ORIGINAL: daskomodo
In the very next turn I'd be losing Rumania, East Prussia, West or South France (or both), big chunk of Middle East, Anadolia, North Persia, East Poland, perhaps Hungary. Whole of Med, all fleets there are ripe for taking.
Yeah, I'm just saying that had the Allies contested some of those resources a few turns before, then you'd be close, but not quite, at auto-victory.
They tried but couldn't really. Note that Spain and West Med push were Allied "tour de force" in his turn. We both played every turn in this game like it's the last one before comet destroys the whole planet [:D]
I played couple turns going for the "throat" every time. Some turns before this screen is taken I invaded Scotland, which is something I never do (losing all German fleets in the process) just because I thought a res there will give me much needed 70. No cigar - I ended the turn on 69, losing some Japan units too, in desperate attempt to capture res/fac in India (and failed). Suspense!
Had a few things gone differently, then you'd miss your gamble for auto-victory and Germany would probably be dead by 1944.
Yes. I love that "dramatic" overtone which can be achieved only by AV rule. In fact even my opponent loved it. Its just that AV can be achieved sometimes too easy I suspect.
And for gosh sakes, hit those tenuous supply lines. Imagine if he had parked half his fleet in the Central Med 2 turns ago. No side of Turkey for you [;)]
2 turns ago I had some semplance of fleet in the Med, he destroyed it only just recently.
BTW I happen to be guilty for having this thread stray from my pet peeve - Russian vulnerability. [>:]
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