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This is War King 'Nana! - 9/2/2007 2:10:18 PM   
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Kaiser Lava...



Declare war on you King 'Nana of the British Whimpire.

Prepare to die.

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/2/2007 7:43:19 PM   
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It's obvious the French have been caught napping on the Riviera while on their holiday break...

Meanwhile...

My troop trains roll to the French frontier...



Only God can save them now...

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/3/2007 10:30:27 PM   
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While the Brits recover hordes of men rather like this are poised to J'Attaque for the glory of La France!








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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/3/2007 11:15:08 PM   
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The uniform is rather tatty but passable. However, that bush growing in the middle of his face, is quite another thing...

Our boys, prefer style and good horse. As do our ladies.



We shall ride to victory and dine on the Champs-Élysées post haste.

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/3/2007 11:28:53 PM   
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Reports from the Western Front indicate a serious supply shortage of men, phrased in terms of "I told you we needed more divisions.".  Extra delicacies are sent to the front to stiffen the defenders spirits.




Inconclusive naval battles rage in the North Sea.


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 12:40:22 AM   
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I see you have not surrendered...

We thus pit ours...



Against yours...



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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 1:12:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Operation Hjaco finishes successfully as Serbian commandos seize Trieste in a daring amphibious assault, showing what WW1 armies could do with some gigantic brass balls swinging between a general's legs.

Operation Certain Doom begins on the Eastern Front aimed at Austria.



The purple peril is on the move!

Southampton docks meanwhile is filled with pissed up Brits.




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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 2:06:36 AM   
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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 2:52:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		"Operation Hjaco finishes successfully as Serbian commandos seize Trieste in a daring amphibious assault, showing what WW1 armies could do with some gigantic brass balls swinging between a general's legs."

Nice move.


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 11:05:07 AM   
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Russian forces continue to advance, threatening Brunn, as the defending Austrians are swept away.

On the Western Front (he's not attacking through Belgium) the weight of the German assaults seem focused on the southern end of the line so far.

Progress is slow.  The poilus are fortified with garlic and wine. 


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 1:15:52 PM   
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Progress is slow. The poilus are fortified with garlic and wine.


So you have kept the cheese in reserve ? Clever move .

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 2:01:05 PM   
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Kaiser Lava:

"Moltke what are you doing? The Schlieffen plan calls for a sweeping invasion through Belgium, North of Paris."

General Von Moltke:

"I didn't like the plan. I am now deploying our secret weapons to the front."



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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/4/2007 4:07:10 PM   
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I am just off the air for a weeks time and apparently now being the father of some surely ambiguous cunning Masterplan

"Operation "Hjaco's Gambit" is now underway."

"Operation Hjaco finishes successfully as Serbian commandos seize Trieste in a daring amphibious assault, showing what WW1 armies could do with some gigantic brass balls swinging between a general's legs."

Keep me informed what all this will end with (apart from the early retirement of the two Kaisers)

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/6/2007 8:45:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Austria's eastern border is really under serious pressure.  Russian forces are 2 hexes from Vienna and only Lemberg is left out of all the main border towns. 

The Western Front, well.  Cheese reinforcements are being debated back at HQ with the Brits being delayed (as always).  Its not entirely in my favour - is WW1 ever entirely in one combatants favour?  But the casualty lists overall look pretty good to me.

510k Entente
615k CPs

Not bad given the Frog artillery has barely opened fire, though I suspect the Austrians are on most of the receing end from me.



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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/6/2007 8:49:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its like how I was telling Lava over email - in this game its not really fair to say that the CPs have a decisive advantage in the beginning which fades over time and must be capitalised on no matter what, a la the situation Germany faces in WW2.

In every game of this I've played in multiplayer, the best way to describe it is that the Central Powers largely have the initiative at start of play.  They can choose the decisive front more forcefully than the Entente can.  But its not like the CPs can neglect defence, in all fronts bar the decisive one they will be forced to defend with probably very little in defence.  Whenever I play the CPs against a human opponent I feel under siege right from the get go.  Theres no happy time equivalent to 1940-1941 you see in WW2 games.

I'm not sure about whether the reverse is true.  There must come a point when casualties are so high that a frugal CP player may manage to achieve victory in 1918 - certainly I've seen it against the AI, watching the AI throw away millions upon millions of men to no avail and end up crumbling.  I've not seen anything like this in pbem but then I think thats probably because I as CPs tend not to call it quits easy but press on no matter what, when perhaps my emphasis should have moved onto defence earlier.

I was trying that one on Hjaco in our last game, a more cautious CP game, but alas, we'll not see how that panned out.


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/6/2007 9:05:08 PM   
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Theres no happy time equivalent to 1940-1941 you see in WW2 games.


It's true, but Russia's army will never turn into the Red Army either. The late war won't be the equivalent of 1944 / 1945 : the CP should retain a chance to win until very late in the war instead of just trying to last one turn longer than its historical counterpart (as is often the case in WWII).

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 1:23:57 AM   
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ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Whenever I play the CPs against a human opponent I feel under siege right from the get go.



Tis' true,

I think the reason for that is that the CP doesn't have any strategic movement on the first turn, which seeing as he is the aggressor, seems a bit odd.

Bah...

