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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:35 pm
by Orm
Lille is liberated.
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:51 pm
by Orm
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)
Air Rebase:
Italy:
FTR2 Germany -> NE Paris
Germany:
ATR3 Dusseldorf -> Rome
FTR2 Kiel -> SW Brussels
FTR2 Belgium -> SW Lille
Reorganization:
Germany:
ATR3 Rome -> INF Naples -> Reggio
HQI Lille -> ARM + MECH + MOT
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:53 pm
by Orm
Back to Allies.
5thJMPBJ 029 MA 40 Allied 7
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 12:25 pm
by rkr1958
Orm wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:35 pm
Lille is liberated.
"I don't think that word [liberated] means what you think it means." - Princess Bride.
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 12:39 pm
by Majorball68
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #7 (Allies)
No declarations of war.
Land: France, China
Combined: Others
Pass: US
Naval Air: none.
Naval Moves: Transport 5-4 into Port Sudan. Dutch transport picks up 6-2 milita and moves into the Red Sea.
Rail: USSR 6-4 to Blagovyeshchensk. CW 5-3 to Plymouth.
Land Moves: France and China defensive lines reset.
Air transport: Harrow transports 1-4 to Sudan.
Reorg: French as shown.
Rebase: USSR bombers continue west.
Axis turn:
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:35 pm
by Orm
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Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #9 (Axis) - DOW
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:36 pm
by Orm
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Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #9 (Axis) - DOW
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:36 pm
by Orm
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Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #9 (Axis) - DOW
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:46 pm
by Orm
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)
No declarations of war.
Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:
No Port Strikes.
Naval Air:
Italy:
NAV2 -> ItC 4-box
Naval Movement:
Italy:
2 TRS + CP + HQI + Ge INF + BB + 3 CA -> ItC 0-box
Strategic Bombing:
Japan:
NAV3 -> Chunging
Will China intercept?
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:25 pm
by Majorball68
Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:46 pm
Will China intercept?
Yes, send up the Chinese fighters.
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:37 pm
by Orm
That did not go well.
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:50 pm
by Majorball68
Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:37 pm
That did not go well.
Well that depends on which side of the fence you are sitting
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:14 pm
by Orm
Majorball68 wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:50 pm
Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:37 pm
That did not go well.
Well that depends on which side of the fence you are sitting
Indeed.
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:15 pm
by Orm
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)
Rail Movement:
Italy:
TERR -> Addis Ababa
Germany:
INF -> La Spezia
Land Movement:
Italy:
SUPPLY -> SE
Germany:
Rouen is liberated.
Cautiously advancing into France, while preparing to attack the remmamts of the French border protection force.
Japan:
Kweilin is occupied, no US reaction (5).
AG Yamamoto pursue the retreating nationalist 17th Army Group.
minor movement elsewhere.
Debark:
Italy + Germany:
HQI + INF -> Tirana
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:17 pm
by Orm
Germany makes two attacks along the Belgian border, while Japan attacks NW Kweilin.
Japan uses HQ support, and one NAV2 and one LND2 for GS.
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:18 pm
by Orm
Final odds.
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:20 pm
by Orm
Begin with the automatic attack (no die roller used). The second German attack next.
Edit: ENG was used here.
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:27 pm
by Orm
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)
Shattered the AA (seemed like an obvious choice).
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Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:53 pm
by Orm
Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)
Air Rebase:
Japan:
NAV2 Tungkwan -> Nanning
Germany:
NAV3 Hamburg -> Sicily
LND3 Saarbrucken -> Calais
FTR2 SW Lille -> NW Reims
FTR2 Belgium -> SW Lille
No reorganization.
Re: The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:58 pm
by Orm
Turn continues on a 6 (1-3 to end). Over to Allies.
5thJMPBJ 031 MA 40 Allied 10
