New PBEM adaptation of TGW-Div 1.6: Playtesting!

[Tigranes]

Britain

British scientists are focused on better guns in order to deliver some massive blow to Germany. This may take a while , but we simply cannot continue the war with light guns we have right now.

Just to illustrate that point 3 BEF's newest light guns failed to hit anything in Metz area.

Near the coast of Lybia British BC sinks Turkish CL and down to 1 HP!

Also British unknown sinks unknown near Beyrut.

In Iraq A Div attacks Sipahi but Turks withdraw!

Italy

More and more units arrive to defend Venice from possible attacks! Nothing else to report

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

gps Cyc

Week 25, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

4 Arab Rebels killed. Road near Batum shelled by Turkish CL. A French BB shelled by Turkish CL near Mudros. Turkish soldier near Kars pillages a lone railroad tile.


Austria-Hungary:

Mine detected near Fiume was sunk by Austrian CL. No other action by the Austrians other than some troop movements.


Germany:

A British Rifle R that crossed the border was shelled by Big Dora then a German Rifle R dies while trying to kill the Englishman. A German Rifle A comes in and finishes him off. Near Liege a British Combat Engineer is attacked and killed by a German Rifle R.

British DD Flotilla sunk with no survivors by a German CL in the North Sea.

Warsaw - 3 Russian Rifle A units are defeated as German Armies and support troops cross the border into the suburbs of Warsaw.

 

[Cyc]

By the Black Sea, North of Kars - 4 R-Inf die eliminting a Turk Inf.

A Gangut sailsout of Odessa to sink an Ottoman LC, losing a HP.

A CB in Warsaw loses, red-lining a Howitzer. CB kills Howitzer. CB kills LA. CB dies to TA. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. CB kills Howitzer. Then the Light Artillery open up. They fired upon the German Army Groups, taking 24HP from 3 separate Groups. This brought them all down to single digit strength. (two 8s and a 9) Of the Umpteen LAs, 5 failed.
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At liege, 155mm redlines an R-Inf to the NEand Cav unit earns apromotion riding out to finish them off. Observation Planes spot Moltke Army Group healing in Frankfurt @ 5/23. Three 155mms South of Liege redline an A-Inf in the trenches across the German border. An Elite R-Inf is sent in to finish up, but no promotion/GL.

 

[Tigranes]

Sorry for the delay, guys! One little girl just hit 5 in our family

Britain

German Cl was sunk by English Destroyer near the Bite. Also unknown was sunk by unknown near Danish capital.

English Camel (the flying one) bombed a road near Jerusalem.

BEF, Egypt and Iraq Armies went into offensive this turn.

Massive arrival of survivors from Copenhagen Naval Battle is anticipated next turn! War Cabinet is planning to rase 8-9 gran due to this event!

Italy

Austrian destroyer was shelled and redlined in Fiume. Why, why it will be green and healty during the Austrian turn if it is the same week 26? Did Firaxis PBEM designers ever asked this question to themselves?

 

[Cyc]

Good that you had some Quality time, Tigranes. Hope she is well.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

gps Cyc


Week 26, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

Once again Turkish sailors demonstrate that they do not know how to operate a submarine. A British mine was detected near Haifa. Luckily Turkey had a nearby submarine available to deal with this menace however once the battle was engaged imagine the horror that observers felt as they watched the submarine sink without clearing the mine! As a result, the British mine was promoted for it's victory.

On the Jerusalem front the Turks bombard the approaching British stack of troops. Massive counter battery fire defeats two British light artillery for the loss of one Turkish counter battery gun.


Austria-Hungary:

Antivari falls! - After a short naval and artillery bombardment the 2 MG and 1 Infantry were redlined. An Austrian army and two rifle A units finish the defenders off without too much effort.

Austrian officials are successful in convincing a British War Materials brigade near Cherson Russia to join the Central Powers cause. Once they fell for our ruse the British War Materials were executed in the Russian forest.


Germany:

The Kriegsmarine sends out a BB to sink a British DD Flotilla in the Bight. Two mines are also cleared near Amsterdam.

Warsaw - The battle rages with 4 German armies attacking Warsaw itself resulting in 4 Russian Rifle A units being defeated. The observation balloon position is bombarded by Trench mortars but no attacks are made against this stack.

