reposted from the Lardie yahoo group
Fools rush in
Two great games of Chain of Command today with a platoon of armoured Panzergrenadiers attacking a British held village in Normandy. It was the first time I have deployed all of my German halftracks in one game and it was really great to see them in action on the table.
I'll be putting up a report of the second game in the next couple of days, but I thought I'd share with you the rather amusing first game. Being rather over-impressed by the pretty vehicles I thought I'd just drive straight up the road and crash into the village, destroying all in my path. Not much of a plan, but there you go/
On turn three my lead halftrack stormed up the lane followed by the command halftrack. As the platoon HQ slowed to take a bend in the road a shell from a concealed 6 pounder turned it into a blazing mess, killing the Platoon Officer, the senior platoon Sergeant and the Panzerschreck team. German force morale plummets like a stone and the remaining halftracks turn around and drive off the table. Game over in five minutes with only one British unit deployed on the table!
Needless to say in the second game I was a bit more cautious with my commanders!
Rich
& Rich has never played flames of war either
A rerun AAR to follow
Ginger
