Played this scenario with Tycho on Saturday and got smacked around in under two hours (who says ASL takes a long time to play?). A combination of overly aggressive play and "average" luck. Average as in rolling a lot of twos and twelves...
Quick note on the terrain is that Alpine Hills are in effect so no same level LOS on hills beyond one hex.
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| Initial Setup complete, let the game begin! Germans need to capture the buildings and lose <= 10 CVP. |
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| Opening shots, I fired on the guy in the woods with a MTR and missed with no rate (MTR would never get rate or hit through the whole game). The guys in P2 fired on L3 and rolled a 1 on the red die (breaking the HS) so the LMG fired again and I think rolled a 2, followed by the HS rolling a 2 MC and battle hardening. Missed my sniper check too. Not a good start! |
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| First Movement phase I get too aggressive (a 2-2 shot, not a big deal...). Leader rolls snakes and battle hardens and turns into a hero, Allied Sniper gets a 2 result, Hero leader gets hit... |
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| End of Axis turn 1. |
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Sergeant Schultz Strikes! First boxcars rally roll... HS casualty number 1! (the 8-0 at the bottom)
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| RALLY OR ELSE! |
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| End of Allied Turn 1 |
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| End of Axis turn 2 and MAJOR mistake #1, did not remember the LOS from that MG nest right down the board, and "Heroic Wounded Leader" gets whacked. Two free CVP... |
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He Strikes AGAIN!
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| End of Allied turn 2. |
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| End of Axis turn 3 |
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| End of Allied turn 3. |
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| End of Axis turn 4. |
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| Rally Phase of Doom. The Berserk guy rolled snakes and since I declared no-quarter earlier they went Berserk instead of surrendering... |
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| Berserk guy went through an 8-2 shot and a 6-1 shot without a scratch. I then have a concealed stack move right next to my broke guys and they can not run... |
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Broke guys are eliminated in CC making it a total of 10 CVP, I can still pull this off! Then comes the Rally phase and you guessed it, another boxcars result.
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| Total Annihilation in under two hours. Still had a blast and Tycho (at least) played a very good game. Skulking out of sight and forcing me to come to his units to open a path to the VC buildings. Looking forward to the next game. |
Next up will be J56 and then we are starting the Purple Heart Draw campaign game. Looking forward to more ASL!
Thanks for the write up - I seem to be having a similar level of luck at the moment, it can be very demoralising when you've spent a long time setting up and planning!
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