2194 Game 2

[Xin Yu]

OK, I got it now. My apology to Captain Nemo. He did not use any double-movement. Simply an amazing tactic.

He must have captured Moscow then used Mobile Infantry to suicide attack to get Red Guards generated in Moscow, so that he could have enough units for taking Leningrad or Minsk. Suppose he took Leningrad. He then again sed red guard for suicide attacking to generate some tanks in Leningrad to take Misk. Once the bomber near Saratov was disbanded he has enough tanks to take Riga, Kalinin, Sverdlovsk and Hamburg.

I should have pillaged the road North to Saratov and killed that engineer. Because Saratov was of size 1, I though it would be destroyed.

Who has the game now?

[Captain Nemo]

You're absolutely right Xin, no double moves and no double turn. It was difficult but the suicide attacks with Mobile Infantry really does a lot of good.
Once the two bombers disband near Saratov the railroad connection is open all the way from Stalingrad to Leningrad and with the engineer rebuilding the city to close the rail-line gap you're open to attack Sverdlovsk and all the stacks of PzkwIVs nearby with any units on the railroad path.
The only problem for me was your bomber-tank combo Southwest of Moscow that I had to bypass off the railroad using a fighter to disable the ZOC and losing MPs.
Taking Minsk before having to use the RGs in Stalingrad was a key since they can't get out without losing all their MP's. I actually used tanks with 3 MPs from Moscow (Once the city is freed one of the tanks appears there)to take Minsk as early as possible, before Leningrad.
Hamburg took all I could muster and forced me to give up Rostov and Sevastopol which I had captured in my first trial game... It was a mistake because I thought I would get Rocket-Artillery (Katyushas)immediately but only got Propellants from the capture of Peenemunde so maybe Rostov-Sevastopol was a better deal (Except for the psychological effect of taking a German city )
The Red Guards are actually too good for my own good! Too often they kill fortified Tanks or SS in cities with walls in the first attack and survive without any move points, when I would rather get killed and receive 2 light tanks by events!!! It's rare in Civ2 that you actually hope your unit will lose and get killed Of course it would be even better if they could kill the unit and have 1/3 MP left to commit suicide with
I sent the game to FMK on Wednesday night.

[This message has been edited by Captain Nemo (edited February 02, 2001).]

[Xin Yu]

FMK: yes, RR in one turn on plain/grassland only. Takes two turns on river/hills/forest. That was why I built so many temp cities to reduce the number of engineers being used.

[klesh]

Please refer to my "Attention" thread. I am sorry guys.

[Xin Yu]

We are only one turn into the game and Field Marshal Klesh (Japanese) has other things to take care of so he cannot continue to play. We need a person to play the Japanese. Besides, do we continue this game or we start a new one?

[Captain Nemo]

I am up for either... I would rather play this out because the German-Soviet conflict has been so interesting (And I have quite a bit of time invested) but I'll do either. I don't want you, Xin, to also play the Japanese, that would just be too horrible!!
Have you heard from Marko or Dizepam? I E-mailed them strategy tips/ideas but have gotten no response?
I will start a new separate thread asking for a replacement player.

[Paul Hanson]

Right, there is a problem. I received the game, moved my units and what have you, but my e-mail account is having trouble and I can`t send e-mail. Is there any other way I can get it to Xin Yu?

However, Japanese victories for this turn are:

USSR: Irkutsk and Kyvlv (sp?) destroyed
Petropavlovsk captured

Australia: Brisbane captured.

[Xin Yu]

Paul: goto yahoo.com or hotmail.com and setup an account. Then you can use that account to send out files.

[Captain Nemo]

Did anyone send the instructions on loading and saving the PBEM game to Paul? I had a heck of a time with it and I want to be sure you've got it right. Are we all using the latest rules.txt (Allied Advantage version). Do the events travel with the saved game or are they also loaded as the rules and graphics?
Welcome onboard Paul!

[Xin Yu]

File sent to our new player, Paul Hanson.
[This message has been edited by Xin Yu (edited February 05, 2001).]

[Paul Hanson]

Good question. I loaded the game using Multiplayer Game-> Internet Game-> Load Saved Game. I`m running the latest version of 2194 Days, and I think I have the Russian rules file set up. This may or may not make a difference, but if it does I still have the original save file that Xin Yu sent me, so I could change the rules.txt and play my turn again. (Would that be construed as cheating?)

[Paul Hanson]

I`m setting up a Yahoo account right now. I should have the file to you in a few hours, Xin. I`ve also made sure I`m using the correct files for the game.

And that hopefully brings me up to speed.

[Xin Yu]

Paul: use rules1.txt (Allied advantage) and events1.txt (German setup). The events.txt is not useful unless you deleted the events in the saved file. However it doesn't hurt to put that in the folder.

I haven't received your file yet. Have you sent it out? You can replay your turn, that is not cheating (but you should replay the entire turn, not resetting battle results for each encounter).

You need to be more aggresive in multiplayer games. Rush build units (incremental buying) in one turn and sell city improvements to get cash. Attack and occupy all cities you can reach (provided that the loss is not too big). Even if you lose the city the next turn, your enemy will lose one turn of productivity for that city.

[Xin Yu]

Well, now is my turn to let Captain Nemo lose a good night sleep. I'm only half way through my turn. I finished advancing in the eastern front (where I met my Japanese ally near the former Soviet city of Omsk). I am now loading troops to pass the English channel.

Germany fighters raids Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad! Airdrop near Leningrad! SS stormed Moscow! Tanks roll in Stalingrad! Sverdlovsk liberated! Kharkov occupied! Saratov destroyed! Riga, Hamburg, Kalinin, Minsk liberated! Soviet down to 8 cities and 47 units!

Germany is now regrouping and operation sealion is about to start...

Continued: British islands is in chaos now. London and Glasgow is still in Allies hand but the rest are either destroyed or captured by our SS stormtroops.

This is really a war of attrition. My mighty army is now almost depleted. Same for the British and Soviet. We really have no strength to invade the United States in the near future. Wish our Japanese friend best luck in the battle of Los Angeles!
[This message has been edited by Xin Yu (edited February 07, 2001).]

[Xin Yu]

It's been almost a week. Who has the game now?