Campagne Compass, 10. Le siège est minutieusement ciblé et les...
Campagne Compass, 10. Le siège est minutieusement ciblé et les attaques GB portent leurs fruits. Le harcèlement paie et les italiens n'ont pas trouvé de solution.
Sur l'ensemble de la campagne (10 scénarios), victoire de l'axe 52-46 (63-52 avec les bonus). Très intéressant. Une nouvelle fois, bravo à JDrommel.
Formidable offensive italienne en 6 tours de jeu. attaque droite...
Formidable offensive italienne en 6 tours de jeu. attaque droite (vers les canons), médecins, assaut centre (sorite des unités !), attaque centre, assaut d'inf (poussée vers les flancs et les collines, assaut du QG. Les australiens n'ont pu approcher.
La tenaille australienne se met en place progressivement (placem...
La tenaille australienne se met en place progressivement (placement des chars en colline, avancée de l'artillerie) pour un harcèlement méthodique. Giarabub se dépeuple (les canons tirent à 2 dés). Poussée de l'inf sur les flancs des palmeraies puis assaut de blindés pour conclure.
Operation Compass Campaign #11, Scenario #10. Variant: 1d Air P...
Operation Compass Campaign #11, Scenario #10. Variant: 1d Air Power & Italian High Command. 21 Rounds.
Allies had clinched the campaign a couple scenarios ago. I needed a 6-3 win as Italians to win the campaign-match, or 6-4 to tie. I lost, but had a chance to win 6-5 since he missed my lone-fig inf 5 shots in a row. I killed his tank, but missed his lone-fig inf on 1d artillery shot.
British fled center on first turn, taking inf out of 2d artillery range. Italian Artillery moved to oasis then British Artillery advanced to hill, then Italian Artillery went to forest to get in 2d range, but wouldn't get that many shots. Italians got first kill with BEL from Right and moved to Oasis to heal to full. I shifted another out of British 2d artillery range into the open, but tank came across from Right and killed it with 3 hits on 3 dice, and took my Attack-C card! He then healed his tank to full with Mechanics, and I never knocked it below 2 again.
I played my last Center to move my Italians out in the open to my Left, and British were ready for me. I was able to take the lead 4-3, but British came back and won.
Operation Compass Campaign #12, Scenario #10. 1d Air Power & It...
Operation Compass Campaign #12, Scenario #10. 1d Air Power & Italian High Command (Start w/6 cards). VASSAL.
Italians did very well at grouping their units in the Center and knowing when to come out to get kills. One of my Center units was knocked down to 1-fig, but escaped with BEL out of artillery range, only to be brought down with Air Power, late in the game.
Italians took the lead twice, but I tied. At 5-5 we each had a 2-fig inf. I had a choice to withdraw mine and risk a 2d shot by artillery or go for the win. Since he was down to 3 cards I took a chance to take the shot for the win, but missed. He launched an Assault-Center and got the kill.
This is the last scenario in my campaign #12 which was previously decided in the Allies favor. But in the Campaign-match score I was down 1. I'll need a 3-point win as Italians to pull it out.
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command (start w/6 cards).
Aus...
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command (start w/6 cards).
Australians closed in from several directions, no doubt setting up for "ping" hits and Firefight. I used BEL to send my rear inf after his inf that couldn't retreat and scored 3 hits. I killed it and then got the feeling Australians were short on Rights, so sent my 3 inf out in the open. I used Infantry Assault-L to get behind his next inf and killed it. He had to send an inf from the Center to his Right, which did get a kill. By the end of the game, that was the only guy he had left in that section.
However, Australians got more kills and stalled my Left attacks by discards (he didn't discard my Dig-In). He tied and led 5-4, having withdrawn a lone-fig inf out of artillery range to his Left. I had a chance to win with Recon-in-Force with 3 targets but needed full hits on 2 of them, and didn't get any. Then I was stuck with 3 Right cards and none there. I finally got my 5th kill in Center to tie, but figured it was over since I had a lone-fig inf in range of his units on my Right. He played Barrage, rolled 3 tanks + 1 flag! I used Armor Assault to kill his lone-fig inf on his baseline-R with 2d for the win.
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command (start w/6 cards). 11 Rou...
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command (start w/6 cards). 11 Rounds.
Air Power sent two Italians to the back (I would roll several flags=hits this game). Instead of bringing tanks and artillery around to shoot from afar, I sent my R-inf across and lost 2. My first kill was from Battle-Back! Because he left his rear bunker, I was able to enter it from wire and kill his inf in the palm forest as an exchange. I used Artillery Bombard to move my art forward 3, but wanted a kill at 2d-range so didn't shoot bunker with 3d. Finally I got my tank going and rolled 3 flags to kill his inf in the open.
