kempenfelter
Motivational Speaker
German Turn Four...Starter Kit Scenario S1...Retaking Vierville
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eJ0fz_VGo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eJ0fz_VGo
Thats good going. I find that SK can give you some tight games, possibly because the chance of the easier rules makes balance less difficult.In the last week I have gone through the following scenarios:
S15 - Hammer to the Teeth
S17 - A Ridge Too Far
S20 - Joseph 351
S21 - Clash at Borosovka
S22 - Another Summers Day (getting ready to play this one again PBEM as the American this time)
All great scenarios and all of them came down to the last game turn to determine a winner. I am getting ready to play S6 - Released from the East with a freind of mine that I introduced to ASL SK about 6 months ago. So far he is 4 - 0...talk about beginner's luck!
Thanks Ian! One thing I have noticed is that the SK 2 scenarios seem to be more ubalanced then the ones in either SK 1 or the SK 3. As far as the SK rules go, I consider myself a competent player (not great or necessarily good mind you, but certainly competent) yet my battle record for the anything SK 2 is way below 0.500 (I think somewhere around 0.222) where my SK 1 and SK 3 record are at 0.500 or above. Hammer to the Teeth (S15) was only the second SK 2 scenario I played that came down to the final turn (the other one was S10 - Paper Army when I played the Italians). Any thoughts on this or do I just suck?Thats good going. I find that SK can give you some tight games, possibly because the chance of the easier rules makes balance less difficult.
Not that I have not had some lop sidded games!!!
Ian
I found SK1 the best and most balanced. I've mentioned before that as soon as you add guns then tanks it gets harder to balance as an early breaking of a gun could make a real change. With the bonus pack having OBA of a sorts this is even harder to control (or was it that mine sucked!!)Thanks Ian! One thing I have noticed is that the SK 2 scenarios seem to be more ubalanced then the ones in either SK 1 or the SK 3. As far as the SK rules go, I consider myself a competent player (not great or necessarily good mind you, but certainly competent) yet my battle record for the anything SK 2 is way below 0.500 (I think somewhere around 0.222) where my SK 1 and SK 3 record are at 0.500 or above. Hammer to the Teeth (S15) was only the second SK 2 scenario I played that came down to the final turn (the other one was S10 - Paper Army when I played the Italians). Any thoughts on this or do I just suck?
hey Paul,This is a GREAT scenario IMHO and is a real test of how well you can call LOS. Give it a try! You won't be disappointed!
I am the Americans in this one. My opponent is a very clever player and knows how to use LOS to his advantage as well as interlocking fields of fire. Did you write this scenario Chris?hey Paul,
Thanks for giving this a try.
Very happy to hear that you guys are enjoying it.
Are you the Americans or the Germans?
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SUPER job Chris! Please keep them coming!Yep, sure did!
Yep,Great group of reports there. Nice to see you have a dedicated and by the looks good opponent
Cheers
Ian
I like a strong left hook and a weaker right hook. Every time I send someone up the middle I regret it.Thanks for the reports sunoftzu.
I got in a playing of Welcome Back last week as the Americans. its my fourth time playing the scenario, my first with the US. I took the win - shredding teh German thrust with the 10-2 and the .50 cal. I agree wiht your assessment - the 10-2 really dominates this match up. Sited in a stone building - it cna be really hard to get him to break, and as long as he is up and the HMG can see the exit areas - it s really, really tough for the Germans to get the VP off that they need.
I don't know which is the better approach for the Germans - to split the force and make the thin American defense stretch to cover two sectors or to mass all 14 plus squads at one point and overwhelm one position.