody saves face).
Ok we will start the round again, as AHE faces a Russia, that even though was contested Moscow last round, still built 7 troopers to protect her capital.
Moves to Bohemia from Galicia 3 troopers & gun, along with a trooper from the capital, with 5 troopers & gun from Trieste to Tyrolia. The Western Allies are on the borders of the empire!
Also from Uk. into Moscow trooper & gun & fighter, for a total of 14 troopers, 7 guns, &, fighter, versus, Fr. trooper and Russian 12 troopers, &, gun. Losses Axis 7 troopers & Allies Fr. trooper & Russians 11 troopers, Moscow still contested!
In an attempt to help GE., the AHE fleet leaves port, &, attacks the Ally fleet off S. France. BB, C, &, submarine, versus, same as Allies(with a transport, all Fr. but C is U.S.A.). Losses only damaged Fr. BB left.
Russia builds 5 troopers & hunkers down in Moscow.
GE. builds fighter, gun, &, 6 troopers. Pulls forces from Moscow(they will never take it, leave that to AHE), &, invades & takes Livonia(fighter, trooper & gun, versus, Fr. trooper, losses Axis gun & Fr. trooper). Pulls garrison from Belarus of 2 troopers into Poland, then garrison from Poland of trooper & gun into American occupied Prussia(along with 4 troopers & gun, &, tank from Berlin). Battle 5 troopers, 2 guns, &, tank, versus, U.S. trooper, 2 guns, &, fighter. Losses Axis 3 troopers reduced to two due to tank, &, Allies of 2 guns, Prussia contested.
In Munich defending garrison of 2 troopers attack Fr. 2 troopers, losses trooper each side. The extra Russian province will come in handy for peace talks.
Fr. builds off Marseilles transport, fighter, 4 troopers. Two troopers from Lorraine enter Alsace, 3 troopers & gun from Burgundy enter Lorraine, while from Paris 3 troopers & tank enter Burgundy. Four troopers from Alsace joins trooper in contested Munich(fighter flies in from Lorraine), now 5 troopers versus defending GE. trooper(losses all GE., Munich falls!).
Fr. transport with trooper from Brest arrives off Kiel(start to build up naval forces & transports, to land on Trieste). BB leaves Marseilles, with no mine losses, attacks AHE BB in waters off Trieste, losses Allies BB damaged & Axis all.
British Empire builds sub., 2 transports, fighter, tank, gun, 4 troopers. Colonial forces in Africa start to head towards Egypt. From off Wales C sails to Marseille.
Trooper & 2 guns from Ruhr enter undefended Handover(it falls!). Two BB(one already damaged) enters waters off Berlin, along with Kiel garrison of trooper & 2 guns on 2 transports. Along with 2 transports from Brits. Home Islands of 2 troopers & 2 guns(no mine losses). BBs shell & defending gun replies(each side losses a trooper). Dogfight of 2 fighters from Ruhr & one from Kiel battle defending GE. fighter, each side losses a fighter.
Battle 2 fighters, 2 troopers, &, 4 guns, versus, defending GE. 5 troopers & gun. Losses Allies trooper & gun, &, Axis 4 troopers & gun, Berlin is contested.
U.S.A. builds 2 transports, 3 guns, &, trooper. Transport arrives off London with trooper & gun. Also three transports(4 troopers & gun) arrive off Berlin & Prussia from London, no mine lost, lands trooper & gun onto Berlin. Trooper & gun versus defending GE. trooper. Losses U.S. gun, &, GE. trooper, Berlin has fallen!
Meanwhile 2 transports off Prussia leaves for East Coast, two other transports land three troopers as reinforcements. U.S.A. BB shells & defending GE. gun replies, each scores a hit on a trooper. Reinforcements hunker down.
Another transport leaves East Coast with trooper & tank for Marseilles.
Round Six: AHE plays this round, to get as much as possible at the conference table, after this turn, will sue for Peace(knows the Allies are tired of fighting). Builds fighter, BB, sub., &, 4 troopers.
Moves 4 troopers & gun into Silesia Germany, from Vienna(not defended by Allies or occupied by GE. troops, taken over by AHE). Four infantry & gun from Bohemia enter British held Hanover, versus, trooper & 2 guns. Losses only Allies all, Hanover falls! From Tryolia enter Fr. held Munich, 5 troopers, gun, & fighter, versus, Fr. fighter, &, five troopers. Fr. fighter losses air duel, losses Axis 2 troopers, & Allies 2 troopers, Munich contested!
Finally the Battle for Moscow, 8 troopers, 6 guns, fighter, versus, Russian 7 troopers & gun. Losses Allies 6 troopers & Axis 6 troopers & gun.
Peace breaks out!
Even thought AHE forces border Berlin, taking it is hard enough, but, to hold it would be next to impossible(so far for reinforcements to arrive, much less Allies with their transport arrive so easily). Still with a GE. province contested, &, two others taken over, holding them becomes a big problem, much less if you use those forces to try to take Berlin.
The attack on Moscow failed, with Russian reinforcements coming up, &, if it went to another turn, you would need all hits from all AHE forces to take Moscow(most unlikely). Maybe a sudden retreat, just to take a empty Russian province, would work out better for another turn.
AHE beef up their navy, in case of some future Allied landing coming from France, but, could only build 4 troopers(inadequate for a Western, Eastern, &, Coastal front, to the peace table!).
The Axis powers pull completely out of Russia, while the Allies pull out of Germany completely. Alsace is demilitarized & Prussia becomes a country again. GE. losses all its colonies(to be split tween the Allies, Russia takes money for their share), makes it hard for GE. to go onto a offensive. The Allies help Russia rebuilt, while AHE helps Germany. Russia & GE. got ravage, minor physical damage for Fr. & B.E., while A.H.E. & U.S.A. were never invaded.
Finally Allies free passage in Axis Home waters, moderate Allied victory.
IPCs of Units Lost: Troopers Axis 114 and Allies 110, Guns 26 & 28, Fighters six each side, Subs. 9 & 3, Transports 3 & 6, BB 8 & 5, and, C five each side.
Rolls: 1@3 1@2; Total Hits: 21@3: (3)1@2: (1)v dd
