A German attack ! CoC AAR

Today we played an attack defend scenario with a regular German platoon attacking an American armored rifle platoon. Below are pictures of the terrain

The Germans rolled a 6 and got 4 free moves in the patrol phase.

The end of the patrol phase.

The German OBJ was the orchard behind the house.

The Germans deploy first and rolled two double sixes in a row and were able to deploy 2 squads, one in the center of their line in front of the Inn, the second squad deployed to the far right .

The next phase brought another double six and the German squad on the far right mad a dash for the American jump off point in the back yard of the Inn.

The next phase the Germans made it within 4 inches if the American jump off point denying them use of it, also denying the Americans the ability to deploy into the building.

The Americans answered with their own double six phase and deployed their machine gun squad along the back of the fence and their 60 mm mortar squad behind of the orchard, immediately bringing fire onto the advancing Germans, inflicting shock.

The next phase the Americans rolled another double six bringing more and more fire on the Germans who were shutting down the American  jump off point. The German Jr. leader was wounded, pinning the squad.

The Americans also deployed a senior leader in the orchard.

The next German phase brought a double 6 allowing them to deploy one of their support options,    an observer for the 81 mm mortar who called for a barrage. They were also able to inflict  some shock on the 60 mm behind the orchard.

The next phase the Germans deployed yet another support option, a Stug III with JL targeting the American senior leader "hiding" in the orchard. He was by himself, thinking he was safe behind the line. The HE round killed him.

The Germans fired a ranging shot for their barrage, hitting their mark right on and forcing the Americans to make a dash before the barrage fell.

The next American phase saw half the American machine gun squad run into the bottom floor of the house and the other half jump the fence into the back yard just outside the reach of the oncoming barrage. The American 60 mm also fell back outside the reach of the oncoming barrage.

The Germans in the field in front of the building on over watch poured fire into the Americans as the entered the building killing one and inflicting shock. 

The strategically placed mine field in front of the house was a brilliant move on the American's part forcing the Germans to  cross into the open on either side and not allowing them to rush into the building.  The Germans decided to stay put, and put fire into the bottom floor of the Inn. Also they knew that another American squad was lurking off to the German's far right.

The Stug also fired some rounds into the building and with combined HE and MG fire after many phases were able to kill the half of the American machine gun team in the building. But not before the Americans caused the Germans who were shutting down their jump off point to rout back behind the hedgerow, allowing the Americans to deploy a rifle squad into the second floor of the building. 

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The German squad in the field in front of the house was being withered away by the Americans in the building. The command dice didn't allow the Germans to active their Stug.

The Americans then deployed their last squad in attempt to rush the battered German squad. The Germans then played their Only Chain of Command Die of the game to interrupt the phase and shoot the machine gun team at the charging Americans killing one and applying 3 points of shock. unfortunately, that wasn't enough to stop the charging Americans. Even with the Germans thowing one more die than the American in the hand to hand, they managed to kill only one American, dooming the defending Germans. 

The battered Germans then deployed their last squad and poured everything they had on the squad that had just wiped out the German squad and pinned them.

                          (Picture recreated quickly) 

Unfortunately that's all we had time for! As we spent a great deal of time  looking up rules, really trying to get these rules down pat! 

Personally I don't think there was a clear cut winner, as we ran out of time and both forces still in pretty good fighting shape, and both sides force morale still in great shape at 8 per side.

Following the game I asked a great deal of questions on the forum. 

All in all another great game and a good time with the club mates! Looking forward to more games!

CoC AAR

 This past Thursday we played a Chain of Command game at the club.

We played the Flank attack scenario with a regular German platoon attacking an American paratrooper platoon.

Some pictures of the board.

The paratroopers mission were to hold that farm building at all cost.

The Germans getting 6 patrol makers , 3 on the two sides of the square. 

The Germans tried moving into position the best they could but the Americans making a fine move locking down all three of their patrol makers before the Germans really could get into position, forcing the German jump off points close or, at the edge of the table.  

The Germans deploy and start their advance.

The Paratroopers deploy their 60mm mortar team 

The Americans deploy an LMG on the second floor of the house and a rifle along the hedge line and start bringing fire on the advancing Germans.

It was an onslaught from the start for the Germans they had a long way to travel to get into cover and firing position and had chosen  their support options poorly. They never really got the chance to bring their fire power to bear on the paratroopers. 

A German squad gets pinned as soon as they get to the hedge line.

German heavy machine gun trying to move into position.

The Germans, taking a lot of fire, deploy smoke to give  some breathing space and move the  tripod mounted machine gun into position.

The Germans make one last attempt to move on the paratroopers from the woods.

But the Americans bring  the squad's 30cal downstairs and around back to bring fire on the Germans trying to move on the American right flank.

