Império Novo - An Axis Portugal AAR

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You really needed an extra division out in the Far East. As it is, it appears you're on the verge of removing those two Indian divisions and be able to ship most units back to take Indo-China, thence to stomp through the rest of Borneo and the DutchEast Indies.. Hope that wasn't a troop transport that got sunk! I wonder how many divisons are left in India.

Hope you capture that British HQ unit soon and you'll make good on your promise to show us what happens when one is captured.

Once you cut that French armoured unit off from supplies, it'll die quickly. That's if you can cut it off. You look as though you'll be able to take all of unguarded Nigeria. Then you'll have three pocket eliminations in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria to perform and the kill off the sitting duck French armour. Then the break out taking as much of french West Africa and (all) Belgain Congo before the Germans wrap up France. They sure seem to be giving you the opportunity to take territory! Who'd have thought hitler would be so considerate an ally. How are the Italians doing in North Africa and against the Royal Navy?

Have you any visbility as to where the British divisons, fleets etc are and how many they have?

I'm hopoing your forces in southern Angola and Mozambique aren't on the verge of defeat against the South Africans.

 

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I've just read the whole thing from start to the latest update! Here is what I have to say:

To me the mark of a good AAR is that it makes you want to play the game, and the country the writer plays as. This aar accomplishes that quite well.

I think this AAR along with several others should be mandatory to read before being able to post on the HOI3 forums. It shows that a minor can be a contributor to the war effort and that it can be fun. Currently a lot of the people on the forum don't enjoy playing minors. While they do have legitimate points lets not discuss this further as I don't want to debate game mechanics and whatnot. Let me just say: You did a good job playing a fun game with a minor thus far.

The battle in Indonesia was intense. I can't believe the british has so many units there. I quite enjoyed the stories about the airmen. Did the bombings really make a difference in the battles though? I find that tacs are a waste of IC in HOI3.

You make reading about a tertiary(to the major powers) theater exciting but is it really that fun to play? I can never conquer Africa because I always get way to bored while playing because all of the territory is worthless. Asia seems like it is a lot of fun to play though. I always liked having to maneuver a small fleet of transports through enemy waters where a large SAG or CTF was waiting to send my men to the bottom of the sea. Since one transport and one division meant so much losing it was like a mind-blowing tragedy because it would set your ambitions back years. I like seeing something that I have experienced many times in HOI2(and 3 to a lesser extent) in an AAR.

Anyway this AAR was fun to read. Looking forward to seeing you lock up some areas and then expand. Maybe by 1947 we'll see Portuguese troops in London?

 

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Sorry, i know this goes a little off topic but did anyone else notice that random millitary alliances we're being signed in south america?

Btw shouldn't Italy be taking pressure off you in Ethiopia or North Africa?

 

[Rensslaer]

Here's hoping you get more territory before France falls! Looks like the cat hasn't caught the mouse quite yet in the Far East or West Africa. KUTGW!

Thanks! Yes, the chase continues... and I'm not entirely certain who's being chased. Perhaps it's more like a dog and his tail!

It would be nice to use those troops to fight another country though. Try and grab a little more land but I hope they surrender soon so you can beat up on the brits more.

They'll get there. I'm actually surprised how resilient the French have been. The Italians are catching up to the Germans!

Now that I've seen your rationale, I can certainly understand that you chose to focus on Borneo over Vietnam (and anyway, Western obsessions with Vietnam have a historically poor track record ).

Some nimble dancing around. I look forward to either the complete pacification of Borneo, or the fall of France, whichever comes earlier, as either event should free up some forces to deploy elsewhere. Should be fun to see what you tackle next.

Ahh, yes. South Africa shall be my next obsession! More of not knowing who's chasing who!

What about you landing in Brest, Bordeaux and Marseilles?

In the distant future..... Hmm...

Nice to see a couple of new update, and although there have been some setbacks with the Allies bringing stronger and larger forces against you I still think the Portuguese military are doing very well. You have been able to keep the Allies under control and now that the Germans are about to take Paris, hopefully, the French forces will be removed from the frontlines and then you will have more forces available against the British, and then I am confident that you will be able to take back control on some of the frontlines where you are hard pressed at the moment...