Allies vs The Railrodder
1. Australians: Air Power, 0/2 art, 1+f/2 retreated 3, f/2 retreated 3.
IT: Probe-C, 2f=2h/2.
2. AU: Infantry Assault-R, (Ambush 2f/3 retreated to wire), f=h/1, 0/1, 1/1.
IT: Probe-C, 2/3 & 2k/3.
3. AU: Firefight, f/2, 2/2 & 1/2, 2f=h/3.
IT: Assault-L, came out of bunker, 2/3, 3/3 (BB=kill-card loss=Armor Assault), k/2. (AXIS 2-1)
4. AU: Assault-R(3), 2k/3 (card loss=RiF), 1/1 & 1/1.
IT: Recon-C, came out of bunker, 1+f/3 retreated to wire.
5. AU: Move Out! lone-fig & full inf went into bunkers, 2 inf went off baseline, k/1 (card loss=Probe-R), 1+2f=h/3.
IT: Recon-R, 1+f/2.
6. AU: Assault-C(5), 1+f=k/3, 1/1 & 1/1.
IT: BEL 2k/4, pulled back to town.
7. AU: Assault-C(4), entered oasis, 1/3, 0/2 art, 0/1, f/1 retreated to bunker.
IT: Armor Assault, k/3. (TIED @4)
8. AU: Artillery Bombard, moved 3 in front of hill.
IT: Attack-R(1), entered bunker, 1+f/3.
9. AU: Attack-L, 0/2, 1/1 & 0/2.
IT: Close Assault(1), 2k/4. (AXIS 5-4)
10. AU: moved arm close, 1/3 vs 2-fig inf, k/2.
IT: Attack-R, out of bunker (and 3d art), 2/3 vs full.
11. AU: D-HQ, 2f=k/3 (rolled 3 flags).
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command Rules (6 cards).
1. AU...
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command Rules (6 cards).
1. AU: Attack-L, 0/1.
IT: Recon-R, no shots.
2. AU: Assault-L, 0/2, 1/1.
IT: BEL, moved to hill to block retreat, 3/4 (BB:miss), returned to bunker (2nd move mistake?).
3. AU: Probe-R, moved inf out of art range
IT: Move Out! left bunker to take shot at lone-fig inf, 0/1, f=h/1 vs inf blocked by escarpments.
4. AU: TFH(2inf,1sta=arm), 2+2/4+3 killed inf in open on R (card loss=Move Out!), 2+f/4 vs inf in open on L, retreated to bunker.
IT: Attack-R, wounded inf left bunker, 1+1/3+2.
5. AU: Attack-L, f/3 retreats to bunker, 1/1, 1/2.
IT: Assault-R(2), 0/2 vs arm, 2/3 killed inf.
6. AU: Probe-L, 1/3 killed inf (card loss=Attack-L), AO-NADR 0/1, 1/2 knocked inf in town to 1.
IT: Artillery Bombard, 1+f=h/2 & 2/2 killed baseline inf. (TIED@2)
7. AU: Probe-R, 2+1/3+1 vs inf in open.
IT: Assault-C, 1+f=h/2 vs baseline inf, 0/2 vs inf blocked by escarpments, 2f/2d vs arm on his L, 0/1 vs inf on his baseline-hill.
8. AU: Armor Assault(2-could have played Medics!) moved close to inf in L-town, f=h/3 killed inf on baseline (card loss = BEL !!!), 1/2 killed inf in town. (ALLIES 4-2)
IT: Attack-C, 2/2 vs inf on his baseline-hill, f/2 vs arm on Allied-R, 1/2 vs 2-fig inf on my baseline.
9. AU: Assault-L (still didn't play Medics), 3+1/3+3 killed inf in open - TG to L/C line to get closer to bunker (and no more Lefts), 1/1. (ALLIES 5-2 made me play recklessly)
IT: Probe-C, 0/2, 1/2 killed basline inf.
10. AU: TFH(3inf,1sta=arm), 1+f/3 retreated to baseline and out of range of arm - tg into bunker, 0/2 vs art, f/2 - retreated from forest to baseline next to my 3-fig inf that couldn't retreat! (Better not to have shot!).
IT: Close Assault(1), 2+f=h/4 killed that inf! (ALLIES 5-4).
11. AU: Probe-C, 0/2 vs baseline inf, 0/1 vs art.
IT: Attack-C, 3/3 (BB=miss) & 1/3 killed inf. (TIED@5)
12. AU: DHQ, moved 2-fig inf in 2d range of art, backup set for 4d vs full-inf on baseline, 2/2 killed inf.
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command Rules (6 cards).
