Yes, Karelia is adjacent to the Baltic Sea.
Karelia has fallen!
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Want to beat up on the n00b, eh? =)
The thought had briefly crossed my mind, but
A) I don’t have the board game anymore
B) I get headaches when I try to follow turn reports here =)Seriously though, if whatever programs are needed (move simulator, dice roller? I haven’t really looked into it) is usable by a 7 year old, then maybe I could try to hook it up.
Can I find all these things here?
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Found the link to the PBEM thread, I’ll read though it.
I also have Iron Blitz, if anyone still plays that online.
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Followed the link to the download page, and I see there are a ton of them.
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@Anonymous:
… assuming UK navy is still intact, can they take France using the transport off Canada (this assumes that the transport in the North sea is used to retake Karelia)? Then have the US reinforce it with their transport and inf from the mainland (plus maybe a fighter)? Or the US take it after GB softens up W. Europe?
If Germany took KAR, hit KAR and take it (see Darthmax) so USSR can build in KAR at end of USSR T2.
If Germany failed at KAR hit FIN/NOR on UK1 to keep your fleet together.
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Found the link to the PBEM thread, I’ll read though it.
I also have Iron Blitz, if anyone still plays that online.
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Followed the link to the download page, and I see there are a ton of them.
Which are the onces I need? Thanks =)You need to go to “dicey” to roll out your battles - http://linksync.net/login.html
You also want to go to www.aamc.net - go to the supply depot, and pick up the beta version of the map. This will keep things on your 'puter so that you don’t hurt your head thinking about everything. It’s a very user friendly map with a couple handy stats. Also “dicey” is very handy too.
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As per xi, If germ takesa Karelia and USSR retakes it i don’t think USSR can place units on Karelia on that turn. If, however UK takes Karelia then USSR can place units. I could be wrong. i don’t have a rule book.
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Warning….long, rambling post ahead!
For those of you anxiously awaiting the results of my battle with the aggressive co-worker, I’m happy to report the Allies had astounding success, winning 4 of 4 games played! cheers wildly
Highlights from the evening:
Our first game was non-RR. I strafed the Ukraine with Russia, as Germany he went full tilt into Karelia, won with one tank remaining.
England retook next turn, he resigned a turn later. Wuss!Second game was RR, he went full tilt into Karelia once again, and this time lost rather badly. He resigned right away. =)
Third game started off well - Russia and Germany played conservatively, England bought an IC for India, and then up came Japan. He threw pretty much everything he had at Asia. Took India (one inf remaining) lost in China, and took SFE. He had purchased an IC and placed it in Burma, whos only defender was a Bomber =p
America next, retook India, and luckily won the inf vs bomber combat, taking over Burma as well. Japan was totally off the continent by turn three, I’ve never seen that before, and it was pretty funny. He resigned on turn 4.
The 4th game was interesting, and I’m hoping to get some input on it.
Just highlights here, this took place a few nights ago.Turn 1:
Stacked Karelia with Russia turn one, one plane to India, stacked Yakut.Germany took out Englands Med fleet, and home fleet, with no plane losses =/
England bought an IC, moved two men from Africa to support.
Japan bought an IC, won at Pearl, took China.
America bought transports and men, started moving fleet to Atlantic. Attacked Africa with one tank(vs. one inf), lost. Not sure if this was a wise move, as I knew the transport would be toast, but he didn’t reinforce Africa his first turn, so I thought I should try to hit him while he was weak. Good move or not?
Turn 2:
Russia took Finland, stacked Karelia.
Germany dropped two men in Africa, (probably took a country there somewhere) reinforced EE.
England sunk most of the Germans fleet (battleship left) placed a Carrier at home, and tanks in India. Also flew a plane to reinforce India.
Japan bought another IC (for Kwang), placed tanks in Burma.
America sunk the German Battleship, and attacked Africa again with 5 or 6 infantry, vs one inf. Lost!!
Here’s another one I wasnt sure of. I figured he wouldnt build any more transports, so I thought to hit him again and get him out of there for good. Should that be my priority before reinforcing Russia?Sent another plane to India.
Turn 3:
Russia took Ukraine, (defended lightly) placed most inf in Karelia, a few in Moscow.
Germany retook Ukraine (with tanks! dummy=) put men in W. Europe and EE.
England bought more tanks for India, and a transport for home.
Japan bought 6 tanks and placed in Asia.
US started dropping men in Finland.
Turn 4:
Russia retakes Ukraine (to be held for the rest of the game)
moves a few men east, places the rest in Karelia.At this point I’d like to note that with the exception of SFE, Russia had control of every starting territory and held two extra, for most of the game. I think that alone should have made for an easy game. It sure didn’t seem that way though! Anyway - continuing on…
Germany buys men and reinforces…
England starts shuttling some men to Finland and puts more tanks in India
Japan buys all tanks again…
Us shuttles men to Europe.
I’ll condense the rest =)
The German/Russian front was pretty much static most of the game. I put men in Karelia, he put men in EE.
