Even when you're good, you need a little luck...

[SamB]

Played "The Bushmasters" last week. ROAR shows it heavily favoring the Japanese, but I was playing against a newb, and I knew that the US had to setup to recieve the banzai charge.

So through turn 6 or so everything looked good. I had restricted the Japanese entry area to just a handful of hexes along the edge of the jungle, I had 4 tanks and 2 or 3 MMGs setup and ready. I thought I was ready... Even my opponent thought it was a lost cause for the Japanese...

Anyway, Japanese prep fire: He fires smoke from one of those light mortars and places +3 smoke on two of the tanks and +2 WP on the others. He breaks one or two of the guys with MMGs. He sets up and banzai!!!!

In addition to the banzai, he had a tunnel from a HIP pillbox perfectly positioned to pop out in the location where my 8-0 had a radio. Not that either battery fired a SINGLE ROUND! :crosseye: :OHNO: :bite: :angry: :freak:

Anyway, like I say... Even if you're setup, you have to have SOME luck!

 

[pward]

Tunnel can't be from his setup area to your setup area, unless they actually overlap or via SSR. This question was asked recently in the rules/errata forum.

 

[SamB]

The US enters from off board in this scenario. The tunnel was entirely in the IJA setup area....

I just got whacked - nothing illegal about it.

 

[iamspamus]

Anyway, like I say... Even if you're setup, you have to have SOME luck!

This what I really like about this game, especially the longer scenarios or CGs, where a little luck doesn't screw the whole shebang. At any moment, the luck can change and "BAM!", you're back in it. I never give up until the fat lady has actually sung. Even if I'm getting trashed, I can still learn something or try something new.