Bruce Childs
Member
Hello forumites-
We started RB CGIII last night, my first taste of RB, and it was simply a blast (literally).
This multiplayer game with 3 players on a side kicked off in grand style. I got the Russians and my AO was the eastern edge area. Looking at the map I thought this to be an obvious route of advance for the Germans, and decided to try an upfront stand. On the German T1, my opponent obliged and entered most of his Sturm coy near me. Preliminary shooting revealled a 10-3 leader leading this attack, so he got the attention of most of my available MGs, which eventually caused a ptc...no big deal right? WRONG!!! On that ptc, one of his MMCs in that stack rolled a 12...can you guess what happens next? Yup. 10-3 is blown to pieces and the advance bogs down after the -3LLMC caused his minions to falter and pick up the pieces....Russians on this flank made a counterattack into 2 melees, which were inconclusive, resulting in melees, not my choice mind you, but we found a fancy German MG42 which we promptly turned on its former owners, revealling yet ANOTHER 10-3 in the 2d wave... Turns out their leader generation DRs were more spectacular than we imagined. Needless to say, the enemy commander, having just lost his previous warlord, didnt feel up to sending his other 10-3 into a melee....he was able to clear one melee, killing a squad, but the other melee went in my favor as I KIA another sturm squad without loss, with another locked in the same melee. The kicker was when the Germans drew their 2nd red chit on the Bn MTR OBA...I find myself eagerly awaiting the next player turn.
At the conclusion of Ger T2, we have 1 PzIII knocked out, another immobilized behind my lines, and others being general nuisances. Along with the General being KIA the Germans have taken a licking, with close on 10 squads in the kill pile. Russian losses are slightly less than half that total, so we are feeling a bit cocky. One of our 45ATs on the west flank malfed on its first shot, as did a MMG in the same sector. These are more hurtful losses than anything the Germans have done to us, except maybe the 9-0 Commissar that got iced in CC near the front of the factory area in center.
I put off learning the RB section for years, thinking that the effort not worth its reward. How wrong I was is known well to those who have played an RB CG. All these wasted years........
Hope you enjoyed this. More to follow as the action continues. If you havent tried RB, you are missing some of the best stuff ASL has to offer, and it is worth every minute spent reading the rules. I must say that Cliff Emery, the German CO, spent considerable time with us before game start, expounding greatly upon his vast reservoir of RB experience. If you can get lucky and find a guy to do a similar prep talk for you, DO NOT PASS IT UP!! RB ROCKS m8!!
BC
We started RB CGIII last night, my first taste of RB, and it was simply a blast (literally).
This multiplayer game with 3 players on a side kicked off in grand style. I got the Russians and my AO was the eastern edge area. Looking at the map I thought this to be an obvious route of advance for the Germans, and decided to try an upfront stand. On the German T1, my opponent obliged and entered most of his Sturm coy near me. Preliminary shooting revealled a 10-3 leader leading this attack, so he got the attention of most of my available MGs, which eventually caused a ptc...no big deal right? WRONG!!! On that ptc, one of his MMCs in that stack rolled a 12...can you guess what happens next? Yup. 10-3 is blown to pieces and the advance bogs down after the -3LLMC caused his minions to falter and pick up the pieces....Russians on this flank made a counterattack into 2 melees, which were inconclusive, resulting in melees, not my choice mind you, but we found a fancy German MG42 which we promptly turned on its former owners, revealling yet ANOTHER 10-3 in the 2d wave... Turns out their leader generation DRs were more spectacular than we imagined. Needless to say, the enemy commander, having just lost his previous warlord, didnt feel up to sending his other 10-3 into a melee....he was able to clear one melee, killing a squad, but the other melee went in my favor as I KIA another sturm squad without loss, with another locked in the same melee. The kicker was when the Germans drew their 2nd red chit on the Bn MTR OBA...I find myself eagerly awaiting the next player turn.
At the conclusion of Ger T2, we have 1 PzIII knocked out, another immobilized behind my lines, and others being general nuisances. Along with the General being KIA the Germans have taken a licking, with close on 10 squads in the kill pile. Russian losses are slightly less than half that total, so we are feeling a bit cocky. One of our 45ATs on the west flank malfed on its first shot, as did a MMG in the same sector. These are more hurtful losses than anything the Germans have done to us, except maybe the 9-0 Commissar that got iced in CC near the front of the factory area in center.
I put off learning the RB section for years, thinking that the effort not worth its reward. How wrong I was is known well to those who have played an RB CG. All these wasted years........
Hope you enjoyed this. More to follow as the action continues. If you havent tried RB, you are missing some of the best stuff ASL has to offer, and it is worth every minute spent reading the rules. I must say that Cliff Emery, the German CO, spent considerable time with us before game start, expounding greatly upon his vast reservoir of RB experience. If you can get lucky and find a guy to do a similar prep talk for you, DO NOT PASS IT UP!! RB ROCKS m8!!
BC