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Helcat

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Re:Results Thread for SFTF Eastern Front Tournament
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Sun, 13 January 2013 12:49

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I hear good results coming from the front. Well done Geoff and JA Parker. For the rest of the team go, go, go.
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Jaykay2010

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Re:Results Thread for SFTF Eastern Front Tournament
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Sun, 13 January 2013 22:03

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Well Gentlemen, ... the Russians are ON A ROLL!!! ...
Latest result coming in from the Kirch Peninsula ...
Jaykay2010 (Allies) 8 v Artimon (2 point Axis) 7
You couldn't want for a closer finish to this battle ! The replay of which you will find here:
http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=33 957573
The Russians started off well, with some strong dice throwing up either flank, whittling down the Axis units to singe figures, whilst gaining a few medals at the same time.
The Axis held their nerve and kept advancing, with the score set at 2-2 the Russinas called for air power, and found a few targets ... 4-2
The Axis kept their relentless pressure up, especially down the flanks, and the use of an Armor assault down either side was successfull ... balance was redressed ... 4-4
An Air Power card for the Russians merely brushed away a few figures, but was fortunately followed up with a Recon 1 on the same section, gaining a few medals ... 6-6
The final prize was in sight for the Allies, in the shape of a few weakened, isolated German infantry units on the Axis leftflank ....
But not before a disastrous throw for the Axis on their SECOND TFH card .... 4 flags and a tank I believe ...
A Russian Infantry Assault pushed the Allies ever closer toward the Axis infantry, again, met with more stubborn resistance.
A few turns later Artimon played a vital Infantry Assault card of his own, mustering his worried looking troops, looking to pull a surprise and gain the 2 medals he needed for victory ... it was a long shot,, and he needed to commit his two single figure units to try and bring the battle to a close ....
In only collecting one medal, he hoped that the Commissar had not anticipated such strong resistance, however a Move Out command resulted in a great finale as the Russians took out the two single units to win 8-7
It was a dramatic finish ... soldiers fighting in the fields, it felt like hand to hand combat,the men desperate for their lives, I was reminded of the scene in Saving Private Ryan (different location I KNOW) when the final fight by the bridge reached desperate measures and soldiers were resorting to throwing their helmets at each other in a bid to survive ... this was how it felt for me as the bid for the winning medal took on epic responsibility ... those two points for the Allies are precious right now!
Thanks Artimon for a truly dramatic finale! ]
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LooneyLlama

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Sun, 13 January 2013 22:54

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Well, these battles are turning out to be epic. Great description JayKay! You ought to write a history book! I'll pat myself on the back and say this scenario plays out strategically different each time. I can write 'em but I can't play 'em. I'm 0-2 so far. I thought I had John on my right flank but a banzai charge with a single armor unit wiped out a full armor unit and reduced another to 1(48% hit rate on armor overall). That was basically it for me. There was no attack left to generate, just counterpunch and hope for the best. He played defensively when he had to, and offensively when necessary. Well played John!
I'm working very hard to make the upcoming scenarios as interesting as possible. So far it seems to be working out well. I have a few I've not finalized and would need some of you (from both sides) to play to put the finishing touches on. Let me know by P.M. when you might be online over the next couple of days. We have a few weeks as our next one, Stalingrad, has been completed. Thanks.
Eric
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sam1812

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Mon, 14 January 2013 01:32

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I have met the opposing commander on the field of battle and returned home with his sword. The Germans are rolling again.
sam1812 (Axis) 8 vs Helcat (Allies) 3
http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=33 960713
An epic struggle, lasting 35 turns ... 1 hour and 15 minutes. Most of the battle took place on the German Left and Center.
My side's mobility was limited by a shortage of good movement cards for my Center and Right sections. However, when the Russians finally came up my Left flank, I was well prepared for them. Within a few turns, two encroaching armors and an encroaching infantry had been eliminated, and another infantry went scurrying back to the Russian camp. This was the part of the fray where three German infantry units fell, as well, but the HQ was saved.
Two other casualties were a Russian tank and infantry that had taken up positions in a small forest in the middle of the map.
The Germans finally won the day with an Armor Assault that eliminated a tank in the middle and an infantry in the woods on my right.
The German war effort was aided by above average dice, while the Russian rolls were approximately average.
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gonzalan

