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93 5/10/2026 2:27:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Message My cards:

2 / OKH Conference
Allow play of Taifun w/o VP penalty.

5 / Herkules
Place an Axis control marker on Malta. May trace full supply by sea to Tripoli/Tunis. PREREQ: May not be played if Allied units are in Benghazi or Algiers.

3 / Italian Naval Sortee
Axis unit may trace full supply across SR lines to Tripoli/Tunis this turn. May place 1 combat or Move marker.

5 / Hedgehogs
Place 3x lvl1 Trench markers in Full Supply spaces w Ge Armies in Su. All GE units in Su may use no retreat option this turn.

5 / Speer
Allow play of 5th Pz & 6th SS Pz A & Final Production Surge event. PREREQ: May not play after Totaler Krieg.

3 / Krim
Cancels Su fort combat effects for 1 attack vs. Sevastopol.

4 / Panzer Refit
Flip any 3 reduced strength Pz units (Army or corps) to their unreduced sides. No space containing an affected Pz unit may be activated this round. PREREQ: May not be played during Spring Thaw
92 5/10/2026 2:26:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Change Victory Points +2: from 13 to 15
Message from Axis:
Leningrad and Tula
91 5/10/2026 2:25:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Message In the Leningrad attack: advance both GE18 to Leningrad, PZ3 to Novgorod

In the Tula attack - flip PZ4 - (PZ4) advance to Tula and back to Kaluga
90 5/10/2026 12:47:00 PM Fall 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Ops/Event #25: 5 / Enigma
The Axis player must show the Allied player his hand. PREREQ: May not be played if Allies control any space in Greater Germany. May not play during Spring Thaw.

Message from Allied:
let ne see your cards and advances and I will decide on make my move
89 5/10/2026 12:45:00 PM Fall 1941 Allied Message Tula 5-3 Ax victory
* SU Reserve Front moves Allied Eliminated Units -> Allied Eliminated Units *
* SU SCU moves Allied Reserve -> Allied Eliminated Units *4,0
* SU Bryansk Front moves Tula -> Ryazan *
* SU Shock Army moves Tula -> Ryazan *
you have choice on losses and can advance
88 5/10/2026 12:42:00 PM Fall 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

5
2


Message from Allied:
Tula
Ax 9L
Su 6L

87 5/10/2026 12:41:00 PM Fall 1941 Allied Message Leningrad eliminate SU A. Where do you advance?

86 5/10/2026 12:31:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Ops/Event #3: 2 / OKH Conference
Allow play of Taifun w/o VP penalty.

Message from Axis:
Flip GE9 for losses in Kaluga

T3 AX2 Event/Ops

C(Luga): attack Leningrad, 5L vs 2S

C(Kaluga): attack Tule, 9L vs 6L
85 5/10/2026 10:29:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Change Victory Points +3: from 10 to 13
Message from Allied:
Odessa, Kiev & Orel
84 5/10/2026 10:24:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Event #24: 3 / Soviet Reinforcements
Place Brynsk, Kalinin, & Volkhov Fronts. Place 3x Armies ==> RB.

Message from Allied:
RB 5,0
* SU Volkhov Front moves offboard -> Gorki *
* SU Kalinin Front moves offboard -> Saratov *
* SU Bryansk Front moves offboard -> Tula *
83 5/10/2026 10:20:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Message Tula 5-4 Su victory
flip front, flip Shk A
You have choice which to flip
82 5/10/2026 10:16:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
5


Message from Allied:
Tula
Ax 12L
SU 6L
81 5/10/2026 10:15:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

2


Message from Allied:
Odessa
Su 2S
80 5/10/2026 9:53:00 AM Fall 1941 Axis Message OK, I'll make the same move, but everyone in Kaluga will attack Tula, so its 12L vs 6L
79 5/10/2026 9:48:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Message I agree with your list

78 5/10/2026 9:39:00 AM Fall 1941 Axis Message I think the SUshk I have in Vladimir should be in Moscow

Assuming that's right, I see your units as follows:

Leningrad: SUx
Vologda: (SUx)
Ivanovo: (Northwest)
Moscow: (Central) and SUshk
Vladimir: SUx
Tula: Reserve and SUshk
Elets: SUshk
Kubishev: SUshk and Stalin
Voronezh: (South)
Kharkov: SW Mech
Odessa: SUx
Kirovgrad: SUx
Dnep: SUshk
Rostov: Caucasus
Sevastopol: SUc
77 5/10/2026 9:13:00 AM Fall 1941 Axis Message Right - I forgot about the Taifun requirement

On the Shock armies - I must have one in the wrong place - I have them in Vladimir, Tula, Elets, Dnep and Kuibishev? Which one is wrong?