1. AU:...
VASSAL. Variant: Italian High Command Rules (6 cards).
1. AU: RiF, 1/1, f/1 retreated from bunker to forest costing 1d.
IT: Recon-C, 1/2.
2. AU: General Advance, 0/1, 1/1.
IT: RiF, unit departed bunker on R, entered bunker on L/C, f=h/1, 1/3.
3. AU: Firefight, 2+1/2+2, f/2 - Italian retreated 3 to hill next to arm! 1/3.
IT: Close Assault(2), 3/4 killed inf next to bunker, 1+2f/4 vs arm.
4. AU: Probe-L, 1/2 killed lone-fig inf on hill (card loss= DIG-IN, ha!), 1/2.
IT: Probe-R, inf moves from town to mine, 1/3 vs arm, (BB=flag, retreats 3 to hill), 1/2 kills arm.
5. AU: IA-L, 2/3 kills inf in open (card loss=Probe-L), 1+1/3+2.
IT: Move Out! lone-fig inf moves from bunker to forest, full inf moves to clip wire-blocking los from arm to it, 1+f/3 vs inf on hill.
6. AU: Counter, 1/1 killed inf in forest (card loss=IA, my best one), 1+f/2 vs inf on hill & 1/3 killed it. (ALLIES 4-2)
IT: RiF(2), L-inf entered bunker, 1/2 & 1+f/3 vs C-inf.
7. AU: Recon-L, artillery moves up hill.
IT: inf leaves rear bunker towards inf that can't retreat, f=h/1, 2/2 kills wounded C-inf which killed mine.
8. AU: DHQ, 1/2, 2+f/3, AO-2/3 killed inf in open. (ALLIES 5-3)
IT: Probe-R, null.
9. AU: Probe-L, f/2 retreats town to bunker, & 0/1.
IT: Assault-C(3), inf moved from bunker to palm forest where it came from, 1+2/2+2 vs inf that shot last turn.
10. AU: Attack-R, f/1 retreats forest to bunker, 1+1/1+1.
IT: Probe-R, null.
11. AU: Recon-R, 1/2 knocking inf in bunker to 1-fig.
IT: TFH(2inf,1sta=art, all units I had!), 3/4 kills inf next to bunker, h+2f=2h/3 kills inf on baseline for come-from-behind win!
This one seems nearly impossible for the Italians. My cousin us...
This one seems nearly impossible for the Italians. My cousin used an air power to knock out my artillery on the first round, thus taking out the most powerful part of my defense. Then he used his tanks to slowly sap the strength of my defenders in the upper right and lower left flanks. Finally, he had taken out everyone on both flanks and infantry I was trying to revitalize in the oasis, and came in with six infantry from the left flank and through the center.
(Tournoi du Mans - le retour de la bataille des Trésoriers)
Le...
(Tournoi du Mans - le retour de la bataille des Trésoriers)
Les australiens tentent un assaut sur leur droite.
Les italiens résistent mieux que bien: ils annihilent les efforts alliés sur cette aile.
L'assaut reprend sur l'aile gauche. Une infanterie supporte tous les tirs d'artillerie et, sur un repli imposé, reçoit le secours des médecins et mécaniciens qui lui permettent de reprendre position et d'éliminer une infanterie affaiblie ennemie.
Ses deux ailes étant sécurisées, l'armée italienne se rue sur les unités au centre et achèvent ainsi une déroute (imméritée) aux australiens démoralisés!
(Tournoi du Mans)
Le combat des Trésoriers...
Les australiens...
(Tournoi du Mans)
Le combat des Trésoriers...
Les australiens du centre, redoutant l'artillerie italienne fuient d'entrée sur les côtés.
Les cartes parlent: l'attaque sera par la droite. L'assaut est massif et violent: toute l'aile gauche italienne est annihilée. L'artillerie est une autre affaire.
Les italiens font une sortie efficace sur leur droite, assaillant infanterie et artillerie australiennes.
Finalement les passifs blindés de droite des alliés traversent le terrain pour mettre hors de combat la dernière infanterie italienne avancée, mettant fin ainsi à la bataille.
Le score est la synthèse de tous les tests.
Résultats des te...
Le score est la synthèse de tous les tests.
Résultats des tests :
1° partie : Alliés 05 / Axe 06
2° partie : Alliés 06 / Axe 05
3° partie : Alliés 02 / Axe 06
4° partie : Alliés 05 / Axe 06
5° partie : Alliés 05 / Axe 06
6° partie : Alliés 06 / Axe 03
