ORIGINAL: stjeand
I wouldn't mind testing this as the German. While in my test game I took Paris, what I can't be sure of is whether the German suffered to much damage to be able to take on Russia. Also, whether they had the strength and time to take Egypt. The victory in France could easily be the place where the German Army is crippled. Might end up a short game.
If the Germans did not lose any units then you should be good...
The issue is lost units.
In our testing 3 to 6 corps are lost...and usually 1 or 2 are armor. That ends the game.
If you are losing German Armor units, then you must be putting them in areas where they can be attacked from multiple directions and/or have no valid retreat path. Generally I end my turns with the armor behind an infantry line or has a river in front of it or some other defensive boost. If the allies try to go on the offensive against such a line they will weaken their units so much that the counter attack will be a cake walk. Also I feed my armor a steady diet of Supply Trucks to offset the degradation movement and combat cause.
However, this is hard to confirm by hotseat since I just may not be using the right tactics for the Allies in France.
But this still means it takes through July to get Paris and the Germans will have a large production point cost to return all their units to full strength. Especially if the Allies push their Air campaign sense it seems to soak up a lot of replacement costs.
What I can't easily test with hot seat is which side came out on the short end of the stick. The Allies get to trade French for Germans which cost them nothing in the long term. But if the German's get a hold of the UK units they can do a lot of damage that the UK can't replace as quick as the Germans.
So the question is: If the German's take Paris by August how does that effect the game in the long term?
Can the UK defend Egypt?
Can the Germans and Italians take Egypt before the British can reinforce it?
Can the Germans support a Mediterranean plan and still be ready to invade Russia in 41?
Will the UK be able to survive in the Atlantic so it can lend any support to Russia?
There is also an alternate path for the Germans. A Mediterranean and Sealion path instead of invading Russia in 41.
In this they would take all of the Mediterranean including Gibraltar. This would allow them to use Italian troops to garrison France.
Against England do a mini-Sealion. Just take the cities and ports that don't trigger US bonuses. Just run around playing hell with the UK economy and destroying any units that come out of the VP cities. Basically turn the UK into an Italy like ally for the US.
Here is what the Allies had available by end of May 28 turn. I didn't move the Germans since I had to go back to the 5/10 save, just moved the allies. During this time the German's took the Netherlands and Belgium but weren't ready to attack France in strength until the June turn.