76 5/10/2026 8:55:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Message also I have a Shock Army in Moscow so the odds would be 6L vs 6L

75 5/10/2026 8:54:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Message you have to play Taifun as an event before you can attack Moscow

74 5/10/2026 8:49:00 AM Fall 1941 Allied Draw Strategy cards Drew 6 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
73 5/9/2026 12:39:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Operations #21: 5 / Herkules
Place an Axis control marker on Malta. May trace full supply by sea to Tripoli/Tunis. PREREQ: May not be played if Allied units are in Benghazi or Algiers.

Message from Axis:
T3 AX1 Ops

M(Vitebsk): PZ2 to Kaluga (via Rzhev)

M(Bryansk): PZ4 to Kaluga (via Kursk and Orel)

M(Slovakia): PZ1 to Galatz, GEx to Tarnow

C(Galatz): attack Odessa, autokill, RO4 advances Odessa, PZ1 advance to Kiev

C(Kaluga): 1. GE9 attacks Tula, 4L vs 6L; 2. PZ2 and PZ3 attack Moscow, 6L vs 2L
72 5/9/2026 12:27:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Message You get to unflip your CW and BR units as well ...
71 5/9/2026 12:23:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Draw Strategy cards Drew 6 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
70 5/9/2026 12:23:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Message SUx in Kolomya eliminated

Tallin, Narva, Lwow, Kolymja become AX controlled
69 5/9/2026 12:22:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Message Stalin Orders on Moscow, Tula and Odessa
68 5/9/2026 12:21:00 PM Fall 1941 Axis Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

3
5


Message from Axis:
MOs, AX then AP
67 5/9/2026 12:21:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis End Turn
66 5/9/2026 12:20:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message I'm holding my last card
65 5/9/2026 12:18:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Message Turn 2 RPS
* SU Reserve Front moves Allied Eliminated Units -> Tula *
* SU SCU moves Allied Eliminated Units -> Allied Reserve *
* SU (Central Front) moves Eliminated to Moscow
-> Moscow *
64 5/9/2026 12:14:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Operations #22: 5 / Operation Uranus
"+1DRM" for all Su attack this round. PREREQ: May NOT play during Spring Thaw

Message from Allied:
* SU SCU moves Rzhev -> Vologda *
* SU Northwest Front moves Valdai -> Ivanovo *
* SU SCU moves Kalinin -> Vladimir *
* SU Shock Army moves Saratov -> Kuibishev *
* SU Caucasus Front moves Armavir -> Rostov *
63 5/9/2026 12:08:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Message Leningrad 5-2 Ax victory
flip Leningrad front elim to hold
* SU SCU moves Allied Reserve -> Leningrad * 1,0

62 5/9/2026 12:05:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

6
2


Message from Allied:
Leningrad
Ax 5L
SU 3L
61 5/9/2026 12:03:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message Actaully, I can't go via KD - it stays AP controlled
60 5/9/2026 11:36:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Ops/Event #12: 3 / Nordlicht
Axis units may attack Leningrad. Axis unit may only attack Leningrad this round. PREREQ: May not be played during Spring Thaw.

Message from Axis:
T2 AX6 Event/Ops

M(Pzkov): (GE11) to Novgorod

M(Vyazma): GE9 to Kaluga (via Mozhaisk), PZ3 to Luga (via KD)

C(Luga): attack Leningrad, 9L, 2L to 5L vs 3L
59 5/9/2026 11:29:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Replacement Points #16: 5 / Sledgehammer
Beach head: Allied A-B,D. [Br1A], 2x US Corps. PREREQ: Play after US Build-Up. May not play after Torch.

