Seeking German 1941 opponent

[Shupov]

I'm looking for a WiR 3.3 Standard game as the Russian player. I've played the game against the AI mostly but I think I will be a good adversary. I will play several turns per week with "home rules".

Home Rules (From "new house rules thread", open to changes)

1) A corps can only change its commanding HQ before it has been special supplied. No special supply twice (no changing the name of a corps then supplying it again).

2) No HQ may launch more than two missions of the same type, per turn. No single enemy target may be attacked by air more than 3 times per turn.

3) To plot more than 2 hexes of movement an armored Korps/Army must be composed of AT LEAST TWO Panzer, Tank, Motorized, PanzerGrenadier (PZG), Mechanized or Cavalry Divisions FOR EVERY ONE non-mobile Division. If an armored Corps does not have the minimum amount of mobile Divisions in it, it may only plot 2 hexes as if it were an infantry Korps/Army.

4) All Soviet HQ's within 3 squares of the eastern edge of the map, are considered to be "beyond the Urals" and MAY NOT be attacked by player directed air missions, such as airfield attacks. The air groups in these HQ's can't fight however, they must be in training mode only. This rule no longer applies once the HQ has one or more enemy korps within 3 hexes of it.

5) Finnish forces MAY NOT attack Leningrad (40,7) or its supply hex (41,6). The Soviets are required to garrison Leningrad with a MINIMUM of 3 Divisions even though Finland may not attack. If the Germans capture Leningrad, Finnish forces are allowed to enter Soviet territory and engage in combat but they must remain on or above the 12th parallel.

6) No player may have more than 1 heavy tank factory for every 2 light or medium tank factories.

7) No changing the chains of command of HQ units.

8) When a ground unit enters an enemy controlled mountain or swamp hex, it must stop and can't attack further (even without advancing). Under snow or blizzard conditions, the swamps are frozen and are clear terrain. An infantry unit can move normally in mountains if the number of mountain divisions are at least equal to the number of infantry divisions.

9) Usage of naval transportation is limited to 3 stack points per turn.

10) No use of stacked HQs as front line units. No use of stacked Panzer Korps (No Pzkrps, Tank Army or Shock Army can have more than 2 Pz divisions or Tank divisions) in '41 and '42.

11) A unit that begins the turn unsupplied, supplied by air, can only move backwards, to its own lines. It cannot advance further into enemy lines.

12) No more than TWO THIRDS of total aircraft factories ROUNDED UP may produce Fighters. This does not include aircraft whose production type cannot be altered (lend-lease, Italian aircraft, etc).

13) No Hungarian, Rumanian, or Finnish units may be sent to the West or Italian Front HQs. No Italian units may be sent to the West Front HQ.

14) The game may only EVER be saved after combat resolution to avoid "double production".

Optional rules to balance the 1941 campaign, to be used by agreement only:

15) The German player can't bomb near Moscow in first turn (e.g. Stavka).

16) The Russian player can change HQ after special supply until February 42 (ignoring rule 1). The German player, only, can change HQ after special supply between November 41 and February 42.

17) The German player can't do strategic air attacks before August 41. The Russian player can do strategic attacks (if he wants).

[pustak]

I'm game, and the house rules lok fine.  I've played a bit against humans, but real life has intervened in the past and prevented me from finishing games.  Luckily I'm more settled now, and look forward to getting my teeth into one at last.  PM me or email me at st_pustak@hotmail.com.

[Shupov]

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[pustak]

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I replied with a turn. Just making sure you got it. . .