The Germans were stopped cold by the paratroopers in every direction they took! With the Americans taking up a great defensive position and the Germans having terrible dice rolling and poor support choices, the paratroopers were able to fend off the Germans with very few casualties.

Another great game of Chain of Command last week. This week we will be starting a crossfire campaign. Stay posted for those upcoming games and another Chain of Command game being played this Saturday.

Chain of command AAR

Today we played another Chain of Command game at the club, practice for  my putting on a CoC game at a local convention (Havoc) coming up in a little over a week; I need all the practice I can get.

We played an attack/defend scenario out of the book with an American armored rifle platoon attacking a regular German platoon. The Americans had 9 points of support and the Germans, 8. With Force morale levels of 8 for the Germans and 9 for the Americans. Below are several shots of the "battlefield".

The Americans have the initiative and rolling double 6s on thier first roll, deploy squads and move up to the hedgerow line.

The Germans start by deploying 2 squads in the house and immediatly firing on the advancing Americans inflicting a causalty and a couple points of shock

The Americans respond by deploying their machine gun squad and the 60mm mortar. Both  fire on the German machine gun in the upstairs loft inflicting some shock and killing a crew member. The  next phase the Germans pulled the machine gun from the window realizing they were out gunned by the Americans firing from the hedge line.

The Americans respond by deploying their foward observer and putting a squad on overwatch. The next phase brings a couple of chain of command points for the Germans who pass the phase as they wait for the Americans to make their move. The next few American phases were spent calling in ranging shots until finally landing after the 3rd try, inflicting a few casulties and shock on the German teams in the buildings. The Germans deploy their Stug III  in position to fire at the American machine gun squad camping on overwatch along the hedge line to the German Right.

Under the coverage of the barrage the Americans make their first move on the German left flank. The next phase the Germans rolled three 5s, gaining a chain of command point, ending the turn, lifting the barrage and firing at the American squad in the open inflicting a couple casulties and 4 points of shock. 

The Americans throw a smoke grenade  to get them some concealment and removing shock.  On the next phase, the Germans shifted their attention to the American squads along the hedgerow with minimal results. This allowed the American squad to dash behind a fence to give them light cover.

The Germans again shifted their attention back to that American squad firing at them, killing 2 and inflicting a enough shock to  pin the Americans behind the fence. 

The next phase the Americans brought their fire power to bear on the German machine gun team poking back into the window on the right flank trying to take out a senior leader moving up and down the American line. The Americans rolled a whopping 20 dice inflicting 12 hits on the house wiping out the rest of the German machine gun team, killing a couple rifle men and inflicting a  bunch of shock -  pinning and eventually routing the  Germans  from the house.

Even with all this damage, the  Germans were able  to sustain their morale. It only dropped by one point. 

Both sides exchanged fire for the  next couple of phases until the American squad along the fence broke due to shock, with an American force moral  drop of 2 points . The Stug III was becoming too much for the Americans who spent their Chain of Command die on an ambush with their bazooka team. The bazooka round beat the Stug's armor by 2 killing the driver and inflicting 2 points of shock, crippling it for 2 phases until they could replace the driver. 

After a double 6 roll by the Germans the Stug was back in action and changed it's attention to the American squad along the hedgerow once again inflicting, more casulties and pinning the American squad. 

The Americans again decided enough was enough, they had to do something about the tank. They deployed their bazooka team along the hedge line and missed a shot. At the same time they made a move on the German right flank, sending one of their machine gun squads foward toward the building after realizing that the building was empty (The Germans had routed out the back). The Stug  rotated and fired at the advancing Americans killing 2 out of 3 and inflicting a point of shock pinning the last guy in place. 

At the same time the Americans were sending an engineering team  to capture the unprotected foward German jump off point.

Getting within 4 inches and shutting down the use of the jump off point they spent their Chain of Command die ending the turn and capturing the jump off point. In turn the German spent their  Chain of Command die  to avoid the roll on the force morale. 

The Americans then inched closer toward the building causing the Germans to place their last available squad in the bulilding along with their senior leader and the panzershreck team along the fence to the rear of the building. The panzershreck team fired from the fence and the machine gun team from the first story window but caused no casualties.  The American player with another lucky bazooka roll at the low profile ,obscured view and 2 range bands away Stug and needing a 11 or 12 hit the Stugg again causing the crew to bail and the Germans to make more rolls on the force morale chart. With that the Germans were down to 3 and were holding on by the skin of  their teeth. The Americans were not doing much better with their morale level at 5. The next few phases were very unlucky for the Germans with nothing going in their favor. The Americans with the same stroke of incredible luck shot 4 rifle shots into the German left flank building causing 1 casuality which was the German junior  leader. The roll on Force Morale brought it down to 1! The Germans decide to pull back and give the Americans the field. 

It was a hard fought American victory! All an all it was a great game and a great time and a smooth game with us getting better and better with the rules each time we play !