Such are games... they are only games.

Meanwhile, I remain in play and plan to gobble up the world!



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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 1:45:06 AM   
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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 1:48:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Raynald

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Theres no happy time equivalent to 1940-1941 you see in WW2 games.


It's true, but Russia's army will never turn into the Red Army either. The late war won't be the equivalent of 1944 / 1945 : the CP should retain a chance to win until very late in the war instead of just trying to last one turn longer than its historical counterpart (as is often the case in WWII).


Mmm. I've been stomped by the purple peril before. I think you discount Nicky at your own risk in this game. There is no overwhelming force like you suffer in WW2 games around 1944 when the US/USSR war machines are in full swing, but on the other hand, its not like GoA gets any easier for Germany as time goes on. Its just constant pressure.

And there are a finite number of casualties that Germany can withstand.

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 1:51:53 AM   
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Well, you're doing a good job keeping the BEF from landing so its not all bad, eh?


Indeed...

As long as my navy can survive...

I am also preparing to let loose the dogs of war with unrestricted submarine warfare, because, basically I'm pissed (American phraseology not English).



I'm sure the yanks won't like that very much.



Ray (aka "the Mad Kaiser" Lava)

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 1:54:26 AM   
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I see you're ugly with a double ugly...



Turkey enters the war.

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 2:05:37 AM   
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Indeed...

As long as my navy can survive...


Seems to be doing a good job so far... those naval assets are a precious resource though, they can't last all that long.

quote:

I am also preparing to let loose the dogs of war with unrestricted submarine warfare, because, basically I'm pissed (American phraseology not English).


Never faced this before, be curious to see how nasty it is.


quote:

I'm sure the yanks won't like that very much.


Who cares? We don't need the yanks to win this one.



Russian drive towards Vienna has stalled at least for now as Serbia collapses and German units (! - mission accomplished, really!) are sent to reinforce the Austrians already being trimmed from Serbia to defend the capital. Danzig and Konigsberg are going to fall to the Tsar though as a result, and Austria is almost out of the war already, their morale is so bad. If not for the Germans in Vienna they'd have been had before 1915, maybe-possibly. For shame!

French counterattack on the Western Front gets nowhere, inflicts 1:1 casualties though - not really enough for me unfortunately. Entente artillery hopefully continues to exact a toll, more than his until we start digging in. He's threaten Lyons but there are plenty of troops there... remains to be seen if he can take it.

Casualties are now up to about 0.7 million for him and 0.9 million for me, which IMHO is not all that good news. But by no means disaster.

Garlic and wine supplies are still plentiful!

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 2:29:02 AM   
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Garlic and wine supplies are still plentiful!


Should be delicious...

Served with a portion of gas...



AHHHH HHHHHAAAA HHHHHHAAAAA HHHHAAAAA

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/7/2007 7:21:04 AM   
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Tis' true,

I think the reason for that is that the CP doesn't have any strategic movement on the first turn, which seeing as he is the aggressor, seems a bit odd.
. . .

Ray (alias Lava)


The mobilization phase at the beginning more or less
is the same thing as having lots of strategic movement.. .

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 12:37:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well into the winter now, in fact I think 1915 has just begun but not sure!

The flower of French manhood seem to be doing OK at checking the Hun advance in the Paris direction, not doing so well in the south, but, enh, thats not so critical.

The High Seas Fleet seems to be flagging after numerous exchanges of fire.  Good, good.

First turn of serious trench digging by the Entente too, the front is hopefully going to start crusting up fairly soon.  I'm sure Lava is hoping to avoid that... 


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 2:33:36 AM   
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Serbia at the brink of defeat...

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 2:50:57 AM   
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The BEF Has Landed!

Kitcheners hordes will be right behind, to give the evil Hun the thrashing he so richly deserves.

Grumpy poilus who still hold Verdun despite being heavily outnumbered mutter about how its about goddammed time.


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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 5:12:03 AM   
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retreat as the industrial city of Lyon falls.



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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 6:51:06 AM   
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French forces...

retreat as the industrial city of Lyon falls.



Ray (alias "The Kaiser" Lava)



Oh, for the humanity of it all...

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RE: This is War King 'Nana! - 9/8/2007 10:53:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		Previous games have taught me the value of not getting caught up in a WW1 mentality and defending every hex to the last, only to be massacred or cut off.
Petain is in charge of the southern defence, and he is a pragmatic man concerned with the lives of his soldiers. 
You can have Lyons so long as I keep Paris. 

Or to borrow from the Imperial Guard in Dawn of War, "Capturing it will be easy, holding it will be hard".

The Western Front in the more critical northern axis has now crusted up to my satisfaction with level 2 trenches all over the place on my side.  The BEF awaits deployment in France and more will be coming.  The German defences are considerably lighter so hopefully my artillery is going to lay down some pain on him in the coming months. 

In the east it looks like the Kaiser knows the value of retreat as well as the defenders of Thorn pull out. 

We're well into the spring of 1915 now, no early victories for the Kaiser.  France looks to have held and, really, German progress has been fairly slow compared to other games I've played, despite the vile Huns use of poison gas.  The dastardly fiend will clearly stoop to any inhumanity while focused upon his villainous empire building!



The devils!


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