Chris & I represented Camp Cromwell & Tasmania at the Cancon 2020 Bolt Action tournament. The army limit was 1250 pts, supposedly generic & not cheesy. However a mainlander's idea of not cheezy seems to differ somewhat from ours. We faced mostly double platoon Late War lists loaded up with all the deadly stuff - flame thowers, multi MMG armoured jeeps, bugs & honeys, snipers, & multiple tanks & A/cars. On top of that we never had much luck either. I know that's the classic wargamer's excuse, but I think I have a case. For instance, my Sahariana was destroyed the first time anything fired at in all 5 games.
There were 50 players with a wide selection of forces, nationalities & terrain.
My first battle (Meeting Engagement) v. Brits did not go well.
I lose my Sahariana in British bombardment, then had missed 4 tries at shooting up a flamethrower before it burned a hole thru my lines.
Round 2 was No Mans Land against more late War Brits. I managed to slavage a tie.
Round 3 was key positions v. more Late war Brits. This one used the double platoon method to get a swarm of bugs loaded with veterans with smgs. With little a/tank, my early war Ities had no chance. I resorted to playing for a draw hoping to distact the enemy from the vicrory conditions, but he remembered just in time to sieze the vacant objectives just before the end of turn 6.
Round 4 on day 2 was Point Defence v. more Late War Brits. But this mission suited my force & I won comfortably - holding all objectives & losing just 4 men & the Sahariana.
Round 5 was the Sectors scenario & my first blue on blue. The enemy had 2 platoons allowing 2 MkIII's, a 222 & a lot of small vet squads armed to the teeth. With little anti-tank I felt helpless as the armour suppressed my men & the German smgs & flamethrower systematically destroyed my army.
So my end result was 3 losses, 1 win & 1 draw. In the mean time Chris managed 4 losses & a draw. His only win being, like me in round 4, where he attacked a Japanese force. Chris finished last Allied Major Power & I finished last Minor Power & I received the wooden spoon. But all my opponent's & all but one of Chris's were nice guys & good to play against. Both of us had no delusions at the start about doing well in the victory stakes & enjoyed our games anyway, attempting to at least put up a good show against the odds.
The TO's did a great job & it all went very smoothly. They generally avoided blue on blue & we got a different table every time.
3 comments:
so looks like we will be playing more bolt action to get up to scratch
Allowing 2 platoons in a comp is an invitation to a cheese factory IMHO.
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