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@private-panic Date of the following Winter BoB will be Sunday 23rd January.

@Credulous Has Napoleon roused himself from unwashed Josephine’s attentions? That was a big victory in Brandenburg!

@tank-nut Hi! Always good the hear about another British player. But Derbyshire is probably too far for you. I guess it depends how far you are from the M11?

I hope you guys can get something going in London. Perhaps one day we can have a London vs Derbyshire WAR! :v:

The next BoB will be on the 23rd January. As usual our venue is in Derbyshire, UK.

At the mo we have 7 players with space for another 6 at the venue. Those places will be allocated to those that come forward first.

Typically we would run three games - one each of 1942, Anniversary and 1914 - for the day.

If anyone else wishes to join us then please either reply to this thread or drop me a PM.

Cheers
Adam (PP)

P.S. the Spring event will be on 10th April 2022.

@Wittmann said in 1914: 3 English gents play the CP and 3 unruly Yanks play the Entente:

Turkey collect 32 PUs

Bloody Hell Witt!!!:scream:

@tank-nut No-one will worry about you being a learner. Keep on eye on the Events tab for the next date, which will be published when I get back from my holiday.

Cheers
PP

Hi Rob

Each quarterly BoB date is organised six months in advance for whichever Sunday option most of our regular players can make. The next two are on 20 Oct and 12 Jan, as publicised in the Events forum here.

At the BoB we play a mix of 42.2, Anniversary and 1914, a game of each being the ideal. A room full of A&A players laughing, cheering and screaming (as the moment dictates) is rather a joy!

Don’t worry if you do not know these versions. If you know one A&A game we can easily show you the others.

My friend in Manchester owns 1936 not me. I didn’t know there was anything other than the big HBG version, so I will say that is what it is! I am up there with him on Saturday and will try to remember to ask. He is in the south west suburbs.

Cheers
Adam

We now have 10 players at our next two events with space for 3 more at each. Those spaces will be allocated to the first to come forward.

@Wittmann said in 1914: 3 English gents play the CP and 3 unruly Yanks play the Entente:

Adam, don’t force me to come up to rural, backward, Derbyshire to see you!

Anything but that! :scream:

If we have not heard anything from the other GB players by cob tomorrow then we should ask our European friends. If we Brits have any left that is!

So ought to be sorted one way or the other in a couple of days.

Hopefully the fact of this reply has dealt with your genius delusion!?

@Dran-Black Hey Rob! Spoke to my friend in Manchester as promised. He is currently considering expanding our games group to include a fourth person, despite the space constraints in his games attic. However, there is a BoB player from the NW who has already expressed interest. If that does not work out he might well be in touch.

We were playing day 3 of a game of 1936. I am allies and lost London on day 1!!! Ruddy paratroopers! Communist China and Republican Spain are dead too. But the axis advance appears to have ground to a halt. We shall see ……:thinking_face:

The next Battle of Britain will be held on the 26th June. We currently have 9 players with space for more.

This all-day event is held in Derbyshire, UK. Typically we will have three A&A games running - Anniversary, 1942.2 and 1914 - allowing players to decide which they wish to join.

If you would like to come along the please either reply to this thread or contact me using the Chat facility on this website.

NB - the autumn event will be on the 9th October.

Cheers
Adam (PP)

Clearly our American cousins are too scared to take us on Leo! It must be your masterful play of Turkey in our last game that has frightened them off ……

@barnee Are you volunteering to come over and help! We will watch!

Here is my battle report … be prepared to be amazed!!!

With seven of us we played 2 games:

1. 1914

Entente - Tomas (F, R & I) and Dave (UK & US)
CPs - Steve (AH & T) and Adam (G)

Two house rules - UK builds in India restricted to 4 units and ground units moving through friendly territories could move 2 spaces.

The CPs agreed that they would prioritise Moscow and accept retreats on the Western Front when necessary. This strategy began well, but AH failed to take Venice. Then Emperor Franz Josef began buying ships (a battleship, a cruiser and a transport) and Kaiser Wilhelm lost faith in the Moscow first strategy and started sending more units west. Meanwhile Sultan Mehmed 5 was embroiled in a long drawn out losing battle against the imperialist Brits in Mesopotamia. With the CPs having made few gains by the time of US entry to the war it seemed that the CPs were facing defeat.