 

[Cyc]

All the action was in Warsaw this week. The German Army Groups healed miraculously in the field, while still attacking. Russian forces held tight and continued shelling the German AGs. When it was over, the Light Artillery had taken 19 HP from them collectively. Est - 5/18, Nord - 10/24, Sud - 9/23, Von Moff - 16/21.
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South of Gallipoli, a Pre-Dread hits a Coastal Battery for a HP, The Jean Bart hits a Turk Inf for 2HP, a Courbet Class hits the Coastal Battery for 2HP, and The France hits the Turk Inf for a HP. Everything else was just logistics.

gps to Tigranes.

 

[Tigranes]

Britain

In the real WW1 the main actions took place at the Eastern Front, which seems to be resembled in our game too. BEF is waiting for new powerful guns in order to charge in full strength. Meanwhile, a railroad was cleared near Essen.

Turkish CL was mined and sent to where it belongs -- to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea

Unknown was sunk by unknown near the Danish capital.

British BC destroyed a newly repaired road near Haifa.

Italy

No actions to report other than redlining a DD in Fiume by Regia Marina.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

gps Cyc


Week 27, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

Not a good day for Turkish naval forces. Two mines were lost in an attempt to strike a French BB near Gallipoli and a British BC near Haifa.

Arab Rebel killed in Mesopotamia.

Italian DD Flotilla sunk near Smyrna by a Turkish DD Flotilla.


Austria-Hungary:

Russian worker captured by Austrian Cavalry near Jassy.


Germany:

Russian Rifle A or R killed near Warsaw. The observation balloon square was bombarded. Other artillery bombardments were made against the British and French on the western front.

 

[Cyc]

At Warsaw, Russian troops remained barricaded within the city while Germany cycled in new troops to replace the wounded. Light Artillery began shelling them as the arrived. 16HP were taken from the Moltke Army Group. They were ready to retreat at 3HP, when the Russian Field Commander tried to finish them off. More Light Artillery fired and R-Inf were sent in. 8HP were taken from Elite R-Inf (2 of which were promoted to Elite this week). 9HP were taken from A-Inf. Then a brave Cossack Div. went in and took 1 more HP from Moltke, followed by another Kossack who took out an R-Inf. In light of eight of the LAs failing, more R-Inf were sent in. 13 died that day plus 1 A-Inf. The New Russian Corp was called in from R and R to strike and get back out. The managed to kill an Elite R-Inf before departing.
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A Pre-Dread shelled a Turk-Inf for 1HP South of Gallipoli, and The France sunk an unkown there, rescuing the survivors and eventually transferring them to the Jean Bart.

A 155mm shelled Strassburg, but failed to hit anything important. Meanwhile, French forces seek to push the Western Front farther East wherever possible.

gps to Tigranes.

 

[Tigranes]

Britain

Turkish Conscript is killed near Haifa by Veteran A Div. Nearby road is bombed by planes. Egypt Army pushes further into Palestine. Also unknown is sunk by unknown near Haifa.

Iraq Army captured a worker while moving deeper into the Turkish Mesopotamia.

BEF moves deeper into the German soil near Essen.

It may sound like a broken record, but "Unknown was sunk by unknown near the Danish capital".


Dover strait was made available for French ships however neutrals took advantage of it!

Italy

2 Corps kill Austrian MG and Austrian A Div on the hill that corresponds to Trentino area, north of Isonzo. Fiume was shelled taking 2 HP from Austrian MG.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

gps Cyc

Week 28, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

Lot's of activity around the Jerusalem front this week. Turkish Artillery bombards the British stack threatening Haifa then several Turkish armies move in and kill 4 British Rifle A and 1 Anzac unit. A British Cavalry is attacked by a Turkish Rifle and defeated as well.

Bad luck continues to plague the Turkish navy as a regular mine is lost while trying to sink an Elite? British BC near Cyprus.

British Rifle A killed near Basra by a Turkish Army.


Austria-Hungary:

A Russian Cossack was spotted near Jassy Rumania and attacked by two Austrian Cavalry units. One Austrian and the Russian die in the fight.


Germany:

Artillery shells the Italian positions near Venice and then a German Army attacks and defeats an Italian Army.

German Army attacks and kills a French Rifle R near Strassburg.

German Army attacks and kills a British Rifle R near Essen.

Near Iceland a British CA and CL are sunk by German submarine activity. There was one survivor.

French submarine sunk in the Bight.

