War and Peace II - Back in the U.S.S.AAR (1936 - 1947)

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Originally posted by Sytass
Sorry about this short-ish update, but there was mainly a back and forth in this campaign that, while hectic when playing, is not so easy to write about, so I generalized a bit.

Wow, I think that screenshot tells it all. It looks like just massing up with one gigantic army is not the name of the game in HOI like it was in EU2; that's not necessarily bad news.

Anyway, great AAR, very game and detail oriented.

 

[Syt]

Originally posted by John_Keats
Wow, I think that screenshot tells it all. It looks like just massing up with one gigantic army is not the name of the game in HOI like it was in EU2; that's not necessarily bad news.

Indeed. The vastness front in Russia requires a more or less coherent front to prevent the enemy from breaking through and exploiting the breach shamelessly. So smaller units to form a defensive line with reserves behind seems logical.

I learned this the hard way.

 

[Josephus I]

the Battle for Russia is getting to be the bloody battleground it was in real life...that's great. Keep up the good work.

 

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This is very good. It'll be interesting to see how that little bit of Free France fairs in Rochelle.

 

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Originally posted by JPesterfield
This is very good. It'll be interesting to see how that little bit of Free France fairs in Rochelle.

I give them a week at most

 

[Gustavus]

It's starting to seem very important that many Axis powers abandoned Germany when the two of you became best buds. I wonder what would have happened if you were also fighting Hungary, Slovakia, and Italy....

 

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Originally posted by Gustavus
It's starting to seem very important that many Axis powers abandoned Germany when the two of you became best buds. I wonder what would have happened if you were also fighting Hungary, Slovakia, and Italy....

Good point, the Romanians probably wouldn't have had such a field day in Austria had that been the case. Vive la France in La Rochelle!

 

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Very Nice AAR installment .

I must say i greatly enjoy your style of writing as well as the screnshots(screenshots help a lot ).. It will be neat to see how long the french last in their landing.

 

[BiB]

Cool.

Didn't know u could have so much troubles with the USSR

 

[Estonianzulu]

Soft underbelly mmm... wait, what happened to the soft underbelly? darn Germany, I was rooting for the Romanians.

Im interested to see how you will pull yourself out of this one.

 

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Originally posted by BiB
Cool.

Didn't know u could have so much troubles with the USSR

lol. A master HOI strategist such as yourself doesn't have such problems, eh?

 

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One word: wow.

I can't get over those pesky Germans. That's a real shame about the whole offensive into Austria come apart at the seams. Unlucky!

Great timing with the French landing - any attention that can be diverted from the eastern front is a good thing for you, no?

 

[Deserteur]

Originally posted by Gobo
One word: wow.

I can't get over those pesky Germans. That's a real shame about the whole offensive into Austria come apart at the seams. Unlucky!

Great timing with the French landing - any attention that can be diverted from the eastern front is a good thing for you, no?

The French landing is quite poor. Only one armored division as you can see on the screenshot.

 

[Zagys]

It looks like the Free French control Syria as well.

 

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True, true. But even so, any resources not aimed at Moscow benefits the Soviets. If it were a human player, you could argue about attention being diverted, but I doubt the AI will have too much troubel multi-tasking.

 

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Originally posted by Gobo
True, true. But even so, any resources not aimed at Moscow benefits the Soviets. If it were a human player, you could argue about attention being diverted, but I doubt the AI will have too much troubel multi-tasking.

Certainly multi-tasked Romania out of existence pretty easily

 

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Originally posted by Deserteur
The French landing is quite poor. Only one armored division as you can see on the screenshot.

yeah but those two screen shots show only 2 German infantry divisions garrisoned in France! lol

Looks like there is lots of empty space on the map. I wonder how things would have turned out if Sytass had had a continuous front from the baltic to the black sea, rather than massing troops on the Germans flanks and leaving the center undefended.

I think a human player would have encircled those 2 nodes of resistance on his flanks and used his weaker units to overrun all that unprotected territory in the center.

 

[Syt]

Thanks for the nice comments.

Especially to you, BiB!

Simply put, during the Beta phase, I ran hands off games for the most part. Although I am quite familiar by now with the game system, this is my first continuous attempt at playing a major, so bear with me.

 

[Vynd]

Japan demanding Madagascar... The Free French invading Europe... in December 1940! I love it!

This AAR is cool! Thanks Sytass!

 

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Originally posted by Sytass
Thanks for the nice comments.

Especially to you, BiB!

Simply put, during the Beta phase, I ran hands off games for the most part. Although I am quite familiar by now with the game system, this is my first continuous attempt at playing a major, so bear with me.

I'd just like to point people to the Russian reaction to the game as a study in contrasts to this AAR and to lesser extent BiB's AAR.

I'm not sure which to believe. I guess I'll find out soon enough...