Thursday, February 11, 2021

Vassal - Combat Commander online and A Victory Lost Pbem

Another online Vassal session with Mike L today utilising the ever excellent Combat Commander.

We started scenario two 'Hedges and Handgrenades' with Mike as Germans defending in Normandy bocage against my US attackers.

I have 105mm Artillery support which has been both a blessing and a curse here, having hit Germans initially it has since blasted my own units die to the very limited lines of sight here in the bocage.

US hampered a bit by a lack of Move cards and costly terrain to move across, so seem to be stuttering forwards.

Thankfully I have managed to avoid the two German MG42s thus far but it cannot last.

Game not finished so saved to complete another day.






















Also started a PBEM game with Mike K of A Victory Lost a game I have had for years but never got to the table, so great to give it a try on Vassal.

I am the Soviets in the Ukraine region just after Stalingrad trying to push West with Mike in charge of Axis forces trying to stem tide and possibly conduct Manstein's famous 'Backhand Blow' (assuming I take Kharkov and environs that is !)

A fairly low complexity game but so far slick and interesting with a Chit Pull system but with a few quirks in that both sides only get a limited number of Chits per turn (although Stavka chit allows all In Command Soviet forces to activate).

Not sure on overall strategy, beyond 'take the cities' (that is where VPs are) but fun so far although very early days as still only on 2nd Chit of Turn 1. 







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