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Translation software is rather an approximation. One one hand the german language has a very logical words/phrases construction but on the other hand, when you read a 33 letter word, your first thought is to give up learning :P Herr Liam? LOL, not enough challenges at the center court? With so many ...

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'wenn die Allierten Mittelmeerpositionen räumen, um Italien früh in den Krieg zu ziehen, ist Seelöwe wieder erlaubt ' Hellraiser & Pfeiffer's insidious rule makes its way to the PL :) There's gotta be a payback allowed for twisting italian readiness. Now seriously, I hope this rule gets widely a...

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pro/contra - this is a democratic thread lol.

tcp/ip langsam or something - tell me about it, I had turn sending slowdowns and broken connection galore so far ... It always made me think my internet provider sucked, which is not the case after all

SomePunk - ready to test some moves ?

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Enjoying this new puppy or dissapointed?

I find it interesting though quite bugged atm.
It feels definitely more historical at least during the first 2 years.

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'.....as high LR will destroy the game and sometimes even friendships.....' LR won't destroy nothing ... losing the grip and forgetting we play only a F#$£$^ing game, yeah, this might do the job, instead ... Anyway, GL to all the remaining players. I may get in touch and play some games with some of...

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@JJR ->>> Congratulations, man. You kinda shined here - focus is back, eh? Anyway, GL in the next game, and see that you don't scratch enemy HQs, or else ... :lol: @PL padawans - as I told you in the past, Rambo's worst enemy is not necessarily the adversary, but his focus (or lack of) - when he get...

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dude i gave up - go get your laurels, win the tourney, be a god, i could care less... it was not the game i am pissed about it is about a guy who i thought to be different

that's about sums up everything

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@DH - did you take your time to think before posting? 'Hellraiser did not want to fight but started to kill hq´s in the east' - are you nuts or what? You think i can attack 10 turns in east, in a row, w/o refitting???? My armies were about to form a line and refit while my air was pounding something...

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Following an 'interesting discussion' after I killed a german HQ with 4 lvl 3 red jets, when DH told me 'he would never play me again, cuz he hates ppl who DO NOTHING but kill HQs' - i took my time and asked him if he means it or it was a joke - and he confirmed he meant it - allies surrender. Go wi...

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allies managed to save most of their assets from France.
Russia reaches koenigsberg; kiew recaptured after axis forced left the area; Odessa minor corps hit down to 2

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games resumed

allies rush to the ports to save the remaininig units in France/LC -- Russia is advancing towards Poland, Riga encircled, 2 corps killed, some armies reinforced.

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Unfortunately i cannot stick to a certain timetable - very busy during the week and i think also in the w/e. But we'll talk on ICQ this w/e (I guess I will have some free time), perhaps we can get this game finished after all. sorry for the inconvenience, DH, but RL eats up a lot of time these days :(

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Russia kills 2 armies and 1 tank near Minsk, additional armour bought. Allies kill a german army near Bordeaux but are slowly driven back to the ports. DH used A LOT of troops + mass air from Spain/Marseilles to stop the allies in France. Although axis lost a lot of mpps in east and west, so did the...

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Axis breakthru near Bordeaux, allies kill the spearheading corps and reform the line - tough days for the allies in France as Axis retain the ground superiority. Meanwhile, in east, Russia's Jet 2 LR2 kill a german air in Koenigsberg. Several AT 1 armies + 6 airfleets+4 HQs + swarm of corps trying t...

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Axis put a lot of effort near Bordeaux but us army survives at 5. extremely bloody battles in southern France, allies kill a minor army but fail to kill an italian corps (left at 1 str) so Bordeaux can be again attacked from 3 sides. Meanwhile Russia starts the offensive near Minsk, 1 german corps k...

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Allies recapture Bordeaux, UK shows Jet 3. Seems all german air is in Spain - axis have 7 airfleets according to the reports.

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Axis start pinging Bordeaux, defended by a corps.
Allies capture Brussels and land more troops near Bordeaux.
In east, things are quiet, apparently axis shifted its attention to west.

