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The Tedium of Assualts
Yesterday I got the hankering to play a small game of PG and also do a Bulge scenario (since it was snowing outside) so I picked Champs from BotB. It is a German battalion of Grenadiers night assaulting a US Para Company who will get reinforced later. Simple maneuver up and then assault with the dug in paratroopers or those who set up in the town. It ends up being turn after turn of rolling the assaults until finally somebody whittles down and the other side wins.
This to me, is the greatest weakness of this system. many scenarios turn into a die rolling contest of assaults. Tactics cease to be a factor in the game, just a bunch of dice through for the attacks and MCs.
Even the last game I played, in Burning Tigers felt this way. I think this is one reason why I play a PG scenario and rarely follow up with another one right away.
Now I played an assault scenario of ASL on Saturday and it was a blast. Granted the scales are different but that game system keeps the players engaged and the dice rolling is not for the same thing over and over again. ASL has spice; PG is really sort of bland. Why is this?
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