Monday, March 06, 2006
I should probably feel embarrassed about telling this story, as it was a complete and utter defeat of my forces. ... No, that's an understatement. It was a slaughter ... a massacre ... such an enormous win for Thor that I shudder to think about how bad my forces were decimated.
As other TABS members dove into various Euro game at the March 2nd game night at the Two-Headed Dragon, we set up the Ceasefire Collapse scenario, which involves 18 points of infantry and 16 points of armour on each side. I set up on the east side of the map while Thor took the west side.
The backstory to the scenario is that the peace talks have just broken down, and each side's forces are swaming over the DMZ to engage the enemy. Well, in hindsight, I wish my diplomats had stayed at the table, as a lot of men were lost that day. :P
Thor set up his units to protect his town, while I scattered my units about a bit more. I chose not to do much stacking at first, as I figured I was just asking for trouble if there were too many units in close quarters. That choice didn't really do me much good, as Thor swarmed across the DMZ and started opening fire on my troops.
Outgunned and outmaneuvered, many of my troops were obliterated. I lost heavy tanks, GEVs (regular, light and PC) and light tanks. My infantry miraculously survived until I realized I was getting my butt kicked really badly (it still hurts to sit down). I retreated as many units across the bridges as possible, but my slow infantry just weren't going to make it. My armour units blew the south-east bridge, but my other units proved incapable of destroying the bridge further north (I didn't even bother trying to blow the rail bridge, as Thor's units were more in a position to cross the road bridges).
With all but one unit of my infantry on the other side of the bridges and definitely not able to move quick enough to join in the cowardly fleeing of the battlefield, Thor opened fire on my infantry as my armour units started retreating off board.
I conceded victory to Thor ... and it was a grand victory. If not for my missile tanks and my mobile howitzer, I wouldn't have been able to destroy any of Thor's units, but I managed to wipe out three armour units. How many of my units did Thor wipe out? Being the gentleman that he is, he chose not to count; but let's just say it was a lot. ;)
As other TABS members dove into various Euro game at the March 2nd game night at the Two-Headed Dragon, we set up the Ceasefire Collapse scenario, which involves 18 points of infantry and 16 points of armour on each side. I set up on the east side of the map while Thor took the west side.
The backstory to the scenario is that the peace talks have just broken down, and each side's forces are swaming over the DMZ to engage the enemy. Well, in hindsight, I wish my diplomats had stayed at the table, as a lot of men were lost that day. :P
Thor set up his units to protect his town, while I scattered my units about a bit more. I chose not to do much stacking at first, as I figured I was just asking for trouble if there were too many units in close quarters. That choice didn't really do me much good, as Thor swarmed across the DMZ and started opening fire on my troops.
Outgunned and outmaneuvered, many of my troops were obliterated. I lost heavy tanks, GEVs (regular, light and PC) and light tanks. My infantry miraculously survived until I realized I was getting my butt kicked really badly (it still hurts to sit down). I retreated as many units across the bridges as possible, but my slow infantry just weren't going to make it. My armour units blew the south-east bridge, but my other units proved incapable of destroying the bridge further north (I didn't even bother trying to blow the rail bridge, as Thor's units were more in a position to cross the road bridges).
With all but one unit of my infantry on the other side of the bridges and definitely not able to move quick enough to join in the cowardly fleeing of the battlefield, Thor opened fire on my infantry as my armour units started retreating off board.
I conceded victory to Thor ... and it was a grand victory. If not for my missile tanks and my mobile howitzer, I wouldn't have been able to destroy any of Thor's units, but I managed to wipe out three armour units. How many of my units did Thor wipe out? Being the gentleman that he is, he chose not to count; but let's just say it was a lot. ;)
// posted by Chris @ 10:37 AM 
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