Thanks! Except for Southeast Asia, I'm more or less satisfied with my French holdings, so I could allow them to go away relatively soon...

You really needed an extra division out in the Far East. As it is, it appears you're on the verge of removing those two Indian divisions and be able to ship most units back to take Indo-China, thence to stomp through the rest of Borneo and the DutchEast Indies.. Hope that wasn't a troop transport that got sunk! I wonder how many divisons are left in India.

Hope you capture that British HQ unit soon and you'll make good on your promise to show us what happens when one is captured.

Once you cut that French armoured unit off from supplies, it'll die quickly. That's if you can cut it off. You look as though you'll be able to take all of unguarded Nigeria. Then you'll have three pocket eliminations in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria to perform and the kill off the sitting duck French armour. Then the break out taking as much of french West Africa and (all) Belgain Congo before the Germans wrap up France. They sure seem to be giving you the opportunity to take territory! Who'd have thought hitler would be so considerate an ally. How are the Italians doing in North Africa and against the Royal Navy?

Have you any visbility as to where the British divisons, fleets etc are and how many they have?

I'm hopoing your forces in southern Angola and Mozambique aren't on the verge of defeat against the South Africans.

The transports shown sunk are convoy transports, not troop transports. I've showed quite a few, but not all -- I'm losing alot of transports. I'm finally building them faster than I'm losing them. The Allies are losing a fair number of transports to my submarines and planes, too, though my planes are now exclusively hitting land targets. And my submarine disappears at some point in the near future. I assume it got caught by something it couldn't defeat, like an Allied destroyer flotilla!

I haven't checked the Allied situation, preferring to remain blind to what's under the fog of war.

Btw shouldn't Italy be taking pressure off you in Ethiopia or North Africa?

Actually, I was quite preoccupied, and didn't pay much attention to this for a while. But the Italians are holding off the British okay, and taking a little territory. Not a terribly active front in Egypt, though. Tunisia.... I don't remember, but I think maybe the French made a little progress, and then stopped.

Welcome, Chaos790! Thanks for saying hello!

I've just read the whole thing from start to the latest update! Here is what I have to say:

To me the mark of a good AAR is that it makes you want to play the game, and the country the writer plays as. This aar accomplishes that quite well.

I think this AAR along with several others should be mandatory to read before being able to post on the HOI3 forums. It shows that a minor can be a contributor to the war effort and that it can be fun. Currently a lot of the people on the forum don't enjoy playing minors. While they do have legitimate points lets not discuss this further as I don't want to debate game mechanics and whatnot. Let me just say: You did a good job playing a fun game with a minor thus far.

The battle in Indonesia was intense. I can't believe the british has so many units there. I quite enjoyed the stories about the airmen. Did the bombings really make a difference in the battles though? I find that tacs are a waste of IC in HOI3.

You make reading about a tertiary(to the major powers) theater exciting but is it really that fun to play? I can never conquer Africa because I always get way to bored while playing because all of the territory is worthless. Asia seems like it is a lot of fun to play though. I always liked having to maneuver a small fleet of transports through enemy waters where a large SAG or CTF was waiting to send my men to the bottom of the sea. Since one transport and one division meant so much losing it was like a mind-blowing tragedy because it would set your ambitions back years. I like seeing something that I have experienced many times in HOI2(and 3 to a lesser extent) in an AAR.

Anyway this AAR was fun to read. Looking forward to seeing you lock up some areas and then expand. Maybe by 1947 we'll see Portuguese troops in London?

EvilFishTank, thank you very much -- how flattering! -- and welcome!

Yes, it actually was very interesting and fun to play. The fact that I was always on the edge of disaster sure added to how fun it was. Sounds like you've experienced that yourself!

The air action -- my bombers -- did make quite a difference. In fact, they tipped the scales more than once, between victory and defeat. I would estimate -- just an educated guess, from watching the Morale levels -- that about 10% of the Morale damage against the enemy was caused by my two bomber airwings. Without that 10% I would have lost those battles.

