(02-03-2015, 12:28 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: Fred, my first impression of you problem is that you assaulted too soon. My experience has been that without some advantage or softening up, assaults are problematic and tend to drag on. When it came to ASL, I stopped playing because one had to be too much of a rules lawyer. PG tends to be rather vanilla with units. The 'spice' in PG has much more to do with command structures. Fortunately the system lends itself modification without having to violate the structure.
It is a night scenario with one hex range. The Germans have to close because if they wait until day light the American reinforcements will come and make the job 2x as difficult. They could have sat back a few hexes put up a Starshell and pound the Americans a few turns. But what I find out in these kinds of situations, the attacker gets just as "softened up" by the defender's artillery and return fire then does not have enough to carry the fight forward into the assault.
I'm not saying the assaults are not working, they are just tedious to work through turn after turn.
As to ASL, yes, it is a rules lawyer's dream. But after you have played for awhile that tends to go away. Also, I've found that if you play faster than you want to and only spend a few moments on rules, the game plays much better. I tend to choose opponents that play that way. I've also instituted a "lost golf ball rule" when resolving rules disputes. two minutes to find it and agree or you roll a die like the rules say and move on. Jot down the rule and look it up after the game and figure it out. One also has to get out of the "I gotta win" mindset to fully enjoy ASL (IMHO). That is why I stopped playing in tournaments.
I played one of the most exciting ASL scenarios ever this past Saturday. it went down tot he wire, back and forth and squeaked a victory by a point. Exciting the whole game. No other system consistently does that like ASL.
PG actually is a lot of fun with games with maneuver in them, but these assault only scenarios can tend to blur together.
