I know it's not really apropos of World in Flames , but seeing as it's about someone who took part in the Second World War and was until today the monarch of one of its principal belligerents, I thought it's worth sharing that Queen Elizabeth II has just passed away .

Here's an article about her ...

Wow. At the start of the game year, Japan looked just about poised to conquer India, and now in one rainy season the IJA was basically obliterated. (Good thing for the Axis the game normally ends in July/August!)

Since it's bad weather in the main Western Allied campaign area and the IJN is still a ...

Looks like an Allied side victory coming up once they turn their full strength on Italy, but an individual victory for Japan unless the Allies can make some serious headway seizing objective hexes in Asia-Pacific.

I have to reinstall MWif on a new machine, and I'm wondering what version I should install - I know the most recent beta release (4.something something) has some issues - for my part, I've noticed it doesn't let CW use the NEI oil, for instance - so I think I do want an older version.

After ...

Wow, that July/August was a disaster for the Ostheer in Ukraine. (Loads of fun for the Soviet player no doubt.)

I have encountered a bug in a solitaire game whereby the French HQ De Gaulle, upon being sent to Africa, ends up in the Free French force pool despite the rules stating otherwise.

Attached zip file includes:
- game file Composer99alt with De Gaulle on a transport at sea, during French return-to ...

AI Opponent Discussion: fb.asp?m=2891056

<t> In the game that rkr1958 and I are playing, there's an issue with the incompletely conquered Netherlands & Belgium:<br/>
- The Amsterdam and Brussels MIL are still in the reinforcement pools.<br/>
- Just-conquered Antwerp correctly shows that it is German-controlled. But the two Belgian units ...

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Summary of impulse: Ronnie's dice want to play the Commonwealth ...

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Every single WW2 game makes enormous compromises with respect to historical accuracy for the sake of such factors as playability, simplicity, victory ...

<r> First impulse of March/April 1940, and Ronnie's dice decided they wanted to play the Commonwealth. The RN is 2 for 2 on chasing subs out of the Atlantic and, in an air battle in progress over Rotterdam as of this writing, has just rolled a 20.<br/>
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Sneak preview for the start of the turn: war in Europe ...

Seems to work - thanks!

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<B><s>[b]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Oil Use<e>[/i]</e></I><e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Here are the returns-to-base and units still at sea. I've got screen captures of Europe ...

For those who want to tinker, here's a version from further back in the turn (US Entry, before preliminary production).

This is our game at its current point (final production).

<r> Just noticed it during final production, but in the game I'm playing with rkr1958, there seems to be a problem with the CW resource lending to France.<br/>
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As you can see in the embedded picture, despite the fact that the French have spare convoy points in the E and W Med, the Cypriot ...

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