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Axis capture Riga.
Red army reinforcing and getting techs.

In west, allies hit the brussels garrison down to 5 and a corps on the fr mine down to 2 - air repositioned for the next turn.
Spanish - french border heavily defended by swarm of minor/italian and even german armies.

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Russia kills another 2 tanks near Riga and Minsk. Russian counter was aided by RAF+carrier hitting Kiel port and forcing 2 LFs to intercept so the weakened red air could attack safely the ground targets. Russia showed Jets 1.

In west, allies capture Bordeaux killing the german tank inside.

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February 42

Allies capture Paris, left undefended.
Allies kill 2 corps near Bordeaux and ping the tank garrison.

Russia retreated its forces along the main defensive line Riga-minsk-mine-dnepr - the reds lost quite some gear but have enough troops to keep a contiguous frontline.

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January 42

Soviet winter offensive begins LOL

Army and tank destroyed near minsk, HQs pinged. Red jet 0 used in the process.
Swarm of corps attack in the south as well.

In west, allies kill a corps and land the bulk of their ground forces. A LF intercepted from Marseilles area.

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Nov 30, 41
Russia kills a tank near Minsk, another one survives at str 1 (supported corps couldn't finish off that 1 str tank

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Red air near Leningrad ping a german sub.
Brest captured by US army
Switzerland surrendered to axis.
Germany shows LR 2.

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Game resumed - we got some free time today, let's get a few more turns done.

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Man, do I love smack talk!!!

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Don't mind DH , leute...he's just trying to boost his self confidence :D Even a fly...can you believe that - those 3 unexperienced carriers made a joke out of the Luftwaffe so far :lol: yeah, subs can be an answer but mark my words: Russia is gonna tech up VERY fast- i can feel it in my urine!!! :bi...

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i like high LR allied air especially when they can catch axis' air in the crossfire above Germany LOL UK LR+ red LR = bye bye axis' air :gaga: LR2 cap sucks for allies as they need to attack directly the axis' air in order to win the game. Otherwise axis will just bled allies dry and bye bye game. I...

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@ von Rambo - everyone loves the Swiss banks, especially if you have some $$$ buried deep inside their vaults ;) Well, so far a very active mid game, good techs allowing the Allies to pursue an aggressive approach and inflict severe casualties to Axis' air. LR 4 is awesome, I can't remember having i...

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Barby starts - russia manage to retreat some of the border armies a few hexes back as they were not completely cut off. One red tank killed, an AF down to 2, one red cruiser killed. Russia buys stuff, invests in techs and destroy a tank near Minsk(by suiciding a str 3 tank), cutting off another 3 ne...

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October 41 - next turn Barby kicks off.
Meanwhile, RAF+carriers kill another LF stationed in Bordeaux - a second LF intercepted from Marseilles area

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September 41
USSR at 89%
Axis have 5 air units left. Allies decide to DOW Iraq and Portugal. No need for german treasury to get filled too soon, me thinks ...

Allies retreat from Brest area for now...

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Late august 41

Axis operate hq + 5 air near bordeaux but...sulpiiiiseee!!! 1 USAF + 3 RAF units+3 carriers (at LR 4 LMAO ) kill off 3 LFs

on a side note, Yugo revolts

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August 41
Brest garrison destroyed by RAF/carriers+ships. US army ready to disembark.

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USA joins the good guys; Ike called to duty.

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july 20 USA prepares.
Malta RAF and London RAF (renamed DH's daddy and Training bitte) continue to hit Bergen/Antwerp ports.

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UK air hits the bergen port from 5 to 0 - we need some training, do we ...
no LF interference.
Finally axis kill the proudly named 'LOL@DH' spec ops corps from Sweden

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June 22, 1941
Red clock is ticking away

Allies retreat from Bergen area, corps managed to escape the axis onslaught.
Fr corps sitting on the Rock makes a suicide attack

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Axis operate 4 additional LFs in Norway but allies continue to hit one of the corps surrounding Bergen - 3 carriers and 2 RAfs make all 5 LFs in Norway intercept and aided by a full str BB kill the corps.
UK marauding corps lands in Sweden and cut the link off.
Gibraltar fr corps refitted.

