My RLHO (real life human opponent) and I managed to get together for a game and being time constrained opted for what a tanker.
No the cat was not my opponent-it just stomped off once it realised there was nothing worth chewing.
In the end we managed three games.
The board was a small table which speeded things up.
And then I insisted on bringing my early war/useless tanks while my opponent opted for late war kit.
Having teased him about always deploying German kit because it games so well, he deployed Russians in the first two games.
The opposition consisted of a t34/85 and a SU100? Well that’s what he paid for.
My points tally was a bit lower for my three tanks – I paid for a honey, mk1 Churchill and an M3 Grant so I upped the Churchill to a later mark to get equal points.
Of course “what a tanker” is a giant dice throwing game and I brought my loaded dice – heh heh.
He couldn’t find his buildings and I had just brought one for the hell of it.
Out of the blue a road down the centre of the board suddenly became a canal.
Just maybe I could isolate one of his tanks for two against one opportunity…..
Oh yes no problem except my loaded dice tend to fire ones or the wrong command dice combos and definitely not multiple fives and sixes.
The M3 Grant survived a few turns and then died in one dice bombing quickly followed by the Churchill.
Meanwhile the honey lasted a few rounds before again a dice bomb killed it off.
Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different outcome……
The canal became a road and the Churchill deployed to dominate it. It was the same set up with two powerful Russian tanks versus three allied tanks albeit the Churchill was a later mark again.
It made no difference the Russian dice bombs returned yet this time the Russian dicing bombed – especially the saving throws! and I finally did manage to do damage. So much so he ran out of tanks so to speak.
Quantity has a certain quality after all.
I had picked the first scenery set up so my RLHO swapped to “capture the hill” and out rolled some late war German armour.
An M18 was added to the allied pile. It made no difference though.
The allied tanks had all stuck around for at least a few turns before German dice bombs struck quickly and efficiently.
Hey ho – a happy gaming session had by all.
*beer and pretzels normally
The Wargaming Erratic 