Replacement points: BR: 2, US: 3, SU: 5

Message from Allied:
58 5/9/2026 11:29:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Message Rzhev 6-2 Ax win
* SU Reserve Front moves Allied Eliminated Units -> Allied Eliminated Units *
* SU SCU moves Allied Reserve -> Rzhev * 2,0
flip army to hold woods



57 5/9/2026 11:24:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

5
3


Message from Allied:
Rzhev
Ax 15L
Su 3L
56 5/9/2026 10:00:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Message Actually, I'll change that ...

PZ2 will stay in Vitebsk

M(KIev): PZ3 to Vyazma

C(Vyazma): attack Rzhev, 15L vs 3L
55 5/9/2026 9:51:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Operations #18: 2 / Devil's Gardens
Treat desert space as a mountain space for 1 defensive combat.

Message from Axis:
No problem, so for the advance, both GE4 and GE9 will advance to Vyamzma

T2 AX5 Ops

M(Vitebsk): PZ2 to Vyazma (via VL)

C(Vyazma): attack Rzhev, 15L vs 3L
M(Vitebsk):
54 5/8/2026 5:42:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Message Thanks for pointing this out
will change my retreat to
* SU SCU moves Vyazma -> Kalinin *
and my SR will move the SU Shock Army to Tula *

53 5/8/2026 3:20:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message Let me know if I've got that wrong, and/or if you want to change your move ...
52 5/8/2026 3:19:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message GE9 will advance to Vyazma, and GE4 will advance Vyazma>Kaluga

(which I think is OK - 11.51 3rd bullet - if you retreat 2 spaces then advancing non-mech units can advance up to 2 spaces. And under 11.52, the requirement to stop advances in forest spaces only applies to mechanised units ...)


51 5/8/2026 6:55:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Strategic Redeployment #10: 2 / NKVD Boosts Morale
"+1 DRM" for defending Soviet Units.

Message from Allied:
Assuming you advance into Vyazma
* Stalin moves Moscow -> Kuibishev *
* SU Shock Army moves Orel -> Rzhev *
50 5/8/2026 6:54:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Message Vyazma 6-2Ax victory
Central Front to SCU 3,0
* SU SCU moves Vyazma -> Tula *
49 5/8/2026 6:46:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

6
2


Message from Allied:
Vyazma
Ax 9L
Su 3L
48 5/7/2026 4:20:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message Still play Wolfpack for Ops, but instead move will be:

T2 AX4 Ops

2C(Smolensk and RY): attack Vyazma, 9L vs 3L

C(Konotop): attack Bryansk, autokill and advance
47 5/7/2026 8:40:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Message Ah - so you did - I missed that - I'll redo the move
46 5/7/2026 8:38:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Message Poltava is vacant. I moved the front on my last turn.

45 5/7/2026 4:32:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Operations #15: 3 / Wolfpacks
Allied hand size reduced by 2 for the next draw phase. PREREQ: May not be played after ASW Victory.

Message from Axis:
T2 AX4 Ops

M(Kiev): PZ3 to Konotop, GE6 to Kremenchug

C(RY): attack Bryansk, auto, no advance

C(Konotop): attack Poltova, 9L vs 2L
44 5/5/2026 4:26:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Event #13: 3 / Siberians
Place 1st-5th Shock Armies on the map as if they were LCUs PREREQ: Play after Sorge.

Message from Allied:
* SU Shock Army moves offboard -> Moscow *
* SU Shock Army moves offboard -> Tula *
* SU Shock Army moves offboard -> Dnepropetrovsk *
* SU Shock Army moves offboard -> Tula *
* SU Shock Army moves offboard -> Saratov *
Yellow card if Stalin in Moscow

* SU Shock Army moves Tula -> Orel *
* SU Shock Army moves Tula -> Elets *
* SU South Front moves Poltava -> Voronezh *
* SU Southwest Front moves Uman -> Kharkov *
43 5/4/2026 5:40:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message Advance GE6 and PZ3 to Kiev, PZ4 to Konotop
42 5/4/2026 4:35:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Message Kiev 5-2 Ax victory
flip South Front
* SU South Front retreats Kiev -> Poltava *

41 5/4/2026 4:31:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

4
2


Message from Allied:
Kiev
Ax 12 L
SU 3L
40 5/4/2026 8:37:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Operations #9: 4 / Hitler Takes Command
Allow play of Totaler Krieg, Fall Blau, Zitadelle, Wacht am Rhein events. Prevents play of PzG Guderian. +2DRM to the Axis Order rolls.

