Archive for Axis & Allies ForuMINI Specialised in the World War II Axis & Allies Miniatures and War At Sea Games          Axis & Allies ForuMINI Forum Index -> Forumini '08 AAM Cup NeuralDream Round 2: Armchair General (WON) Vs. FieldMarshal PF (lost) Combatants: Armchair General - Allies FieldMarshal PF - Axis Army restrictions: year 1941, total cost 65, Max. 10 units, no heroes. Armchair General -------------------- 2x Stuart 2x Gurhka 4x Polish Cav 2x Bren Vs. FieldMarshal PF ------------------ 2x Elite Panzer IV Ausf. D 1x BMW R75 2x Wehrmacht Veteran Infantrymen 1x SS-Panzergrenadier 1x SS-Haupsturmfuhrer We don't use the extended Rules as many haven't bought them and they are not available online. So, we stick to the original rules that everybody is familiar with: Use the  AAM units database for units for which you don't have the cards. Alternatively you can use hordelings, bgg, or even better here. Notice that: The German SS-Panzergrenadiers and the American Ranger units cost 7, instead of 5. The Map for the first round (you deploy along the top and bottom hex row): NeuralDream Gentlemen, good day and good luck   Sharpe Are you sure that FM PF doesn't have 2x EP4?  Otherwise, he only has 47 points. NeuralDream Sharpe wrote: Are you sure that FM PF doesn't have 2x EP4?  Otherwise, he only has 47 points. Nice catch! I'm impressed. Sharpe Thanks.  I wasn't trying to be pedantic; I was afraid this might lead to confusion down the line. Field Marshal PF Setup roll: Rolls: (2d6)      (+3?) armchair general re Thanks ND! Again, good luck to ya Field Marshal! Here we go... Rolls: (2d6)      armchair general re Guess I'll setup first.....map should be up in a little bit armchair general re my setup Field Marshal PF Panzer IV D #1 A16 Panzer IV D #2 A6 BMW R75 A14 WM VI #1 A6 WM VI #2 A16 SS-PG A12 SS-H A12 Field Marshal PF Initiative: Rolls: (2d6)      +3 armchair general re initiative roll Rolls: (2d6)      armchair general re Wow!  I actually won initiative! Hmmm...I'll let you go first... armchair general re setup Let me know if something isn't right.... Field Marshal PF Panzer IV D #1 B17 Panzer IV D #2 B5 BMW R75 C14 WM VI #1 B5 WM VI #2 B17 SS-PG B11 SS-H B11 armchair general re end of turn 1 movement phase.... Field Marshal: Let me know if something doesn't look right! NOTE:  Red lines indicate facing....don't forget to tell me which direction your Panzers are facing each turn...... armchair general re interesting army.....I thought you might bring a few more SSPGs Field Marshal PF Perhaps, but Veteran Infantry are cheaper and reliable. Initiative: Rolls: (2d6)      +3 armchair general re I like those WVI also! Don't roll for initiative yet........still have assault phase to do!  You're up.... Field Marshal PF I don't have line of sight. Sharpe You can still move.  Then Armchair General gets a chance to move or shoot. Field Marshal PF I'll stay in position. armchair general re Stuart near objective rolls to move into the woods at E8 Rolls: (2d6)      armchair general re whoops! That should have been ONE die! Rolls: (1d6)    armchair general re He makes it! Other Stuart tried to follow his buddie's lead and enter Woods at E10. Rolls: (1d6)    armchair general re Here's the rest of my assault phase movement..... armchair general re initiative roll for Turn 2 Rolls: (2d6)      Field Marshal PF You go first. armchair general re Thought you might say that armchair general re my movement.... Going out to finish shoveling the snow from yesterday.... Should be back in about an hour or so.  Go ahead and post your movement if you want, and then I can take care of my assault when I thaw out!   Field Marshal PF PzIV D#2 to B9 facing SW WMVI with Pz IV D#2 to B7 BMW R75 to E16 armchair general re Field Marshal: Hmmm.....the Panzer can't reach the Forest on B9.  It costs double (2 hexes) to enter a Forest hex (the Panzer moves at Speed 3 and it looks like it would take at least a movement of "5" to reach B9) and then the tank would have to make a movement roll of 4+ to enter the hex anyhow.  