Detroit Game #5

[Yoper]

Allies 4/40

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[Yoper]

Allies 4/40

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[Yoper]

Axis 1/41

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[Yoper]

Axis 1/41

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[Yoper]

Now we are going to go back to this point in the game even though we went on originally to the end of the Allies Summer '41 turn.

We will take Turkey back off the board and continue on from there.  Only the European half of the map will be reset and also any UK stuff that transfered to the Asia half.

We will let you know how our modified Turkey/Spain entry idea goes.

Craig

[Mark]

I don't think Turkey is the problem - but try out what you guys would like. . . More critical is the position of the Brits in the Eastern Med with or without Turkey.  Burma is expendable - Cairo can be fatal.

[John D.]

Sure- I would be curious how your modification goes .

Don't be afraid of the Turks! - They look tougher than they are. 

[John D.]

By the way - I really like the overhead shots!

[Yoper]

Dan's reaction to the Turkish entry was what threw things off.  And add in the fact that you have the least experienced player of the bunch running the USSR. 

So not only does he have to face off against the best player in the group running Germany, but now he has the pressure of Turkey on his southern doorstep.

I think that Dan would have been alright if he had just gotten his UK fleet out of the Med and into the Red Sea/Indian Ocean.  That and maintain a stiff resistance in Cairo.

While Cairo might have eventually fallen, it would have lasted long enough to get to the point where the US is in the war.

Craig 

[Mark]

I tihnk the best way to deal with the Turks is to rail about 10 Soviet artillery and 10 infantry down to Batum and smash the Turks in Erzerum - and then defend there and rail you army back up to fight the Germans...

As for the Brits, I don't know if I would pull the fleet out of the Med.  I would back it up a sea zone - and back the army up into Cairo and fort down and defend there.  Most of the Axis airforce won't be able to reach the British fleet and it covers the territories behind Cairo if it stays in the Med. . .

[John D.]

Dan's reaction to the Turkish entry was what threw things off.  And add in the fact that you have the least experienced player of the bunch running the USSR. 

So not only does he have to face off against the best player in the group running Germany, but now he has the pressure of Turkey on his southern doorstep.

Understood. As long as everyone agrees and is having fun!

John

[Yoper]

Yes, he should have kept if up front if he was going to keep it in the Med. 

But once he bailed a lot of troops out of Cairo and moved the fleet back to the eastern most sea zone, he was screwed.

Here is what the map looked like at the end of the Allies Spring '41 turn.

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[Yoper]

Here is what the map looked like at the end of the Axis Summer '41 turn.

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[John D.]

Ok - that does looks bad, for the UK, that is.   

[Mark]

wow - yeah - an Italian amphibious invasion was apparently not on his mind when he pulled those guys out of there.  He should not be so worried about sending guys to Burma . . . I hear the Japanese player in your game is a push over anyway