Pellulo
Next and last scenerio, the same Axis Powers of GE., AHE, &,
Italy, versus, British Empire, U.S.A., and, now France.
Round One: A.H. Empire goes, here it has to wait for three moves
to join Italy and Germany, so they can all attack France at the same
time and turn. Except for Italy, the Axis Powers already have hugh
land forces avaiable on the board, in order to invade three of the
seven proviences of France. This allows them, in the first half of the
game, to spend most of their budget on naval and air forces.
In theses scenerios, sans U.S. and British Empire being protexted by
water, only Russia could be assaulted by two of the three Axis powers
at the same time. AHE will send forces through Northern Italy and
Eastern Germany, to attack France. Also AHE has to help protext Italy
from any sea invasions, and, try to control, the Central Meddeterrian
Sea area.
Along with trying to help Italy hold onto Libya, just to keep the
Allies busy in Africa. Paris is first priority, so the rest of Axis
colonies in Africa are considered quite expendable.
On the flip side, unlike Russia, France should be able to get
reinforcements from the other Allies. Also AHE/GE. will not be able
to constantly rebuid their fleets, especially when the need to
purchase land and air forces become critical(in the second half of
this eight round game).
The road to Paris, may well be much bloodier and longer than Moscow.
We will see, both sides will depend on their junior partners/wildcards
to help make the winning play.
AHE Fleet leaves Home Waters and joins Italian Fleet off Rome,
reinforces Italian forces in Libya. Begins moving forces to Piedmont
and Alsace.
German Empire takes over undefended Gold Coast & Nigeria, and contest
Rhodesia. A damaged GE. BB off London, is all that remains of the
Axis and Allies Home fleets. Land forces are heading towards Alsace,
except for some units to protext the coastline.
French Empire reinforces Eastern France, frees Gold Coast, sends
transports to the Americas(sinks 2 GE. subs., but, BB damaged), and,
sinks damaged GE. BB off London(own BB damaged).
British Empire uncontest Rhodesia, trooper from British East Africa is
lost invading Somaliland(but destroys defending Italian trooper, while
another trooper landed by Indian transport takes over Somaliland and
undefended GE. East Africa).
Invade and takes over Libya, with forces from Egypt. Reorganizes
defense of U.K. and rebuilds Home Fleet.
Italian Empire shells and lands forces, not in Libya, but, weakly
defended Egypt. All attacks and defenders are lost, meanwhile
reoganizes defense of Italian mainland & sends more forces to
Piedmont.
U.S. Republic splits navy between North Atlantic & Western Med. Sea.
Builds up forces.
Round Two: AHE lands shells & lands forces and frees Libya. Land
forces moving towards France.
GE. contest Union of S. Africa, land forces moving towards France, &,
nearly destroys U.K. Home Fleet.
France contest Togoland, fleet off Marseilles attacks Axis Fleet off
Libya, heavy losses for France(still it will make it easier for Brits.
to attack their turn). Reinforces Wesern Front.
British Empire uncontest S. Africa, reinforces Egypt & Western France
& U.K. Heavy fleet losses off Libya, but, AH/Italian Axis Fleet is
greatly weaken.
Also UK Home Fleet attacks GE. Home Fleet, damaged BB lost, but,
weakens GE. fleet. Builds up forces in UK & India.
Italian Empire reinforces Libya & mainland Italy. Seaborn invasion of
Egypt fails, but, Brits. now only have a trooper for defense.
U.S.A. cruiser attacks Axis fleet off N. Africa, is lost, but, further
weakens the Italians. Also BB finishes what the Brits. started off
Kiel. The BB is lost, but, destroys the GE. fleet.
Round Three: AHE fleet attacks Fr. fleet off S. France, only a
damaged Fr. BB remains. Transports land forces in Egypt, and, take
it.
Along with invasion of Marseilles from Piedmont, only contesting
it(acceptable losses & heavy for French). Also from Alsace into
Lorraine, totally wiped out AHE forces(moderate Fr. losses), but,
Germany should prevail on their turn.
Germany from Alsace ivades and contest Lorraine, heavy losses both sides.
France reinforces the Western Front, takes over Togoland and Libya.
British Empire takes over undfended German S.W. Africa, contest Egypt
via sea landing, and, reinforces France.
