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The U-boat in sz 118 can be used twice? :)

@the_good_captain Oh, I never knew that! I hope they fix that issue in the future. But it didn’t really matter actually. For strategic purposes I prefer that fighter to be in Eastern Poland, (it isn’t in Baltic States actually) and the bomber too.

@The_Good_Captain

Thought I was up here but the British are up! Hope everything is OK my friend.

These photographs are even worse than before! Anyway, Early 1942, I did the Japanese turn. At first, I thought this didn’t look so bad. The Japanese transports masses around Okinawa. With a naval base built in Kiangsi and lots of troops built in the factories of shantung and Kwangsi, these fellows can take Malaya, Borneo, and Celebes. China got eliminated, and the freed-up troops can now take up the fight with the British

@the_good_captain Sure, edit! I also forget that most of the time. It’s not the most useful piece out there for the Allies. In these a&a games with that sub, I mostly just go to the pacific, because there is nothing to do in the Atlantic :)

@The_Good_Captain You’re right! Sorry for the delay, I am very busy this week and also the next one but I hope to have my turn ready in the course of next week!

But, of course, after the American turn, it looks even worse. The Americans massed their fleets around the Carolines and took it. Although this fleet is vulnerable to a Japanese counter-attack, the ANZAC forces will reinforce this fleet on their turn, making it impenetrable. And more American reinforcements are on their way. The Japanese need to think hard in order to have a chance. (I did the Japanese turn before I read your comment @The-Captain, attacking Alaska would be a clever move, but I am now a bit out of position…)

@the_good_captain Yes, if you are fine with it too. I want to see if I can put up a better fight this time!

Sounds awesome! I would like to be included!

This is the situation on the Eastern Front, Late 1942, after the German turn. Using paratroopers, they blocked the Soviet armies in Archangel to counter-attack the two German armies in Bryansk. (I forgot to move the two AA guns in Bessarabia to Ukraine, I corrected that later).

The situation in the Atlantic? Well, the British have built up a large task force with a Carrier, a Battleship, two Cruisers and four Destroyers. The Americans are still on the east coast, but they have two Carriers and three destroyers. So seeing this, the Germans retreated their last six subs to the med, in order to hinder the Allies there. The battle of the Atlantic is lost to Germany.

@the_good_captain Hmm, that might be a good idea. That’s true, I have the feeling everytime that I messed up Germany a bit, but that Japan will hopefully come to the rescue.

What I said didn’t really make sense as the rules we play with are OOB of course, but with OOB I meant the standard ‘axis favoured’ rules (with no’s without tech, without dardanelles closed without fighter interception). I think I’ll need a one day break to practice with a coordinated German-Japanese assault strategy.

I also wanted to say is that I really like the games with you, and I appreciate your time and effort. I almost never play with someone, most games are solo. I’ve played like a 100 games of G40 solo, and just until round 3 against an opponent :) Playing against someone is the best learning tool for any game. Thinking your own strategies are unbeatable can quickly change if you play against pro!

I have never played a game of Classic before, but seeing you guys having fun with it makes me want to play lol. Anyone interested in some “getting a noob up to speed with Classic” games? 😂

I would love to take part in the next invitational!

@the-captain

Are you retreating? I said you will be shot if you even zhink about retreating!

Mein Führer! Zhis is not an retreat, but merely ein regroup!

Oh… zhen it is alright.

@the_good_captain Oh no, this is dreadful! You can reinforce the six Russian tanks with the Brits, which means I will not be able to counter-attack. And those six tanks are very important, as I was planning to maybe take Caucasus with Japan, and reinforce it with German and Italian aircraft. Still, you’ll have a 68% chance of taking it back.

Oh, just noticed I have a trump card…, if I take Ukraine with two Italian infantry and the fighter, I can non combat move the fighter to Caucasus (which I was planning to do anyway), plus the two tanks in Romania! This will push it down to 49%! And I can reinforce them with my Japanese fighters later of course…

@Panther

This tournament has concluded. The thread can be unpinned now.

And by the way, there were some inaccuracies regarding the timetable and the rulebook, that were already pointed out by someone. But which one is correct? The rulebook or the timetable?

@the_good_captain I think this is very interesting to play on! Maybe after this game, we can continue from that German save. Knowing the odds, I would not do that air raid against Ukraine, but adding an inf and art to Belorussia, and maybe having an additional aircraft attacking attack Karelia, which will free up some troops.

The_Good_Captain was the first to do his R1 against Kwaspek, and also Martin dit it against DoManMacgee, however they’ve put their games in the Play Boardgames section… do their threads need to be moved to here? Is this the correct category?

@the-captain

1996?! Wtf I wasn’t even born at that time xD
That is a long time ago then! I think that the 1943 setup is the best one out there. Lot’s of different tactical and strategic decisions you have to make right from the get-go.

By the way, what inspired you to make a revised setup for 1943? Wasn’t the old one not balanced enough? Not historically accurate? (I saw that Smolensk is now German, and Caucasus is Russian, like they were in Late 1942, so that’s more historically accurate.)

After I finished my ongoing 1940 game on my table, I want to play the revised 1943 scenario! I bought some extra pieces so hopefully I don’t run out of figures during the game :)

@the_good_captain said in TGC (Allies) vs. VictoryFirst (Axis) Anniversary '41 - OoB, no bid (game 4?):

@VictoryFirst Either way, I will say these games get better and better =)

CHARGE!

Lol, not gonna argue with that! I have to think so hard during these turns! Carefully tried out all options how to beat this guy :) I changed my Japanese meta a bit during midgame. I mostly spend my remaining money on Bombers, but this time I built an IC in East Indies. Let’s see if it will work out!