Also, the BMW would provoke defensive fire from the Polish Cav when it tries to move to E16. Just to clarify, on pg. 21 of the Advanced Rules, it says "A unit provokes defensive fire when it moves from one hex adjacent to an enemy unit into another hex adjacent to that same enemy unit.  The hex a unit is in counts as adjacent to that unit". No big deal if you want to do all your movement over.  It's cool with me.... Field Marshal PF I must have mean the other Panzer IV, sorry, even then it cant reach, huh....everythings stays where it is.... armchair general re The Brit tankers put down their tea.... Percy loads a round into the Stuart on E8, and the Stuart rumbles as it fires at the Panzer on B5.. Rolls: (7d6)                armchair general re The panzer is damaged, but still in the fight...... Percy now fires the Stuart's MG at the WVI on B5..... Rolls: (8d6)                  Not to be outdone, Stuart #2 engages the damaged Panzer.... Thomas aims and fires the main gun... Rolls: (7d6)                armchair general re The Panzer still lives!   However, the WVI is disrupted..... Thomas now bangs away on the Stuart's MG at the SSH on B11... Rolls: (8d6)                  armchair general re A miss! Hmmm...the Krauts appear to have eaten their Wheaties this morning:!: And with that, time for a BRIEF intermission (so I can open up some K-Rations and eat dinner ) Field Marshal PF BMW R75 at Cavalry in D13: Rolls: (8d6)                  Panzer IV in B5 fires at Stuart in E8:Rolls: (9d6)                    +crackshot WMVI in B5 shoot at Cavalry in E8:Rolls: (7d6)                SS-PG at Cavalry in E10:Rolls: (8d6)                  Panzer IV in B17 at Cavalry in D15: Rolls: (7d6)                +crackshot WMVI in B17 at Cavalry in D15: Rolls: (7d6)                armchair general re Okay, I'm baaaaaaaaaaack! Uh, I guess I should've clarified earlier.  I wasn't done with my assault phase.  The wife said it was time to eat, and, well it WAS time to eat!   I'm really sorry about that!!  Hang on....I'll finish my assault phase, and then you can re-do yours.  Is that okay? Field Marshal PF Sure, go ahead. armchair general re Thanks! Again, sorry for the confusion!!!   Polish Cav on B8 fires at wounded WVI on B5 Rolls: (5d6)            armchair general re miss! Other Polish Cav on B10 fires at same WVI... [dice= 5d6:bb7b9aabd2] armchair general re whoops! gun must have jammed! fires again.... Rolls: (5d6)            Field Marshal PF armchair general re Sweet mother....! Meanwhile, Gurkhas move up to G14 Bren #1 goes to G10 Bren #2 goes to H13 Polish Cav on right flank retreat to G12.... Okay, that's it! To recap: Panzer IV is damaged. WVI is dead.... Your assault.... Field Marshal PF Lets try this again. Panzer IV on B5 at Stuart on E8:Rolls: (9d6)                    +crackshot Field Marshal PF Dead WMVI at Cav on E8: Rolls: (7d6)                Field Marshal PF SS-PG at Cav on E10: Rolls: (8d6)                  armchair general re Had a question..... Do we want the attacker to roll cover or the defender?  If the attacker does so, it would speed things up, but then again, it is the defender's piece......Hmmmm... Field Marshal PF BMW R75 to H17 Panzer IV on B17 to D15, gacing SW Alive WMVI to B15 Field Marshal PF Sure, heres the cover rolls: Stuart in E8: Rolls: (1d6)    Cav in E8: Rolls: (1d6)    Cav in E10: Rolls: (1d6)    Field Marshal PF  Nice....Stuart damaged and disrupted. armchair general re Yep, the 2 tanks damaged each other..... Nice shooting! I'll get the map up right away... In the meantime, here's initiative roll for Turn 3... Rolls: (2d6)      Field Marshal PF Initiative: Rolls: (2d6)      +3 Field Marshal PF You move first... armchair general re Okay, here's the updated map with the results from Turn 2 assault....Let me know if something doesn't look right.... Field Marshal PF Your movement phase. armchair general re Yep....figuring my movement out as we speak..... Field Marshal PF Shutze Klaus brings first reports to the Haupsturmfurher Kess. "Sir, we lost a fireteam of Wegrmacht boys, and one of our Panzer IV are bogged down to the east. "Enemy casualties?" Klaus gulps..."None sir..." 