TGW v1.8 playtest

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie here's the T3 face of the northern front now. I've zoomed some armour way out ahead of the main body and so far
resistance is light. The Inf units are marching north and it's going to be several turns before they are within striking distance
of Leningrad. The war continues.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the plan down south. I want to zoom to the east and capture all the river crossings so the Soviets can't sneak away from the
fight. The more of them that I destroy on the west side of the river the better.

[larryfulkerson]

Down south I began to push some Axis units into that unknown terrain and lots of Soviet units started popping up. I'm going to have
to re-think my plans for the south. It's looking like I might be able to push the armour down the middle between the large group on
the left and the river on the east. I can cut them in half and defeat them one at a time. But that let's half of the get away to the east
side of the river. I'm going to see if I can push and shove my way into Kiev at least.

[larryfulkerson]

I've been moving units and the face of the Kiev area has changed. The gap was closed and I've started liquidating that smaller
westernmost group and I'm in the process of surrounding the larger group and my armour has been tasked with breaking up the
Soviet line guarding Kiev and I've got Inf headed that way. Plan B is proceeding.

[larryfulkerson]

It's only T4 and I've got an armour unit almost adjacent to the suburbs of Leningrad. A lucky throw of the dice this game. Maybe
that's a good omen. I've got INF neaded toward Leningrad and I'll let them take the city so as to save wear and tear on the Panzers
because I need them to be in good shape for the assault on Moscow. I'll use the armour to displace the Soviets near Pskov.

[larryfulkerson]

I've been moving units and the face of Kiev has changed again. Plan B is going according to plan. Next stop Kiev.

[larryfulkerson]

This is Leningrad now. I'm thinking only half seriously about maybe moving some Soviet airfields closer to the shore so I can
bombard them with my boat. Nah. I'm getting closer to owning Leningrad each turn. I'm hoping I can get enough combat
force close enough to push and shove into the city. And then depending on circumstances we can pull out of the NE area and
concentrate on Moscow.

[larryfulkerson]

The Romanians found a weakly held spot and forced it and now they are in the Soviet rear areas zooming toward the far edge
to cut the Soviets off from their supply source.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T6 face of the Kiev area. I've found a weak spot and forced it and now I'm streaming into the Soviet rear areas just like
in T4. I expect to butt up against the rivers pretty soon. And then comes the Crimea adventure.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the face of Leningrad now. I'm pushing and shoving near Pskov meanwhile units are nearing the city proper and I'm
finding that the BB offshore is playing a key role in the Axis units being able to even stay there because of the situation
where the Axis is so badly outnumbered. There's not been any Soviet attacks yet but I expect some pretty soon now that
the city itself is in danger.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T9 face of Leningrad now. I've finally managed to grab a hex adjacent to Leningrad. I've got lots of INF to move into the
hex so as to be able to take care of the Leningrad hex next turn maybe. I may have to clear out more of the Soviet units around the
Leningrad hex so as to get more than one hex adjacent to get more combat power pointed at the city.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the face of the southern front now. I'm surprised at the performance of the Romanians. They are more useful than I had
expected. I'm making progress and we're on the brink of entering the Crimea.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the T9 front lines. So far so good.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the face of Kiev now. Axis units are streaming through the river crossings and into the fields beyond. Soviet units are being
pushed and shoved back and they are falling back and putting up small roadblocks and strong points.

[larryfulkerson]

I captured Leningrad at the end of T10 and here in early T11 the exclusion zone is gone and the Finns are active. Cool.

[Cmdr_Vessery]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

I captured Leningrad at the end of T10 and here in early T11 the exclusion zone is gone and the Finns are active. Cool.

Congrats, nice capture! Your next target should be the supply spot just to the east of Leningrad city center. Cut the supply source to the remaining defenders.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Cmdr_Vessery

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
I captured Leningrad at the end of T10 and here in early T11 the exclusion zone is gone and the Finns are active. Cool.

Congrats, nice capture! Your next target should be the supply spot just to the east of Leningrad city center. Cut
the supply source to the remaining defenders.

Thanks for the tip. I had no idea where the supply spots are now. Great idea.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how the air war is going right now. The Soviet planes are falling out of the sky.

[larryfulkerson]

I seem to be on the brink of capturing the port of Sevastopol already. I think maybe I'm ahead of schedule. Maybe not. Anyway,
I spy a BB off-shore and I think it's time to being up the Stuka's because those guys are ship killers. It's got a fabulous anti-ship
value and the one failing it has is that it's fragile and easily shot down by enemy fighters. Attacking the BB with Stukas is going to
call for some escorts to go as well.

[larryfulkerson]

Now that I've captured the port I can drive my boat unit into the harbor and fire at a point blank range. The tubes are almost level.
With the big gun a near miss is close enough sometimes.