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A mistake punished
Author waynebaumber (Germany)
Method Dual Table Setup + Voice Chat
Victor United States, Britain
Participants captwoosey
Play Date 2013-01-05
Language English
Scenario WeWa006

This was played over two sessions on Skype v Joseph Ladd. The Germans have to defend a town and road against overwhelming Allied forces but they have the weather (mud),time and two Tiger tanks as reinforcements to assist them. The mud forces to the US to use the road as their main axis of attack. The German player's biggest decisions are over his set up, does he put up a road block of expendable units in an effort to slow the American attack or hunker down in the town and await reinforcements. In my view for what its worth, since I lost this one, is you have as the German commander to put something in the shop window if only to get the OBDA in action. I possibly erred in this game by putting a company of GREN and both 81mm as a blocking force. I lost the 81mm's very cheaply and although one platoon demoralized several Allied tanks including the Crocodile before it was wiped out I perhaps could have just used two platoons of GREN. However halfway through the game I thought I was in a strong position, my Tigers were on the board in front of the town and Joseph's units were pretty strung out. However he had pushed two Sherman's up front alone and unsupported they looked easy meat for the mighty Tiger's. I moved the German monsters up, but alas I had miscalculated and Joseph moved forward with an HMG and I&R platoon, he won the next initiative jumped on them and although lost a step managed to demoralize both tanks. I tried to rescue them by moving a GREN platoon into the assault but regrettably it was two late and US tanks picked of the Tigers as they tried to regain the safety if the town. After that it was reasonably plain sailing of the US commander who timed and managed the final assault very well. *This is a solid scenario, not much for the German player to do once the set up has been sorted but there are enough units and a good balance between time constraints and the American superiority in numbers that the result is not a forgone conclusion *

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