Brave But Futile

[Matt W]

So Daniel and I got together and played out Turns 2 and 3. The schematic for the campaign to date is shown in the attached file (each turn is a tab on the bottom of the spreadsheet and CP usage is shown in the table noted. For those who took a look at Turn 1, previously you may be wondering how long we played.

Turn 2 took about 15 minutes as we both sat on our heels and licked our wounds from the previous turn.

Turn 3 took a little longer as we had one battle. Daniel delay-activated three battalions and three supports to attack my one unactivated battalion. A slight skirmish entailed as I was able to inflict 4 step losses while experiencing 4 myself a reasonable result given the disparity in forces. I did withdraw some of my battalions into the reserve to aid in getting replacements. Daniel has yet to replace anything. He does, however have the luxury of a ton of CPs. He will face Turn 4 with a paltry 86 CPs. I am incredibly rich with 44.

I should note that we are trying out a modification which permits a "defensive" activation which uses only the delayed activation cost. We will see how that works out.

I should note that we played the retreat for the Germans from Carentan such that they had the choice of where to run. A recalcitrant Allied player would have forced me to retreat back to Cherbourg but Daniel graciously permitted me to acheive the strategic aim of the first turn and retreat my men to Pont Herbet, giving the Allies control of both Carentan and Cherbourg, leaving the controlled locations count at 14 German and 5 Allied. There are 7 turns to play but the Allies build up doesn't stop while the Germans are already at their maximum strength. But Don't worry Cobra is yet to rear its head...