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A few days ago FlashFyre posted a message describing the foundation for a challenging Long Campaign.

FlashFyre wrote:

"A true Challenge Campaign, against the AI, without involving other players, would require the use of the following settings:

AI Advantage - ON
AI Level - 200
Reduced Squads - ON
Reduced Ammo - ON
Weapon Breakdowns - ON
Vehicle Breakdowns - ON
Mines - ON
Command & Control - ON
Use the Hardx2 setting for all battles
Select one of the 6 major nations for your HQ, but then only buy allied equipment (if British, only buy Indian, for example)
Set Spotting to 70% for Player 1, 100% for Player 2
Use Historic Ratings as designed

There may be some other settings that would make the Challenge more challenging to veteran players, but these are most of the important ones."

Riun T immediately (without looking at the fine print) called me out and said that if I was a real man, then I would play FlashFyre's campaign format. I replied that FlashFyre's idea was only the foundation for a Long Campaign and still needed a lot of details to be worked out. Riun T disagreed and called me out again. Sigh...

Okay, Riun T, this one's for you...

Here are my Preferences, per the FlashFyre format.
3000 point core (FlashFyre format does not specify core size)

I am with you, I would not use reduced ammo against the AI, it only hurts the AI.

As already noted; the AI purchases it's force based upon the total value of your own core. So differing core sizes won't make much a difference; as the AI will compensate with larger (or smaller) forces in response.

Here is my initial Core.
FlashFyre format specifies choosing one of the 6 Long Campaign nations, and then using allied equipment to build the core.
Well, I chose the Soviets (one of the 6 nations), but the Soviets don't have any allied nations, so I'm stuck with the Soviets...

6 batteries 203mm howitzers
6 platoons engineers
6 sections BT-7 tanks
6 sections T-28 tanks
6 platoons OT-130 tanks
1 section ammo trucks
1 section mule packs (to fill out 3,000 points)
Note that Historical Ratings are ON (even though I hate them)

Here is my first mission.
December 1939, meeting engagement vs. Finland.
Note that I am using Hard Battle (x2) per FlashFyre format

Initial deployment.
Note that the center victory hexes are 20 points per turn.

End of my Soviet Turn 1

End of my Soviet Turn 2

End of my Soviet Turn 3

End of my Soviet Turn 4

End of my Soviet Turn 5

End of my Soviet Turn 6

End of my Soviet Turn 7

End of my Soviet Turn 8

End of my Soviet Turn 9

End of my Soviet Turn 10

End of my Soviet Turn 11

End of my Soviet Turn 12

End of my Soviet Turn 13