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springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/20/2011 11:30:12 PM)

Turn 12 (Arab response)

The methodical hex by hex continues (Blue arrows show the four hexes gained). The horse's are starting to develop "trench hoof"! Arab armor remains hapless in the face of the '42 Golden Horde's attached bazooka batallions.

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springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/20/2011 11:43:08 PM)

Turn 13 (Arab Turn)

The horde shows they have some of the old spunk as they take two hexes in some locations.
The horde pays the price for a premature attack on Verdun (oops, Eden).

A stack is wounded in the attack, and then smashed in the ensuing Arab move. (And the Arabs pay a high price for the counterattack.)

For the most part, all is well, the horde manages to hold on the its gains.

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springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/20/2011 11:48:50 PM)

Turn 14 (Arab Turn)

The horde continues to move forward, consolidating positions and trenches, and gaining a couple of hexes.

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As can be seen at the bottom of the map, Basra has fallen. In the south, the horde remained highly mobile.
'41 Horde Regiments were used. The first bazooka units only appeared in the south once Basra fell.



springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/21/2011 12:01:29 AM)

Turn 15 (French move; Arab move not saved)

The horde grinds forward on foot. Eden is vulnerable, though the Arab forces repulse yet another attack on it.


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springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/21/2011 12:07:40 AM)

Turn 16 (French turn- Game's end)

The grail of this quest, Verdun/Eden has finally fallen.

Now that both Eden and Basra are in horde hands, the declared victory conditions of this test of doctrine is complete. It is clear that the Arab armies are now on the ropes. In the south they have lost their oil, and it is clear that the numbers are not currently in their favor.

However, this was not a victory for the Golden Horde doctrine. However, the lessons learned are quite valuable.

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springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/21/2011 12:28:03 AM)

Post-mortem analysis:

The last 8 turns of the game lost the flavor of the first half. The end game felt much more like U. S. Grant's wilderness campaign and siege of Petersburg than a war of mobility.

The ATG I enjoy playing is one of mobility, not one of outright attrition. Cavalry adds the mobility, but my organizational decisions negated it.

There are three lessons learned from the AAR.

1. CAV is not HORSE. (this could have been learned by looking at the stats, which I only did after the bazookas started acting like dead weight.) This is makes sense: Moving on horseback is different than being pulled around on a cart.
2. Cavalry need protection against tanks
3. Don't create combined arm units with incompatible movement.

Once the bazookas were tied to the cavalry, the cavalry was for the most part negated in one of their primary strengths.

Tying together units with incompatible movement speeds is, to a certain extent, a waste of production. What good are fast units that can't move fast? This problem had to be addressed.

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Based on this analysis, I reworked the Golden Horde doctrine and tested it in a second AAR. Unfortunately, that was ATG version 2.03, which is now obsolete. (The act of balancing the cavalry in the game is still a work in progress.)

Last night, I spent a couple of hours retesting the doctrine in 2.04. The AAR to follow will show the results. It was certainly a different game than this one.

(To be cont'd... In a new thread...)

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Above is the SHCEFW contemplating the Golden Horde Doctrine after the AAR is over. I'm not sure they have been wholly reliable advisors. Furthermore, they act like nothing has changed since the first turn, so I may dispose of them for the next AAR.



springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/21/2011 1:07:09 AM)

I forgot the totals!

Here is the sum of pixel carnage:

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The horde really did a number on the armor cars. Unfortunately, the horde took quite a few losses itself. Without modification, the Golden Horde Doctrine is not a winning strategy.



springer -> RE: French Arab EvenSteven- A test of the Golden Horde Doctrine (5/21/2011 1:14:51 AM)

And here is the chart of destruction.

The most notable part of this the "unsustainable" kill ratio before bazookas vs. what happens after bazookas.

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