CleverDevils2 AAR

[gwheelock]

Massena & 1 corp attack the Saxon corp (no leader) in Dresden.

2 days of combat: 1st is Echelon vs Corden; 2nd is Assault vs Count Attack
Casulties(total) : 2 French I; 9 Saxon I, 2 Saxon Cav
Breakin was successful killing 1 more Saxon I & eliminating ALL Saxons.

[gwheelock]

Murat & 1 corp attack 1 Prussian corp (no leader) in Straslund

Chits were Assault vs Counter Attack:
Casulties : 2 French I; 10 Prussian I, 2 Prussian Cav:

[gwheelock]

Here are the remaining results from Feb 1805 :



Prussia attacks Wurzberg garrison with 1 corp (no leader)
breakin is successful; killing 1 FR I; no Prussian losses.

Prussia attacks Wurttemberg garrison with 2 corp & Hohenloe
breakin is successful; killing 2 Wurttermberg I; no Prussian losses.

Austria attacks Bologna garrison with 1 corp (no leader)
breakin is successful; killing 1 Bologna I; no Austrian losses

Turkey unsuccessfully attempts to assault Cairo garrison.

Spain captures Portugul from Britain
France captures Liege from Austria
Lapse of war between Britain & Denmark; Russia controls Denmark

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March 1805

France DOWs Genoa; Britain gets control
Britain DOWs Sardinia; France gets control
Russia DOWs Holstein; France gets control
Russia DOWs Hamberg; Spain gets control


France unsuccessfully attempts to assault Genoa garrison with 1 corp
France unsuccessfully attempts to assault Nuremberg garrison with 2 corp & Massena

France attacks 1 Prussian corp (no leader) with 2 French corp & Napoleon in Wurzberg
Combat is Assault vs Counter Attack.
France rolls 5 & 7; killing a total of 6 Prussian I & 4 Prussian cav (elimination)
Prussia rolls 4 & 0; killing 1 French I
(sorry guys; no screen shot - I clicked "Done" too quick on the 2nd round - didn't
realize that I had killed ALL of them & was going to get the screen shot after persuit)

France unsuccessfully attempts to assault Wurzberg garrison with 2 corp & Napolean


Current status is :


The total Prussian army consists of 2 corp (presumably #1 & Guard) + Hohenloe in Wurttemberg; 33 Prussian I in scattered Garrisons + 3 as POW

[gwheelock]

Oh; I should post the French OOB  for the combat in Wurzberg; since I didn't provide a screenshot :
 
Napoleon with
French I Corp : 25I, 3C  (now 24I, 3C after loss)
Frech Gd Corp 5G, 3C

[delatbabel]

ORIGINAL: gwheelock
The total Prussian army consists of 2 corp (presumably #1 & Guard) + Hohenloe in Wurttemberg; 33 Prussian I in scattered Garrisons + 3 as POW

There's a certain amount of sense in putting all of the Prussian inf into garrisons. At least then it gets to roll on the 5-2 table against attacking Frenchmen, and doesn't cost a PP when it gets killed. Why the war is continuing, however, is still beyond me.

[gwheelock]

Ah - but the 5-2 table only applies against attacking Frenchmen who make breakin attempts...
not against attacking Frenchmen who sit outside the city walls drinking champaingn;
stealing <<<<<<<< requisitioning the local farmer's pigs and carousing with the local
farm girls [8D]&nbsp;while the poor Prussians starve inside the city.
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Actually; I suspect that the war may be ending soon & the reason for putting the troops
into garrison is to cut down on the losses if I take "Kill 3 corp" as a victory condition.
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[Murat]

ORIGINAL: gwheelock
Actually; I suspect that the war may be ending soon & the reason for putting the troops
into garrison is to cut down on the losses if I take "Kill 3 corp" as a victory condition.

It is to lure you away from Paris so the Austrians can come flying in from the South and force your surrender! [&o]

[gwheelock]

Continuing March 1805 results :

Russia makes successful breakins in Hamberg & Holstein; unsuccessful in Chechnya & Circassia

Turkey makes unsuccessful breakin attempt in Damietta; unsuccessful Sortie attempt
in Circassia

Prussia attacks France in Strasberg (unsuccessful breakin) and Cologne (successful)
while foraging & losing 5 I from Wurzberg garrison, 1 I ifrom Nuremberg garrison (elimination) and 1 I from corp in Cologne




Britain makes successful breakin on Sardinia

[Odysseus]

Umm...is Prussia gettin' close to instability? Or does he hope to be able to "keep" Julich and Wurtemburg for surrender purposes?
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Even the AI would'a sued for peace by now....

