Tycho and I played this scenario from the Poland in Flames pack. We both recommend it as a good scenario. Nice to see some maps that are not used much and in a configuration that is non-standard. Always nice not to have THAT road in the middle of the board...
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| The start. The Germans have to take the Hill and the Bridge marked on the map. The polish could setup one hex away from where the Germans did but I wanted to make the Germans come to me and I was wary of that valley between the hills - looked like a death trap to me. If I were to play again I would put a couple of units on the Southern hill to slow up the Germans a bit. |
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| And the VASSAL die roller works in my favor! The Germans get these interesting 88mm self propelled guns and in the first turn two of them managed to Malf. Since we were only 30 minutes into the game we kept playing and to give the Die Roller its due it was pretty darn random. Both of us getting streaks of good and bad luck throughout. |
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| Even with the good and bad the loss of the two 88s would hamstring the Germans - both of them would roll sixes for repair and never take part in the fight. The last one fell victim to a critical hit from the Polish Mortar. The mortar was the MVP of the game. Slowing up the German push in the middle of the map. At this point the Germans had to take all four hexes in 2 turns (and the Polish prep fire was not done) so we called it there. It is hard to see but the Germans have a roughly 1.5 to 1 squad ratio in range of the VC hexes by next turn. Getting to the hexes would require taking a number of 8 or 16FP attacks with no cover as well. |
