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BTW, any ideas on what sort of rematch you want?
If you like, I wouldn't mind playing one of the 'second rate' armies again.

Surprise me! (Just so long as it isn't Japan. I've had bad experiences with them.)

Eric Maietta

What little remains of my KG has surrendered. Here are the final turn files with the tally, should you want to savour your victory. I hope to make things a bit more interesting next time!

Eric Maietta

Ok, what's you password?
Mine is 'absent'.
You'll need this to see the map and my forces.

I'll post a surpise in an hou or so.

My password is 'doandoon'. I'm looking forward to the next battle!

Eric Maietta

Here you go.
June 1940 Britain vs Germany, 4000 points, medium map, 10% arty, two airstrikes.

There's a fair amount of AT and AA guns on the Brittish side of the board, so be a bit more careful this time
You might consider saving some money on halftracks and spending it on other stuff, like recon or 88s. Could be useful when you bump into mathildas...

Well my KG and I are ready! (I think.)

Eric Maietta

Interesting start:
a FW-189Uhu bombs a hill in the middle of the map and gets subsequently shot down. However the pilot manages to crash right on top of a platoon HQ, scoring the first 5 casualties.
German 150mm fire adds a couple more.
Nothing more to report.

My forces have spotted a few of your trucks. Other than that, not much else happened this turn.

Eric Maietta

I spotted a lot more; PzII, PZIII, Stugs, 88AT (hope you bought transports), cavalry...
Nice mix.

I think I need to contact the Wermacht medical corps to have my troops' eyes examined. It is not a little disconcerting that your forces have seen so much of my force, and my units have only spotted one Dingo scout car from your's this turn.

(Transports? Uh, yeah! I've got transports.)

Eric Maietta

Something's amiss here. My troops are in the same pos as at the start of the previous turn. Did see a Stug fire in the eplay, however

Would you mind downloading and playing the previous turn again? It could be you exited the game too quickly after finishing you turn.

As for the spotting, it works like this: I move some cars forward to take a look, then move them back again. I may or may not drop of some recon teams from some cars. Usually the cars just get shot at, or a * on their stats and the recon has to do the actual spotting. But with the enemy charging across open terrain, everyone can see what's coming...

This should do the trick. I waited about 2 minutes after the game was 'saved' before shutting SP:WaW down. (Btw, how long should I wait before quitting SP:WaW? Usually I wait arount 10 or 15 seconds. Obviously, this may not be long enough.)

One of my units spotted two of your trucks this time. Got one shot in, but missed by a mile!

Eric Maietta

Hmm still not right, but after checking the timestamps of various files, I think it went wrong at the end of my previous turn. :rolleyes:
Didn't replay it, though. Figured it would give me an unfair advantage.
So I just played on. Nothing interesting happened.

Your turn.

We're seeing some of your forces. Spotted a Matilda II, a Crusader, and a truck w. 2 pounder AT gun in the South, and an advanced recon Mk VI with a scout patrol out ahead.

One of my Pz IIs received fire from one of your 40mm flak units, but was undamaged. It managed to destroy one Chevrolet WA truck. That's about it for my turn.

Eric Maietta

That PzII is destroyed on the second attempt.
One of you PzIIIs in the south gets shot at, but those 2pder guns don't hit very often. Doesn't matter much when you bring enough of them...
Now, what are you going to do about my recon, with all those guns lurking nearby? Do you really want to send in that Stug?

The recon force that my Stug discovered died with their boots on. Those Mk. VIs sure blow up real good!

My forces spotted a whole flock of those 2 pounder ATs. Thankfully, they aren't much good against cavalry or infantry.

Three Mk. VIs, one Dingo Scout Car, and several casualties to your 2 pounder crews for my forces this turn. Your 40mm plugged away at another Pz II, and missed.

Spotted a Matilda II also in the South. I don't suppose that's the only one you have? :rolleyes:

Eric Maietta

Hmm, 2pders seem unusually lame, probably because they can't get in cover quickly enough. Once spotted they're easily suppressed or even routed.
Fortunately the 40mm seem to be making up for it, a Stug is destroyed and a PzIII decrewed in the south.
Things aren't going so well in the north, German armor supported by SS troops are threatening to break the Brittish flank.

You learn quickly

Another decent turn. One more Mk. VI up in smoke! A couple more 2 pounder crews set to their heels. One of my panzers even managed to smoke one of your matildas!

Btw, thanks for the compliment. I had a good teacher.
Eric Maietta

Couple more of your Panzers destroyed and damaged, but it doesn't seem to slow the Germans much.
the north flank is definitely in trouble now, with Stugs and PzIIIs steamrolling the Brittish AT guns. And just as I was thinking I was still doing ok in the south, the Luftwaffe shows up again, taking out some 2pders that hadn't been spotted yet
Guess I'll have to work a lot harder to win this one