Yes, thanks so much for this game. It was really fun and I learned a ton. I have a new respect for aircraft that I'm trying out in another game. And you're right, carriers are insane. I still don't quite understand why my naval air was so ineffective against you. I thought it was fighter cover but I...

I am so screwed as Germany right now, lol. I'm outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1 on 4 fronts now, with the south wide open. I probably should pull back to Germany while I still have some strength left, but I'm having way too much fun destroying Soviet armor and mech units, so I'm not acting in a purely ration...

Yeah, it's getting to the point my fighters are costing more to rebuild than I'm losing in production, but then again stjeand is focusing on oil ATM. But this way he causes production loss and oil losses, lol. I will withhold judgement here until the game plays through, but in general it seems like ...

Oh, just read this after doing my turn and realized I forgot to move the Scharnhorst back to port. Oh well, they will die with honor at sea at least. ;-) Was able to brute force destroy two allied armor/mech units this turn because of the bizarre early clear weather. Normally I'd say this weather wo...

Interesting that the Soviets are so low on forces now. You were over 3000 factors at the start of the year. I doubt all that was from losses, so I'm guessing you scrapped some infantry to solve your manpower problem? Not that you need to tell me or anything, I'm just curious. ;-) Warplan-Forces-Jan4...

Yeah, normally that report seems to add up, but recently it's been way out of whack. This is what I saw this turn. Warplan-Dec43.png I think what it counts is the previous 2 turns for the active player and 1 for the other player (maybe only allies), so the statistics look way worse than they are. It...

I mostly just look at the total numbers. This turn it wasn't bad: Warplan-Nov43.png I think this includes losses from the previous two turns actually, and recently mine have been about 1.5x the total for the allies. This time around I gave slightly more than I got, but for most of the last year it's...

They did finally lose their first unit and it was the 1st armored corps, due to me completely forgetting to put an air unit on full support. Only if. It will overall cost the US 3 corps but with the German invasion of Washington they got 5 in return so...fair trade. Does this mean the US gets those...

Yeah, the attack into Washington DC was more a Doolittle raid than a real attack, but it was disappointing to see them knocked out in a single attack, lol. Germany is about to break. I don't see any way to hold it together any more. Luckly the rains are coming but I needed them here one turn earlier...

Lol, you attack Brest just as I pulled a full strength armor corps out of there, otherwise I may have driven you off the beaches. Of course, that's the plan - Germany can't defend everywhere, so you hit when the defenses are thinned. I expect to see massive attacks on the Eastern front soon. Very st...

Once again I've been schooled by stjeand; I didn't think it was possible to mount an effective attack in the Kiel region, so it's the only place I left defended with divisions. This was clearly a mistake on my part and now that I see it, I'm kicking myself. He was able to pick up 3 9-factor ports th...

I donno, the game I'm in with stjeand, it's only 1943 and I think it's going to be pretty challenging to "sit back and defend with their superior experience". ;-) The way I'm guessing it will go (and this is my first time playing this far as the Axis, so it's all speculation), is that Germ...

Yeah, I can't really figure out how to stop the bombers. They seem super effective. I've never had that much luck with them, but I usually only build 2-3 and you probably need more than that to be really effective. I'll be curious how it goes. I'll probably end up building 6 AAA on every site eventu...

I probably could have attacked smarter there and taken out a couple of armored units, but I was really more concerned with getting my armor to safety. As it is, I got good retreat results, but I wasn't expecting or counting on that. For what it's worth the panzer that held was given hold orders, whi...

I have a 1 factor cruiser I keep throwing out there to harass the shipping lanes, half hoping it will be sunk simply so I don't risk repairing it with the same stack of subs I've been repairing, and the entire Allied navy has been unable to sink it. It's amazing. It's like it's undead. I think the s...

I think there was a thread about this a while back, but I'm trying to understand why my defensive interceptors are being mauled by unescorted Allied bombers. It's been 3 or 4 turns, and typical results are 0-1 bomber losses to 1-3 interceptor losses, with '43 tech interceptors (in 1942) and full sup...

Wow, those reports make things seem much more rosy for the Axis than they feel. I still feel like I'm getting my butt kicked. Lost the entire Finnish army in one turn because I wasn't paying attention up there. I'm actually pretty happy with the way things went in North Africa. My biggest worry was ...

Was happy to see the 14 MM losses this turn to my 2 subs points, but I don't expect that to keep up. I'm going to start losing subs eventually as they're getting expensive to repair. It's almost pointless to attack in the USSR at this point, as he's been supplying them with US goods and they've got ...

Oh wow, the scenario description should be updated to reflect that. I was wondering why that has happened before given the description. This can throw a whole game when a player screws up so is really critical.

Or maybe better: Make the range 12 instead of 10 or something.

At this rate I'll be lucky to survive past 1944, but we'll see. The UK seems unstoppable in North Africa. Everything I throw in front of them dies with minimal losses on the UK side. It would probably be prudent of me to pull out of North Africa, but the hope is that I can buy more time there. How m...