The Vainglory of Grogheads - Pride of Nations PBEM AAR

[JasonPratt]

^^ You're Russia, right? Maybe this is verisimilitude?

;D

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Could be.  That drunken sot of a general spent the entire turn prostrate in his tent as the rebel forces regained cohesion.


Things in Khiva aren't going well.  My flying column ran into the main Khivan force and were all too easily dispatched.  Their chinless commander managed to extricate himself and is now convalescing in Baku Baku while the corpses of his men litter the steppe.



On the plus side, I now know what the Khivan Emir's forces consist of.  I also know that the 5 Cossack divisions I send to take on the Emir's army aren't going to be anywhere near enough.  Those divisions are now falling back to our depot on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.  They'll have to hold out for 44 days until reinforcements arrive from Grozny. 



Things with the Ottomans continue to heat up.  Decision time.

[JasonPratt]

Huh. I read three options, but I only see two offered......   :-\

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Not selecting any and just ending the turn would be the "no nothing" option, I assume.

[Tuna]

Unlike what UCG stated (trying to start international crisis!), I have not joined the war on the side of the Ottomans. I offered a defensive pact with both UCG and SDR.

Funny thing is, I thought that would give me a Casus-Belli with the Ottomans, but I see nothing of the sort yet..  :-[

Back to my previous turns, Since I now have plenty of Manufacturers Goods, I'd decided to splurge and start another Luxury Goods shop!




I have another uprising of rebels in Laghouaut. The unforgiving environment of the North African Desert just reeks havoc on my force's cohesion.



The trip is worth it when we achieve an easy Victory



My fleet in the Asian Pacific is still starving even though I have merchants in the trade box, I try moving them into a British Port since I have a supply agreement with them, but they give me nothing!



The Troops in North Africa make the long trek home before they start running out of supplies.



Now I moved the fleet into the Trade Box to join up with the Merchants this will help with supplies for a little while until my Depot is complete in Vinhlong



Few turns later.. Depot is complete, but still no supplies  :'(.
Opening up the Trade Window, I see that it's supplied by the South China Sea Maritime Link (where I have my Merchants), so I don't know what else to do.. maybe bring the fleet home .





In preparation for a possible landing to attack the Ottomans I put an order in for some transports



Back on the North Africa front.. Tunisia accepted the Protectorate Status.. But Rebels are back in Laghout and causing lots of trouble. I'm starting to build Rail Lines in the adjourning regions, hoping this will facilitate the fast movement of troops to squash the rebellions!

[Martok]

Hmm.  Sounds like naval supply could be better explained... 

Things with the Ottomans continue to heat up.  Decision time.

And your decision is...? 

[Tuna]

We're getting a few turns in tonight.. weird considering it's a week night!

Yay.. my depot is working (I assume because my fleet now is supplied)!.. Guess I just needed to be patient.. So I think the solution is.. Depot in the foreign land and Merchants in the supported Trade Box. Now I'm ready to go after any Pirates!



I decide to create a Colonial Division Algeris (Maybe if they're homeboys the harsh Desert won't bother them as much).

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Things with the Ottomans continue to heat up.  Decision time.

And your decision is...?

To send an ultimatum obviously.  One must stand up to these Turks, you know?  Otherwise you'll soon find falafel stands and hookah shops around your pubs and the hipsters will show up soon afterwards.  Nobody wants that.

[JasonPratt]

Unlike what UCG stated (trying to start international crisis!), I have not joined the war on the side of the Ottomans.

CriminEEEEEEEeeeee!! {dodging U'geek's instant death}{failing}

[undercovergeek]

Lol, apologies for the rumour mongering, I'm still getting nail biting France loves ottomans and they both hate Russia messages

[Martok]

One must stand up to these Turks, you know?  Otherwise you'll soon find falafel stands and hookah shops around your pubs and the hipsters will show up soon afterwards.  Nobody wants that.

LOL, true.  You don't want St. Petersburg becoming the Victorian equivalent of Seattle/Portland.   

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

The Turks declared war, I guess.  Our navies in the Black Sea just started blasting each other this turn.  I never got any messages informing me that war had started though.  I got a message saying The London Protocols were enacted but those relate to Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein.   I wonder if it's a bug?

Tuna, get any messages about our defensive pact?

[undercovergeek]

Not been allowed to play with the big boys and their wars we decide to improve on a few things

A new merchant fleet, my plan is to send it to China and start importing Opium and Silk if i can



We build two brigades of artillery, ramping our 1st Army's combat strength upto 1100, out to the east at Venice is a 1600 point Austrian army - there is building to be done! My main weakness here is manpower, i need 130 men and 10 officers for a new division but only produce 6 men a turn



Its a bit trial and error in the colonies at the minute. Im not strong enough to actually colonise anywhere yet but can build missions and trading posts where and when provinces will allow (i dont what the parameters are), at the minute the majority of provinces in the Horn of Africa and coming up through the Suez has an Italian mission and trading post there. In Ethiopia i have a mission and trading post in the major towns and despite not been able to build any infrastructure (roads, rail, fortresses) it seems i can upgrade the local resources - every turn or 2 i get 1 coffee from Harer, but this turn im allowed to build a coffee farm there.

[Tuna]

The Turks declared war, I guess.  Our navies in the Black Sea just started blasting each other this turn.  I never got any messages informing me that war had started though.  I got a message saying The London Protocols were enacted but those relate to Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein.   I wonder if it's a bug?

Tuna, get any messages about our defensive pact?

I didn't see anything. I don't think I saw declare war as an option with Ottomans. I'll look again next turn.

[Tuna]

This should make SDR happy!