Simple Equation

Finally finished this battle. I hadn’t really taken enough photos during the game to fully show off this game as a battle report (and some that I had taken were a bit dark.) I shall make it a future project to get good photos and draw a clear battle report of a game.

As to the game itself, it was very enjoyable. A close run affair though the Americans probably should have been more aggressive from the start. They got drawn into a long-winded combat with the Germans holed out in two fortified buildings right at the centre of the board.

A flanking attack to the north worked and drew off some of the German forces in order to prevent the Americans capturing too many buildings. But a flanking move to the south got held up by a German LMG.

The battle in the middle continued nearly all game. American assaults were thrown back again and again. Finally in the penultimate turn most of the German defenders were broken and the American player threw everything forward to capture the buildings essential for his victory. But it was too late – only nineteen building hexes were under his control by the end of the game.

American Comments: concentrated too hard on going against the Germans in their strongest place: two fortified buildings with an HMG. Should have realised that this wasn’t going to work and sent forces north and south instead. The German player would have had to follow to prevent a victory (though these two buildings did have good LOS across the whole board.) Flamethrower never got put to best use, it was always firing at range 2 instead of range 1.

German Comments: the choice of fortified buildings and placement of troops worked well. As did the tactic of recapturing the buildings the Americans took rather than trying to defeat his flanking troops. By following them around and keeping out of LOS a small number of squads could recapture all the buildings.

I look forward to playing further games of ASLSK and would like to include Guns and Tanks as soon as I feel ready to tackle them.