BriantheWise Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Rambo is Axis. I am Allied. Standard options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 "Time to get it on" --- Hudson from the movie Aliens. Brian has been talking alot trash about me...He likes the LC-gambit, likes to go pyscho...what should I do this game? 1) Conservative 2) Standard 3) Something new Camp-Rambo will make those decisions soon, here's the kickoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 I go against my usual procedure & use my air-units against Poland. What a wipe-out. Poland Surrenders on Turn #1! Plunder $318. With the success in taking Warsaw first turn. (not knowing they would surrender), I turn to Denmark & bang on it with ships & 1-air. Beginning readiness: Italy 65 USA 0 Russia 30 After DOW on Denmark: Italy 65 USA 6 Russia 34 [ January 11, 2003, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: jon_j_rambo ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 Rambo takes Poland in 1 turn. I seriously did not think that was possible. At best I can do it in two. This is not going well. Already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Turn #2. I don't get Denmark. Move a bunch of dudes to the West. Brian will probably do the LC-Gambit, we shall see. Italy 74% : USA 6% : Russia 34%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Boggs Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Dad Gumb it BtW and Rambo, I was gonna go watch football! But this promises to be much more interesting. PLEASE continue to report your turn by turn comments and reactions. To zappsweden and terif who initiated this style of in-game reporting: THANK YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I'm watching football too. Brian had to take a break; game will continue hopefully soon. Titans lead 14-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I hope Atalanta will win the super-bowl this year. Rambo can you tell us more about Poland. What units do you hit with what. Takin Warzaw in 1 turn is not so difficult but destroyin almost all units is difficult. So how did you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Rambo takes Poland in 1 turn. I seriously did not think that was possible. At best I can do it in two. This is not going well. Already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 No surpries, French plunder the LowCountries. Denmark still alive! I do sink a British Cruiser. One of my subs takes a hit in the Northeast Atlantic, but does get an exchange it the combat resolution. Axis ground forces counter in the Low Countries & trash a Frenchie. FDR & the rest of the politicians in the USA aren't happy with the Allies LC invasion. Italy 90% USA -3% Russia 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 I do the Dutch Gambit, but poorly. The French take the capital, instead of Britain. Surprise hits against the subs, but a fair exchange. Strangely, I reinforce Denmark. Italy declares war way to soon. Rambo is way ahead of even his own schedule. I have a gap in my French line and he is exploiting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Incredible, the Danes are still alive. 2-ships, 2-air, can't do the job. Meanwhile, German ground units pound the French. LowCountries have been converted. Italy decides to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 My Gambit has failed miserably. He took Antwerp. I had planned to do a double gambit, but Rambo is ahead of schedule. I anticipate that he will take France by June, and my friends readiness will be lazy. Denmark still hasn't fallen yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 We are lost! We are lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Scratch 1-U-boat. The other is limping away from the scene. I did see the Brits-ships take some hits. I get conservative in France. Reinforce units & grab the mine. German air hit a British carrier in the channel. If he sticks around I will hit it again. Denmark has world-beaters in it. I see a super-tank-11 in Paris surrounded by corps. Italian infantry along with the German-in-the-mine cut supply of the M-Line. Does that even help? Can't hurt. [ January 11, 2003, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: jon_j_rambo ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 It is February, 1940. Rambo makes no overt moves in France, but he has surrounded the maginot (I didn't even have a chance to change out the armies to corps). He uses his air to pound my carriers, which are now ineffective and must retreat from battle. An Italian army slides up from the south (no, I didn't even get a chance to wall that off either). So far, all it looks like is that I killed off readiness to lose at the same rate. Denmark, weird, still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 The dying begins. France is surrounded, I have a few corps and an armor in Paris. Rambo does strange things with his Italian fleet, and I don't think it turns out as expected. No bloody noses yet for the axis, but the Italian take a bruise. Denmark still lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I'm by-passing Denmark, will get them later. The German lynch mob of ground units are crawling towards Paris. My subs are history, but scratch another Brit-naval. I'm watching my supply line, since Brian is looking for a counter. The Med. Front has turned into a free-for-all. Canadians are spotting in the sea along with some naval units. I say screw it & get agressive. Italian naval units attack; give & take damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Rambo is gearing up for the final assault that I cannot stop. I have a thin line of corps before Paris, and my maginot armies that are worthless. They do some flea bites. Rambo took his Italian army out of Tripolatania, and I get lucky and take it (I don't think this has ever happened, but I am sure he's putting it to good use. I'm trying to use up all my French before they surrender. The air unit was converted. Without Denmark, he can't have many MMP's, but damn, he has disciplined troops. I kill off one Italian fleet at nominal cost. I wish I had killed an armor or even a corp, but no. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 It's April. My corps are dead. Paris is surrounded. Rambo is making a move in the Med with his Italian fleet that will be difficult to counter. Marseilles has fallen. We are lost! We are lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Andrea Doria bites the dust. I drill a Brit-Ship by Malta. I drill another North of Copenhagen. If those Brits stay near Malta, I will sacrifice more Italian ships. Someday I will get Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 He must be running out of MMPs! He must be. The Italian fleet gets a bloody nose. But the British fleet is skeletal. France has not fallen. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Boggs Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Dates, please give dates. Thanks-this is great stuff guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Great narrative. I could be watching the cartoon channel as usual but instead I'm following the action here! Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriantheWise Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 France is falling. It's June. I did give a bit of a bloody nose. 1 armor, 1 army. I have effectively distroyed/used up all my french units. Denmark fell. He is using Italians to kill off France, so I know something good happened, but my whole plan went off kilter. His navies have been hit and hurt. I have tripolitania. France will surrender next turn. I anticipate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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