Afghanistan

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After the battle.

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They really messed us up in this sector thakfully my staff units held that city. i've started funneling as many infantry as i can there but it appears we will lose it. Was a miscalculation on my part along with ara playing ussr better this game.

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These were teh losses at the beginning of the turn. I"m just glad i killed a soviet tank. Also i have just upgraded to level 2 AA. I hope that will take a better dent out of his military for now.

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Situation map.

Note for grymme. Are the cards for what groups you can get to join rebels random? Last game i got the guys by owbeh and khar bik as allies i thought. And i'm sure i didn't have the guys by zebak and chitral as allies last game. So i'm thinking you have them randomized? can i use mullahs nearby to get them to come to my side too?

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Grymme: Also in my nam game i'm on turn 5 and i havent gotten a strat bombing card yet?

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Grymme: Also helos don't seem to work i can load 8 infantry but i can only drop them off on cities not on any hex? Is that right?

[Grymme]

Bwheatly. First the vietnam issue. Its a glitch in the briefing. I removed the first strategic bombing card. There are only 2. They arrive on rounds 13 and 24. will update briefing accordingly. Are you playing PBEM or AI?

Helos issue. In NAM or Afghanistan?

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those were in nam. And i never got my 1st marine divison either which i guess is a briefing glitch too?

playing pbem for both scens. and the only thing on the afghan side was curious about the cards i get for which factions join me.

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Ugh soviets just got the elite 5th motorized divison last game they put the smack down on me. I am excited to face them again..not

[Grymme]

First i want to say that i am very thankfull for anybody who report strange things happening in the scenarios.

As for the Afghan independant guerilla think, yes there is a random element involved. But the random element is wether the activation elements succeed. If you try to influence a guerilla to go out of sleep and join the war (which is different from joining the Resistance Coalition) then there is a certain chance that it will succeed. If you dont succeed you get the card back next round.

After the movement has joined the war as an independant guerilla movement a second actioncard appears that lets you bribe them into coming under your control (joining your regime).

But in no way should trying to influence one movement activate another one.

Does that explain what is happening in your games? (otherwise i will look into it more thuroughly later, but there is 103 events in the scenario so its a little tricky). I do know there is a general issue in the entire Advanced Tactics game that when you play an actioncard sometimes it doesnt update correctly so that the wrong card comes first. So if you are not observant
you can sometimes press the wrong actioncard.

Also there is the Hezbollah which is activated in a different way.


(while we are discussing the scenario. If i remember correctly there was an issue where the Soviet destroyed armour/Resistance possibility to recruit armour had a delay of 1 round. I dont remember if i managed to fix it. But i am mentioning it so you dont have to be puzzled by it if you should come by it).

[Grymme]

1st Marine Division should arrive on round 2 according to the event. Are you sure you havent gotten it?

Btw. Sorry to clutter up your AAR with unrelated topics.

[bwheatley]

Well the first game we played I didn't get this faction in the NE to be my friends i didn't even have an action card for it. I had 3 actions cards for the central part of the country. But maybe i didn't realize it. But i don't have an action card for the units in the khar bik region at all. Just making sure its the way its supposed to be.

Yea i saw how you had to get them to join your cause first then get them to be controlled by me. So maybe take a peak at those events just to be safe. Still high fun either way

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ORIGINAL: Grymme

1st Marine Division should arrive on round 2 according to the event. Are you sure you havent gotten it?

Btw. Sorry to clutter up your AAR with unrelated topics.

No worries its easier this way

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ahh the 1st marine division did show up but it was linked to ARVN HQ instead of MACV HQ. that why i didnt see it when i went to OOB

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still i guess the helos cant drop anywhere unless they are airborne infantry? Which i guess is a game limitation?

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As you can see we took a big hit this turn but at least we kileld a fighter and shot down a helo and gave back pretty decently. Though i lost a whole damn HQ in a fubar on my part.

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Last turn our strength was 4804 so we took a big hit. Turn before that was 4858 but we have rebuild a bit. This turn i put in another 16 PP to get hezbollah on board. They have a decent military and will help aganist the soviets.

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This city was over run and we lost the whole HQ which then left 2 cities and 3 units HQ less :'(

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This is where i learned the tru power of the SF units for the soviets. At the end of this battle round those 3 units will be dead and that HQ will be running away alone after losing all hits soldiers. To try to rebuild. Fun.

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The whole army is wiped out by SF units. Ouch.