Weekend Gaming!!!

[mirth]

Still doesn't look soggy enough.

It will make some loins soggy.

[Sir Slash]

I wouldn't pay more than $30 for it. 

[Arctic Blast]

The one guy in the middle looks like he might be considering attacking his compatriot with those tools. That promises way too much excitement for a game like this.

[Sir Slash]

OK, let's try this. Decisive Campaigns Warsaw to Paris: Operation Sealion. It's Sept. 1, 1940 and I have 8 more turns left in the scenario. I have 17 Victory Points and need 24 for the win. So I need 7 VP's in 8 turns. The RN has cut my sea corridor to France, The RAF is kicking my ass in the air, it's raining, and I'm all out of cigarettes.

[BanzaiCat]

Well there's your problem. You need bubblegum.

[Sir Slash]

Here's London. The hexes with the blue circles are worth 4 VP's each. The bottom one, Croydon is held by a Home Guard brigade and a small engineer unit, is surrounded and so pretty much in the bag in a turn or two. The top one is London and while I'm adjacent to it, the Brits have the 55th Inf. and 2 Armd. Div along with Flak, Arty, and engineers there. So it'll be a major job to take it, but it's do-able. Without it I still need 3 more VP's for the win. Where do I go?

[bayonetbrant]

one suspects you'll need some reinforcements, no?

[BanzaiCat]

Sounds like a go-for-broke scenario with not much eye for long-term results.

[Sir Slash]

How about here. The blue circled hexes are worth 2 VP's each and apparently are... empty?    Not really. Because it's raining my Recon level is so low I cant' see what's in them. But Portsmouth was held by 2 Home Guard brigades dug-in like Georgia ticks so, forget them. Southampton was held by an engineer and a HQ unit last turn so they're probably still there. Further north, Newbury and Reading are worth a point each. No idea what's there. So somewhere I should be able to grab 3 VP's between these 6 VP's. Three Corps are heading this way with arty so this should practically be over with. But nothing's over with, with me in command. I'm afraid if I don't do this right, I'll end-up one VP short.    Should be interesting.

[Sir Slash]

The RN cutting my sea corridor means anything else I try to bring over takes 30-50% losses in transit. But I've already got all my forces over but one Air Landing Div. and Guerdian's Panzer Corp. and I shouldn't need them for the win. I've got some little engineer, arty, and Flak units I can bring over and have been using them to secure my Supply Lines and other VP's because Brit guerrilla units have been popping-up like mushrooms at a Shit Factory. Oddly, even though the RN has cut my sea lanes, my supply is still great from the S.E. ports.  I've grounded my air force because the RAF was just destroying it every time I tried to use them but I also haven't seen them being used offensively by the AI for several turns. Rain will hold me up but not be a huge problem unless it continues for a long time. It doesn't rain much in England, right?

[bob48]

Its a good game - I have it but its not installed at present.

Rain? We could really do with some - been very dry here for a while - I may have to get the hose out and water the lawn soon.

[trailrunner]

This is a great weekend.  I got to see my two-week old granddaughter this morning.  After lunch, I'm going to serve some tennis balls, have a cigar, join a virtual happy hour, get pizza from our favorite place, then watch Midsomer Murder.

Tomorrow morning it's a run first thing in the morning, then a tennis clinic later in the morning.  Probably a nap in the afternoon, then maybe some yard work.  Or I'll get lazy and stay inside and play some more of my solo ASL game.

Sunday morning will be a bike ride, followed by a game of VASL playing a new scenario set in the Battle of the Bulge against a new, but good, player.  In the last game we played, he played well as the defending Germans, so I suggested that for this game he try attacking, so he'll take the Americans. 

[bayonetbrant]

sounds like a great plan!

[Sir Slash]

Indeed! We're having the grand daughters over this afternoon for swimming in the pool-- which means Grandpa has to be on good behavior.    And tomorrow a family thing, again pool-related-- which means Grandpa stays sober-- until it's over anyway. Then....

[BanzaiCat]

I'll be playing some Time of Crisis single-handed until the expansion arrives next week. Seems like a great game that's easy to solo without the expansion, though I'm looking forward to what that can add to it, bot-wise. The components are nice and the rulebook is easy to read.