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Mon, 14 January 2013 03:37

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sam1812 wrote on Sun, 13 January 2013 17:32 | I have met the opposing commander on the field of battle and returned home with his sword. The Germans are rolling again.
sam1812 (Axis) 8 vs Helcat (Allies) 3
http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=33 960713
An epic struggle, lasting 35 turns ... 1 hour and 15 minutes. Most of the battle took place on the German Left and Center.
I'll add details to this post later.
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Well done S1812, the Evil AXIS capture a pt and now it is 9-5, but still chances to close the gap further in the coming battles, ALLIES 2 pt victory still out there!!
SAC Helcat, to quote Jeronimon, commiserations!! 35 turns, 3 Airstrikes for S1812 and none for you, plus he had a very good draw of cards the entire game, you did well to get 3 medals. Your ART let you down early and often and never really zeroed in on their targets. Add to that S1812's patience and well the results tell the story.
Only Round 2 of 10 and will glady follow you for the remaining 8 rounds until will get those EVIL AXIS TROOPS!
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sam1812

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Mon, 14 January 2013 05:01

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gonzalan wrote on Sun, 13 January 2013 21:37 | EVIL AXIS TROOPS!
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Artimon

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Mon, 14 January 2013 10:50

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What to add to the magnific, but dramatic , story of Jaykay ? He was the best yesterday night and benefited of the help of a brillant Political Commissar !
But, I didn't say my last word and would be happy to meet him again during this tournament to balance our counts !
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Jaykay2010

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Re:Results Thread for SFTF Eastern Front Tournament
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Mon, 14 January 2013 18:21

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Artimon wrote on Mon, 14 January 2013 09:50 | What to add to the magnific, but dramatic , story of Jaykay ? He was the best yesterday night and benefited of the help of a brillant Political Commissar !
But, I didn't say my last word and would be happy to meet him again during this tournament to balance our counts !
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Anytime my friend .. our paths will cross I'm sure ! 
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van Voort

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Mon, 14 January 2013 21:19

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van Voort 8/38 v 7/30
46 / 36 %
Axis opened with good cards (TFH w6/6 and General Assault)
Allies held back and there was some exchange of Recons where the Shturmoviks performed better than the Stukas
Allies developed an attack on the right that almost got as far the Axis HQ (holding two Infantry Assaults that did not get played), but came a bit short and retreated out of range to let barrage do the business.
Ths was fortunate as the Axis last card was BEL and had we advanced to contact we would have been in big trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBNirs38Ow
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gheintze

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Mon, 14 January 2013 21:21

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van Voort wrote on Mon, 14 January 2013 15:19 | van Voort 8/38 v 7/30
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Woo hoo! Two points for the good guys!
Good job!
Geoff
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Jeronimon

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Mon, 14 January 2013 22:03

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van Voort wrote on Mon, 14 January 2013 21:19 | van Voort 8/38 v 7/30
46 / 36 %
Axis opened with good cards (TFH w6/6 and General Assault)
Allies held back and there was some exchange of Recons where the Shturmoviks performed better than the Stukas
Allies developed an attack on the right that almost got as far the Axis HQ (holding two Infantry Assaults that did not get played), but came a bit short and retreated out of range to let barrage do the business.
Ths was fortunate as the Axis last card was BEL and had we advanced to contact we would have been in big trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBNirs38Ow
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A short description of a very tense battle:
1-1
2-2
3-3
4-4
5-5
5-6
7-6
7-7
8-7 to van Voort
Watch the replay to see what kind of cards we had. 
I could not do much on my right and fought on my left and middle.
Statistics:
Van Voort v Jeronimon
82 v 84 dice thrown
54% v 45% on infantry (dice 48 v 38)
37% v 30% on armor (dice 30 v 43)
25% v 0% on arty (dice 4 v 3)
My hat of to van Voort who prevailed in what was a very tense match.
May there be many more like this, but with the Axis as winner. 
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LooneyLlama

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van Voort

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Helcat

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Mon, 14 January 2013 23:41

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Van Voort that has been an excellent battle.
Congrats
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gonzalan

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Tue, 15 January 2013 00:42

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LooneyLlama wrote on Mon, 14 January 2013 14:50 | Jeroen,
How can I see you turn by turn battle with Van Voort?
We need to counter Van Voort's Russian song with a German fight song. How about that song from the Battle of the Bulge movie where all the young German tank commanders start singing? That was pretty inspirational. We need it right now as we are going down in flames.
Eric
Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CripLDmoSCg
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http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=33 975163
Eric and for all to see this fine battle!
Congrats to both and to V V, yahoo! 2 pts and 9-7 and the noose tightens!
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tank commander

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gheintze

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Tue, 15 January 2013 04:27

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Woo hoo! The Red Army continues it's relentless march...
Great job!
Geoff
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Jaykay2010

