Right last Sunday the Mid War tourney. There i stand with my US Parachutes.
Sorry i didn't had much time to take pictures.
First round
Mission: Free for all
Enemy: Compagnia Bersaglierie (IINO)
The table (click on picture to increase size):
Right after i saw the list the only thing i could think of was: "Why Me?".
Telling me its an infantry list and the only thing i see is tanks and cannons and 1 small infantry platoon. Not fun.
After a good thinking i decided to try to get a draw and try if possible to destroy a platoon or capture a objective. For the last part i didn't even came half way and even destroying a platoon was impossible. In the end i lost 1 platoon.
Bad dice rolling didn't help either.
This was not a fun game. It was a wall of (machine) guns.
A game to forget.
Second round
Mission: No Retreat
Enemy: Aufklärungsschwadron
The table (click on picture to increase size):
Me the defender could place 3 platoons on the table. I choose 2 Parachute infatry platoons and the field artillery platoon.
I can be very short about this.
Turn 4 Game Over.
With his movement he was already in reach of the first objective in turn 2 and could start the firing. With his recce platoon he lifted the gone to ground status. As a miracle nothing got killed of my defending platoon.
In turn 1, 2 and 3 i did not get any reserves. Which made the situation more desperate.
My artillery didn'range in in turn 1 and 2. When it did in turn 3 it did hardly any damage.
In turn 3 my defending platoon got almost wiped out. Only a few survivors who broke off.
Turn 4 Objective claimed.
Although it was a fast game it was also a fun game.
Round 3
Mission: Encounter
Enemy: SS-Panzergrenadier
The table (click on picture to increase size):
Information. The plates that look like woods aren't woods but is difficult terrain that gives concealment but you can look right through it.
What my opponent exactly in his army had i don't know anymore but it contained, 3 Stukas zu fuss, 3 Goliaths and Generaal majoor Otto Hans Remer. Oh joy.
By the time my reserves arrived it was already to late. He never claimed an objective but i lost 2 platoons my artillery and a para platoon.I didn't even had a change to go for one of his objectives.
Postive thing: the Stuka zu fuss only killed 1 gun team and the command team. The 3 Goliaths were only possible to kill 2 infantry stands. Generaal majoor Otto Hans Remer is sick.
My artillery did nothing (1 bail and 1 pinning)
My reserves arrived in the round when time was almost up (5 minutes left). His reserves started to turn up from turn 2.
If i have to choose which round was the most boring and less fun it would be a close call between round 1 and 3.
All in all
The organization of the tourney were great.
And i enjoyed the day.
I found an old file on my computer that i didn't know i even had. Thought i deleted it long time ago.After looking through it and fixing some mistakes and update it. It's now up for download. It is the British Airborne from D minus 1.
