Some friends are I would very much like to play PBEM with all four of us. It seems that the Septimius Severus scenario would be good for this, but the Didius faction is unplayable. Are there any plans to add 4 player scenarios or make this possible?
Turn 3: Early July 1918 A short update, as I only have one real front! http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1459/day3x.jpg As you can see, Sorokin slipped away once again. I think he must be set to evade enemy. In fact, no combat at all occurred in the area of this screenshot since last turn, but the R...
Thanks for the advice Hohenlohe ! Your ideas about flanking around Sorokin are very, very interesting indeed. I think I'll give it a shot. :) As for Tzaritsyn etc, it is too early to say, but I hope to take the town before 1919. Turn 2: Late June 1918 Well, Denikin met Sorokin, but not in the way I'...
Well, here we go. Turn 1: Early June 1918 As mentioned, I am playing the Southern Whites. At this very early stage of the game, they are divided into two forces - the Don Cossacks, under Krasnov, and the Volunteer Army, under Denikin. The Volunteers, my true Russian force, are by far the better figh...
[CENTER] http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4536/denikinposter.jpg [SIZE="5"][font="Arial Black"] LAST DREAMS OF THE OLD WORLD [/font][/size] [/CENTER] Hello again! After the premature end of my previous Revolution Under Siege AAR, Michael (lycortas), John (digital_pariah) and yours truly are giving...
Thanks for your comments, guys. You were probably right, but I'm afraid we'll never find out. :( I received this email from Michael, the Siberian Whites player and our good host, today. We've been experiencing a glitch involving British supply wagons: Sorry guys, I can't process the turn due to the ...
A bunch of losing battles this turn, but I'm still optimistic. Turn 30: Late August 1919 Historically, at this point, the Whites were at their most dangerous. Although KOMUCH had been destroyed and the Siberians were in retreat, Denikin's armies, led by Mai-Mai, were advancing straight up the railro...
Turns 28 + 29: Late July - Early August 1919 A few things. First, as predicted, I'm on the offensive in the north: http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8133/northernoffensives.jpg Things are going swimmingly. Stalin is chasing Miller and his British cronies off towards Karelia, and Bonchy's 16,000 ar...
Turns 26 + 27: Late June - Early July 1919 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/1919-Trotsky_Lenin_Kamenev-Party-Congress.jpg All Out for the Fight Against Denikin! Comrades, This is one of the most critical, probably even the most critical moment for the socialist revolution. Those w...
The Soviet Republic continues to resist the last dreams of the old world. Turns 24 + 25: Late May - Early June 1919 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/A._Apsit_1918.jpg The Whites are closer to Petrograd than they've ever been, and right now, only Stalin stands in their way. Shudder....
OneArmedMexican: You were right about Blucher. I kept him where he was after reading your post. Immediately after, he repulsed 10,000 Cossacks heading straight for Tambov. Well done!
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm still fighting as hard as I can!
Turn 23: Early May 1919 Things are getting rougher every turn. I'm starting to see why my history books call 1919 the "YEAR OF THE WHITES". Anywho. I didn't post a screenshot of the Eastern front last turn because nothing had changed since the enemy was repulsed at Penza. I figured that the stalema...
Turn 22: Late April 1919 I'll make this update short, as I have a new turn sitting in the inbox. First, the Ukraine: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7425/ukraine2.jpg The two most important cities in Ukraine are Kharkov and Kiev. As you can see, my attempt on Kiev failed (stupid Budyenny) and I ...
Turn 21: Early April 1919 The Siberians have struck hard.. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6379/penzabattle.jpg .. but not hard enough! Penza holds! Trotsky and Berezin's boys arrived literally the day the battle begun, so I've just barely averted a breach in the Siberian front here. A day later...
Turn 20: Late March 1919 Disaster! http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5238/owwyzowwy.jpg Stalin has utterly botched the defence of Tzaritsyn! 17,000 men lost in a day, the 10th army completely destroyed! This is a big, hard blow. I lost 7 national morale because of that battle! 7! http://img810.ima...
Turn 19: Early March 1919 A very short update. http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6650/nicebigmap.jpg Here's a nice big map for you. Check out the recent green uprisings in central Russia - a nasty rash on the Soviet Republic's pretty face. I'm going to have to divert reinforcements from other fron...
Seems your campaign is going nicely. Keep up the great work on this AAR! :thumbsup: If I may offer my humble opinion: I think you are overestimating the threat posted by the Yudenich rabble. Those troups arrive at half strength, their march north must have lowered their strength and cohesion furthe...
Turn 18: Late Feburary 1919 Things are going decently well, at least in the east. http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6474/tukhydefenz1.jpg Tukhachevsky has done quite well holding Kazan against superior numbers. He's even managed to take out several enemy elements! This is better than I had expecte...
Turn 17: Early February 1919 This will be a quick update as I have a new turn sitting in my inbox that I will have a longer post for! Here's the sitch: http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1291/syzran.jpg My attempt on Syzran was not a success, as you can see. I can't match those numbers yet without ...
Turn 16: Late January 1919 I'm going to rely heavily on the screenshots this turn. First, the Petrograd front: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/903/petroarea.jpg A-O and B-B have reached their assigned positions (Tsarskoye Selo and Novgorod, respectively). With two large forces in the field, I fe...
Turn 15: Early January 1919 New year, new opportunities and new threats. At the very least, greatly magnified older threats. Take a look.. Pariah's doing something clever with the Northwestern Army.. and I'm worried. http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5144/petrograd.jpg Moscow may be the capital, b...
If you have some mounted partisans left I would go for some winter railroad raiding in his backyard. :evilgrin: The great thing about those units: they have a special (hidden) attribute: "winterized" . Like partisans and some cossack units raiders don't take damage due to harsh weather. I hope you ...
I'm curious - why build the ships? The Siberian Volga flotilla trapped the Iron Division and Berezin's corps on the wrong side of the Volga, along with Trotsky. I nearly lost them. This is a first step in reclaiming the Volga. I intend to lay down some fluvial destroyers as well :cool: I'm not sure...
Turn 13: Early December 1918 It's almost Christmas. Things are settling down across all the fronts .. except one. Well, two. Well, I'll just show you. http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8176/easty.jpg By now you're probably familiar with western Siberia. What is new in this image is a coherent fron...
Excellent AAR. I like your matter of fact style and the visual presentation is excellent. Perhaps you could post NM, overall casualties and what you are building? Thanks very much! I really recommend Snagit, it's the graphics program that's letting me do all these nice screenshots with arrows etc. ...
Turn 12: Late November 1918 The Germans are out of the Ukraine, the Czechs are heading home, and Trotsky's free of the grasping claws of KOMUCH and Kolchak! http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9009/byeczechs.jpg I now have a total of ~85,000 troops on the Eastern Front, which is more than enough to ...
Turn 11: Early November 1918 Wow, big turn! Suddenly, all eyes turn south! http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7969/ekat.png We lost Ekaterinodar in a massive battle! Well, actually, we won the battle, though at great cost. Sorokin prudently decided to retreat when ANOTHER white force was spotted on...
Turns 9 + 10: Early October - Late October 1918 Again, I'm in a hurry, so I will be brief and combine both turns. In the south: Nothing. Really, nothing. Some skirmishing around Tzaritsyn, the enemy retreated. Our forces in Ekaterinodar have recovered and even gained strength (level 4 forts, combat...
Turn 8: Late September 1918 This turn was less quiet. Our Ekaterinodar defences were finally tested! The result: http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6966/ekatstrong.jpg Very good! The remaining rabble of the Red South all combined together stood up against Denikin! If only for one turn, I still cons...