Message from Axis:
T2 AX3 Ops

M(Courland): GE18 to Luga

M(Bobrusik): GE4 to RY (via Gomel)

M(Vilna): PZ3 and PZ4 to Zhitmomir (via Pinsk)

C(Pinsk): attack Kiev, 12L vs 3L
39 5/2/2026 7:42:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Change Victory Points +1: from 9 to 10
Message from Allied:
Standfast Kishinev

Yes
38 5/2/2026 7:03:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Message Kishinev is under an SF - do you still want to do that?
37 5/1/2026 11:09:00 AM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Event #7: 5 / Industrial Evacuation
May not be played if Moscow has ever been occupied by an Axis unit.

Message from Allied:
Yellow card if Stalin in Moscow
* SU Northwest Front, Move moves Novgorod -> Valdai *
* SU Reserve Front, Move moves Mozhaisk -> Rzhev *
* SU Central Front, Move moves Gomel -> Vyazma *
* SU SCU, Move moves Kiev -> Bryansk *
* SU South Front moves Kishinev -> Kiev *
36 4/30/2026 5:36:00 AM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Ops/Event #5: 4 / Panzergruppe Guderian
2nd PzA may make a 2nd attack this round after all combat have been completed. It may advance only 1 space after this 2nd combat. PREREQ: May not be played after Hitler takes command. May not be played during Spring Thaw.

Message from Axis:
T2 AX2 Event/Ops

M(Minsk): PZ2 to Riga

C(Riga): PZ2+(GE16) attack Pskov, 5L vs 2C, advance both - (GE16) to Pskov, PZ to Vitebsk

C(OM): attack Smolensk, 4L vs 2C, advance

C(TR): attack Zhitomir, 5L vs 2C, advance


Then PZ2 second attack, vs VL, 5L vs 2C, no advance
35 4/29/2026 8:32:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Event #11: 3 / Sorge
May place move/combat marker on 2 Soviet spaces. Allow play of Siberians

Message from Allied:
yellow card
* SU SCU moves Pinsk -> Kiev *
* SU SCU moves Vitebsk -> Velikiye Luki *
34 4/29/2026 8:12:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Draw Strategy cards Drew 7 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
33 4/29/2026 8:12:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Discard Strategy card Message from Allied:
32 4/29/2026 8:12:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Discard Strategy card Message from Allied:
31 4/29/2026 8:11:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Discard Strategy card Message from Allied:
30 4/29/2026 8:11:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Discard Strategy card Message from Allied:
29 4/29/2026 8:11:00 PM Summer 1941 Allied Discard Strategy card Message from Allied:
28 4/29/2026 4:51:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Operations #2: 4 / Von Paulus Pause
Axis places 4 Combat markers in any axis ocupied spaces (include. Multi-nationality spaces). Cancels Su Trench No Retreat option this round. Axis must take 2x 1 OPS rounds on Turn 2. Cancels Winter 42 effects. PREREQ: Play on Turn 1 only. May not play if Barbarossa has been played.

Message from Axis:
T1 AX1

M(BL): GE4 to Bobruisk
M(Lublin): GE6 to TR (via Kovel)
M(Kaunas): GE9 to OM
<(Insterberg): (GE16) to Riga
27 4/29/2026 4:36:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Draw Strategy cards Drew 3 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
26 4/29/2026 4:35:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Message None and SO - SFs on Kolomya, Kishinev and Odessa
25 4/29/2026 4:34:00 PM Summer 1941 Axis Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
5


Message from Axis:
MOs, AX then AL
24 4/29/2026 4:34:00 PM June 1941 Axis End Turn
23 4/29/2026 4:34:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message Keep all the others
22 4/29/2026 4:33:00 PM June 1941 Axis Discard Strategy card Message from Axis:
Discard
21 4/29/2026 4:33:00 PM June 1941 Axis Discard Strategy card Message from Axis:
Discard
20 4/29/2026 4:32:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message End Turn - no RPs - West (and matching SCU) in Bialystock dies oos
19 4/28/2026 5:38:00 PM June 1941 Allied Change Victory Points +2: from 7 to 9
Message from Allied:
Minsk
Stand fast violation Lwow
18 4/28/2026 5:37:00 PM June 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Operations #14: 5 / Lend-Lease
Allow play of Su Mech Fronts (31,37,39) on any later turn.

