Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

There were no Axis attacks in T18, the frontline isn't changing all that much, and this AAR would get boring if I continued it.  I'll post some more of this game if
anybody is really interested or if something really cool happens and the map changes or something.  Other than that I guess I'm done here.

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ORIGINAL: Franklin Nimitz
Larry, if there's one bit of advice on I have for how the play this game (from either side):  Think in terms of Armies and Fronts, not individual divisions.  Think of where you want to defend, and assign a location to an Army, and move all of the units of each army before you move on to the next army. Assign Fronts several (4-6) armies each, and KEEP ARMIES AND FRONTS TOGETHER!!!!  They will fight better, their leaders will be more effective, everything will work better when you are organized.

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ORIGINAL: horza66

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
There were no Axis attacks in T18, the frontline isn't changing all that much, and this AAR would get boring if I continued it.  I'll post some more of this game if
anybody is really interested or if something really cool happens and the map changes or something.  Other than that I guess I'm done here.

Depends on your purpose here Larry. The Normal and even Challenging German AI isn't likely to put you under a great deal of pressure so long as you maintain a carpet/checkerboard and withdraw sensibly. However if you want to train yourself up in Soviet offensive arts you could try continuing the winter offensive into the spring and summer of '42. It's all about attrition and attacking in echelon to cause a German manpower collapse - learning what the Soviets can and can't do. If you carry this on I'd like to hear how '42 goes for you, but wouldn't need a blow-by-blow account.

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ORIGINAL: wadortch
Hi Larry.
I have followed a lot of your AAR's and have appreciated the work you have put into them.
I also understand you are working hard to improve your play as a Soviet Player.
Playing the Axis AI will not get you very far towards that goal as your occupation of Warsaw attests.
I recently completed a Fall Blau game vs the AI as Soviet and was somewhat stunned at the moves the AI makes or does not make in that one.


Did the AI ever create any human-like moves like create pockets? Details. And thanks for your post dude.

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ORIGINAL: wadortch
I see you are working up a team game, wish I could get in on that but you already have a lot of responders ahead of me in line.

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

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ORIGINAL: horza66

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
There were no Axis attacks in T18, the frontline isn't changing all that much, and this AAR would get boring if I continued it.  I'll post some more of this game if
anybody is really interested or if something really cool happens and the map changes or something.  Other than that I guess I'm done here.

Depends on your purpose here Larry. The Normal and even Challenging German AI isn't likely to put you under a great deal of pressure so long as you maintain a carpet/checkerboard and withdraw sensibly. However if you want to train yourself up in Soviet offensive arts you could try continuing the winter offensive into the spring and summer of '42. It's all about attrition and attacking in echelon to cause a German manpower collapse - learning what the Soviets can and can't do. If you carry this on I'd like to hear how '42 goes for you, but wouldn't need a blow-by-blow account.

I'm mostly doing this AAR about a game vs the Axis AI because Apollo11 asked for somebody's input. I realize I'm not going to learn a
whole lot that will help in a game with a human but I figure I need the practice anyway. There's about 100 things to check about the planes and the ground force each turn and I'm figuring out what they are. Command and Control issues with the ground force and
how many ready planes there are in each air group is another. Planes that won't fly because they are too few are sent to the NR.
Command and Control issues are sorted out by moving divisions between Armies or some other way. I've introduced a couple of new
HQ units into the front line and I'm on turn 24 now and the Soviets are starting to push seriously in their Winter '41 offensive. I've
been getting about 250K replacements each turn and that's making the units plump up and be a higher CV which comes in handy in
defensive plans. I'm thinking I can take back everything west as far as Odessa. I was thinking how cool it would be to push the Axis
back into the mountains in the south of the map but I'm thinking I wouldn't get that far in the winter of '41, and that would be a later-
game goal maybe.

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Okie dokie......I'm ready to document my contest against the AI with these settings:

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE