League results are now up from our game night on September 30th. Justin dropped the ball in 3 of the 4 games he played and is no longer in the lead. Nicholas and Justin finished up Operation Cyclone and Justin and John had a go at the first mission of Operation Seelöwe. Enjoy!!
Mission 6: An Unwelcome Surprise
Date of Play: 09-30-2012
Justin v. Nicholas
The Attacker must escape the base! The Attacker scores points for eliminating enemy units and for each unit they successfully escape through the highlighted zone. The Defender scores points for each enemy unit that is eliminated. The Player who scores the most points by the end of Turn 8 wins the scenario. The scenario may end before Turn 8 if one Player is eliminated and/or the Attacker escapes all surviving units.
- Attacker:
Justin - Allies: 239 points
OZZ-177 - Rhino - BBQ Squad - Grim Reapers - Grim Reapers - Tank Busters - Rattler- Cobra
- Defender:
Nicholas - Axis: 237 points
Lara - Beobachter - Beobachter - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Heinrich - Heinrich - Ludwig - Ludwig
The game was rather quick and the action started immediately. The Allies were able to score a lot of points in Turn 1 when they escaped a lone unit of Grim Reapers as well as OZZ-117 and his Tank Busters, while Rhino and his unit of Grim Reapers were able to successfully eliminate a unit of Recon Grenadiers. However the Axis was able to score some points of their own when a Heinrich successfully eliminated a unit of BBQ Rangers, and a Ludwig made short work of the Allied Rattler. Turn 2 brought the end of the scenario. The Allied Cobra made a last ditch attempt to eliminate 2 Axis units; another unit of Recon Grenadiers fell with ease to the Walker’s Machine Guns, but the main Phaser weapon once again proved its ability to underperform and only
scored 3 hits on the Axis Ludwig. The Ludwig returned fire on the Cobra and successfully eliminated the Allied unit, while the last unit of Recon Grenadiers was able to finish off Rhino and the Grim Reapers, who were taking fire from many Axis units both rounds.
- Victory Points:
- Justin - Allies: 112 points
- Nicholas - Axis: 159 points
The first roll of my brand new dice from Chessex, followed by the final roll of the game (where I needed to kill the Ludwig to close the point gap)
Mission 7: Rescue The General
Date of Play: 09-30-2012
Justin v. Nicholas
Each Player must bring an Armor 2 Command Squad, and must deploy the Command Squad through the highlighted square and in the Opponent’s deployment zone!! The objective is for each Player to keep their Command Squad alive, while eliminating the enemies Command Squad to gain the victory. The game is played for 8 Turns. If both Players have their Command Squad alive at the end of Turn 8, or if both players Command Squads are eliminated, the game ends in a draw. 4 Ammo Crates are available as cover to be placed in the highlighted area.
- Attacker:
Justin - Allies: 240 points
Bazooka Joe - Johnny One-Eye - The Chef - BBQ Squad - Crack Shots - Recon Boys - The Boss - The Gunners
- Defender:
Nicholas - Axis: 238 points
Grenadier X - Lara
- Markus - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Kommandotrupp - Heinrich - Heinrich
Turn 1 saw a little action when Markus and his Gorillas Charged the Allied Mickey and tore the Walker to shreds with ease. Also, both players had units in prime position to eliminate each other’s Command Squad. Grenadier X and his Zombies made use of the Assault skill to get within one space of the Allied Command Squad, while Chef and his BBQ Rangers were in prime position to move in and fire on the Axis Kommandotrupp. The Allies won the initiative for Turn 2 and moved the Flamethrowers into position to score the kill on the Kommandotrupp. Grenadier X and his Zombies then made short work of the Allied Command Squad, ending the game in a draw.
- Victory Points:
- Justin - Allies: 40 points
- Nicholas - Axis: 75 points
The roll that eliminated the Kommandotrupp from 3 flamethrowers
Mission 8: Das Boot
Date of Play: 09-30-2012
Justin v. Nicholas
The final scenario was a tough one for the Allies. To win the scenario each Player totals the AP of the units that are occupying a square on the Submarine at the end of Turn 8. If no units are on the Submarine, or the AP totals are tied, the game ends in a draw. The Submarine is Armor 6 with a Health of 3. Any attack that includes a weapon that can damage Armor 6 Vehicles resolved against units occupying a Submarine tile which misses its target must then resolve the Attack against the Submarine. If a Player sinks the submarine they lose the game. 4 Ammo Crates are available for cover and may be placed anywhere on the map.
- Attacker:
Justin - Allies: 240 points
Action Jackson - OZZ-177 - Crack Shots - Grim Reapers - Red Devils - Honey - Pounder - Rattler-Amp - Wildfire
- Defender:
Nicholas - Axis: 237 points
Lara
- Beobachter - Beobachter - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Heinrich - Heinrich- Ludwig - Ludwig
The Axis brought quite a bit of heavy fire power, which threw the Allied strategy off a bit. Turn 1 brought plenty of destruction. The allied Rattler was able to eliminate a Heinrich, but the Axis was able to eliminate the Wildfire with another Heinrich, and the Pounder with a great shot from a Ludwig. The Honey was lost to another attack from the Axis Ludwig’s in Turn 2. The Rattler was able to eliminate a unit of Recon Grenadiers and Beobacthers in Turn 3, while OZZ and his Grim Reapers successfully eliminated the second unit of Beobacthers. Action Jackson and the Red Devils had a chance to shine in Turn 4, but the unreliability of the Phaser weapons only aided the unit in its undeniable ability to underperform with every attack. Instead both Ludwigs eliminated the Allied Rattler and Action Jackson and his Red Devils. Turn 5 brought the end of the game. The Grim Reapers focused their Dual Victory MGs on Lara and her Heavy Recon Grenadiers while OZZ didn’t want to take any
chances with the Ludwig, which now occupied a space on the submarine, and decided to use all the rocket punches and the flamethrower on the Walker, even though the flamethrower was sure to sink the submarine… And the flamethrower did just that to secure the victory for the Axis. However, Lara and her Heavy Recon Grenadiers did fall to the fire from the Allied machine guns. The Allies could have scored a victory had they just stuck to the rocket punches and some creative movement to eliminate the enemy Heinrich, 2nd Ludwig, and take position on the Submarine since the combined total of 50 points (24 for OZZ and 26 for the Grim Reapers) would have outscored both Recon Grenadier units (16 x 2 for 32 points).
- Victory Points:
- Justin - Allies: 139 points
- Nicholas - Axis: 180 points
Mission 1: We're Here!
Date of Play: 09-30-2012
John v. Justin
The objective of this scenario was to reach, and hold, the Objective Square at the end of Turn 8. The game ends in a draw if neither Player occupied the Objective Square at the end of Turn 8. 4 Ammo Crates are available to place within the highlighted cover zone. It should also be noted that John requested that the game only be played with miniatures that were available as of Operation Seelöwe. The units available can be easily determined since Operation Seelöwe is the Expansion where the unit points were updated to the current system and the Rulebook contains all the units released up to date and their new point values.
- Attacker:
John - Axis: 248 points
Grenadier X - Markus - Sigrid - Stefan - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Laser Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Lothar
- Defender:
Justin - Allies: 250 points
Bazooka Joe - Johnny One-Eye - OZZ-177 - Rosie - The Priest - 13 Foxtrot - 13 Foxtrot - BBQ Squad - BBQ Squad - Grim Reapers - The Gunners - Steel Rain
Turn 2 brought most of the action in the scenario. Grenadier X and his Zombies attacked OZZ and his Grim Reapers, severely injuring the Allied Hero, and eliminating the Grim Reapers. Markus and his Apes followed up to finish off the injured Allied Hero. However Priest and his BBQ Rangers were able to move in and get revenge by completely eliminating the Axis Blutkreuz Zombie Hero and unit. Rosie and her BBQ Rangers were also able to make good use of their resources by eliminating the Axis Ludwig and a unit of Recon Grenadiers; however Sigrid and her Laser Grenadiers moved in to attack and eliminated Rosie and her BBQ Rangers. The Axis used their initiative in Turn 3 to Ape Charge Johnny and his Gunner Rangers, but a successful reactive fire from the Allied unit brought enough firepower to eliminate the injured Markus and Blutkreuz Apes, keeping the Allied unit safe for a bit longer. Priest and his BBQ Rangers were hurt after the exchange with the Axis Zombies, and they fell in close combat against Stefan and his Recon Grenadiers, since the remaining miniatures didn’t have enough firepower to bring down the Axis Hero and unit. In fact, that unit of Recon Grenadiers would prove to be the MVP for the Axis forces. Turn 4 saw the Axis separate Stefan from his Recon Grenadiers so the Hero could eliminate a unit of 13 Foxtrot. An attack from Johnny and his Gunner Rangers brought the elimination of Stefan. Then Stefan’s unit of Recon Grenadiers made a retaliatory strike to successfully eliminate Johnny and his Gunner Rangers.
That unit of Recon Grenadiers would also prove to be the MVP of the Axis forces in this scenario. They just wouldn’t die since the combinations of Soft and Hard cover provided within the structure kept them safe, and they also blocked any ability for the Allies to progress towards the Objective Square. Eventually, in Turn 7, the Steel Rain was able to get a good position in the structure to finally eliminate the Recon Grenadiers, but not before the Axis unit eliminated Joe and his unit of 13 Foxtrot . Unfortunately the Allied units couldn’t reach the Objective Square and have a chance to drive out the last unit of Recon Grenadiers who were holding before the end of Turn 8.
- Victory Points:
- Justin - Allies: 185 points
- John - Axis: 212 points
We have more League play coming this Sunday, and I promise to get the update completed in a timelier manner! Good Gaming!
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Great reports! Thanks!
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