Message from Allied:
* SU SCU moves Riga -> Pskov *
* SU Northwest Front moves Dvinsk -> Novgorod *
* SU Southwest Front moves Lwow -> Uman *
* SU SCU moves Tarnopol Rovno -> Zhitomir *
* SU SCU moves Dnepropetrovsk -> Kirovograd *
17 4/28/2026 4:59:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message Actually, (GE9) will stay in Insterberg
16 4/28/2026 4:58:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message Flip GE16. Advance (GE16) and GE9 to Kaunas, PZ3 and PZ4 to Vilna
15 4/28/2026 4:42:00 PM June 1941 Allied Message Kaunas 5-4 Ax victory
flip NW front retreats to Dvinsk
to you for advance
14 4/28/2026 4:37:00 PM June 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
5


Message from Allied:
Kaunas
AX 15L +1
Su 3L +1
13 4/28/2026 4:36:00 PM June 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from Allied:

12 4/28/2026 4:34:00 PM June 1941 Allied Play Strategy card as Combat #17: 2 / Zhukov
"+1DRM" for Su Offensive or Def fire.

Message from Allied:
Kaunas
you need to play your combat card.
11 4/28/2026 4:27:00 PM June 1941 Allied Message flip Ro A Yassi
10 4/28/2026 4:25:00 PM June 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from Allied:
Chimovisti
Su 2 Small
9 4/27/2026 3:18:00 PM June 1941 Axis Play Strategy card as Event #1: 5 / Barbarossa
Axis places 5 Combat markers in any axis ocupied spaces (include. Multi-nationality spaces). +1 DRM for all Ge attack vs. Su this round. Cancels Su Trench No Retreat option & Def 1R effect for entire turn. PREREQ: Play on Turn 1 only. May not play if Von Paulus Pause has been played.

Message from Axis:
OK - here we go!

(GE1) in Calais, (GE7) in Paris

SFs in Kishinev, Lwow, Kolomya

1. C(Yassi) vs Chernovitsi. 213SU dies, (11GE) adv Chernovitsi. Defence roll of #6 will flip RO2

2. C(Lublin) vs Kovel. 213SU dies, 1PzGE adv Slovakia

3, C(Warsaw) (no corps) vs Brest L. 213SU dies, 4GE adv Brest L., 2PzGE adv Minsk (VP+1)

4a. C(Memel) (only 18GE) vs Courland. 213SU dies, 18GE adv Courland

4b and 5. C(Memel) (16GE+4PzGE) + C(Insterberg) vs Kaunas. 15L(+1,card) vs 3L (advance after results)
8 4/27/2026 3:13:00 PM June 1941 Axis Draw Strategy cards Drew 7 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
7 4/27/2026 2:00:00 PM June 1941 Allied Draw Strategy cards Drew 0 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
6 4/27/2026 2:00:00 PM June 1941 Allied Draw Strategy cards Drew 7 to replenish hand to 7 cards.
5 4/27/2026 2:00:00 PM June 1941 Allied Message I accept your bid

4 4/27/2026 1:33:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message I'll put in a zero bid for Axis ...
3 4/27/2026 1:33:00 PM June 1941 Axis Message Hi Steve - sorry for not getting going earlier!
2 4/23/2026 7:55:00 AM June 1941 Allied Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from Allied:
1-3 Steve Bids first
4-6 Trevor bids first

1 4/23/2026 7:54:00 AM June 1941 Allied Message Trevor,
We have been paired in the ladder tournament. I created the game. I am retired and live in Virginia, USA.

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