AAR on easymode for new players

[n0kn0k]

During the German turn they manage to take out Belgium and take some shots at my riverline.
I took Iceland from the surrendered Danes to protect my shipping.
Italy prepares for war and Germany is changing it's convoy lines due to heavy losses.





17 may 1940
A nice fortress got completed and the tank unit finally arrived.



In Norway my Special Forces will attempt to take the town.
I messed up and should have had some ships there already to block the port though.



Convoy raiding continues. French morale is dropping because the Germans are approaching Paris.
What a bunch of propaganda. My riverline is holding firmly.
A german panzer unit lost 5 strength vs my armies 1 strength loss.



Huge damage was done to the attacking forces.
You can't see most of it as the cowards retreated.
The Luftwaffe is reigning supreme though. I lost many strenth points there.

[n0kn0k]

8 june 1940

One more Uboot caught in the Atlantic.
It's diving alot though, so this might take one more turn.





At Narvik I'm pounding on the port and city.
This shouldn't take long.



The riverline with armies is still holding.
I even had MPP to spare, so I reinforced the Maginotline.
I will have those retreat as soon as there is a breakthrough on the riverline.
Then all units will gather around Paris.



This is a welcome upgrade.



The Germans managed to break through with a combination of 2 tactical bomber attacks and no less then 6 army and tank attacks.
They kept rotating in fresh troops for the attack. Other parts of the line are holding.



The trapped sub found the only weakspot in a French light cruiser, which it sank to get away.

[n0kn0k]

30 june 1940

The German breakthrough forces me to leave the Maginot line early,
but it gives me an opportunity to punish an AI mistake.
I hit the fighter unit for 3 damage.
Meanwhile I move out the UK air units and move back the HQ's.



I cannot find the Uboot again. [:@]



At Narvik, bad weather is grounding my planes.
Meanwhile I move back most of the Royal Navy for upgrades as I can't locate the Kriegsmarine.
They might have doubled back around Denmark again.

[n0kn0k]

14 july 1940

The combined efforts of the fleet and Special Forces forced the German garrison out of Narvik!
Meanwhile the invasion fleet is steaming across the North Sea.



In North Africa the buildup of UK forces is starting.
Cities are bombed, and the Italian corps is taking a beating in morale and supply.



In France my riverline has been penetrated at 2 positions, and I'm forced to fall back.
Some units with good supply will hold till the end to delay the Germans.



During the German turn you will see the blitz in full swing. The A.I. is trying to surround many units.

[n0kn0k]

28 july 1940

I move my invasion fleet across the coastline of Norway, while I setup a trap as I'm sure the Germans can't resist such a prize target.



Meanwhile in Narvik. While I wasn't able to move after attacking, the Germans moved back into the city again.
Very annoying! So the attack continues. I have left only 1 carrier there to help with the bombing, and 2 more are on the way.
The remainder of the Royal Navy is moving back for upgrades and another sneaky setup.



I've been talking about Italy being pretty useless.
As you can see in the south, they took out my only garrison, but it took them ages.
I will be protecting Lyon as it's a NM Objective.



As you can see the Germans advanced some more during their turn.
Also another fortification got finished, and I managed to rescue most of my corps from the Maginot line.
It will be interesting to see what the AI will do next.

[n0kn0k]

11 august 1940

As I said before, the transports are a tempting target.
A German heavy cruiser showed up to try and take them out.
Luckily I had put some leftover French vessels in the way, and a Royal Navy battleship took down what remained.



Meanwhile in Narvik another setback. Bombarding the port failed this turn.
I might have to bring in some more ships.



In France I move back almost all my units around Paris for a last stand.



During the German turn their intentions become quite clear. Another pincer attack, surrounding my whole force!
Look at my poor engineers. I'd better reinforce them.

[n0kn0k]

25 august 1940

And now for the last turn of the day I will leave you with a few good cliffhangers. [:D]

First of all. I've found the secret Uboot base in Greenland that Germany is using to resupply.
Something will have to be done about that.



In Africa I keep pounding the Italians. The cities and ports are bombed into rubble.



Around Denmark I set another trap with my freshly upgraded Royal Navy.
The French are the bait while I'm raiding.



Meanwhile in France I have repaired whatever I could. I actually have MMP's left over...



In Southern France the Italians found out their tank had a second gear. They steam onto the Atlantic coast.
But it's all irrelevant. Keeping hold of Paris, and keeping my armies intact is what's important.



During the German turn you can see my taunting is working. [;)]



On land the Germans try to close the gap. I've moved the HC's around.
One will be decoy sitting in a city for protection. The other sits behind soms units.
One corps in the east will move around and wreak havoc where possible.
Considering it's the 25th of august already, and Germany attacked in march, this is a pretty good result.
Who knows how long I can hold on to Paris.
The tank unit is at lvl 5 entrenchment and it's surrounded by loyal sacrifices. [:D]

[n0kn0k]

8 september 1940

Found a sub in the northwest. It's down to the bottom of the ocean now.



I'm all repaired up, but i'm probably in for a beating.



The French blockade / bait ship did it's work, and the Royal Navy finishes the job.





New bait is in place already.



The German air and landpower is wrecking me in one turn.
The shuffling around of units after attacking is really doing a number on my defense.
France surrenders on the 15th of september. Which isn't bad considering the attack started in march.



Lots of events this time. Also the UK got 5 research levels done of which 2 breakthough. [:D]



And we get another free ship.



I also managed to take Narvik, and the UK is landing 3 units and an HQ.
In Africa, I took out the first Italian corps of many, and operated over the remainder of the RAF and Bomber command.



I did quite some damage to the Germans already. The will be low on MPP and units for sure, when going east.







For now this will be my last post of this AAR.
I hope you've enjoyed it, and that it will get you started as a new player.
I'm moving on to multiplayer testing now. And a super duper secret MOD project.

[n0kn0k]

Since the MP patch was delayed a bit, I decided to continue my game for a few turns.
Check out the Sovjet Blitz in august 1942. There will be 4 or 5 pockets in a few turns. [:D]
Full convoy MPP towards the Sovjets really helps.
I believe they were upto 1400 MPP at one point.





After the UK got naval domination in the Atlantic, the Italian Navy was wiped out within a few turns.
Meanwhile we slowly grinded units in Africa, and took Norway with our 5 Carriers as airsupport.

[nickaepi]

This is fascinating stuff noknok! I've tried to watch some "let's play" videos but it was hard for me to see, up close, what is actually happening after turns. I've been stalking this game for about 2 weeks and seeing something like this makes me want it more. I love the close-ups and captions of what you're doing and why you did it. [:)]

That was one of my questions, regarding this game, if you can "change history" by coming up with your own strategy and see if it works.

I guess you sorta' can?

[n0kn0k]

Yes we can! [;)]