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April 41

Allies initiate a powerful air offensive in Norway - 2 RAF/3 carriers (Jet 2 LR 2) kill a LF, another one unfortunately escapes

Spain was dowed and conquered. Egypt is history as well.

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Feb 41
Hungary joins DH's killers.
Axis display again sick mothafuckin' rolls in Egypt

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November 24
Romania joins DH ... Romania sucks, i know, i live there LOL
Axis besieging Suez/Egypt.

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Meanwhile corps from Brest had to flee - army+2 LFs dishing tons of damage over there ...
Sweden surrenders in October.

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Sep 29
Vicky surrenders; battle in Sweden continues.
Italians prevent the fall of beirut into french hands by landing 2 units in Syria - nice move, DH.
RAF stationed in Egypt hits an it. army transport for 4 str points.

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September
Axis dows Sweden; Vicky will be dowed anytime now.
Brest garrison killed by LF+army. but another uk corps is shipped to replace the fallen heroes.

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Axis push their luck and don't operate any more air in Sicily. As a result, allies can afford to send the ships and carriers to kill off the lone LF in sicily. Allied corps threaten to land near the german HQ. Italian corps near Malta pinged by RN as well. Axis kill a RN cruiser and allies sacrifice...

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July 14
UK gets Jets 1

Malta RAF decided to remain one more turn to (hopefully) force axis operate more air in Sicily. Nothing comes cheap, baby

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june 23
IRA surrenders.
brest and bordeaux garrisoned by uk troops
low str fr corps opped in front of bordeaux

paris garrison hit a german corps for 2 points
Malta RAF pings an italian cruiser
France will fall on the 30th of June

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june 16
Allies operate the 6 remaining commonwealth units to brest/bordeaux.
UK lost only 2 corps in France (i think)
Paris defended by army+2 corps protecting the flanks.

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May 12
Allies abandon the M line and regroup near Paris.
IRA defender killed by a carrier

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Last turn of April
second german cruiser alive at 10 after a str 2 BB pinged it a little

BB died heroically :P
IRA defender leaves Dublin, carriers chasing it ...
Axis reach Paris

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baltic sub killed.
second cruiser managed to get to koenigsberg port at str 2

2 RN BBs at 1 and 2 str, no RN ships lost so far
allies kill a corps in France

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RN intercepts the second cruiser trying to escape to denmark - down to 2
baltic sub down to 5
second atlantic sub ghosted
that's a small consolation for the impetuous axis advance in france

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december

axis fleet attack RN near antwerp - 1 rn BB down to 2 - gerry cruiser down to 5; in retaliation, RN kills a full str german cruiser

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sick rolls for axis - turn 3 and they stepped the lc/french border...bleah

1 sub killed the other one left at 1

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yeah poland succumbs in turn 2, danish defender assraped by LFs and ships
gerry corps near the elbow survives at 2

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badass rolls for axis in poland. Axis use HDO.

allies prepare the defence of france; allies dow IRA; allied fleet start the sub hunt

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yeah, 235 should be a breeze for DH's axis ... or not

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Well i haven't played much of it yet, only a game on 2nd difficulty level, just to see how it plays out. It is faster paced than Civ 3 (remember the Civ 3 late period, what a chore), more options, new concepts - to me it seems better than civ 3 so far - and it has hotseat and tcp/ip :) OTOH, I kinda...

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I guess I'll just wait for the deadline. I am not in the mood of playing SC these days, i got very busy with my new PC, trying to overclock it and stabilize it :) Got also an overkill graphichs card and I plan to play some 3D games to enjoy the view :D Also, Civ 4 is out ... nah, I am really busy :g...

