The Red Tide

So, I sat down with Chris yesterday at Greathall Games and threw down some Flames of War. We decided on the point value to be around 1300 since I am the only one really that can do 2000. So, I toned down my Guards Tankovy Company and we went toe-toe.

My list was the following.

Battalion Command

x 1 T-34 OBR 1943
Tankodesniky

Line Platoons x1 in 3 Squad Sections

x9 T-34 OBR 1943

x1 Platoon of Tank Riders

x1 Platoons of Katyusha Rocket Mortars w/the bombardment upgrade

Priority Air Support from IL2 Shturmoviks


The first turn was very uneventful. My tanks just moved closer while taking a few potshots at what they could see. My Katyushas failed to range in, I got my air support however, but it did nothing as well.

Chris's turn was more of the same. He called his air support, but the Red Airforce drove the Capitalist Pigs away with the Motherlands Vengance. He stayed dug in and entrenched behind the hedgerows waiting to pop up.

My turn came around again. I got my air support but it did not range in neither did my Katyushas. *sigh* BUT, however one of my Tank Platoons made it into assault range. Chris attempted to counter attack the tanks, but his bazookas were out of position to fire through the hedgerow. The tanks ground through the hedge rows making an assault on one of his entrenched platoons. I caused 2 wounds that were unsaved and he made his morale check in order to counter attack. It failed and his platoon fell back leaving me with the objective uncontested.

And at the beginning of his next turn I had achieved a victory condition and the game ended.

So we sat around for a few minutes talking about the game and the outcome. We settled to the fact that he had held his tank destroyers in ambush too long and that what hurt him. Also he decided that even with them he didnt have the firepower in his infantry platoons to deal with the amount of armor I had on the table. So all in all it was a good game and I had fun and no bad blood was had between us.