The AH navy felt honour bound to engage the enemy in the central med having had such scarce resources lavished on it. Against mines and a superior Italian/British fleet victory was far from assured. But superior seamanship and fighting spirt won the day. Kaiser Wilhelm was forced to eat his words!

Italy then also had to buy ships. But it was still able to put a significant force into Venice threatening the much smaller AH garrison with annihilation. Once again AH kicked Italian butt!

Turkey found itself able to capture Egypt which was undefended.

G’s advance into France progressed slowly against combined F / UK resistance. The Kaiser planned to risk an advance into Burgundy, so threatening Paris. Then the US landed their entire army in Belgium rather than adding it to the allied stack in Normandy. The Kaiser could not ignore the easy victory on offer and the entire US presence in Europe was erased.

The allied fleet in the North Sea decided to kill the G fleet off Kiel. They succeeded but only just! Shame - there were perhaps 15 allied transports left undefended in the North Sea.

But the real game changer was the Russian front. G advanced against the bigger R stack in Ukraine, sacrificing a lot of infantry in the process. AH then also moved into the now contested territory. Emperor Franz Josef then spotted an opportunity that Kaiser Wilhelm had not. Leaving one unit in Ukraine, so that it remained contested, the G stack moved into contested Poland and the AH stack into the contested territory to the east, bordering Moscow. R had no choice but to retreat to Moscow and both stacks returned to Ukraine, capturing it. R was now unable to venture out of Moscow and having to fight on with little income.

All of which meant that by day’s end the CPs possessed an advantage but with so much left to do they felt unable to claim victory and the game was declared a draw.

2. 1942.2

I was not in this game, but was will do my best to capture the sheer unexpected direction of events.

Allies - Darren (UK) and Colin (US & R)
Axis - Mark (G & J)

Allies had a 12 bid and placed a sub off Australia and another off India.

This allowed the UK to kill the J southern fleet and capture the East Indies. The US went all Pacific and in no time at all they had destroyed what remained of J naval and air power. The US regained the Philippines and the UK took Borneo and south Asia.

G took and then lost Egypt. But otherwise it threw everything it could at Russia. Moscow fell, making only a minimal dent in G’s forces.

However, G air power being focused to the east did allow a UK fleet to operate in the Atlantic. France and NW Europe were traded. The UK also took Scandinavia, Leningrad and various territories in eastern Europe. UK income grew close to 70 ipcs.

Nevertheless G had so many tanks and aircraft at its disposal that the Axis looked likely to win. The US attempted attacks on Manchuria and then Japan and were rebuffed with heavy casualties both times. G tank columns pushed south and captured the middle east and India and Africa seemed set to fall.

Then the UK recaptured Moscow, which had been left poorly defended. Although G looked set to retake Moscow, Leningrad and also gain India, the Allies had sufficient victory cities at the end of the US turn to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Phew!

Tsarist Russia survives another turn while its allies win this game! :face_with_head_bandage:

@barnee Our problem is we have 11 consultants and no workers, so you are no ruddy help!

The next Battle of Britain will be held on the 9th October. We currently have 8 players (+1 possible) with space for more.

This all-day event is held in Derbyshire, UK. Typically we will have three A&A games running - Anniversary, 1942.2 and 1914 - allowing players to decide which they wish to join.

If you would like to come along then please either reply to this thread or contact me using the Chat facility on this website.

Cheers
Adam (PP)

PS The winter event will be on 22 Jan 2023.

@redrum said in NML 1914: 3 Americans (Centrals) vs 3 Brits (Entente) #2:

@Private-Panic You’re up. Enjoy one of your few turns as the poor frogs before they are crushed beneath German steel!

Mon Dieu! Did the Royal Navy forget to get up this morning! Only my glorious French Navy achieved a victory against the Kriegsmarine. You are welcome in Paris anytime redrum. Just remember to leave your guns and jackboots at home.

@manners84 said in A &A players in England:

Do you know if there is any/many players around Bristol way?

I do know of a player from Bath @poorstudent28 . Not heard from him for ages so don’t know if he is still there, nor whether he still visits this forum. Good luck! :hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed: