@The-Captain You’re absolutely right, but as the Russian player I’ve been glad to see those factories bombed out. Germany has moved the Southern Italy, Berlin, and Paris factories underground as they consider those the main factories they’ll be producing from. The Allies learned this the hard way too the India Industrial Complex took a lot of bombing damage. It’s kind of late but UK may finally put that factory underground.
Global 1940 & 1943 Expansions Game Reports
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Well sadly the test game only made it to the end of R1. Wouldn’t let the commies move into UK held TTys. Need to fix the “relationships” of all players. This can be a bit complex at times, but whatever, that’s what’s gonna get done lol
For giggles, here’s what i did
G1 build
Probably went a little big on the Atlantic as usual. Idk. Kept looking for the 262s but realized they haven’t activated yet. Those 4 Jets have a nice kill ratio lol.
Combat
Though about hitting Smolensk but just smashed everything at Archangel. 4 AA shots missed and “2nd Panzer Army” survived intact. So that was good. Dusted Crete with a couple Paras to kill UK bonus.Biggest blunder was not sending a U-boat to 125. Could’ve killed the other attacks easily enough.
Non Combat and Place
Felt fairly confident. Tried to keep some bullet stoppers headed to the E Front. Consolidated Kriegsmarine in 97. Moved a LCV a little closer to Med. Evacuate N Africa. 1 dude left. Maybe I shoulda suicide attacked him ? Blocked 104 with the Escort.
Kept a little strength in Greece. RR and Para drop 2nd Waffen Army to Lenningrad. Retreated to UKR. Russian Paras can threaten Lines of Communication. Hopefully that Elite gets it done in the baltics if needed.
Anyway, probably shoulda went a little lighter in Archangel and hit Smolensk too. Idk. Maybe fall back and hold till you can get enough dude to the Front. Lost a lot of SS. It ended up -4 TUV for Germany after russian counterattack. Russian Rockets did their job. Lots of russian infantry out there.
Pretty basic R1 build. coulda gone Guards but wanted the commisar.
Hopefully fixes don’t take too long and i can get back at it. Don’t worry, i won’t spam out every turn here lol
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Great game report:+1:
The Waffen-SS units should be rebuild asap, since they need to be the backbone of German defenses on the Eastern Front.
As soon as the Waffen-SS Paratrooper units become available, they too should be activated.
The Urals can be threatened from Leningrad - and even captured - with the Waffen-SS Paratrooper units, if the Soviets don’t defend it with at least 3-4 units.
The Total War rule is available from game start.
With an upgrade to Heavy Industry 2 Units in Berlin, Germany can send 12 units to the Eastern Front each turn - fx 6 Panzer units & 6 Mechanized Infantry units (total cost = 45 IPC).
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@the-captain heh heh you’re giving me confidence :) had a lot of the same ideas : )
I think my biggest weakness is not enough fodder and get star struck by all the kick ass German dudes. I did only buy 2 Oberst and 2 SS Inf instead of 3 this time lol
Yea, Urals is a big defend for sure. Those Waffen SS Paras are not to be trifled with. Probably a luxury buy, but an Airbase in Novgorod, just got colder in the now extinct soviet union lol
Yea, last game I went Total Tank and Mech after I got the Air up. Still want those 262s but not next turn : )
The Med is fun and challenging. Can’t completely ignore but can go big. Retreat and hold on E Front and mix it up there maybe. Don’t want the Allies pouring through the Middle East.
Oh well, you can’t do everything you want. That’s the challenge and Fun :)
Oh yea got the triplea fixed :grin:
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@the-captain said in Global 1940 Expansions Game Report Thread:
As soon as the Waffen-SS Paratrooper units become available, they too should be activated.
there already available first turn yes ? had 2 Paras in berlin i upgraded and sent to Novgorod
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@the-captain said in Global 1940 Expansions Game Report Thread:
With an upgrade to Heavy Industry 2 Units in Berlin, Germany can send 12 units to the Eastern Front each turn - fx 6 Panzer units & 6 Mechanized Infantry units (total cost = 45 IPC).
Yea this a good idea for the 12 production. I was splitting em up or going all in on W Ger last time, since they were boosted.
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Actually it’s an Excellent idea lol -
I would have said you’re an idiot handling Germany, but I’ve found (after many hours of thinking) that Germany sadly can’t hold all their starting territories.
Great game report! I wish you would post every turn here. Do you use a Battle calculator? Thank you! The Captain really should make a version for his rules.
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I agree! The game starts with far too few German infantry on the frontline.
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@The-Captain I notice you don’t have any Fortifications at 43 start. Do you guys not use them much ?
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Thanks for noticing!
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That’s true - in the Pacific. Germany has Bunkers in Western Europe.
Yes, we use them a lot - mostly the Allies use fortifications in the Pacific to bolster the defense against Japanese amphibious assaults.
Prior to the Global 1943 set up, some islands have changed hands a few times - so at this point, there has been no time to re-construct the defensive fortifications.
Players have the option to create those bunkers - if it suits their Strategic Plan.
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@the-captain :muscle:
Yea I Fortify heavy lol. Just did J1 . This is so much fun. Don’t wanna spam but maybe some others will wanna rock out too
:grin:
Lotsa fun here. Good new challenge
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End German 2
Not real happy with it. Ukraine is worrisome. I just couldn’t bring myself to retreat. The Fuhrer was adamant on no retreat anyways lol
Find out soon. Probably shoulda retreated lol
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@barnee shoulda retreated
Germans got their ass kicked. Think this is a do over lol. Gotta couple bugs to fix anyway : )
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@barnee Lost Novgorod too. Might have held with the Paras. Idk. Better rethink turn 1 lol
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@barnee I guess i’ll go ahead and play it out. That Soviet Army Group in Ukraine looks unstoppable though lol Got a Tank Army up North too lol
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@barnee yea f it. JPN can’t do dick. Don’t wanna waste a week on this. Fix the bugs and try again. Maybe wait till the Fuhrer gets his nighttime medicine before I retreat lol
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@barnee
The Germans need to stabilize the Eastern Front and reorganize while new troops are on the way from the Homeland.Waffen-SS units on the entire Eastern Front must be organized into Waffen-SS Armies - leaving only a few Waffen-SS units to operate independently from the Waffen-SS Armies.
Two Panzer Armies should also be present at the Eastern Front.
1 Panzer General could be held in reserve - ready for action in either Europe, Russia - or Africa.
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Total War Game 3
Guess I better retreat this time : ) Still wanna hit Archangel. A nice vulnerable concentration. Hope the AA doesn’t hit hard.
Hmm… well, we’ll see lol
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Soviets may have over achieved with their counter attacks. Manstein may retake Krakov. Probably lose Lenningrad. Be worth it to kill that Soviet Army Group.
See what dice have to say : )
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