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Russians mount a counteroffensive near Kharkow, linking it again with their hexes - 1 german tank and 1 it. corps lost. The swan song of allied forces before surrendering to the overwhelming fascist forces. Steady advance, no risk taken, good techs and mid game allied mistakes (losing all those air ...

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November 42

Russia shows J3 in an air intercept.
Kharkow completely surrounded (army + 2 corps killed).

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September 42

Germans besieging Leningrad and clearing the Kharkow area for a major assault on the city.

Italy gets AT1
Italy buys bomber

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Germans continue their cautious advance in Russia, carrier begins training near Leningrad. In west, LFs continue to force intercepts hitting uk ports...just to keep allied mpps in check. German army strength deployed vs Russia - 11 armies, 5 tanks, 9 air, 1 carrier, 6 HQs, some corps (german, italia...

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Eisenhower killed while sitting on his butt , doing nothing , in UK

along with a RAF unit.

In east, germans begin encircling Leningrad, central mine captured, 3 red J2 air engaged to keep red mpps in check

Germany gets Jets 3 and AT2. First german carrier built in Riga

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July 42

Smolensk falls after the bulk of russian heavy pieces retreated to Moskow area. Russian lose 3 corps this turn, mine near Kharkow under attack.

In west, a german LF forces an USAF intercept, some air refitted for next turn.

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Germans refit their line and repel an ill fated russian counterratack near minsk - no losses but Russia lose 3 armies + 1 AF...+ 1 corps near Leningrad. In west, germans attack directly the allied air force - 1 USAF down, additional AF bought in paris - germans have 5 AFs keeping allied air in check...

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Game resumed.

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Well, sadly, DH is right ... BF is almost dead with everyone waiting for SC2. PL seems very much alive, a lot of great guys and good games you can find here. This is the reason I joined PL, to meet ppl and have some good games. Didn't bother to post games till now but maybe I'll start once SC2 comes...

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Amen. Most probably you were happy because of those 2 lvl 2 USAF :) Lvl 0 jets under the command of 3-4 stars HQs can fight against unexperienced lvl 2 jets. The destruction of monty+3 allied air (4 if we count the raf in egypt) buys a lot of time for axis. At 750+mpps/turn and some IT, game will be...

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Italian sniffer near canada - allies are present there :( For the moment, axis keeps hq+some air in west just in case - allies decided to retreat the remaining naval units from Brest area. Italian ships patrol the western french shores. In the east, troops were refitted this turn and northern army g...

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air-naval battle around Brest goes on: allies kill an italian BB, in return axis kill the other US BB and an RN BB.
In the east, Minsk captured and besides the tank garrison, a red army meets its doom.
Finland left undefended.
Commies show AT1.

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March 42 LFs from Bilbao and Italian BBs kill an US BB and badly cripple a RN BB (2) - descongesting the seas a little bit here ... In east commies push towards Helsinki, axis will start the attacks aimed at capturing Riga and Minsk. Tech race; The incredible has happened!!! Germany gets Jets 1 !!!!...

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the 2 red cruisers near Finland, destroyed.
Axis capture kiew.
Funny thing is that i was watching TV during the end of turns phase and never noticed IT level!!! Troops seemed kind of cheap and I just checked it ... LOL

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October 41 Axis invade USSR, Portugal, Greece, Iraq. Greece surrenders; In Russia, all border armies killed or cutoff, 2 tanks and 1 red air killed, red cruiser down to 3 (sub was too far away). No techs besides LR2 for Axis so the army deployed vs Russia was quite large: 9 AFs, 5 tanks, 10 armies, ...

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Allies push their luck and attack one corps in boat so a BB can escape.
In return, Luftwaffe kills 2 USAFs and 1 RAF. No air losses for Germany so far. Russia at 81%.

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No updates lately, PL site was not available for some 2 hours. All minors captured, USA joined in June, suez/beirut captured. August 41, 8 LFs (LR2, Jet 0) from Norway and northern France, fly sorties over UK and kill Monty. USA already at jets 2, UK at 0. Very experienced german HQs kept the losses...