Thanks again! I appreciate your kind words!

Thanks to everybody else, too! I will try to get another update up soon.

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Ahh, yes. South Africa shall be my next obsession! More of not knowing who's chasing who!
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How can one resist this?

:wacko:

 

[Rensslaer]

How can one resist this?

:wacko:

That looks very good! Is that from your own game?

Shows how well you can do as Portugal if played properly!

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That looks very good! Is that from your own game?

Shows how well you can do as Portugal if played properly!

Rensslaer

Yes, it is. I consider South Africa choice No. 1 for expansion in every try with Portugal. It is far from being aligned usually and it is rich on resources. A province in the north-east of SA is in abundance of energy which Portugal desperately needs. BTW, SA's army is a cannon-fodder. Panzer rollen in Afrika vor!

 

[OneArmed]

Cool AAR! I love playing and reading about minors.

 

[Rensslaer]

Yes, it is. I consider South Africa choice No. 1 for expansion in every try with Portugal. It is far from being aligned usually and it is rich on resources. A province in the north-east of SA is in abundance of energy which Portugal desperately needs. BTW, SA's army is a cannon-fodder. Panzer rollen in Afrika vor!

I'm just starting to get rolling on my South Africa strategy. At the moment, I'm in a slow retreat, but we'll see how that goes.

Cool AAR! I love playing and reading about minors.

Thanks, OneArmed, and Welcome!

I apologize for not being more active right now. I have another update mostly written, but it's been on halt for a while now. One of these days I'll get it up. Plus another several that probably won't take that much time.... I just have to find that time!

I'm currently deeply involved on another WW II project, which I'm hoping you'll all enjoy, but which won't be ready for another 2-3 months at the earliest. Until it's ready, I'll try to keep this going, but no guarantees on speed!

Thanks, everybody, for keeping track! Anyone else new out there reading this?

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[TheMel]

I just read all the way through to the present between classes, and I would like to say thank you! I've had HoI3 since September, but I've been utterly intimidated by the scale of the game. Most of my gameplay has been logging on for a couple of in-game weeks and fooling with the mechanics. Thank you for updating so completely, so someone like me can follow along and pick up pointers.

The light narrative also adds a little entertainment to break up the crunchiness of gameplay, but it isn't so over the top that one struggles to figure out what an update has to do with the game being played.

I'm hoping we'll see a complete cut-off of Allied forces soon, either in West Africa or Borneo, so the mop-up can truly begin.

 

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Anyone else new out there reading this?

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Im new and I think that this is a great AAR,please keep it up
ps-my 1st comment

 

[Agamemnon_1781]

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My first working post
Would this strategy for Portugal be able to work in HOI2? I own 3 but the amount of provinces intimidates me from going a month into the game before getting bored (the time speeder is also slower , which makes waiting in the 1936-1939 unprofitably painful).
One of my favorite AARs , along with Porkman's Nat. China one

 

[Lordban]

A master's lesson in micromanagement, showing just how amusing a game can be with a minor like Portugal. Besides, and as always, it's remarkably well written

 

[FOARP]

Mmmm . . . A month since the last update - is this AAR dead?

 

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Mmmm . . . A month since the last update - is this AAR dead?

No, FOARP, it's just resting quietly. Renss would send out notices if it had passed on.

 

[GrenadierSchube]

Rensslaer lied to us hes to good for us to finish i guess *tear* we see how it is

 

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One must be patient with Portugal. Hiking in African ridges isn't fast, you know. Garrison there moves slower, than expires my obligation to file quarterly declaration to the internal revenue service. Everybody can be slowed too such a pace with Port. So that is strategy gaming!

 

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I just read all the way through to the present between classes, and I would like to say thank you! I've had HoI3 since September, but I've been utterly intimidated by the scale of the game. Most of my gameplay has been logging on for a couple of in-game weeks and fooling with the mechanics. Thank you for updating so completely, so someone like me can follow along and pick up pointers.

The light narrative also adds a little entertainment to break up the crunchiness of gameplay, but it isn't so over the top that one struggles to figure out what an update has to do with the game being played.