Italy takes Burgundy, contest Libya.
U.S.A. reinforces N.Africa and France.
Round Four: AHE again attacks Lorraine, and, again nearly all its
forces are wiped out. Also in France both sides suffer heavy losses in
Marseilles, and, fleet fails to destroy Allied fleet in Western Med.
Sea. Along with reinforcing Italain islands, uncontest Libya & takes
Egypt.
GE. Home Fleet off Kiel, destroys U.K. Home Fleet, but, it itself is
lost. Lorraine Falls!(thanks to no part for AHE for weakening the
French).
Fr. frees Nigeria left undefended by Germany.
British Empire reinforces Sudan, strips the U.K. of forces, sendding
them to Picardy. GE. cannot advance further into France, with a large
British force flanking them in Picardy.
Italy suffers heavy losses, attacking Paris from Burgundy(while the
Fr. suffer light losses).
U.S. fleet enters Central Med. Sea, for the lost of two empty
transports, sinks Axis fleet of It. BB and three AHE transports.
Round Five: AHE Needs to regain control of waters of Central Med.
Sea, cruiser from Home Waters destroys U.S. cruiser off Libya. Seaborn
invasion force landed in Sudan, both all attackers and defenders are
lost. All that remains is a Italian trooper contesting the Sudan, so
Sudan fals under Italian control. Also takes control of Tunisia and
Marseilles, along with rebuilding the fleet & reinforcing Italy.
Germany attacks Picardy from Lorraine where a large British force
awaits them. Heavy losses both sides, Picardy contested. Again fleet
off Kiel is lost, taking out U.K. fleet.
France takes undefended GE. Kamerun, wipes out contesting Italian
forces in Paris. Also reinforces Borleaux.
British Empire strips most of the U.K. of land forces to reinforce
Picardy. The Empire will let its Wall of Steel(the Home Fleet)
protext the islands. Reinforces East Africa, France, and, the Home
Fleet.
Italy reinforces Egypt, Rome, and, Burgundy. It would take too long
for land forces to reach the Western Front, even a one time control of
the Western Med. Sea, will allow a tranport to bring units to S.
France. Cruiser sinks empty U.S. transport, on Atlantic side of
Spain.
U.S. Cruiser sinks Italian Cruiser off Spain. Reinforces N.Africa and France.
Round Six: AHE damaged BB sinks empty British tranport off East
Africa, also reinforces Egypt. Takes Bordeaux(Paris next?), and,
fighter from Marseilles, has an air duel with U.S. fighter, based in
North Africa(both fighters lost).
GE.reinforcements from Lorraine enter Picardy, the British must be
taken out, in order to advance to Paris. Heavy losses for the British
& Germans, but, Picardy falls! The Germans could afford the losses,
next Paris. Maybe London, massive naval buildup, as in the entire
Western Front & U.K. no British land forces are left.
Fr. reinforces Paris and sends transports to East Coast and London.
British Empire figter from India is lost, but, sinks damaged AHE BB
off East Africa. Also liberates Sudan, and, rebuilds U.K. land forces
and supplements the Home Fleet.
Italy sends its remaining trooper from Egypt to help defend unguarded
Libya. Reinforces Marseilles & Tunisia. Strenghtens its Home Fleet.
U.S. frees Tunisia, reinforces N. Africa & France, &, land forces East
Coast boards Allied transports.
Round Seven: AHE needs to contest Paris, to let GE. take it.
From Burgundy & Boradeux Axis forces invade Paris, very heavy losses
for AHE, moderate for the French(but it used up most of the Fr.
reinforcements from the last round). So Paris is contested.
Reinforces Egypt, and, a transport & BB is heading for India. Expands
its Home Fleet.
GE. enters Paris from Picardy, Axis lose air duel, heavy losses both
sides. Germany can afford too, but, force to lose artillery, as they
are running out of infantry. Still they contest Paris, with thier
Axis Allies.
Earlier GE. Home Fleet, tries to destroy the U.K. Home Fleet(they have
three loaded transports to land in the near denuded U.K.). Again the
British Wall of Steel has saved the U.K., the GE. fleet sans
transports is lost, for light Allied losses.
GE. sea actions are the last hope to bring the war to the British Home
Islands. The war is winding down, and, new land forces cannot get to
the front lines, unless brought in by transports.
