asloser
The Head Tuomo of the Finnish ASL Community
I realized it has been over a month sinceI have bored you with my ASL Games - small notes of the recent games I have played.
AP059 Taking Heads
My first ever VASL PBEM against Adam Lunney. In a lucky co-incidence I decided to try out PBEM in February and it has proved to be a wise decision.
I played the US. I set up my defense into board 48/3a seam. Adam maneuvered into position for two moves and on turn he launched 2 Banzais. The first one managed to get into my 9-1 .50 cal 447 location in a jungle hex guarding the road. I fired with all I got and got TPBF 36 FP -1 DRM and rolled snakes. 6 KIA and Rate, the .50 cal was able to lay down a 6FP firelane down the road to interdict the other banzai until it malfunctioned. This got some units into one of my halftrack hex, but I managed to make my motion attempt and ht missed killing it in CC by one.On my move I manged to pull both halftracks and the .50 cal into the village to my next defense line , repaired the .50cal and the game went fast out of Japanese hands.Adam made well timed banzais which put my defense into trouble, I got some nice rolls and managed to extract my key units to the next defense line, close game which culminated in the banzais which did not give return for the losses he suffered.
SP247 The Golden Arrow
Quick one to introduce my Cousin Mikko Lukkari to live VASL gaming as this seems to be the way to go for the near future in gaming. I was the attacking American I must say I botched my attack badly and got nowhere and it was over in three turns. I cannot recall winning anything ever on board 41. That board does not suit my play at all, any advise is welcome
BFP108 Ceramic City
I continued my Poland In Flames Games with Rami Saarinen - we are not into a play-through but we cherry pick the scenarios we like form the module. I defended with poles and Rami was attacking. This is a great infantry scenario but both sides need to be well versed in nuances of OBA, especially the German. I managed to win as Rami did not get the German OBA into a proper position to help out in the crucial moments. I would recommend this one.
RPT141 Volunteers Became Scarce
I had played couple of Korea scenarios but it has been more dabbling than a serious effort to learn the theater. Me and my cousin decided to a a have a go at it - the pre- game rules study revealed a few things we got wrong before. I was the South Korean. This was a fun game and we both liked the scenario. In the end Mikko won, I made some mistakes with my timing of my withdrawal on board 62 which cause some losses. Also I exposed my 9-2 led MMG stack to T-34/85 fire unnecessarily and the resulting MCs caused the 9-2 go berserk and the the squad followed their leader into a charge to certain death. Also my use of tank hunter heroes was not as good as it should be, this is one aspect of PTO/Korea play I really need to improve.
This is a great combined arms scenario.
BFP111 Before the Blunder
Last one in this batch was another Poland in Flames offering against Rami Saarinen. This time around I was the attacking Germans.I made a good progress in the early turns, but mid game I ran into the pillboxes with HMGs in them, and my attack was stalled. I got into the village and took all victory hexes on my last move, Rami however had enough troops to make a counterattack which broke enough of my troops so I could nto hold onto my victory. I had fun but in my opinion with a proper setup I like the Poles more on this one, those pillboxes are tough to overcome with the assets German player has in this in one.
AP059 Taking Heads
My first ever VASL PBEM against Adam Lunney. In a lucky co-incidence I decided to try out PBEM in February and it has proved to be a wise decision.
I played the US. I set up my defense into board 48/3a seam. Adam maneuvered into position for two moves and on turn he launched 2 Banzais. The first one managed to get into my 9-1 .50 cal 447 location in a jungle hex guarding the road. I fired with all I got and got TPBF 36 FP -1 DRM and rolled snakes. 6 KIA and Rate, the .50 cal was able to lay down a 6FP firelane down the road to interdict the other banzai until it malfunctioned. This got some units into one of my halftrack hex, but I managed to make my motion attempt and ht missed killing it in CC by one.On my move I manged to pull both halftracks and the .50 cal into the village to my next defense line , repaired the .50cal and the game went fast out of Japanese hands.Adam made well timed banzais which put my defense into trouble, I got some nice rolls and managed to extract my key units to the next defense line, close game which culminated in the banzais which did not give return for the losses he suffered.
SP247 The Golden Arrow
Quick one to introduce my Cousin Mikko Lukkari to live VASL gaming as this seems to be the way to go for the near future in gaming. I was the attacking American I must say I botched my attack badly and got nowhere and it was over in three turns. I cannot recall winning anything ever on board 41. That board does not suit my play at all, any advise is welcome
BFP108 Ceramic City
I continued my Poland In Flames Games with Rami Saarinen - we are not into a play-through but we cherry pick the scenarios we like form the module. I defended with poles and Rami was attacking. This is a great infantry scenario but both sides need to be well versed in nuances of OBA, especially the German. I managed to win as Rami did not get the German OBA into a proper position to help out in the crucial moments. I would recommend this one.
RPT141 Volunteers Became Scarce
I had played couple of Korea scenarios but it has been more dabbling than a serious effort to learn the theater. Me and my cousin decided to a a have a go at it - the pre- game rules study revealed a few things we got wrong before. I was the South Korean. This was a fun game and we both liked the scenario. In the end Mikko won, I made some mistakes with my timing of my withdrawal on board 62 which cause some losses. Also I exposed my 9-2 led MMG stack to T-34/85 fire unnecessarily and the resulting MCs caused the 9-2 go berserk and the the squad followed their leader into a charge to certain death. Also my use of tank hunter heroes was not as good as it should be, this is one aspect of PTO/Korea play I really need to improve.
This is a great combined arms scenario.
BFP111 Before the Blunder
Last one in this batch was another Poland in Flames offering against Rami Saarinen. This time around I was the attacking Germans.I made a good progress in the early turns, but mid game I ran into the pillboxes with HMGs in them, and my attack was stalled. I got into the village and took all victory hexes on my last move, Rami however had enough troops to make a counterattack which broke enough of my troops so I could nto hold onto my victory. I had fun but in my opinion with a proper setup I like the Poles more on this one, those pillboxes are tough to overcome with the assets German player has in this in one.
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