Archibald
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I'm not English. Calling a Scot english is like calling a Canadian an American.Originally posted by Oak:Archibald,
You showed the Scottish flag, if I am correct. I thought you were English. What part of Britain are you from, exactly?
Oak
http://community.battlefront.com/uploads/emoticons/default_wink.png' alt=';)'> I live in Edinburgh.
[ August 17, 2003, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Archibald ]
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Make that 100 for the Axis o non-freckled one.
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I've put in bid on the AAR thread. My e-mail address can be found on my profile.Originally posted by JerseyJohn:Archibald
I've looked through some Threads but haven't been able to locate your e-mail address, if you want to open the bidding I'm at:
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Sorry for the delay, but I've had a busy time with work and haven't checked the forum for nearly a fortnight. I'll bid 50 at 1:8 for the Axis.
PS I don't play freckled people . You don't have freckles do you?
[ August 16, 2003, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: Archibald ]
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Is it OK with Rambo to have lesbians in z-league?
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Kuniworth doth protest too much, methinks.Originally posted by Kuniworth:And Im not gay. Or insane :mad:
Im not insane Im not insane Im not insane Im not insane :confused:
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You say "gay" like it's a bad word.Originally posted by Kuniworth:Who says Iron Ranger is gay?? That´s absurd :mad: Archibald on the other hand...
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September 3, 1939
In response to external aggression the Wehrmacht launches a war of national self defence against Poland. Without the support of the Luftwaffe, we destroy both Polish armies and knock the corps next to Konigsberg down to half strength.
Vorwarts!!!
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Kuniworth, I suggest you choose the Germans.
Disorder, when he takes the Germans choose the 1944 scenario.
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Of course he moves pieces like a machine. He is a machine! I have the proof:Originally posted by Kuniworth:Terif aka Terif the Terrible, Terrific-Terif, Deep Blue
Calculating champion that have taken SC-play into a new dimension. Few mistakes, moves pieces like a machine.
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The Oxford Companion to World War II has a table which gives the projected size of the Kriegsmarine under the Z-Plan on a yearly basis.
The projections for 1944 were as follows:
Battleship Type H - 6
Battleships Gneisenau and Bismarck - 4
(It was intended to upgrade the armament of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1941-2)
Pocket Battleships Type Deutschland - 3
Battle Cruisers Type P - 3
Aircraft Carriers - 2
Heavy Cruisers - 5
Light Cruisers Type M - 4
Scout Cruisers - 9
Destroyers - 47
Torpedo Boats - 54
Atlantic U-Boats - 133
Coastal U-Boats - 39
Special Purpose U-Boats - 22
You'll find useful information about each of these ship types here.
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I would if I could actually get into the site.
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I'd highly recommend The Oxford Companion to World War II, it's arguably the best one volume reference there is.
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Just to show it can be done, here's how you make a hex grid sphere.
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That map's a Mercator Projection, which grossly distorts the size of the polar regions.
Do you know what would be really cool? - hexes overlaid on a three dimensional sphere. Everything would be to scale and it would look smart as hell. Anyone know if it's ever been done in a WW2 grand strategy game before?
I think this could really make the game stand out. I'm so convinced of this that I'd even help you play test it Hubert.
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I vote against it.
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The default units with modded national flags and medals. I've tried many others, but haven't found any with the clarity of Hubert's originals.
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Kuniworth-Stockholm-Uppsala. THE LEGEND!!!
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Ironically, here's a post I started some time time agao on how to defend against Sea Lion. Please note, that this doesn't work against a dozen air fleets in mid 1941.
And for an account of how to conduct Sea Lion in 1941 and win go here. That time however the Germans got to Iraq before the Russians did.
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I have to admit to being surprised that R m R executed Sea Lion when the USSR came in. I was even more surprised when a dozen air fleets began pummelling me - there's not a lot the Brits can do against that.
The good news? The Kriegsmarine's destroyed, the USSR have liberated Norway, Sweden's isolated from the Reich, and the British have liberated Greece and conquered Iraq and Eire. I have Americans and Russians in position covering Gibraltar, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo and Suez, so that if and when Manchester goes then the whole Med won't collapse. The worst that will happen is that I'll lose Malta when the UK capitulates. Bad, but survivable, and nothing to the carnage the first few turns of Barbarossa would have caused.
The Americans have four armies ashore on the British Isles and will make a fight of it for Edinburgh. The longer I can keep him occupied there the more time the USSR has to get big and ugly, especially as they'll take over the Iraqi oilfields when the British surrender.
Credit to R m R for selling me a beautiful dummy though. I was so sure that he was using weak ground troops as bait to draw both the Russians and The Brits into a major battle too early that my first turn as the USSR saw them conducting the usual flying retreat on the first turn. When a dozen Air fleets started pounding the UK I had to sheepishly turn the Russian war machine round. He's very stretched though, which has allowed me to liberate two countries already and deprive the Reich of 81 MMP a turn.
I've lost the game before as the Axis after a successful late Sea Lion and won it as the Allies after having the same done to me. We've a long way to go yet.
Wish me luck.
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Still pretty clever for seven nonetheless.
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Archibald (Allies + 170) succumbs to Zappsweden (Axis). The Luftwaffe was unstoppable.
Very busy with work right now, and can't guarantee free time for TCP/IP for the next few months. Rather than hog a place near the top I'm accordingly resigning from the ladder. I'll rejoin in a few months when the current contract's finished and I get some time to relax.
Ryder Cup PBEM Archibald & JerseyJohn
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