Sunday, September 10, 2017
Viva Italia in Bolt Action
The new toy syndrome still hasn't worn off my BA Italians & I took on challenges from Dave at Camp Cromwell last night & from John at Good Games today.
Last night Dave's 8th Army attacked in a Point Defence scenario - the Italians are on the left. Dave concentrated his attack on the Italian left, but his flank attack was countered by Paracdutisti kept back in reserve & his CS Crusader was no match for the combined might of the AB42 & the M14. The Italians held onto all 3 objectives to win.
Today John's British para's fought my Italians in a No Man's Land Scenario. Things looked bad for Italy when they lost their ATR to the preliminary bombardment & their Howitzer to the British Mortar's first shot. When John's sniper took out the Italian MMG, the Italians were 3 kills down, in negative morale under the Avanti Savoia rule & looking like big losers. But the Italian armour took our the British Tetrach, suppressed then killed the PIAT & became King of the battlefield. Then the dice gods paid Italy back for their early horrors when a shot up Bersgalieri unit defeated an assault by an almost full strength commando unit in the oasis. The British casualties steadily mounted & the Italians snatched a victory.
Also at Good Games this afternoon Sean & Matt fought a scenario from the Bulge Supplement - Matt's Germans won the day.
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Yes a bit of a nail biter game Jim, three lessons:
1.) Never rely on a PIAT for anything it is too small a unit and too short a range.
2.) If you choose to use a special rule that gives your troops 3 more dice in combat its probably a good idea to remember to roll those dice when the first 9 fail to score a hit :)
3.) Don't rely on massed SMG shooting guys down in the open at point blank range you can always throw low for kills and if it means you cannot go down for return fire and lose the unit..........even in a building !
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