France reinforces Paris and prays…
British Empire frees Picardy & undefended Bordeaux. Reinforces Home
Fleet, U.K., and, India.
Italian Empire making a sea landing and a trooper from Libya, retake
Tunisia. Fleet attacks U.S. fleet off Morocco, both fleets lost.
U.S. retakes by sea Tunisia, also lands and takes over undefended
Libya. Along with destruction of Italian transport off Tunisia and
Libya.
Round Eight: AHE forces in Paris wiped out, only causing light losses
for the Allies. Up to GE. to take Paris, also can only contest
Bordeaux.
Invades from Egypt and contest the Sudan. Also destroys US fleet and
frees Libya(reinforces Egypt). Along with a sea invasion and
contestation of India.
GE. forces again try to take Paris, but, fail(still contesting Paris).
Invasion fleet for U.K. smashed and all transports lost(luckly they
were empty). British have a survivng cruiser off London.
France spilts Paris garrison, &, frees Bordeaux. Fighter is lost,
but, destroys AHE figher in Marseilles. The rest of the Paris garrison
stays put, and, reinforcements are added(making it still even harder
for the remaining GE.to ever take Paris).
British Empire uncontest India of remaining AHE trooper, reinforces
the Sudan, frees undefended Marseilles, reinforces Paris, &, lands
also reinforcesments for Picardy.
Italy tries to retake for itself Marseilles, but, only contest it.
U.S. Republic lands forces in Marseilles, &, wipes out Axis forces
contesting it(for little lost). Meanwhile trooper in Tunisia fails to
take over Libya, but, wipes out defending Axis trooper.
Peace breaks out. Each side takes care of its own losses(except for
Brest, most of France was occupied or contested, along with most A&A
land forces were lost there).
The Allies control five Axis colonies, the Axis control two Fr.
proviences, contest Paris, control the British Protexative of Egypt,
and, contest the Sudan. Both sides get back all lost lands. The war
ends in a tie, leaning more towards the Axis. Allied forces were too
weak to fully liberate Paris, in round eight. So Paris as a Allied
capital stayed contested(with GE. 2 troopers & 5 guns).
Still to go onto a round nine, with most of the orginial Axis land
forces buried pushing up flowers in France, and, the Allies having to
rebuild new armies to get the Axis out of France. Both sides were
played out. All remaining land forces, on both sides, except for
tanks, numbered less than the orginial GE. setup for Round One. Peace
is the way out of this mess.
The Axis as in one combined group get a third share, in the Suez
Canal, and, the Central Mediterrian Sea becomes a Axis lake.
IPCs left(except for France & Italy) the other nations banked their
IPCs for Purchase of any units. Much less adding what they collected,
at the end of their turn. Axis IPCs not used 147, &, 121 for the
Allies.
Units lost Axis Infantry of 134 Infantrymen, &, Allies 113, Artillery
36 & 30, tanks none, fighters 13 & 10, transports 13 & 12, cruisers 8
& 12, BBs 15 & 10, &, subs. 10 & 3. Reconverted to IPCs Axis Land
Forces 546 & Allies 459, Air 78 & 60, &, Sea 390 & Allies 318. Over
all Axis IPCs losses of 1024, &, Allies 837.
Units left on the board: Axis Infantrymen 22(5 guarding the GE.
coastline & 3 waiting for transports that never sailed to invade the
U.K., &, five It. troopers protexting the Italian mainland and a
island. &, AHE had only 3 troopers left and two of them in N. Africa).
The Allies have 16 infantry left, &, none in the East Coast, &, only
one in all of the U.K. Artillery Axis have left 13(three in GE.
guarding the coastline & two stuck waiting for transports), &, Allies
4. Tanks one each side in Africa, &, an Italian tank guarding Rome
from any sea invasion.
Fighters only one in Rome.
Transports for Axis 5(all AHE), &, Allies 6. Subsmarines none.
Cruisers Axis two, &, Allies three. Also Battleships only two for the
Axis(both AHE, they were never worried about a sea landing onto
Trieste).
Staistically if this scenerio was played the best of even five or ten
games, with the same powers. I could see the Axis winning most of
them. Italy staying as a Axis Power is a tough nut to crack.
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (6)1@3: (5)2@4: (2, 5)
