Afrika Second Edition turns 11 to Axis half of turn 14

Continued the game of Afrika the day after my last post, only got round to putting it up on the blog today - so I have forgotten quite a bit...  Next game day should be the 27th.

End of Axis Turn 11

The Commonwealth easily manages to hold onto Bardia but the Axis put the pressure on to the supply chain up to the port, cutting it off.

End of Allied Turn 11

No shipping into Bardia so they have to use their remaining supply.  Bad roll for replacements as well (never rolling above a 6 the whole game so far).  O'Connor does launch attacks on all the adjacent units knocking out a bunch of Axis forces.

End of Axis Turn 12

Rommel cuts Bardia off from supply again, destroying another Commonwealth division in the process.  We also found out the Axis player was counting all Italian units as needing 2 supply points each - fixing that for the rest of the game helps the Axis supply situation.

End of Allied Turn 12

Bardia is open to receive supply, but the replacements roll is a 6 again and since there is no supply point in the port it cannot be used for the forces there.  Allied units move up and try to open a supply path to Bardia but are unable to do so.

End of Axis Turn 13

Axis move in to cut Bardia again, not causing as many losses to the Commonwealth this time.

End of Allied Turn 13

No supply into Bardia again, O'Connor has to retreat or breakout and chooses breakout!  No replacements yet again too.  The Commonwealth open supply to O'Connor's forces in Bardia when those forces manage to push aside the defending Axis units but the troops with O'Connor are spent (don't remember which armored division exactly).

End of Axis Turn 14

Rommel leads the attack on the Bardia survivors and destroys them.  He then leads the assault on another allied group and destroys them as well but the Axis units have taken a number of losses as well.  We stopped for the day at this point and will pick up with the Commonwealth turn 14.  Almost half way done the game and it is a nasty fight for Bardia that has lasted many months.  The Commonwealth does get a number of reinforcements this turn from the restrictions box (so they can start in Mersa Matruh) but most of them are not exploit capable - which is a major advantage in the game since it allows them to attack up to three times rather than once (Rommel and O'Connor grant this ability to units they are stacked with as well).  The Commonwealth turn will depend on the replacements received along with the O'Connor roll, either of those being bad means that a withdrawal is in order while if both are good than a counter attack may be enough to break the Axis units first.