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1. I admit a unique but an oldie but goodie way (in my opinion) to play the Fascist Tide Scenario.

2. I will be running this game & AAR as a mirror to my solo Counterfactual Global War game & AAR.

3. I'll be running both games & AARs in sync as best as I can given that Avalon Hill's 3rd Reich turns are seasons (i.e., 4 per year) and MWIF turns are 2-month (i.e., 6 per year). Of course, MWIF turns have multiple impulses vs "1 impulse per turn" in 3rd Reich.

4. To tie this game & AAR to MWIF I will be comparing and contrasting the flow of this game to my MWIF game (well at least the Fascist Tide part that is).

5. Like my counterfactual GW game this game is solo and I will play each major power (i.e., Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, USA & USSR) as independently and in their best interest as possible. Though I will admit that France is a bit tricky as it is in any strategic WW2 game because of the knowledge that France is going to fall early in the war.

Summer 1939. Setup. Poland.

1. Unlike MWIF in which Poland is setup last, in 3rd Reich Poland is setup first.

2. The order of setup is 3rd Reich for the campaign scenario is: (1) Poland, (2) Italy, (3) France, (4) Great Britain, (5) USSR & (6) Germany.

3. As opposed to for the Global War scenario in MWIF, which is: (1) USA, (2) USSR, (3) Italy, (4) China (Nationalist & Communists), (5) CW, (6) France, (7) Japan, (8) Germany & (9) Poland (after Germany's DOW).

4. Note that in 3rd Reich there is not setup or moves by the USA prior to their entry in the Spring of 1942. Also, the game starts with Great Britain & France already at war with Germany.

Fascinating, I followed the same path, playing first 3R boardgame and then "upgrading" to WIF 2nd edition. Wish you patience and a lot of fun with your newest AAR, will follow.

Angeldust2 wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:18 pm Fascinating, I followed the same path, playing first 3R boardgame and then "upgrading" to WIF 2nd edition. Wish you patience and a lot of fun with your newest AAR, will follow.

Thanks!

Also, one thing I'm a bit "nervous" about is that this game (AH 3rd Reich) and vassal module uses the Nazi flag for Germany. I promise to do my best to edit that out or at blur that out before posting. I surely don't wish to offend anyone and I do apologize up front for any that leak through.

By the way, I will be relying heavily on the 3rd Reich game's guide for strategy and tactics if you have already figured that out.

I'm having flash backs to the days before the internet ...

rkr1958 wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:25 pm
Also, one thing I'm a bit "nervous" about is that this game (AH 3rd Reich) and vassal module uses the Nazi flag for Germany. I promise to do my best to edit that out or at blur that out before posting. I surely don't wish to offend anyone and I do apologize up front for any that leak through.

Be very nervous about this. Because according to German law any use of Nazi symbols will be considered a crime, even when they are shown on foreign websites which are accessible in Germany.
Avalon Hill got into big problems with the German "Bundesverfassungsschütz" (the protectors of the German constitution) when they started to sell the game in Germany. Anyone who owned the game in the eighties was considered to be a criminal in Germany.
And still the laws on the use of Nazi symbols are very, very strict there. Movies, books, games, documentaries and so on have to have a permit before they can use Nazi symbols in Germany (or Austria).
I don't know if Matrix has a permit to use Nazi symbols in Germany. I don't think so, because there have been a lot of discussions on what flag to use for Germany when MWIF was designed...

Centuur wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:13 pm

rkr1958 wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:25 pm
Also, one thing I'm a bit "nervous" about is that this game (AH 3rd Reich) and vassal module uses the Nazi flag for Germany. I promise to do my best to edit that out or at blur that out before posting. I surely don't wish to offend anyone and I do apologize up front for any that leak through.

Be very nervous about this. Because according to German law any use of Nazi symbols will be considered a crime, even when they are shown on foreign websites which are accessible in Germany.
Avalon Hill got into big problems with the German "Bundesverfassungsschütz" (the protectors of the German constitution) when they started to sell the game in Germany. Anyone who owned the game in the eighties was considered to be a criminal in Germany.
And still the laws on the use of Nazi symbols are very, very strict there. Movies, books, games, documentaries and so on have to have a permit before they can use Nazi symbols in Germany (or Austria).
I don't know if Matrix has a permit to use Nazi symbols in Germany. I don't think so, because there have been a lot of discussions on what flag to use for Germany when MWIF was designed...

Ok. Thanks. I will double and triple check then.

Turn 1. Fall 1939. Axis #1. End of Turn (EOT).

1. As a tease, I see an "unexpected" counter by Britain. Amazingly, even being solo I didn't see the counter until I started looking at the board as the allies.

2. For those who wish to play along can you guess what counter I'm seeing? Let me know if you wish. And just maybe, and more likely, you'll see something else that I hadn't considered.