At this point the game has been played through the next 2 turns since john's last post and he will put up photos soon. I have 23 vps. At the end of this turn we are about to play. I win if I have 22vps.
Each turn is more exciting than the last one I would say. We just finished a 1944 Summer. Jets are near Berlin, never seen one on the board before. On the eastern front, I manage to still threaten Moscow with no threat to Leningrad or Helsinki. I haven't reinforced the Eastern front in about a year and they still have a couple turns of roadblock in them. It also manages to tie up his good leaders defending his own vps and not taking mine. If I take Moscow this turn, then I am sure that Axis will win the game by vps at the end of that turn. You know, if the war did turn out like this and Moscow was actually captured don't you think the Russians would have surrendered? If Moscow was taken and Russia fell to axis in game then maybe the axis could actually win the game, like invade Britain and America with the massive production power of Eurasia.
The attack on Norway was fruitful, but I don't know how effective. It was really hard for me to get troops over to Petsamo. It took 2 turns. Then when I get the troops up there and all dug in for another 2 turns and then he wisks away his troops on ferries. I have to then go walk to a rail line, the rail lines are very thin in scandinavia. My troops were doing nothing for a year while he takes a vp in norway. I have mixed feelings about it's effectiveness in the long term.
Normandy has happened, but it is in belgium in this mythos. I sank a transport with a sub. I have troops ready to pounce on them. Equivalent air power I'd say because of the jets.
The allied prescence is weak in Italy. The shit has been smashed out of all but about 8 units in cassino and 1 unit in Milan. I am ready this turn to just kick them off the boot entirely. Rome is strong and the mountain linker above it is impregnable. I am feeling a strain in my army's mobility though. The extra forces that are now in Italy need to be diverted quickly to the north.
My favorite has to be Bucharest. I got Antonescu, 5 romanians, 1 rom armor and 4 rom artillery. It is tidy. Just enough frontline with support. I'll also be able to send two troop reserve from bulgaria. Some Russian douchebags are outside the gates and it will be tough to repel them. I have to hope I destroy some of that armor coming in on the fist round.