 

[Tigranes]

Subs near Iceland???? They finally got loose in the vast waters of Atlantic?

 

[Cyc]

A week of scattered activity.

Austrian troops were spotted crossing the border East of Lublin. Light Artilery was sent to the area to soften the dirt on their path. Of the first 7, 4 managed the objective of dirt-softening, but three missed and red-lined an Austrian A-Inf. That left 2 healthy Cav units, and Cossacks were sent out to meet them and possible offer them some "Hey! Watch where you're pointing that thing!" One Cossack dies at the hands of an angry Cav unit. The 2nd Cossack killed his comrade. An R-Inf was sent in to take the red-lined A-Inf, but he died. The 2nd R-Inf finished off the A-Inf. Then one more Cossack took out the wounded Cav unit and captured a Worker who, imitating the 1st Cossack said "Hey! Watch where you're pointing that thing!"

North of Warsaw there used to be a German MG nest sitting on a hill, well, let me rephrase that. There was until this week. LAs from within Warsaw shell the MG nest. The first three missed, but then the correct coordinates were found and an LA hit for 2HP. Then 2 more LAs failed to hit. but the last hit for 1HP, red-lining it. An R-Inf went in and died, the MG promoting to Vet. Another R-Inf went in and died, promoting the MG to Elite. Frustrated, the Russians again fired Light Artillery at the nest and hit for 2HP. The next LA also hit for 2HP. Then another R-Inf was sent in to rout out the Germans, and claim the hill.

2 R-Inf die against the Austrian Cav unit West of Jassy.

An AC shelled the coast North of Memel, but failed to hit nything important.
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French 155mm shells Straussburg, wounding an Elite unit. Inept Counter Battery operators lost their lives attacking Straussburg the incorrect way.

French expansion continues.

 

[Tigranes]

Britain

Turkish CL was mined near Cyprus. A mine was cleared near Haifa.

Regular A Div attacked Elite Turkish Div and failed miserably near Haifa. Turks take prisoners. Desperate we order 3 HP A Div to attack 7 HP Turkish Div and we win and recapture prisoners-workers!

BEF clears 2 rails near Essen.

German DD is sunk by British Queen Elisabeth, which we hope to promote to Veteran but all in vain. Few DDs sent to the coast of Iceland to hunt down 2 subs who made their way there.

Italy

Nothing to report, nothing at all!

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

gps Cyc

Week 29, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

Near Haifa artillery bombard many British troops doing some damage. Then two armies come in and defeat 2 Rifle A and 1 Indian Infantry.


Austria-Hungary:

Italian spy caught and killed near Skopje by Austrian patrols. The Austrian navy spots an Italian BB near the "heal" of Italy and sinks her after bombarding her first with CLs. Prinz Eugen strikes once again.

Seeing her brother to the north going through hell, Emperor Franz decides to lend a hand. Austrian forces arrive near Strassburg and shell some of the French troops there. Then two armies defeat 2 Rifle R units. An Austrian Rifle A unit attacks another French Rifle R and defeats it. Austrian counter battery guns then roar into action near Essen killing two French 155mm guns for the loss of 3 counter battery guns.


Germany:

unknown sunk near Amsterdam by German CL with no survivors. British Pre-Dreadnought sunk near Iceland by submarine activity.

Major battle erupts near Essen in an effort to dislodge the invaders. Artillery of all shapes and sizes are brought into the fray bombarding British troops. Then 4 German armies come in and defeat 3 British Rifle Rs, 1 British Rifle A, and 1 Light Artillery. Regular Rifle As come in and defeat another Light Artillery and a French Rifle R. Armored cars come in and finish two British Trench Artillery and 2 French Counter Battery guns.

Near Strassburg two more Armies come in and defeat 3 French Rifle Rs. Regular Rifle A defeats French Rifle A bombarded by Austria the previous impulse. Then an Armored Car comes in and kills the last French Rifle R blocking the road to Strassburg.

 

[Cyc]

The Nicolas Gang hits an Ottoman Light Artillery for 3HP. An AC hits a Bulgarian Inf for 1HP.

An AC sucessfully destroyed improvements to the coast North of Memel.

I am not over-joyed with the fact that the White Guard requires so many techs to obtain, and that a land unit such as it is, was placed at the end of a long line of Naval units that much be researched first. I need land units. The Naval units I must spend 70 turns researching are not that much of an improvemnet over what I have now. I have therefore decided to wait even more on the White Guard (who are no great improvement over what I have now) and research Artillery.
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A 155mm shells Strassburg, takes 2HP from an R-Inf. Ditto.

