Finally, a game. Hard to believe it’s been almost three months. Stupid job. Anyway, I was back in rare form and Jon never stood a chance. Because of some really nice rolling, I was able to dole out the first shutout of the series. This also might have been one of the more aggresive games because I took a big early lead and Jon decided to go for it. The odds were stacked against him though and while he came close to a couple of medals, he couldn’t pull one out and all nine of the Allied units were left standing.
Turn 1 – I played a center probe card and moved two units over into the right flank. Jon countered with a left flank attack card and here’s where he might have made a mistake. He did move his rear unit over and back, but he only moved his Orne Bridge defender unit one spot just to the east of the bridge. He took one shot at me and then missed.
Turn 2 – I played a left flank probe and scored a hit and and a flag on the sandbag unit. He played a left flank attack. He was able to move his rear unit into the center flank and he moved his Orne defender over the bridge and into harms way. Had he moved him two spaces previously, he would have gotten him into the woods and could have probably surprised, but I was ready with….
Turn 3 – …a right flank probe card. I pressed in and with five dice, I rolled four hits on five dice for the kill and my first medal. This also left the Orne Bridge wide open so I effectively had two medals and hadn’t take a single hit yet. Jon played a center attack card and he scored a hit on Howard’s unit.
Turn 4 – I played a recon in force card and continued my hot rolling, scoring two hits out of two on the sandbag unit. I also moved a few more units into position as well as putting a unit on the Orne Bridge. Jon played moved out and scored second hit on Howard’s unit.
Turn 5 – Here’s where things slowed down a little, more because my hot rolling went away. I played center probe and missed his sandbag unit. He played center probe and scored a third hit on Howards unit from his sandbag unit and he also moved a his left rear flank unit into the woods in front of the sandbad unit.
Turn 6 – I played center attack and scored a flag and a miss on the sandbag unit. He played center recon and blew his chance for a medal by missing twice on Howard’s unit.
Turn 7 – I played a general advance and did a lot of shuffling. I moved Howard back out of harms way and really pressed in on the woods unit. I also missed on three different rolls on the stubborn sandbag unit. He played counter attack, got three dice against a full strength unit and scored one flag and two misses.
Turn 8 – I played center assault. I missed twice on the sandbag unit and hit his woods hex twice. He played close assault, got four dice on a full strength unit and scored two hits and a flag.
Turn 9 – I played left flank probe and finally took out the sandbag unit for my third medal. He played center flank probe and got two hits and flag on the unit that was now adjacent to the woods in front of the sand bag unit.
Turn 10 – I played barrage and I get three hits. Needed just two for my fourth and final medal. Allies win.
Scorecard
Allies – Four Wins
Axis – Two Wins