I wish I was using some kind of troll mod, but no, that's how it is by default.

Wow Soviets surrendered? You're going to have some troubles.

Ya... got Germans invading my country now, I have enough people to hold the capital (Oslo, in the southeast) for now, but I don't have troops elsewhere in the country because they were sent to fight in Europe in the Allied offensive (and never returned). I made a gamble based on the going of the war, and didn't count on Germany's Axis allies putting up such fierce resistance and the Russians suddenly surrendering.

The British force has been pushed back into the sea, and the Germans are now capturing Norway province by province. I don't know if I should leave my capital to try to intercept them or stay and defend my capital. Looks like I'll have to go for the former, even though it'll leave Oslo poorly defended, which might provoke a German invasion in that direction. Looks like it's up to the States to save our hides, the British seem to be busy licking their wounds.

We're in for some rough times, methinks:nope:.

Edit: either way, definitely playing this 'til the end. I ain't giving up.

Okay, gave up on that game when most of Norway had been taken over and there was no sign of help coming from the US. They could have launched an invasion at some point, but to be honest, just sitting there as a government-in-exile waiting for someone to save us while doing nothing didn't sound too tempting, so I put that game on ice.

Started another game and joined the Allies in early 1940. Hungry for resources and IC, I declared war on Sweden, expecting to quickly steamroll their non-mobilized troops and conquer their country virtually overnight.
They insta-joined the Axis and screamed to the Germans for help, and my invasion force was met with a wall of German soldiers. They stopped my advance cold and proceeded to drive me back and take Oslo. Then my computer restarted to install system updates out of nowhere. Probably not going to get back into that game.

I think a mistake I made was trying to march across Sweden from Oslo for Stockholm. Building a transport flotilla and having it sail into the Bay under escort to deliver a division from the sea, would've let me take the capital in no time. The Swedes might have surrendered right away, then.

Question: does your faction allegiance make a difference when declaring war? Did the Swedes join the Axis automatically because I declared war as an Allied nation? Would it be safer to invade and conquering Sweden before joining the Allies?

Still haven't gotten a mic (I won't get money until the 15th), so I think I'll do one more "practice game" before I start the LP. The start date will still be Sept 1st and I'll still play as the Norwegians. Stay tuned:O:!

Bad luck with your campaigns,looking forward to your lp.Do you plan to get TFH before you start the lp ?

Possibly. Don't know if getting into a new x-pack, possibly with bugs and whatnot, is a good idea, so probably not.

Tried invading Sweden without first joining the Allies, it's working like a charm so far :3. Have taken a coastal city by landing a division from the sea, and I've also captured that strategic resource (forgot what it was, supposed to be doing schoolwork right now :P ) in the north, and I've got a third division storming towards Stockholm as we speak:yeah:. We mobilized before declaring war, so we invaded with a full-strength army, whereas Sweden had reserves that have proven no match for us so far. The country will be ours before long:arrgh!:.

Or not. We failed to hold Göteborg and also met an overwhelming army at Stockholm. We sued for peace and were immediately invaded by Germany.

I'm starting to get why there aren't more minor power LPs/AARs. This is tough:rotfl2:.

:rotfl2: You gave it a good go. How fast are you advancing and what are your forces made up of?

I pretty much have the divisions I started with (about 9 brigades), and they're pretty much at the starting (1918) tech level, so... I think I'm going down. Will probably have to restart the game again:O:, and invade with a bigger and faster army next time.

Just keep using infantry, maybe some mountain divisions. If they're 1918 you won't stand up to anyone though. Get them up to 1938 or 1940 techs and you're good.

Mhm, in my last game I got (among other things) the four infantry techs up to 2, 3 and 4 if I recall correctly. That is, AT, light support, small arms, etc. Since I've got such a long coastline and typically see a lot of shoreline combat, I should probably upgrade my cruisers' guns to make the shore bombardment bonus more powerful than the meager 6% I'm currently getting (and that's when I combine both my cruisers :O:). Will probably help a lot.

Got a bit tired of playing as the Norsemen, so decided to have a go as the Russians instead. It's a hog, just one big everlasting ground battle, but I'm having fun so far. Though I think I would have gotten my butt kicked if I had been playing on normal:O:. It's fun to have an IC of 270+ all of a sudden after spending so much time as the leader of a nation where I'm ecstatic if I can push my capacity up to 30:haha:.

Have stopped the German advance somewhat and gone on the offensive at several places along the fronts, and have even achieved a breakthrough or two. Trying the classic "punch a hole in their lines and storm their hinterland with fast units" trick. Again, having a proper military at your disposal is sooo much fun. Think I'll do Japan in the near future, as I know I'll get to really play with all kinds of units with them, from infantry to planes to carriers.

In other news, I just got this month's student loan payout, so there might be an LP coming soon. Maybe, maybe:03:!

Spread Communism to Romania:yeah:! Though I don't know for how long they will remain neutral, they're one tiny country and will probably soon be invaded or rejoin the war. Or perhaps not. Don't know enough about how this system works, to be honest. Either way, I hope they Romanian troops will be out of the fight long enough for me to reorganize and reinforce my badly hammered front line (especially in the south, where the majority of the offensive was done by Romanians), or maybe even do a little offensive fighting?

Oh, and another thing I'm wondering about? Is there an easier way to get an overview of, and give orders to your army in a given territory than selecting divisions with your mouse (be it through clicking or click-dragging)?
I'm asking because I'm tired of not being able to see how many divisions are in an area other than by hovering my mouse over that territory, and I'm tired of selecting a Stack of Doom and seeing a looooong list that disappears off the bottom of the screen, making it really hard for me to get an overview and direct troops :( .

Hmm, I know for me, when I want to move large troops around I just select the Corps HQ, under that it says how many divisions it has. Click on that and you select the entire Corps (Same for armies, AG and theatres). Aside from that, put your HQs on Ai and give them an objective.

I just found out that when you've selected a stack of doom, you can click the little crosses in the top-right corner of each division banner to remove it from the selection screen.

I always just assumed they disbanded the unit or something 'til I clicked one accidentally today:haha:.


I'm trying to play with as little AI interference as possible, the only exception at the moment is trade, which I'm letting the computer handle for me as it's just too much micromanagement to do it by myself.