xenovin
Elder Member
For those not on Facebook, Dade Cariaga argued that the Russian player has no chance and will lose by the end of Day 2. for details on his argument, see his blog post here: https://dadecariaga.blogspot.com/2019/09/asl-rocgii-hopeless-case.html
He challenged anyone to make a case for the Russians so I gave it a shot here:
my counter argument was provide only a token defend in the NE corner of the map (not really any decent defensive locations) and mass the Russian forces in the Martin Furnace hall and the Z35 building backed by three reserved companies including a company holding the slag pile former the northern end of the Russian perimeter. Dade has a point about cutting off the Russian entry locations in the NE but I rather lose it and enter from the south. I don't think Dade expected reserve units and was hoping to quickly cut off Russian reinforcements entering from the NE. This is all theoretical but Dade agreed this could give the Russians a chance particularly if the Germans chose not to activate a reserve company. It was an interesting problem solving challenge. and yes, the FB crowed noted my reserve units all need to move back one hex. Justicar agreed to take Dade on in VASL combat in the near future to see if the Russians really have a chance or not. Hopefully they don't lock the room.
He challenged anyone to make a case for the Russians so I gave it a shot here:
my counter argument was provide only a token defend in the NE corner of the map (not really any decent defensive locations) and mass the Russian forces in the Martin Furnace hall and the Z35 building backed by three reserved companies including a company holding the slag pile former the northern end of the Russian perimeter. Dade has a point about cutting off the Russian entry locations in the NE but I rather lose it and enter from the south. I don't think Dade expected reserve units and was hoping to quickly cut off Russian reinforcements entering from the NE. This is all theoretical but Dade agreed this could give the Russians a chance particularly if the Germans chose not to activate a reserve company. It was an interesting problem solving challenge. and yes, the FB crowed noted my reserve units all need to move back one hex. Justicar agreed to take Dade on in VASL combat in the near future to see if the Russians really have a chance or not. Hopefully they don't lock the room.