With Zaragossa, I think it will be easier if you surround the city and control all the hexsides....but either way, with a 5-1 attack that turn, it's gonna fall shortly

Losing it is a major hit for the Nationalists, and should open the door for you to join-up with the Republic del Norte

August 2, 1936

Naval Update:

The big update is that our CD guns hit something; namely, the Libertad as a 2xCL, 4xDD task force was transiting the Strait into the Atlantic:

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She was spotted having only moved 10 hexes toward Malaga under escort, with a reported speed of 4 knots. So I ...

July 30

Naval Update:

It's been 3 days since I lost a ship, which is swell......I have moved any large ship from Spain, the only ones left are small boats...which seem difficult to hit for Vildebeests. They are still a scourge.

I let my opponent know that I will NOT be challenging him in the ...

Playing Repub vs Nat AUI. I check active LCU unit organization. I move units in same organization together on turn 1. Turn 2 units of same organization in same hex I click merge , but am unable to button arrows to add amounts to merge. I click merge units at bottom left anyway and have a CTD. I ...

Can I turn a hex full of regiments into a division?


Click on the UNIT ORGANIZATION button. That will bring up the Regiments, Brigades, and Divisions that unit belongs to. The unit will be highlighted in GREEN. You need to combine all the sub-units in a hex to get them combined to a parent ...

I have 7 air transports, and they are busy moving 2 units over the Strait (very slowly; this takes about 10 days roughly).


Being a true aviator, Kindelan proposed to transfer the entire army by air, i.e. in a way that was quite original for that time. Initially, the troops were transported ...

July 23-24, 1936

Vildebeest Scourge:

Vildebeest continue to raid Cadiz; I've moved the most valuable ships, but I had an AK that I was converting to AK-T, so could not move....and she's gone, along with a couple smaller ships:
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Here is the total; 4 more ships sunk in port:
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So, what exactly can I do about all this? They can hit any port on the map (except Ifni).

You can try to ask the scenario designers to reduce the exp/skills for pilots. It doesn't look realistic. Same can be done for LCU's too.


Well, too late for this game!

July 22, 1936

Vildebeest ...

They hadnt the guns, but they captured the ones easily, just like you can.


I think the Nationalist Player should be able to save them if they are there.....just get out of Madrid immediately

If they are there at-start, maybe the trucks should be taken away from the units so they can't ...

July 20

VIldebeest Update:

I had to wait a day or two before moving Espana , for fear of running into the Spanish cruisers outside El Ferrol. I finally moved her to Kiel this day, but she was caught by Vildebeests on Naval Bomb:

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5 Bomb hits by AP bombs....fires are mostly out, so I ...

intento número dos :)
How do you manage the leaders? Do you ignore it completely?


Honestly, I don't pay much attention. I looked at changing a few, but in most cases the Leaders are all in the 50-60 range in the key attributes, so there isn't alot of gain from manual switching. Maybe someone ...

July 17-19

And we're off!

CASA Vildebeest

Right away, I get a visit from the most powerful weapon in the Republican inventory; the mighty Vildebeest!

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With the ability to use Torps at 34 hexes, and 250 lb AP bombs at 41 hexes, no port is safe, including Vigo:

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He probably ...

Joel Billings wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 8:56 pm Morale goes up to 55 in October.

OK. So basically the manual is wrong.

--Increase to 55 in October, not September (Manual says September)
--No increase at all to +10; removed (but still in manual)

Got it

So, this is a re-do between myself and Przemek. Same sides, same game. The last game was marred by report issues that were recently fixed, so I think that is sorted! Przemek was doing a little on the job training (he hadn't even played the AI before), so I think he'll give me a real game this time ...

I am playing a PBEM as Soviets, and we are in September, 1943. (Sept 12 to be exact)

Per the manual, in September the Soviet National Morale should increase to a baseline of 55.

Additionally, Soviet Motorized Units should have their modifier increase from +5 to +10 in the same month.

This did ...

Game Update:

There were significant report issues before the last fix, particularly with Combat Reports. It was beyond FOW; my opponent thought he was causing much more damage to my forces than the report showed, and as a result really wore down his Northern Army....to the extent that his forces ...

Nice AAR.

Although I personally disagree with the opinion that Madrid is easily conquered in December 1936.

(In general, experience with conquering large cities is for a much longer period of time)

Two notes:
I made Italian (and also German) warships according to relatively accurate data. And I ...

Dreamslayer wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 7:01 pm Click on the aircraft image.
Or check 7.2 Variants and Refits (new manual).

Hey, it works! Just have to wait 6 days for the bombracks to be installed

The other issue is that the pilots are not at all trained on GroundB....will have to swap them out or learn on the job

Now, the repaired Ju 52s are just sitting around Seville, looking for something to do.

You can use Ju 52 for ... bombing :)


Well, I do have a unit of Ju-52 Bombers.....but is there a way to convert the Transports to bombing? I don't see a bomb loadout available, even if you can set them to ...

Did you lose Jaen or did you liberate it?


We liberated it; it is contested on July 17th, but instead of fighting it out there I immediately moved those troops to Cordoba, where they could do some good. Now, we are back and the town has fallen.

On the SPEED comment, I find that once you are ...