Japan never attacked any Russian territory. (other than SFE in the beginning) Even with a decent income coming in, I think Germany was still outproducing me (as Russia) by a little bit, so I never moved many men towards Japan. I think perhaps I was underestimating the power of my def vs. his offense (he had mostly men, as well) and to this end, I had the US putting most of their effort shuttling men to Europe.
After turn 4ish though, the numbers of inf on both sides got to be quite high - high enough that I was afraid to attack with Russia (I had not started investing in tanks until later in the game, after more reinforcements came in) and US and England never had enough of a presence to make a dent.
I think perhaps I could have defended with just Russia, and tried to retake Africa with the US, but I was nervous of the eventual (I thought) Japanese breakthrough, and my subsequent defense of Russia. I didn’t want to fall behind Germany on the western front. Any thoughts?
On the Eastern side, my IC in India did a superb job of keeping Japan at bay. While he kept Burma strong enough that I didnt consider attacking it, all he did was buy tanks for the eventual attack in India. I fully intended to lose it, as I understand it to be mainly a delaying tactic, (unless he goes towards Russia, which he didn’t) and I figured I was on borrowed time already. We had a few minor skirmishes over Sinkiang, which I would always end up controlling.
The death knell came when he eventually bought an IC for Egypt (with Germany), and flew his entire German air force there.
With Japan, he finally attacked with some tanks into Yakut and Sinkiang, which he won.
His next turn as Germany he attacked India, thinking to weaken it for Japans imminent invasion. Personally, I thought it was great for me - I had enough forces that I knew he would lose all his planes, and although I would probably lose the IC next turn, I would inflict some decent casualties on Japan when they did invade. As luck would have it, he missed with 4 fighters, and a bomber! I killed em all. He blames the entire loss on this roll. Perhaps he’s right?=)
I then counter attacked into Burma, had great rolls, and won there.
With Japan broken, he resigned.As I look back on this game, I see he did almost everything wrong. As Germany, he lost a lot of tanks fighting minor Ukraine battles. He stopped trying to retake it, even though I only had two men there.
Japan was even worse - he bought two IC’s his first two turns. He never attacked Russia!And still, this game (in my mind) was never over until the last battles in India. Why NOT!! =p
According to everything I’ve read, he made every move you aren’t supposed to make, and with the exception of being very safe in the west, did not have a clear advantage anywhere else. Any ideas?
I realize not taking Africa (even though he never took all of it himself) probably hurt, although ultimately I don’t see the 20 or so IPC’s he gained with Germany as having any significant impact. I still wouldn’t have attacked had he 6 less men, he had too many already.
Anyway, if you have any pearls of wisdom to throw my way, please do, and I take constructive criticism very well. Thanks for reading!
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Game 4: Obviously, Axis lost due to weak Japan
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… Russia had control of every starting territory and held two extra, for most of the game.
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The German/Russian front was pretty much static most of the game.
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Japan never attacked any Russian territory.
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With Japan, he finally attacked with some tanks into Yakut and Sinkiang, which he won.His next turn as Germany he attacked India, thinking to weaken it for Japans imminent invasion. … He blames the entire loss on this roll. Perhaps he’s right?=)
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With Japan broken, he resigned.As I look back on this game, I see he did almost everything wrong. As Germany, he lost a lot of tanks fighting minor Ukraine battles. He stopped trying to retake it, even though I only had two men there.
Japan was even worse - he bought two IC’s his first two turns. He never attacked Russia!And still, this game (in my mind) was never over until the last battles in India. Why NOT!! =p
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I realize not taking Africa (even though he never took all of it himself) probably hurt, although ultimately I don’t see the 20 or so IPC’s he gained with Germany as having any significant impact. I still wouldn’t have attacked had he 6 less men, he had too many already. …From what i read here, i can’t see the impact of the western allies. Your Russia did well, so i wonder why you didn’t start a UK-US-Russia three-punch onto german lines. The 20 IPCs of Africa are not only 6 men less for germany, but also six more for the allies.
Did you have a look at the “standard” US shuttle techniques to get men to Russia? I understand that the UK was pretty much focused on India and delaying Japan: a strategy that is at least discussable, but it worked for you there, so that’s ok. Still, i miss the US. where did their forces go? Even a two punch US-Russia should have been enough to gnaw into Germany.So, when he blamed everything on the India battle…. he does not consider that the UK then would have been free to go for germany as well (esp a germany stripped of fighters for at least two rounds, why didn’t you attack?) plus your US strategy seems not to have had enough impact onto Germany.
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K-R_,
I agree with F_k.NOTE: If Japan is at least two attacks away from Moscow on UK’s turn …
you can have three attacks on Germany and it’s forces before Germany responds. If Japan make headway and will attack Moscow on the second turn Moscow must build and move to defend, but can still damage Germany. By turn 3 or 4 US and UK can be shipping units to W EUR or Fin/Nor each turn. Basing the combined fleet in UK sz is hard to beat.Next time just post an outline of the game … Maybe even the last turn or two. We’ll get the idea and give you some alternatives. :wink:
Happy gaming!
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Congrats, K-Ration!
Often its hard for the Allied player(s) to know when its time to go over to the all-out offensive. It just takes a lot of practice…
Hopefully this guy will have learned not to be so mouthy next time!
Ozone27
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Yup!