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In then pbem game I am currently playing I experienced a failure to animate error when I tried to advance on Tobruk with my British forces. We are playing the latest version of the game. I have a sav file of the turn in question.

Hi Albe. I'd be willing to play a game of Assault on Communism if your still interested. I would prefer to play the USSR if that's ok by you. I've only been playing the AI and the USSR is the only side I'm really familiar with. I got to warn you that it's been a long time since I've played a PBEM game, so I'm going to be a bit rusty. I'm able to easily beat the AI set to expert with a small experience bonus, but I'm aware that doesn't mean much compared to playing against a real opponent. I'm a little busy at work, but I should be able to manage a turn a day.

I gotta say that I learn a lot from just reading your AAR's. It will really help when I finally get the time to play a pvp match. Thanks to you both, for taking the time to do this.

Also as allied, you knew you were ahead on NM and that you were going to probably win because of it. If there was no NM mechanism and you had to rely on battlefield victory, I would think you would of played that last year quite differently. Such as adopting a more defensive stance and simply wait for the Yanks to bail you out.

good idea.

Perhaps the supply rules could be changed so that if a port in an island group is owned, then all the small islands in that island group would be considered in supply. That would solve the supply problem for land based air on small islands that are part of a larger group. For isolated islands that are not part of an island group, a port could be added to them if they lack one now. Just brain storming here. I'm just trying to come up with a method that rewards historical behavior.

In real life the U.S. island hopped in order to seize airfields to provide land based air cover for their fleet and also to provide land based air support for some of their invasions. in Europe the allies also made sure their invasions were within range of land based air cover. North Africa possibly being an exception, though I do believe some land based air was provided from Gibraltar. If ingame you can pull off invasions with just carrier air support, perhaps carrier air, in both ground attacks and air vs air, is to strong compared to land based air. As far as Italy goes. I don't think the Italians should be to tough to make surrender. In real life they quit soon as they were invaded. After Italy's surrender, neither the Italian fascists or the Italian troops that joined the allies, were worth very much to their respective sides. Perhaps reducing the ground attack strength of carriers can solve the problem of defending Rome as well, without the need of giving Italy a 2nd capital. Just my 2 cents. I'm about as far from an expert on this game as you can possibly get.

I would just like to say that I'm really enjoying these AAR's. I myself just don't have time right now to play a game, even against the AI. But these AAR's are the next best thing to actually playing. Keep up the good work. Judging from the number of views you guys are getting, I'd say you have a lot of fans out there.

I to am enjoying these AAR's. I myself just don't have time right now to play a game, even against the AI. But these AAR's are the next best thing to actually playing. Keep up the good work. Judging from the number of views you guys are getting, I'd say you have a lot of fans out there.

In my current game the Japanese expert level A.I. is doing a pretty good job of kicking my butt in China. I played the Chinese very aggressively and the A.I. is making me pay for it. Maybe if I played the Chinese more defensively they'd would of done better. In the same game my Russians are thrashing the A.I. Germans. They launched Barbarossa in June and have only advanced as far as the Riga Minsk Kiev Odessa line by the end of 41. And I still hold Riga and Minsk!

make sure your not running alot of background programs. ive seen people running so many dam programs at startup that their computer was slowed to a crawl.

i must have one of the 2020 computers, because the game plays pretty dam fast on my machine.

whether the germans do or do not try a land grab is immaterial. they were going to need to garrison the eastern frontier regardless. to say that there was no danger of the bolsheviks restarting the war is you using hindsight that the germans at the time didnt have.

i for one find it incrediable that the game doesnt require some garrisons in the east. come on, be realistic, theres no way in hell that the real life germans werent going to leave substantial troops in the east. the chaos in the east along with the threat of renewed hostilties (the germans trusted the bolsheviks about as far as they could throw them) alone would force them to leave troops there.

very good points, i whole heartly agree with all of them except number 4. i have some reservations about the need for strengthing romania. as has already been mentioned, it all depends on how good or bad the austrians are doing.