World War II using The WarGame. This time its real

A Headless Body Production
Venue: An undisclosed basement
The Nations: The Thousand Year Reich led by Phil Gardocki  
                        Imperial Japan led by Garth Parker
                        The United Socialist Soviet Republic led by Steve Turn
                        The United States of America led by John Forscythe
                        The Commonwealth of Nations led by Bruce Potter

Game System: The War Game, World War II.

The War Game,World War II, was originally published by Jeffery Stein in 1997.

This version will be using the rules as updated in 2015.  See here for the pdf.

The previous game, played solitaire, ran 4 turns.  Now it is time to turn the table over to real players.

House Rules:

Commanders.  If the commander of a major country (not Italy, France or China) is lost, a new commander becomes available on that country's next turn.  The penalty for losing the commander is reduced recruitment of infantry in every province by 1 for the next turn. 

The German/Italian turn

Following the model of the ground game in the solitaire running of the game, the Axis forces in Europe attack Leningrad and Egypt with all the air and ground forces available.  The German submarine fleets surge into the Atlantic and take potshots at a few allied ships with mixed results.

I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures this time around.  Some were blurry, or out of sync with events.

The game starts in the Jan 42- June 42 turn.  With some historical events already Fait accompli.  Like Japan already has taken most of its Pacific rim islands, including the Philippines, but not Java.

The Germans and the Italians move first.

Germany sends von Rundstedt to Heeresgruppe Nord to organize the taking of Leningrad.  He pulls in forces from Heeresgruppe Mitte and arranges shore bombardment by the KMS Tripitz.

 

Leningrad proved to be an easy nut to crack.

The Italian General Garibaldi leads Italian German forces into Cairo.

 

The Russians decide to ignore their loses and continue to build up.  Between Lend-Lease and their production, they recruit 15 infantry units

 

The UK forces build up in Egyptian Sudan.  Off panel is a landing by Indian Forces in Somalia

In Europe, the air war has begun.  British bombers brave the concentrated flak guns in France and bomb for $12 of damage, taking no losses.

 

The Pacific before the Japanese turn.

The Japanese pull a massive and successful assault on Peking.

Elsewhere in the Pacific, the Japanese fleet engage the Americans at Hawaii, sinking a carrier group, and destroying two battleships.

Near the Celebes islands, another sea battle was fault, with the Japanese losing a Battleship and a couple of destroyers.

 

The remaining American Carrier flees to the Atlantic.

 

Where American Industrial Might has begun it's work

5 units of infantry and a fighter on the east coast

 

 

 

 

4 more fighters and a bomber on the west coast

And sending $49 in lend lease dollars to China, USSR and the UK.

End of Turn 1.