A few acres of snow, SparkleyTits (Axis) Stef78 (Russia), ST welcome

[STEF78]

Turn 1,22th june 1941

This time, I'm playing the reds.
- VC 260, it shoud give a tense 1942
- full FOW,
- +1 and mild blizzard, the best combination from my point of view.
- server game of course...

We agreed for an house rule preventing extended Lvov Pocket.

In the center, the pockets are firmly sealed



In the south, ST trapped Lvov and Kovel, took Rowno but no more. The house rule is respected.



But obviously turn 1 was studied, air losses are impressive! If all turns are played the same way, game will end before turn 15...

[VigaBrand]

I had the same view about the rules as you had!

[HardLuckYetAgain]

ORIGINAL: VigaBrand

I had the same view about the rules as you had!

I concur with Stef & you VigaBrand It is the best way to go for a good game.

[beender]

This looks like a promising AAR!

[schascha]

Salut Stef,

Je vois que tu es toujours aussi mordu de ce jeu.
Je vais suivre ton récit avec intêret, et garde un fabuleux souvenir de notre partie.

Bonne partie.

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: schascha

Salut Stef,

Je vois que tu es toujours aussi mordu de ce jeu.
Je vais suivre ton récit avec intêret, et garde un fabuleux souvenir de notre partie.

Bonne partie.

Merci Schascha,

J'ai progressé depuis notre partie.... en 2013. Ma première campagne à atteindre 1945.

Le temps tourne.

[STEF78]

Below, the limit in blue that we defined as max german advance in the South on turn 1

[schascha]

ORIGINAL: STEF78

ORIGINAL: schascha

Salut Stef,

Je vois que tu es toujours aussi mordu de ce jeu.
Je vais suivre ton récit avec intêret, et garde un fabuleux souvenir de notre partie.

Bonne partie.

Merci Schascha,

J'ai progressé depuis notre partie.... en 2013. Ma première campagne à atteindre 1945.

Le temps tourne.

Oui oui je sais que tu as beaucoup progressé depuis notre rencontre, la lecture de tes AARs m'ont bien montré que l'on maîtrisait, à l'époque, qu'une partie du jeu.
Ce que je voulais dire c'est que notre partie est un excellent souvenir en dehors du résultat. C'est d'ailleurs, à part les échecs, ma plus belle expérience.
Dommage que ce jeu soit si chronophage pour moi que j'ai du arrêter d' y jouer.

[EwaldvonKleist]

We need English subtitles.

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

We need English subtitles.

[;)]
Schascha and I played a campaign in 2013. We were both almost beginners. We greatly enjoyed this loooong campaign

Schacha crushed me and the game ended in february 1945 with the fall of Berlin.

The AAR below, unfortunatly my picture hosting site is now closed
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PS: Schascha is an excellent chessplayer (max Elo 2327)

[STEF78]

Turn 2, 26th june 1941

ST is driving hard to Leningrad, Pskov is surrounded



In the South, axis seems also to focuse on encirclements.



A tip for russian player, a good way to identify main axis goals is to track the rail repair units. Supply is the key in 1941 to keep a high momentum

[BrianG]

after seeing this German turn 2 I am quite ashamed of my Germans versus HYLA. How was this turn 2 movement even possible.

[SparkleyTits]

Pushing up those extra few hexes over the Dvina by taking Riga with 1 PzD makes alot more possible in turn 2

Mostly I got lucky as Stef did not focus much in AGN so the swamps were free and I only had to shift 1 division W of Deriglazov to get no extra MP costs over rivers etc

I read the defence entirely wrong and spaffed my moves up the wall in the centre though.......

[Rodimstev]

Hi Stef,

i am going to follow this new game too

i hope for you the same way that my game against Olrik but may be less long as our game (2 years and 9 months )


Kinds regards
Rodim

[STEF78]

ORIGINAL: Rodimstev

Hi Stef,

i am going to follow this new game too

i hope for you the same way that my game against Olrik but may be less long as our game (2 years and 9 months )


Kinds regards
Rodim

Thanks

Each of my GC which reached 1944 lasted between one and 2 years of real time,

[STEF78]

Turn 2, after my moves:

- some pockets earn an extra Week of life…
- weak checkerboard in front of Leningrad
- trying to build a decent frontline line from VK to lower Dniepr
- checkerboard in southern Ukraine

[STEF78]

Turn 3, 3rd july 1941

Some axis advance and Odessa isolated



And my first Victory

[STEF78]

As usual, when I play WITE and do an AAR, I take a lot of pictures and make some comments about it.

But this time it will be shorter. I won't post all these pictures.

As russian I suffered encirclements as usual.

Like this one on the turn 5, nothing but normal even if axis progress is very fast.



But turn 6 proved to be horrible.

In the south, axis swept my rearguard preventing advance past the Dniepr, swept another line of defence 60 miles east, and advanced another 80 miles... all that in a week. Why not? it's ambitious but in open ground.



But I really feel bad with what happened in the north. Axis infantry swept a 30 deep line of defence and then german Pzd advanced 80 miles through swamps and forest in an area almost without roads....



I sent the turn back but the game is over.

Hats off to Sparkley Tits who is a kind person and a master of logistics.

But this game was really desesperating and not fun to play.

Maybe it's my last WITE Campaign. [:(]

[SparkleyTits]

ORIGINAL: STEF78

But this game was really desesperating and not fun to play.

Maybe it's my last WITE Campaign. [:(]

I'm really sorry Stef I did not realise you felt this way about the game [:(]

[chaos45]

Its like a lot of us have been saying against axis players that understand the logistics system the game is currently almost impossible for the Soviets in 1941.

Sorry to see the game end so quickly, but many of the issues have been brought up and still no answer on a new patch to address any of them.