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Fayfer moves wrongly a corps near Alexandria and is forced to operate a 3rd air to cover a landing site. Good choice because instead of losing 2 AFs, he loses only 1. The other 2 RAFs in bad shape (3,4)
Sweden converted; Tripolitania recaptured.

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october 13
Stockholm captured, sweden ain't dead

both armies suffered horrenduous landing casualties

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August 25
Norway and Vicky converted.
2 RAF units in Egypt.

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RN cruiser sunk near Algiers by LFs
Tripolitania enjoys a few moments of freedom

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As expected, italian cruiser killed. UK BB killed in return and Ark Royal carrier hit down to 3.

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July 28
France surrenders
RN spotted near Sicily by italian cruiser (poor cruiser, she's gonna get it)

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June 15
One german army killed, 2 fr armies killed in return; german tank reaches Paris.

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May 26 or something
2 fr armies destroyed, tank 1 hex away from paris
BB gets pinged by a LF down to 6

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April 28

German kill an uk corps and cut off another sitting in the elbow hex.
Additionally 2 fr armies are pounded (8 and 4) and their entrenchment is removed for the next turn attacks.
6th LF commissioned.

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Badass rolls (and 1+ star troops) made short work of FBH and Ardennes fr armies. Gerry has 2 hexes in France.

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Turn 6
Forest army survives at 1 because the 5th LF hit a nearby troop

Unfortunately my super mega ultra gaming mouse pad is not fit for SC

Mouse pad replaced by the old carpet i used till 2 days ago

Subs killed

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Turn 5
Manny and 5th LF arrive
Germans do some probing attacks only and a LF forces London RAF to intercept; canadian army in boat gets pinged by another LF
Subs found, one gets sunk.

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Turn 4

Denmark and Poland converted
French forest army survives at 2

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Turn 3
RAF hits Antwerp port, minimal damage to LF
Poland still fight on...i'm playing with fire here, gotta buy Manny in Warsaw

4th LF bought in Brussels
Denmark defender killed
Seems as UK is going the ground way after all.
Subs playing 'battleships' with allied cargoes in North Atlantic

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Turn 2 Axis DOW and capture LC; troops under von Bock performed poorly so a corps was needed to finish off LC defender London RAF and FAF intercepted. Everytime you give cash to the allies, they go the RAF way :) Well more or less, not clear yet what strategy will Fayfer preffer :) Second HQ opped i...

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Game begins:

Turn 1

Axis goes classic: old fashioned Yoda-style southern breakthru

with Runnie leading the troops in Poland
Subs'a'raidin'

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starting with 18-19 gmt+2 i'll be online I think ... cya there

btw, archangels are overrated, methinks

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Hellraiser fears neither big cats nor muscle packed action figures

Hopefully Faypher fears them not as well

@Fayfer - frd, i think I can be online on Wednesday evening (90%). What hour would suit you?

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game to start on Monday ot Wednesday, the latest.

@jjr - yeah, took the axis at a quite high bid but it'll just add up to the challenge

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bidding continued on ICQ, the result being:

Hellraiser takes axis@240. This means a 265 game after the +25 handicap is considered.

Tough bid, but difficulties do not impress those who sprang out of the hell itself !!!

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Okay ladies&gentlemen!!! The Needles Face from the woods of Transylvania is back and ready to fight this Valhalla punk by the name of Pfeiffer

The horror from hell agrees to the proposed rules and ups the bid to a balanced 230

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Nice game! Heavyweight style!
I've rarely seen Rambo playing such attrition wars, left aside matches vs Yoda.
@JJR -> seems the focus is back, eh?

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pfeiffer, dude ... you'd better hide far away from me ... these days i'm a bitch LOL
j/k
looking forward to meeting you

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Ok leute Game Over. Martina gave up on June the 16th after not being able to gain a foothold on french soil. Allies used french HQ and UK dumped corps and one army. Ireland fell in late May, RAF + carriers were on their way to the party. Pretty standard defence pattern for the allies - every unit th...

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Yo Panzies, howz da game playing out for jah ?