AAR: France 1805 PBEM game

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:35 am

French Glory: Jan. 1806

Reiryc · Post by **Reiryc** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:57 am

So your human opponent got the prussian AI to declare war on you? Is that correct? [:D]

If so, then I applaud him on his treaty proposal as that was a good one. No offence to you of course... [8D] Great aar, thanks!

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:16 am

ORIGINAL: Reiryc

So your human opponent got the prussian AI to declare war on you? Is that correct? [:D]

Yes sir!

If so, then I applaud him on his treaty proposal as that was a good one. No offence to you of course... [8D] Great aar, thanks!

No offense taken of course - I applaud him as well. And I curse him simultaneously.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:07 am

Feb. '06
I got the battle I wanted in Styria. In fact, I got battles in both Linz and Styria, and won them both. The victory over the Russians is crucial because I need to force those jokers to surrender. I'm afraid I've lost a few too many battles to them, though, to deal them a knockout blow along with the Austrians. It's going to take longer.

Incidentally, this game is being played with no changes to the default settings except the fact that the French and British players are human. However, it has already taken me far longer to defeat Austria than it ever has playing solo with the same difficulty settings. I can only assume this is because my human opponent in Britain is setting rally points, and otherwise directing the Allied armies. I've lost more battles in this game in the 1805 campaign than I probably lost in all previous games combined. He also got the Turks to attack me early, which means they probably aren't bothering the Russians so much. Nice job on that.

So what to do now? I can't really go chasing the Russians and Austrians around now that I am besieging Vienna, because the faster I take Vienna down the sooner Austria surrenders. I'm going to place depots in Bavaria and Linz and hope my army stays together long enough to take down Austria. If the Austro-Russian army counterattacks, so much the better. What I need is another big battle, not a siege.

That Austrian flag to the west is really a Prussian army with a token Austrian lt. inf. division, as noted. I'm concentrating some forces around the Army of Italy and sending them north to protect Paris. The earlier threat to Paris has evaporated with that Austrian army basically annihilated. As soon as Napoleon finishes in Vienna he needs to go chase down the Prussians. The pressure is on.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:17 am

No battles this turn, just sieges.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:18 am

Feb. Glory. Slim pickings with no battles ...

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:21 pm

March 1806
So no response from the Austrians or Russians. I breached the walls in Vienna again. Pretty soon the city is going to surrender, I hope. This delay in getting Austrian surrender is really a problem because ...

I'll post a composite screenshot of the map this time because things just got very interesting. Britain is about to land troops in Batavia. (You can see them on the transports as part of the fleet.) As soon as the Austrians decide to surrender, I can think about dealing with that problem.

The Prussian advance is tying down my troops who would otherwise be heading for Batavia right now. I hope next turn is the last turn I have to occupy Styria.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:36 am

Battles in March '06

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:37 am

French Glory: March '06

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:50 am

April 1806
Now the extended campaign in Austria is really costing me. Still no surrender, and I just lost Batavia as a protectorate as the British have "liberated" it. That cost me five Glory. In addition, I've lost the income and production from two provinces.

This is where I think I'm really saved by having an AI Prussian opponent. Prussia has declared war on me, but besides that single army in Württemburg, I'm not feeling any pressure. Additional pressure from Westphalia into Berg would make my situation very tricky. As it stands, the British army isn't big enough to threaten Paris. Still, it is causing me problems, and who knows when I'll finally get Austrian surrender. I've breached the walls and inflicted casualties several turns in a row now, so his militia should be just about ready to surrender.

My Army of Italy didn't move last turn, probably because of some re-arranging of units under its command that I did. That's ok because Prussia is taking its sweet time about invading France. I even have a Spanish army covering my flank in Switzerland. As it turns out it's raining in Baden, so the game tells me it's faster to go through Switz. If the Prussians go through Baden I can get behind them and destroy their depot, then chase them as they forage.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:14 pm

Battles in April 1806

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:14 pm

French Glory: April 1806

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:18 pm

May 1806
FINALLY! Austria surrenders. As part of my 7.500 points, I choose to have them cede Tyrolia and Carniola, which are both French Political Objectives. That will gain me an extra 2 Glory/turn. I was considering what else to choose as surrender terms besides Enforced Peace. I was considering Royal Wedding, but I know I'll have to fight Austria again, and I'm not worried about Austria winning the game, so a Glory loss on their part doesn't matter to me. I was also going to extend the peace period, but once again I'm not particularly worried about that. So I chose to embargo Britain. I don't know if that will have much effect, but we'll see.

godochaos · Post by **godochaos** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:37 pm

I've never accepted a surrender yet (i get a lot of MDC crashes and have a hard time getting thru battles), but I'm wondering, if you were in a cash crunch could you have asked for say 1 province and some money?

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:44 am

ORIGINAL: godochaos

I've never accepted a surrender yet (i get a lot of MDC crashes and have a hard time getting thru battles), but I'm wondering, if you were in a cash crunch could you have asked for say 1 province and some money?

Yes, I could have. Or asked for reparations which are paid as a percentage of income over a period of months.

The problem with asking for cash is that the nation has to have it - in this case Austria did not have enough to be worth asking for.

munited18 · Post by **munited18** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:33 pm

Hey Blue,
Can you play detailed battles in PBEM game? My gut says no, but I am asking anyway![8|]

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:28 pm

Nope, you can't. And the PBEM replay is broken, so you can't see the replay of the previous turn to see what happened on the strategic map. You just are just taken right to the beginning of your next turn.

munited18 · Post by **munited18** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:48 pm

Well, I have never played a PBEM game ever, but I have thought I would enjoy it. I guess I just need to look into. Love the AAR!

ian77 · Post by **ian77** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:48 am

Hey What happened to the AAR... I was really enjoying it![&:]

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:41 am

Hey ian (and anyone else who was following the AAR) - my opponent basically conceded, and I lost the saved games when I had to uninstall and then re-install the games. So unfortunately the AAR can't be continued. My apologies.