Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse V - Fat AARse

[Centuur]

What ever happens, try to salvage Franco. He must not die! It's better to evacuate him out of Spain than to see him become a casualty. Every HQ is an asset to the CW...

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: Orm

The turn does not end - this game seems to have high dice as its default setting.....

I've begun using my own dice and import the die rolls into my game.

I do the same, although it takes a bit of will power when the computer 'rolls' the much needed 18 and I roll a 4! It's a bit like Jim Bowen on Bullseye. "Look what you could have won". [8|]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

ORIGINAL: Orm

The turn does not end - this game seems to have high dice as its default setting.....

I've begun using my own dice and import the die rolls into my game.

I do the same, although it takes a bit of will power when the computer 'rolls' the much needed 18 and I roll a 4! It's a bit like Jim Bowen on Bullseye. "Look what you could have won". [8|]

warspite1

SUPER SMASHING GREAT!!!

[AllenK]

Nothing in this game for two in the sea bed!

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1941
Impulse: Production

Germany:
Offensive Chit
INF
Scharnhorst (2nd Cycle)
ARM
FTR
Pilot
LND

Italy:
Lepanto (2nd Cycle)
Colleoni and Bari (Repair)
FTR
Pilot

Japan:
Shinano (2nd Cycle)
2 x CARR AIR
2 x Pilot
SUB (2nd Cycle)
Taiho (1st Cycle)
INF

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1941
Impulse: Production

China:
MOT DIV
INF DIV

Commonwealth:
HM Ships Indefatigable, Howe + Lion (2nd Cycle)
CARR AIR
NAV
FTR
3 x Pilot
MIL
MOT

France:
Nothing

USA:
US Ships Wisconsin and Missouri (1st Cycle)
USS Iowa (2nd Cycle)
CARR AIR

USSR:
INF
ARM
MOT
LND

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement

Germany:
LND
INF
ARM

Italy:
Paris
Barbiano

Japan:
Kashii and Agano have been placed in the Production Pool
FTR
Chitose
Choyoda
2 x Convoy
2 x SUB
INF
ART

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement

China:
Nothing

Commonwealth:
MIL (Ind)
MOT
MECH
AA
HM Ships Formidable, Duke of York
AMPH
CARR AIR
INF (Can)

Remove Harrow and Battle to the Reserve Pool

France:
Nothing

USA:
Nothing

USSR:
INF
MOT
MECH
ARM

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: Initiative and Weather

Axis 7:8 Allied

Re-Roll

Axis 7:8 Allied

Weather: 3 Fine everywhere except Arctic (Rain) and North Monsoon (Storm)

[Orm]

Germany:
Offensive Chit
INF
Scharnhorst (2nd Cycle)
ARM
FTR
Pilot
LND

May I suggest, My Lord, that we gear up the infantry production. There is a risk that we lose more infantry units than we build. We also have more armour than we need at the moment.

[AlbertN]

Why Japan is building 2nd Cycle of Shinano when it gets the upgrade to Uber-Carrier in '42?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Germany:
Offensive Chit
INF
Scharnhorst (2nd Cycle)
ARM
FTR
Pilot
LND

May I suggest, My Lord, that we gear up the infantry production. There is a risk that we lose more infantry units than we build. We also have more armour than we need at the moment.

warspite1

I think that is sensible advice - having one eye on the garrison values.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Cohen

Why Japan is building 2nd Cycle of Shinano when it gets the upgrade to Uber-Carrier in '42?

warspite1

What is your thinking here? One of the two carrier conversions can still be made - By building her on the 2nd Cycle I am not stopping the carrier from being built.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Cohen

Why Japan is building 2nd Cycle of Shinano when it gets the upgrade to Uber-Carrier in '42?

warspite1

What is your thinking here? One of the two carrier conversions can still be made - By building her on the 2nd Cycle I am not stopping the carrier from being built.

The reasoning is that a replacement ship can, at best, be placed in the construction pool. And since the replacement ship will be placed in the construction pool if the original ship is in the construction pool you have then not spend any extra BPs on constructing the 2nd cycle since it will be placed back in the construction pool anyway.



RAC: 4.1.4 Replacement naval units (SiF option 9)
A few naval units have a gold box around their availability year. In a later year, replacement units will turn
up for these units. Their availability year will also be shown in a gold box. If the original unit has been removed
from the game when the replacement unit arrives, remove the replacement unit from the game.
Otherwise, during any reinforcement step, you can remove the original unit from the game and add the
replacement unit. Put the replacement unit in the force pool if the original unit is either in the force pool or in its first
cycle in the production pool or put the replacement unit in the construction pool if the original unit is in:
• the repair pool,
• the construction pool,
• on the map, or
• in its second cycle in the production pool.

[warspite1]

Good point. That can be quite an expensive mistake. I will keep Shinano as a BB!

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 1

The Royal Navy put fleets to sea in the North Sea (Home Fleet), Bay of Biscay (Channel Force) and the Western Med (Force H). The French join the British in the latter.

Two TRS are sent to the Indian Ocean - Australian/Indian reinforcements will need to start garrisoning Malaya/Singapore and Rabaul soon.

The Queens are sent to Canada to pick up a Canadian Infantry, and two TRS are loaded with British Army units and are at sea in the Bay of Biscay.

Menawhile, US aircraft are sent to Pearl Harbor and the Soviets continue to build up forces in the Baltic's and Eastern Poland.

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 2

Fed up with their refusal to play nicely and join the Axis, the Germans and Italians declare war on Yugoslavia.

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 2

I've made a bit of a boob in my Yugoslav set-up. I forgot that Germany can align Hungary. That rather puts Prince Paul and the Mountain unit in trouble....

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 2

There will be 4 attacks this turn.

- two in Spain
- Zagreb
- China

Only in China will there be any air action. The Japanese have mis-calculated their fighter range and so the Chinese Mohawk goes into battle against two Japanese bombers.

The Allies throw first:

Round 1
14 - DA the Japanese abort their front bomber
17 - DX well that just about sums things up for the Chinese this game. With the +1 advantage they lose their fighter.... (the pilot survives)

[warspite1]

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 2

The Chinese decide not to use their AA on this hex:

a) Fractional Odds will likely make it 3:1 anyway
b) They do not want to give the Japanese the +1