The Vainglory of Grogheads - Pride of Nations PBEM AAR

[Tuna]

Ok, maybe the AI is not that smart. Wellington's Army has moved inland and I have taken back Langedoc. To the North in Rhone there is a smaller Calvary Unit, hopefully I will take them out.



I've decided to move my other two large Armies to the South to hopefully prevent him from moving around too much. I'm thinking moving inland was not very smart on the AI's part, I mean a huge Army like that could burn up supply quickly. Hopefully the AI wasn't trying to 'lure' me away from the Channel.. We shall see  :-\



In North Africa the lesser front, some Rebels have appeared in Tripoli so I set Bosquet's force on Assault. There is another Rebel force to the West, but I don't have time for them now.



Down in Dakar Region d'Hilliers Force is now on transport, so I will land them at Banjul.. This will only take 5 days.. as opposed to the 54 days I saw originally if going by land.



This situation with Wellington has made me think, I don't have enough Rail Lines in my home country to move forces quickly. So I am building another Railroad in Limosin for the future.

[Tuna]

The British Calvary has fled to the North, I am trying to maneuver to encircle and take them out



Wellington has moved West, I have no idea what he's up to. But I'm moving to Armies to corner him.. Hopefully he's hurting for supplies since he didn't take Toulouse.



In North Africa, I lost my first battle with the Rebels, but by the losses it really looks like it was a draw. Not sure what I will do next there.. Seems like a lot of work over minimum resources.



d' Hilliers moves into Banjul and has the fort besieged. I don't see any units in the fort, so I am changing his stance to assault.



Next Turn

Took out the Calvary to the North in France



Don't know how the heck Wellington moved two regions to the east!.. If I tried to follow it said it was going to be 45 days!.. The terrain doesn't look bad, but who knows

[undercovergeek]

i saw him there and wondered where the hell he came from

FWIW theres a british transport fleet off Sardinia that looks like it has a lot of angry red coats on it

ive branched out, do you fancy some coffee with that invasion?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I'm beginning to doubt that the AI plays by the same rules.  I did select AI uses same supply rules but they never seem to be out of supply or suffer much in the way of cohesion losses when moving.  They also seem to be able to move much faster than we can.  The Turkish army that was in Tiblisi was able to move 8 provinces back to Constantinople faster than I could and I was only two provinces away.  The Turks don't have rail and I don't think the forced march option works that well.

[bbmike]

It it because of this game option (Redeployment)?

[Tuna]

It it because of this game option (Redeployment)?

Thought that was just Leaders? Although it was in ACW.. hmm i could use that to get some General in Africa back to France, where they are needed!

[bbmike]

I found this in an old Civil War thread:

Redeployment is a new feature that basically alows you to redeploy your troops anywhere on the map as long as the two regions are connected by rail.
Mechanics:
Select the option in special orders
Select the region you wish to redeploy to
The next turn, your stack will appear in the new region.

I don't know if it applies to PoN or not but hopefully that's what happened. Either that or Wellington has access to transporter technology!  :D

[JasonPratt]

Those... are two different descriptions? -- one of them is VASTLY much more extensive than the other one.

Also, SDR said the Turks don't have rails. (Though maybe you should check that again...?)

[Tuna]

Last night's turn, and the UK is just running around France having their way with my frazzled forces.. Wellington has broken off into a smaller force. Even though he is besieging the region he is in, I'm rushing some forces by railroad to Paris just in case!



I have succeeded in Banjul!.. If the UK wasn't running wild in my homeland, it would be a reason to celebrate. This was the region that the 'crisis' that started our war began over.



The UK is no longer in the Dakar area.

[bbmike]

The UK is no longer in the Dakar area.

No, now they're in the French area.   

[Tuna]

The UK is no longer in the Dakar area.

No, now they're in the French area.   

And having a mighty fine time I might add!  O0

[JasonPratt]

^^ Must be the local vineyards. ;)

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Well, after several turns of watching the Turkish armies run rings around me without ever losing cohesion or supply, I've decided this is not a winnable war and have offered peace.  Must say my enthusiasm for this game is greatly dampened knowing that the AI doesn't have to play by the same rules as the humies. 

I took 4 Turkish provinces in the west and got as far as the western bank of the Bosphorus but I lost Tiblisi in the east.  Because Tiblisi is a core province for Russia, the game says I'm the loser in the war so I have to offer some sort of reparations to Turkey to even get them to consider peace.  I chose to offer monetary compensation of 7% of my GNP for 5 years.  Will have to wait to see if they accept.

[undercovergeek]

ouch, blimey thats some payment

didnt we figure it was the rail lines Wellington was using?

[Tuna]

ouch, blimey thats some payment

didnt we figure it was the rail lines Wellington was using?

Someone suggested it was Strategic Movement, which uses Rail Lines (I tried to use it for a couple of my Generals in Africa, to beam them back home like a transporter, but it said "uh uh"). But that is only for the 'leader' I believe, not the whole Army.. at least it was that way in ACW.  Plus Wellington is trashing my rail lines when he visits... I'm wondering why he's not dying for supplies (maybe he's grabbing them here and there).

Kind of sucks if the AI has this super advantage.. lol.. isn't it advantage enough that we are noobs to the game!