Gencon 2020 (Indianapolis July 30 – August 2, 2020)

This event will be going ahead via Zoom - remote play with a shared screen - rather than face to face.

In my experience this by far the best way to play wittmann!!! :grin:

With continuing Covid 19 restrictions some of us decided to play via Zoom using triple a. Of course this was not as much fun as playing face to face, but the four of us who joined in very much enjoyed the day.

Mark (@Credulous) kindly hosted the Zoom session.

We decided to play Anniversary (1942 set up). Mark played Japan and Adam (@Private-Panic) Germany / Italy. Leo (@Wittmann) took USA & Russia and Andrew (@h0lym0nk) GB. The Allies had a bid of 12 which they placed as a GB destroyer off Canada and a R artillery.

The opening moves on the R front favoured R, as G counter attacks all suffered more casualties than they inflicted. GB attempted its Taranto moment and lost heavily, leaving Italy able to capture Egypt. Japan suffered no mishaps, killing the GB fleet of India, the US flotilla at Pearl Harbour and the Chinese fighter.

GB considered its choice of factory locations and decided to opt for South Africa. Fortunately Hirohito spotted the possibility of capturing this and under Japanese orders the Italian navy navigated the Suez Canal and dropped 2 ground units in south east Africa, and these were able to capture the factory the following turn.

The US landed in north Africa, but then lost its 2 transports, defended by a single destroyer, to a G Luftwaffe attack. The US decided to allocate a considerable proportion of its resources towards an Atlantic navy sufficient to allow further landings in north Africa. These pushed towards Egypt.

This allowed J some freedom in the Pacific. J captured India and built a factory there. Briefly this appeared threatened by US pressure on Egypt and a R threat south from the Caucasus, but the prudent deployment of J fighters to India and Egypt stymied any Allied ambitions. Later Australia also had the honour of joining the J empire!

Meanwhile G managed to keep R in check while also combining with I units to deny the Allies the opportunity of gaining the French national objective. As a result the Axis were gaining most of their national objectives, but the Allies few of theirs. This and the collapse of the British Empire gave the Axis an income advantage of around 30 ipcs per turn.

The Allies surrendered, with a G stack before the walls of Moscow and a growing J threat on Caucasus. The US Pacific fleet had captured a couple of islands (while J replaced the naval fighters it had sent to India) but had no opportunity to effect further advances. The US Atlantic fleet had sailed south to defend Brazil from Italy’s South African fleet, robbing north Africa of reinforcements. Perhaps the only bright point for the Allies was GB’s capture of Norway.

The four of us had a chat and decided that the autumn and winter BoB dates should be arranged with the intention of falling back on a virtual event should Coronavirus continue to preclude face to face play.

@CWO-Marc Very happy to be called Nelson.
And Adam is my Villeneuve.

@SS-GEN

Pics and winner list
http://www.headlesshorseman2.com/gen-con.html

Looking for partner or 2, preferably someone who has great experience with global already who is also going to gencon.  I have a lot of experience with the 2nd edition of global (around 4-5 dozen games under my belt).  I just don’t want to scramble for a partner at the last minute like last year.

Registration Form will be posted in the new
Find Players and Game Discussion  topic area.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?board=52.0

This was sent to me by Sandy Hess of Wild Gazebo Productions.

A Gazebo of Games! (March 2, 2002)

Due to popular demand, not only will WGP once again bring you an exciting, 12-hour board gaming extravaganza, we’ve added RPGs!

A gaggle of geese…a murder of crows…a Gazebo of Games!

Come join the Wild Gazebo Productions team as we produce our next gaming day! An exciting 12-hour board gaming and role-playing extravaganza.

Wild Gazebo Productions presents
**A Gazebo of Games
When:
Saturday, March 2, 2002
10am to 10pm, Registration opens at 9am

Location:
Somerset Marriott
110 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873**
Don’t miss out! Come play all of your favorite games and learn a few new ones! We will be featuring dozens of US and German games from:

Avalon Hill
Chaosium
Cheapass
Mayfair
Rio Grande
Steve Jackson
Synister Creative Systems
Wizards of the Coast
And many more!

You can register on the Wild Gazebo Productions website at http://www.wildgazebo.com or onsite at the Somerset Marriott on March 2nd.

The cost of the Day is $15 if your payment is received by February 22nd, $18 at the door. Payment can be made through PayPal on our website or checks should be made out to Paul Manjourides, and mailed to:

Wild Gazebo Productions
c/o Paul Manjourides
12 Norwood Avenue #2
Woodbridge, NJ 07095

Game Masters can register their events on our website under GM Signup or contact Sandy Hess at boardgaming@wildgazebo.com

Table space is filling up, so reserve your spot by January 15th. The full schedule will be posted January 16th.

For dealer information, please contact us at GM@wildgazebo.com

For more information, visit our website or feel free to contact either me or GM@wildgazebo.com You can visit the Wild Gazebo Productions website at http://www.wildgazebo.com

Thanks, Sandy Hess
Board Gaming Coordinator
Wild Gazebo Productions
boardgaming@wildgazebo.com

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