Battle For Stalingrad first play

Tried latest game acquisition 'Battle For Stalingrad' from DVG Games.
An entirely card based game with a very low rules overhead.
Accordingly it was very easy to get into the game.
Had two full play throughs of the game both ending in full Russian wins (one wins by capturing all 5 of the starting locations).
The Russian ability to generate units and 'Rations' (sort of Petrol, Oil,Lubricants and Defences) seemed rather tough mountain for Germans to climb.
No doubt further plays will reveal more adept German tactics.
Good quick game and easy to pick up.

We also managed to play the first scenario from Combat Commander: Pacific but I forgot to take any pics.
Dad took the Japanese and eacked out a win !
We did however get Time event wrong as we advance Time and Decks on all double sixes drawn (as this is the Time trigger in Europe version) when in fact this is not case in Pacific (seems to be on double ones).
Great system with high drama as always.

Combat Commander: Paratrooper games played

Played the always excellent Combat Commander at my Dads last night.
Played three scenarios from my recently acquired 'Paratroopers Battle Pack 1'.
And three cracking games they were although of course I neglected as usual to note names/details !
Usual swings of fortune especially in first game which looked like I had my Dads Fallschirmajger banged to rights with my US Airborne near Carentan but in last few hands the Krauts managed to swing things their way for a narrow win.
Second game (another Normandy based sceario) saw another close outcome but with my US guys coming out on top.
Third scenario was set in December in Bulge with both sides fighting over some downed air drop supplies.
An interesting and fun situation that seemed very even until I had a lucky double shot at a strong Kraut group killing them off and capturing couple of nearby suply drops to give me a clear points victory.

Great games with this superbly fun system.



Pics of games

Couple Of Combat Commander goodies arrive

Got these in post today: Pacific from Hexasim (French supplier with keen prices) and Paratrooper expansion from eBay (nice price on a rather hard to find item)

Sadly arrived just before heading to work :-(