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Tue, 15 January 2013 12:18

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Go Allies!
Just checking:
Was Artimon the Axis '2 point' player this round?
Recent comments above suggest it's Jeronimon but I seem to recall it was Artimon this Round? Just checking ...
If we get 4 points from these two battles I'm NOT complaining!!
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sam1812

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Tue, 15 January 2013 13:50

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Personally, I'm living in an alternate reality where we slaughtered you guys in every battle, so I'm laughing at your reports from Pravda, which have been reprinted above. But yes, Artimon was our 2-point player in this round, and I am confident that's all he allowed you to score against him.
We will let you have an extra unit in the next round, so you won't feel so disadvantaged after such terrible losses.
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LooneyLlama

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Tue, 15 January 2013 14:53

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I just wanted to say that if the 2 point player loses, the oppponents only get 1 point, not 2. You have to win the 2 point game to get 2 points.
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Jaykay2010

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Tue, 15 January 2013 15:34

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hahaaaa oh yes! I was getting ahead of myself after such excitement !
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gonzalan

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Tue, 15 January 2013 17:30

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Tank Commander, congrats on your victory over JJ ' Nauts, to both a well fought battle.
Looks like it was a case for your Right flank knowing what his Right flank was doing! You were able to hold off his assault, he ran low on cards, you developed your own assault, you reached HQ, he wasn't able to exit, game over well done!
9-8, AXIS, a Lucky91 victory and 9-9 ALL and we are back to RED SQUARE 1!
Job well done to the ALLIED victors this round and to the AXIS for the stiff battles.
Good luck to Lucky91 against Dugrim!
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Dugrim

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Tue, 15 January 2013 23:28

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http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=33 994878
After some unlucky battles, Axis changes the tide.
8 - 4 against lucky91, and a won, Supreme Commander.
As you can see, almost same % of hit, but a lot of dice for me against Russian tanks, and some more against infantries.
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lucky91

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Wed, 16 January 2013 00:15

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congratulations to Dugrim ,
and sorry for my team , an another defeat in an excellent scenario
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gonzalan

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Wed, 16 January 2013 00:23

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Congrats to Dugrim and the AXIS, for the win and maintaining the lead, 10-8, going into the 3rd round, SN Rattenkreig, a long battle from the looks of it!
Lucky91, some unfortunate misses when you might have been able to swing things your way and perhaps stall his advance, in the end, too big a dice advantage for Dugrim, 96-74, somewhere in that range, having to fire on the same units a few times before you killed them were shots you could have used elsewhere.
On the plus side, SAC Helcat and I welcome you to our 0-2 club! We will have to change that next round and not make it such an exclusive club!! You're welcome to join us on our side Looney!
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Helcat

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Vercingetorix1302

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Wed, 16 January 2013 01:19

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Round 2 has some strange result :
The Allies gained 5 victories with an average of 6,5 medals, but the Axis gained only 3 victories with an average of 6,9 medals.
Just a thought ...
Can't wait for round 3 !
Good luck to all!
VCX1302
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sam1812

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Wed, 16 January 2013 01:34

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Congratulations to Dugrim on his glorious victory! The difference between the Russians getting an extra artillery and an extra infantry in the next battle is huge. His name has been put in for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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gonzalan

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Jeronimon

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Wed, 16 January 2013 02:11

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Updated scores:
(Sorry eric you were outvoted , but as you can see I am next on the list from the bottom.
Not counting those Russians Who can't score points. )

The Honorable mister Heintzelman leads the current board. Viel Glück damit!
Well, giving away point makes the tournament more exciting, but I would rather have won.
I have to say I am glad that our esteemed Dugrim managed to get his point, because an extra artillery would have messed up the dynamic of Rattenkrieg very much, in my humble opinion. An extra infantry is just another way for us to score a medal.
More to shoot at.
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JAParker

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Wed, 16 January 2013 04:07

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Helcat:
My thoughts regarding the extra infantry:
1. I agree with gonzalan that it should be an Engineer unit, for the reason he mentioned.
2. I would place it on our right flank, between the tank and the SF infantry, for the following reasons--
a. Placing it anywhere in the center makes a nice long row of 5 (if we place it toward the right) or 6 (if we place it toward the left) units, spanning either the Right flank/Center or Left Flank Center--susceptible not only to regular Air Power Attacks, but Recon 1 cards as well (as Blitz rules are in effect)
b. I think that the right flank needs more help. The rules for the Tractor Works, Red October Factory and Barrikady Factory all state that ANY unit that occupies one of the hexes gets a medal (it appears that it does not have to be the majority). Of the 3 complexes, the vacant hex that is most exposed to the Axis advance is on our right.
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Jaykay2010

