Friday, November 11, 2005
Arnhem -- on the tabletop, it's an Allied victory
Last night at the TABS game night at the Two Headed Dragon, two of us (Chris K. and myself) played MMP's Target Arnhem: Across 6 Bridges. As the Germans, I had poor tactics and a really bad string of die rolls. In the end, Operation Market Garden turned out to be a total success for the Allies, which is quite the opposite of what happened historically.
In World War II, this was the last real German victory in the war, but in the game last night, the Allies captured Arnhem quickly and held it. Additionally, they took the entire Hell's Highway six days into the operation. There was nothing the Germans could do but try to re-capture some parts of the road, but things didn't go so well. I had waited far too long to give up on Arnhem and focus on re-taking a portion of the road.
What a good game, though. I had a lot of fun, and I think it only took us about two hours to play the entire operation. I seriously need to play hex-and-counter war games more often.
In World War II, this was the last real German victory in the war, but in the game last night, the Allies captured Arnhem quickly and held it. Additionally, they took the entire Hell's Highway six days into the operation. There was nothing the Germans could do but try to re-capture some parts of the road, but things didn't go so well. I had waited far too long to give up on Arnhem and focus on re-taking a portion of the road.
What a good game, though. I had a lot of fun, and I think it only took us about two hours to play the entire operation. I seriously need to play hex-and-counter war games more often.
// posted by Chris @ 10:47 AM 
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