[gwheelock]

Here are the VP standings at the end of the March 1805 Economic phase

[gwheelock]

And here is the current political status chart

[isandlwana]

Someone needs to take France down a notch---[:@]

[gwheelock]

The Prussians tried... they are now down to 45 guys & in the ps 20 zone...while
"force feeding" several minors to France.[:D]

[Jagdtiger14]

Does'nt seem to be very many "clever" devils in this game. Since you only completed three months, you ought to re-start...but only if the Prussian and British players promise to wise up. The Russian is not too bright either. Maybe GB, Prussia, and Russia players deserve this head-ache of a game. I feel bad for Austria. Consider this bad start as a tutorial. Its giving me a headache just reading this AAR.
C
Miami Beach

[Odysseus]

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Does'nt seem to be very many "clever" devils in this game. Since you only completed three months, you ought to re-start...but only if the Prussian and British players promise to wise up. The Russian is not too bright either. Maybe GB, Prussia, and Russia players deserve this head-ache of a game. I feel bad for Austria. Consider this bad start as a tutorial. Its giving me a headache just reading this AAR.
C
Miami Beach

^[:D]
Well, yes it is a tutorial. And you have to remember that all is not lost in this game just because Prussia is left in ashes in the 4th month of the game. All nations are resilient, and its still another 116 months to go! That said, it will be interesting to see if lessons will be learned. If so, France might fall due to its own arrogance, lulled into a sense of its own supremacy. Stranger things have happened!

[Jimmer]

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Does'nt seem to be very many "clever" devils in this game. Since you only completed three months, you ought to re-start...but only if the Prussian and British players promise to wise up. The Russian is not too bright either. Maybe GB, Prussia, and Russia players deserve this head-ache of a game. I feel bad for Austria. Consider this bad start as a tutorial. Its giving me a headache just reading this AAR.
C
Miami Beach

And what would you suggest Great Britain should have done differently? I've made three errors that I have noticed, but they are hardly worthy of a "wise up" comment.

[Jimmer]

NOTE: I'm not about to explain my strategies in an open forum. I'm Britain, after all. But, you shouldn't take my relative silence as stupidity. "Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise. When he closes his mouth, he is counted prudent." (3000 year old counsel from THE wise man: Solomon.)

[Roads]

Off topic a little (and I agree - surrender Prussia!) whats up with "Straslund"? That really ought to be "Stralsund".

[ess1]

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Does'nt seem to be very many "clever" devils in this game. Since you only completed three months, you ought to re-start...but only if the Prussian and British players promise to wise up. The Russian is not too bright either. Maybe GB, Prussia, and Russia players deserve this head-ache of a game. I feel bad for Austria. Consider this bad start as a tutorial. Its giving me a headache just reading this AAR.
C
Miami Beach

My dear Sir, if this narrative is boring you may I suggest you not read any further and perhaps join a game (without your remarks please)for august experts like yourself.
Lesser mortals continue to enjoy.
There are, of course, many cures for large heads aching.

[Jagdtiger14]

Sir ess1: Well, I aint had much book lernin, but I done did aprediate yours callen me Augustus and God and all...I like ta dink I be all dat in EiA...dat why I remark ta yall.

Jimmer(GB): no problem with not explaining strategy, etc...and did'nt mean to insult with the "wise up" comment...just a little kick in the rear-end. I think GB should be the foremost diplomatic power/effort(most vocal)...organizing and leading the anti-French coalition, and keeping them in line. The most important thing is to keep Prussia and Austria(and Russia) on the same page and hopefully in a nice big 12 corp grouping with Charles on Theresienstadt for maximum flexibility and defense, and have all three along with GB begin the game at war with France. You need to get Russia to get their @ss into the fight. Prussia fighting France alone is not only a disaster for Prussia and Austria, but a breakdown in the responsibility of GB. Diplomacy is the biggest factor in EiA...as Clausewitz wrote: "not all in warfare is military". Being "relatively silent" has given France an awesome start to this game and put the Allies in a bind. Now you have to hope France makes a mistake for the Allies to recover. If France is smart he will have the Germany's in a rotation. Frankly, if I'm France I'm looking at Spain and asking WTF!...allied to GB??? Time to park Le Grande Armee in Spain after the Germany's surrender...and make it a harsh surrender...no need to see a strong Prussian army with Blucher in the next war. Maybe the Austrian army can keep away from any major battles with Napy for 1.5 to 3 years?...I doubt it...or maybe head for the Russian border and link up with Kutusov. As Odysseus wrote in post #55 "all is not lost...all nations are resilient", and as we say here in our F2F games..."its a long game". In EiA everyone needs to talk to everyone often...if a player in EiA does not, that player is SCREWED! At least that is what have seen in my 15 years of playing this game F2F.
C
Miami Beach