'Fools!" Kess rips the mission report. armchair general re Guess he should have added, "We disrupted 2 enemy cav and damaged a Stuart...." Field Marshal PF Waffen SS are only interested in dead bodies.   armchair general re my movement phase.... Undamaged Stuart turns East and now faces D11 1 Polish cav moves into trees on E12 Bren #1 moves to F11 Gurkhas both move to F13 Everyone else stays put... armchair general re LOL! Your movement! Field Marshal PF Can disrupted units move or even face facing? armchair general re Unfortunately, no.....Changing facing is considered moving.  A disrupted vehicle just sits and enjoys the scenery for a turn. Field Marshal PF Oh ok, thought you moved your disrupted Cav, no probs now. WMVI to B13 Undamaged Pz IV to F15 BMW R75 to G14 Rolls: (1d6)    Field Marshal PF Everything else stay put. Your assualt. armchair general re okay, here's the new map after movement armchair general re still thinking about what to shoot at during my assault phase.... armchair general re Okay, let the shooting begin! Damaged Stuart fires at damaged Panzer IV, hoping to see some 5's and 6's..... Rolls: (7d6)                armchair general re OKAY, that went well!   Gurkhas move into F15 to say hi to the Panzer IV Bren in H13 uses covering fire at BMW..... Rolls: (8d6)                  armchair general re cycle rolls for cover... Rolls: (1d6)    armchair general re undamaged Stuart fires at Panzer IV on B5 Rolls: (7d6)                Field Marshal PF Damn.... armchair general re Panzer IV erupts into a ball of fire damaged Stuart fires at SSHF with MG... Rolls: (8d6)                  armchair general re undamaged Stuart fires at SSHF also Rolls: (8d6)                  Field Marshal PF Nail in the coffin for me.... armchair general re SSHF is disrupted Polish Cavs now fire at SSHF Rolls: (5d6)            Rolls: (5d6)            Field Marshal PF Yes! Disruption makes all those 4s to 3s..... Field Marshal PF Haupsturmfurher : "Foolish Poles!" he ducks under a log.... armchair general re Polish Cav on E12 sees the SSHF evading fire and charges headlong at the German officer SSPG uses defensive fire against the Cav (I'm assuming you wanted to do this....let me know, if you didn't) Rolls: (10d6)                      armchair general re Polish Cav is disrupted but just keeps comin'... he lunges at the SS Officer and the two engage in deadly hand-to-hand combat.... Rolls: (9d6)                    armchair general re alas, the Polish Cav misses..... Finally, Bren moves from F11 to E12 Other Polish cav moves from G12 to G10... Whew! Your assault.... Field Marshal PF Whips out Luger "For the Furher!" Field Marshal PF BMW R75 at one of the Gurkhas: Rolls: (8d6)                  Field Marshal PF Panzer IV at the other Gurkha: Rolls: (7d6)                +crackshot Field Marshal PF Whew! Slaughtered! Damaged Panzer IV at damaged Stuart: Rolls: (9d6)                    crackshot and disruption cancel out. armchair general re Forgot to mention that the BMW can't fire at all this turn because the Bren used Covering Fire on him.... Field Marshal PF Stuart cover: Rolls: (1d6)    Field Marshal PF Instant disruption! I forgot! Sorry! only one Gurkha is dead. armchair general re No prob!  And the Gurkha died well too..... Field Marshal PF So where exactly is the Cav that tried to kill my SS-HF? armchair general re He's in the hex with him and the SSPG... Since the Polish Cav have "determined charge" SA, their movement doesn't stop when disrupted..... Field Marshal PF Their in for a wild ride. SS-HF at Cav: Rolls: (6d6)              Fires Luger. Field Marshal PF Kicks the dead horse and laughs, ,meanwhile......SS-PG at Cav in E8: Rolls: (8d6)                  + Ruthless Field Marshal PF Cover for Cav....:Rolls: (1d6)    c'mon..... Field Marshal PF Damn.....WMVI to C14 Field Marshal PF Damaged Stuart dead, 1 Gurkha dead, 1 Cav dead. Haupsturmfurher "Want something done right, do it yourself..." reloads Luger. Field Marshal PF Initiative: Rolls: (2d6)      +3 Field Marshal PF You can move first.        Axis & Allies ForuMINI Forum Index -> Forumini '08 AAM Cup Page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2