I'm hoping we'll see a complete cut-off of Allied forces soon, either in West Africa or Borneo, so the mop-up can truly begin.

Thank you, TheMel! And Welcome! I think all the critical information has been shared already, and from here on we move from basics into the flow of grand strategy.

I only apologise that it's taking so long to get the rest of this out!

Im new and I think that this is a great AAR,please keep it up
ps-my 1st comment

Thanks, DannyBoy, and Welcome! I'm always excited an honoured when someone thinks enough of my project to use their first post to recognise it! I hope you're finding other good stuff to read, and that you're enjoying HOI 3!

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Welcome, Agamemnon! For months I had the EarthForce Starship Agamemnon (Babylon 5) as my wallpaper. Thanks for reading the story/gameplay and for taking the time to comment!

My first working post
Would this strategy for Portugal be able to work in HOI2? I own 3 but the amount of provinces intimidates me from going a month into the game before getting bored (the time speeder is also slower , which makes waiting in the 1936-1939 unprofitably painful).
One of my favorite AARs , along with Porkman's Nat. China one

Thanks, also, Phalanx! Welcome! Again great to see someone's first post here -- quite an honour!

Hmm... HOI 2. To be honest, I've been playing HOI 3 so long I've forgotten how basing works in HOI 2. But that's the key to this strategy -- taking the enemy's bases to lock off vast spaces from their navy. As far as I know, that would work in HOI 2, except that since the provinces are bigger, your chances of running into the enemy where you choose to land might be greater. It also makes playing a minor riskier, since you have less "depth" into which to retreat. Further, you have less space (fewer provinces) in which to encircle the enemy, which is how you defeat them without having to fight them. A minor's chances against the majors are less if you actually have to fight them. HOI 3's design means that once you've surrounded and cut off the enemy, he's more likely (not always, but usually) to stay where he is and not attack.

Let me know if you try it!

A master's lesson in micromanagement, showing just how amusing a game can be with a minor like Portugal. Besides, and as always, it's remarkably well written

Thanks! I was just looking back at some of my Fire Warms posts, and remembering how much I enjoyed writing fiction scenes. Maybe you're referring to my gameplay posts, too (which was alot of Fire Warms, too), but whichever, I appreciate your approval! Yes, the micromanagement is the key to this strategy. I derive a peculiar pleasure from it!

Mmmm . . . A month since the last update - is this AAR dead?

Welcome, FOARP! No, the AAR is not dead.... Just proceeding very slowly. o I'm up to my eyeballs in other projects, right now, and when the other projects pay, and this one doesn't, it's hard to justify writing for fun. But I do have some stuff already written for this, just not finished. I cannot guarantee a return to this in the next few months, but maybe early summer. We'll see.

No, FOARP, it's just resting quietly. Renss would send out notices if it had passed on.

Indeed, resting quietly. WhisperingDeath remembers when this happened to Sforza, and then it picked up again...

Rensslaer lied to us hes to good for us to finish i guess *tear* we see how it is

Aww.... GrenadierSchube, please don't cry! I'll be back, I promise! Just not right away.

One must be patient with Portugal. Hiking in African ridges isn't fast, you know. Garrison there moves slower, than expires my obligation to file quarterly declaration to the internal revenue service. Everybody can be slowed too such a pace with Port. So that is strategy gaming!

Heh. Writing about African ridges can be slower, still!

Yes, I will return to this, folks. I'm sorry it's taken so long even for feedback.

As I said, I do have some material almost ready. I need to find time to finish it -- two updates -- and then I'll have to figure when to prepare yet more material. I do have quite a bit to post still, just the updates are not ready.

I am working on more Paradox projects, so perhaps that will give you encouragement, in itself!

Thanks again for reading, and for commenting!

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[Lordban]

Yes, I was referring to both the quality of the gameplay and fiction updates, as both are of a very high standard

Working for Paradox again, are we? I wonder whether it may not have to do with a time whence Portugal woke up with the realization it was no longer an Empire and would be nevermore