Storm Clouds Gathering (4-player game)

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The twin-engine Handley Page Hampden is apparently not good enough either. Back to planning for Bomber Command.

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #15 (Allied)

No ground strikes.

Rail movement:

USSR:
INF Persia -> Novgorod

CW:
MIL Dehli -> Calcutta
INF Div Mandalay -> Rangoon

Land Movement:

CW:
AA Dover -> Southampton
MECH Rouen -> Belgium
MIL -> Rabat
INF -> Alexandria
TERR -> 2 hexes SW Mogadishu

France:
Minor changes in the Alp defences.

USSR:
Minor movement in Persia
HQA continues its march towards Novgorod

CH COM
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MIL 4-2 -> Taiyuan
HQI 6(3)3-> NE,SW (Back and forth)

CH NAT
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CAV 2-4 -> E
CAV 3-4 -> SW of Changsha
MIL 3-2 -> NW
MIL 4-3 -> SE,SW (2 hexes E of Kweilin)
INF 3-3 -> E
INF 5-3 -> W

Air rebase:
USSR:
Bomber -> Vlad

No reorganization.

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Turn ends on a 6 (1-8 to end).

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No partisans. (Garrison was tested in Malaya (10).

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Germany placed one pact marker in each pool. Hope that works.

USSR placed their on offence.

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US placed their marker versus Japan.

Played:
Resources to Western Allies (10)
Resources to China (2 - moved marker to tension)

Save sent.

[NatRapsEno]

Allied SAS sent.

I'll send detailed instructions for the entire EOT after I get the file back for Axis RTB.

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Axis RTB sent.

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Allied RTB sent. Other instructions coming shortly.

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Axis oil usage shown below

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Final production numbers shown below:

Save the two idle German oil in Berlin and Prague please.

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The oil is being saved in Mukden, Manchuria. I'll move this saved oil elsewhere if need be, especially if USSR invades Manchuria. It should be saved in Canton but keeps resetting for some reason.

That should get you to Axis builds.

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German cruiser is the Scheer. Sub is the 3-5-6.

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Japanese carrier to build is the Hiyo

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Remove the Do 17E and M from the map for Germany.

Lend 6 resources from Germany to Italy.

If Axis win initiative, the Axis will move first but no reroll.

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Use Oil:

USSR:
All units except are reorganized for 0 oil (0,4).

CW:
All units, except 11 ships, are reorganized for 4 oil (4,45).

France:
All units are reorganized for 1 oil (1,00).

USA:
All units, except 10 ships (incl SUB), are reorganized for 0 oil (0,45).

Breakdown:
France:
CAV -> CAV + MOT Divs

Scrap:
-

Production:

China (4):
INF
CAV Div

CW (11):
MIL
INF
FTR2
CVP1
Pilot
CP

France (6):
MIL
AA

USSR (8):
GARR
LND4
Pilot

USA (11):
GARR
CVP1
Pilot
CP
BB
BB (2nd)

One factory were destroyed by Axis.

Reinforcements:

Com China:
INF -> Taiyuan

Nat China:
-

CW:
NAV2 -> Liverpool
FTR2 -> Bombay
MIL -> Bombay
GARR -> Calcutta
CA -> Plymouth

France:
FTR3 -> Paris
MIL -> Dakar

USA:
GARR -> Long Beach
Remove FTR2

USSR:
GARR -> Minsk
INF -> Pskov
INF -> Novgorod

Remove 3 LND3 + LND4

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Modified; CW -> France: 1 resources total -> 1 Res + 0 Oil
New; CW -> China: 1 resources total -> 0 Res + 1 Oil
New; USA -> CW: 4 resources total -> 0 Res + 4 Oil
New; USA -> France: 1 resources total -> 0 Res + 1 Oil

Allies goes first if we win the initiative, no re-roll.

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Axis wins the initiative (Axis 2 - Allies 3), and go first.

Winter storms hit Europe.

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And a rule appeared that I find way to harsh. I suggest that we find a way to work around it. I find it ridiculous. I might change my opinion on this if anyone could suggest something similar happening during WWII.

The German NAV3 was destroyed. See picture. How do we fix it?

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Just place the garrison on the beach hex

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The garrison doesn't matter. We could go back and change the GARR location, but the plane would still be on a frozen lake and destroyed. Bah!

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Send me the save right before initiative roll, I will edit the location of the nav.

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Resource Lending auto save sent.

Is this autosave bugfree?