Eric and I played another Late War
Flames of War game this weekend. We rolled up Encounter and got to work.
Jon's List - CV Infantry:
HQ - 2 Rifle Teams
1st Platoon - 6 Rifle/MGs, Command, PIAT, Light Mortar
2nd Platoon - 6 Rifle/MGs, Command, PIAT, Light Mortar
4 M10C Achilles (CT)
3 Cromwells, 1 Firefly (RV)
Recce - 3 Humber Is, 2 Humber LRCs
3 Universal Carriers +1 extra MG
4 Priests with staff and OP Sherman
4 6pdr AT Guns
Stan Hollis
AOP
Eric's List - CV Infantry
HQ - 2 SMG Faust Teams
1st Platoon - 6 MGs, Command SMG Faust, Schreck
2nd Platoon - 6 MGs, Command SMG Faust
4 Panzer IVs (Represented by PzIIIMs)
4 Marder III Ns
3 Nebs
2 3" Mortars
Pioneers - 4 Rifles + Command
4 8-rads in 2 platoons
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| Brits in the south, Germans in the north. I put all my armor on the left. |
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| German grenadiers in the woods supported by PzIVs. |
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| Armor ready to move out. |
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| Brits guarding the objective with Stan Hollis. |
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| I run it all out there on Turn 1. |
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| CHARGE! I killed one observer. |
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| Germans hold fast. |
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| Eric moves out with PzIVs to shoot my trained M10s. 1 guy bogs. |
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| Eric smoked one and Stormtroopers away. |
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| I get super reckless -- how bad can it be? |
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| That's right! .50cals on the Priests! Grens are in the buildings off camera. |
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| I bail 1 tank. Ut oh. |
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| The aftermath. Dead platoon and some dead German Infantry. |
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| Priests charge forward and wipe out the Nebs. |
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| M10s move around and shoot some Infantry. |
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| PzIVs move out to shoot the M10s. |
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| Priests turn to the grens in the buildings. |
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| Marders arrive from reserve. With the PzIVs, they smoke the M10s. |
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| Brit Recce arrives! |
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| AOP lines up this sweet bombardment. Can't roll a 4+ on 5 dice to range in. |
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| Marders move toward the uncovered objective. |
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| Recce moves down the road and kills a Marder. |
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| Recce moves in to remove GTG. |
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| PzIVs move to take out the Priests. Eric's Recce arrives and stays pinned forever. |
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| More Recce arrives and threatens the objective. |
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| Marders only kill 1 Recce team and fail to Stormtrooper. Return fire is gonna hurt. |
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| Brit infantry arrives from reserves and the PIAT bails an 8-rad. The Tank Terror is failed, so no assault. |
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| Marders killed by Humber Is. |
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| PzIVs kill off the Priests ... mostly. |
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| Infantry kills the 8-rad and moves toward the Pioneers covering the objective with the CiC and 2iC. |
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| 6pdrs arrive. Those blue trucks are Lloyd Carriers. |
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| PzIVs run back to the objective.... |
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| ...but might be too late for the resilient British. |
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| 5+ to hit? No problem! Does not result in any German casualties, however. |
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| The Brits assault and wipe out the CiC, 2iC and enough platoons to put Eric below half. |
The battle took forever! At normal time, it was a 3-1 draw for Eric. When we finally wrapped up 4 hours in, it was a 4-3 for me.