At Essen, 155mm fails. The 2nd Artie take 3HP from Army Group Est. The 3rd takes 1HP. South of there, a French Colonial and an A-Inf destroy counter Battery positions.
NW of Essen, 155mm redline a lone R-Inf. Then a French R-Inf went in and finished him off.

The French expansion continues.

 

[Tigranes]

I agree about "Land unit at the end of the Naval path" argument, however... Techs in this scenario represent not only "techs" as such, but some kind of historical progress, the flow of time, if you will. The idea was to enable Communism in tech 1917 and other Goverments to chose from for Russian Civil War. In any case, this scenario was designed with Russia given more chanse than ever before! If you focus on WHite Gurad you can get him long before the end of the 1918 --- the time when this unit just started to form historically! I have radically changed research times -- in our old game Russia could not finish a single tech!!!

I agree that the pivotal "1917" tech (to which Russian Civil War tech follows), marked my Russian Revolution and American War entry, must be the point where Naval and Land branches merge with each other -- that would make more sense. War on Land and War at Sea brought America into War and Russia into Revolution. But then it would require even more time for Russia to get into Revolution and Civil War.

Before you do so -- consider that White Guard with it's Mobility ability (old Paradrop) is the only unit that can get to the nest of Revolution -- Siberian Exile. Every turn that camp town can produce Nukes -- Revolutionaries, as soon as Germany builds Russian Revolution Wonder there (requires Bolshevik resource and 1917 tech). Germans will simply Nuke Russia into Brest Litovsk treaty if you don't race for White Guard to stop them!

 

[Tigranes]

Britain

NOt much is going on, just pressing on Essen. It is completely isolated now.

BEF killed a A Div near Essen for the price of A Div.

Essen Coprs been shelled for the total of 3 HP.

Turkish CA was mined near Cilician coast.


Italy

An Austrian A Div was killed by the Cordona Corps.

One full year of fighting is over at the end of my Italy turn! Guys, time to present small overview of results. I will do mine during the turn 30, but as Italy I must tell that Italy is proud to still be in the War and for destrroying the balk of the Austrian Navy, except for the dreaded Prizn Eugen!


P.S. Guys I am sorry, but I will be away from computer for the Memorial Weekend. I will resume my turn on Monday evening the earliest.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

Enjoy the weekend Tigranes!!


gps Cyc
Week 30, 1915


Ottoman Empire:

Turkish CAs shell Russian CA near Constantinople before a 3rd Turk CA comes out and sinks the Russian. No survivors.

Turkish artillery shell the British stack near Haifa and then an army defeats a British Rifle A. Arab Rebel killed in Mesopotamia.


Austria-Hungary:

An Austrian Counter Battery gun comes out to kill an Italian Light Artillery on the Venice front.

Italian Transport near Lecce is sunk with survivors by an Austrian DD flotilla.

On the Western Front Austrian guns shell and redline a French Rifle A and a French Colonial Infantry before they are defeated by an Austrian Army and Rifle A near Essen.


Germany:

On the Essen front the British stack blocking the rail access to Essen was destroyed. Many shells are fired into the stack first by more than 12 Trench Artillery plus some field guns in a nearby German stack. Then the German armies move in destroying 1xRifle A, 2xIndian Infantry, 9xRifle R, and 1xCounter Battery.

4 Trench artillery shell the French stack outside of Strassburg and then two German armies kill two French Rifle A.


Year in review


Overall the war is not going so well for Germany or Turkey. Austria-Hungary has accomplished the most by capturing Most of Serbia and parts of Rumania.

The Western front did not bring much glory to Germany as her Schlieffen plan failed miserably due to the cautious nature of the supreme military command. Now the war in the West is a savage war of attrition with the Entente slowly approaching German soil.

In the East Germany has failed against the Russian hordes. Only one city has fallen to Germany.

Turkey has been ravaged right from the beginning of the war by nonstop Entente naval and land offensives. The Arab Revolt has ensured that Turkey can not gather enough strength to prosecute any type of offensive war. Gaza has fallen, Jerusalem and Haifa are in danger, and Baghdad is under relentless threat from British forces based in Basra.

From a Central Powers perspective it seems that starting this war might not have been such a good idea.