Markdv5208
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Melee Pack 10 TRIP WIRE
The scenario features a firepower heavy, morale light US Army force (is there any other kind in 1944?) against a SS force with LOTS of firepower, a mix of 658s and 447s (and ELR 3) and one 838 (sturm pioneer no less with smoke 5-had to use my VOTG counter for it). Problem is that the glory boys of the Waffen SS have to cross lots of open ground, kill or capture lots of Americans, get terrain AND keep their losses low.
I was the US player vs. Larry Zoet. My plan as the US player was to have an up front defense. My rationale was that although it sacrificed all that wonderful rallying terrain AND it would be hard to fall back, my defending up front I could delay the Germans AND maybe in turn inflict lots of losses on them with side shots against the Panther or Jgd PzIV.
Larry Zoet is generally a good player. But, impatience coupled with high dice rolls are a receipe for disaster, and our playings (note the plural) of it are testimony to that. Putting no smoke down, he charged with his Panther and Jgpd PzIV to the EE row. I skanked a side shot with my M10 on his Jgd Pz, and got a lucky IMMOB result with a 60mm Mtr vs. the Panther. He conceded at that point, so, what the heck we reset and a again charged away. THIS time the Panther died of a side shot on turn 2 and although he had a glorious bezerk charge with an 8-0 and 658, they died in a hail of bullets shortly after crossing the board 12 gully and I in turn HOBd my 9-2 to a 10-2. Along the way, I also caused a bunch of M.C.1s vs. his 447s, and he in turn rolled five 11s or 10s, which is a receipe for ELRing your troops to conscripts. In disgust, Larry quit on turn 2 of our second playing. My intent is to enter our playings on ROAR as just one game.
I want to and intend to replay this scenario as the GERMANS sometime this winter vs. either Jeff DY, Ben Richardson or Chris Garret. I think it is a competitive, even winnable scenario with a judicious use of Smoke, fire and manuever, and little bit of luck (gee, isn’t that the essence of ASL?). IMHO, the Germans need to push their INF forward and meanwhile HIDE their AFVs until they have found most or all of the US anti tank assets and then do manuever and fire around or even away from them. Around turn 3 they can try crossing the gully area and maybe by then if the AT assets are revealed, you can get some use out of the German AFVs, but they are Vps on tracks for the US player, so I would urge being very conservative with them.
Mark DV
Ada, MI
The scenario features a firepower heavy, morale light US Army force (is there any other kind in 1944?) against a SS force with LOTS of firepower, a mix of 658s and 447s (and ELR 3) and one 838 (sturm pioneer no less with smoke 5-had to use my VOTG counter for it). Problem is that the glory boys of the Waffen SS have to cross lots of open ground, kill or capture lots of Americans, get terrain AND keep their losses low.
I was the US player vs. Larry Zoet. My plan as the US player was to have an up front defense. My rationale was that although it sacrificed all that wonderful rallying terrain AND it would be hard to fall back, my defending up front I could delay the Germans AND maybe in turn inflict lots of losses on them with side shots against the Panther or Jgd PzIV.
Larry Zoet is generally a good player. But, impatience coupled with high dice rolls are a receipe for disaster, and our playings (note the plural) of it are testimony to that. Putting no smoke down, he charged with his Panther and Jgpd PzIV to the EE row. I skanked a side shot with my M10 on his Jgd Pz, and got a lucky IMMOB result with a 60mm Mtr vs. the Panther. He conceded at that point, so, what the heck we reset and a again charged away. THIS time the Panther died of a side shot on turn 2 and although he had a glorious bezerk charge with an 8-0 and 658, they died in a hail of bullets shortly after crossing the board 12 gully and I in turn HOBd my 9-2 to a 10-2. Along the way, I also caused a bunch of M.C.1s vs. his 447s, and he in turn rolled five 11s or 10s, which is a receipe for ELRing your troops to conscripts. In disgust, Larry quit on turn 2 of our second playing. My intent is to enter our playings on ROAR as just one game.
I want to and intend to replay this scenario as the GERMANS sometime this winter vs. either Jeff DY, Ben Richardson or Chris Garret. I think it is a competitive, even winnable scenario with a judicious use of Smoke, fire and manuever, and little bit of luck (gee, isn’t that the essence of ASL?). IMHO, the Germans need to push their INF forward and meanwhile HIDE their AFVs until they have found most or all of the US anti tank assets and then do manuever and fire around or even away from them. Around turn 3 they can try crossing the gully area and maybe by then if the AT assets are revealed, you can get some use out of the German AFVs, but they are Vps on tracks for the US player, so I would urge being very conservative with them.
Mark DV
Ada, MI