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Wed, 16 January 2013 10:02

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I would agree with this placement suggestion, and also that the unit should be an Engineer unit.
Jim
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tank commander

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Wed, 16 January 2013 11:34

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Helcat wrote on Tue, 15 January 2013 18:28 | Well played Dugrim, a brave effort Lucky 91.
If my counting is still correct, the Allies have won this round 6-3. Meaning that we have made a great comeback from our first defeat. (With your general still not quite on track (-;))
Using some elementary calculus, the overall score is now:
Allies 1; Axis 1
Victory points:
Allies 8 - Axis 10
Still to be confirmed offcourse by the organiser of the tournament.
@Team Allies: I thought Stalinggrad North Rattenkrieg would be the next scenario and we are entitled to place a infantry unit of any type at the bottom row of the battlefield. If you have any suggestions what and where to place, preferably argumented, you can post them in the tread
@Gonzalan: We will be there when we are most needed.
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Yes, we had a very good round but I look forward to pounding the Axis in a later round like they did to our side in Rd 1 . But for that extra panzer we may very well have done better in Rd 2 . Now we get the extra unit and while I would have liked the guns better I am sure we shall make good use of the ground pounders. Go team Red
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clorofila

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Sun, 20 January 2013 01:58

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round #3: Stalingrad North, Rattenkrieg, Tournament version
JAParker 11-12 clorofila (35-38 figures), 41 turns, 55 minutes
(yes, that exciting!)
Allies Hit Rate: 45% [49% vs inf, 40% vs arm], 77 rolls.
Axis Hit Rate: 45% (48% vs inf; 42% vs arm, 38% vs arty), 84 rolls.
This was a very tough game and, as sometimes happens, just a few turns before the end of the game I thought I wouldn't have a chance: by turn 38, John played a TFH and reduced an armor and an engineer to 1 figure each; score was then 10-8 for the allies, who had very few wounded units. I retreated both units and went banzai with a full-health special infantry, keeping an eye on the BEL card that I had from quite early in the game. The banzai move worked (luck number 1) and I destroyed John's last armor (10-9). The turn after, John had a Armor Assault (so make that luck number 1 a luck number 2 as well) and since his last armor was gone, he selected his last arty to put an end to my 1-fig Engineer: 11-9. With an exposed infantry, 2 one-fig units and 2 two-fig units on the board, I had no other choice but to use the BEL against his artillery, followed by occupation of Barrikady Faktory (aiming for total of 3 medals): «4 dice plus a frozen river behind it, maybe this goes well». It did, and the frozen river was not necessary, since I got 2 grenades (luck number 3).
Very intense fighting and victory could have went either side. Thank you for the great games, John!
http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/battle/?id=34 065751
Just one final question: am I wrong or Air Power was replaced by a second Artillery Bombard card or something? I played 4 games over this scenario and I don't remember an Air Power card coming up. It is possible that the card was there, but the odds are against it, hence my question.
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Helcat

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clorofila

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Sun, 20 January 2013 03:44

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Thank you, Helcat.
The allies did start with 5 medals. I guess that the battle replay feature does not handle so well with Eric's objective medals for both sides.
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LooneyLlama

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Sun, 20 January 2013 04:00

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Andre and JA,
Great game! Can't get any closer than that.
The rules are using a standard deck. Air Power is available but just didn't come up in your games.
The replay function is weird when it comes to objective medals. Even during replays it might not show some objective medals when they are earned. I don't know why it doesn't show them, but as Andre stated, they are on the Allies side when the game starts.
Eric
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JAParker

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Sun, 20 January 2013 04:46

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I do not think that it has to do with Eric's scenario or rules. I have noticed that when an objective awards more than one medal (such as the two medals for Ponyri, for instance, or--in the case of this scenario--the Red October and Barakady factories--) the replay will only show one. That is why the Allies appear to start with only 3 medals instead of 5 in this scenario. I did start with 5 for the objectives and kept them throughout--unfortunately (for me--fortunately for him!) André eventually got 2 for the Barrakday factory and thereby won the game.
It was a hard fought game against a very worthy opponent who made the most of his opportunities. I enjoyed it very much--although I would have enjoyed it just a little more if I had won! Congratulations to André.
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Helcat

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sam1812

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Sun, 20 January 2013 07:30

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Congratulations, clorofila, on that beautiful win! May it be the first of many for us in this round!
As for Air Power, I can reconfirm LooneyLlama's response. I have held Air Power in this scenario.
And JAParker's answer about medals, of course, is correct, too. The replay function shows one medal per objective, no matter how many medals that objective is actually worth. I believe this bug was reported long ago, with respect to Ponyri and Red Barricades Factory.
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