Finished a very tense 7 hour game of Hill 253.5 today with Ben Jones that went right to the wire. That's right - the amazing wire of panzer killing. Ben as Germans sets up his schwerpunkt with virtually everything on the extreme left. My wire is HIP until after he's set up at which point he realises he's completely boxed in by two hexes of wire and has no option but to impale himself on it. Four bog checks later and two half tracks, and both Panther D's are bogged. A 76L gun kills both halftracks, carelessly loaded with full squads...dude this isn't 1941...one of the Panthers expend a start mp and its engine overheats and it burns.
His elefant malfs its main gun and gacks the repair roll. By end of German turn2 he's lost 80% of his armour and 3 squads to no Russian losses. In fact his first roll of the game in the rally phase cost him a half squad when he rolled a 12 to deploy. Rolling boxcars dosn't normally allow you to deploy, but it does when there are booby traps.
Ben might reasonably argue his superior skill in bringing it back to a situation where a German win was likely. He might mention my careless OBA positioning, or the fact I placed my reinforcements after a wind change dice roll. But do you know what I'd say to that...
Conan, what is best in life?
To crush your enemy, to drive them before you, and hear the lamentation of their womenfolk.
Oh yeeeahhhh....whats that? The sound of your momma crying from seven miles away. F'sure.
Victory is sweet indeed. Wait! whats that sound from all around the UK? dude....it's the sounds of newbies mocking you, Ben Jones.
If you don't know Ben, and you have any sympathy for him, read the Scotland the Brave AAR and you'll know why this needed to be said.
His elefant malfs its main gun and gacks the repair roll. By end of German turn2 he's lost 80% of his armour and 3 squads to no Russian losses. In fact his first roll of the game in the rally phase cost him a half squad when he rolled a 12 to deploy. Rolling boxcars dosn't normally allow you to deploy, but it does when there are booby traps.
Ben might reasonably argue his superior skill in bringing it back to a situation where a German win was likely. He might mention my careless OBA positioning, or the fact I placed my reinforcements after a wind change dice roll. But do you know what I'd say to that...
Conan, what is best in life?
To crush your enemy, to drive them before you, and hear the lamentation of their womenfolk.
Oh yeeeahhhh....whats that? The sound of your momma crying from seven miles away. F'sure.
Victory is sweet indeed. Wait! whats that sound from all around the UK? dude....it's the sounds of newbies mocking you, Ben Jones.
If you don't know Ben, and you have any sympathy for him, read the Scotland the Brave AAR and you'll know why this needed to be said.
