Re: [GZG] GZG ECC XII: Sunday Morning AAR

On Mar 2, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Tom B wrote:

>
> Bob Makowsky, Greg Davis and I were the Fallschirmjager. I draw a  
> blank at 2 am on the names of our opponents, but mean no  
> disrespect. I'm just tired and bad with names.
>

Jerry and Derek ran the US troops.

>
> Critiques included how easy it was to chuck back grenades  
> (including ones not directly at your feet) and how a figure with a  
> bunch of stress that can't activate but not enough to autofail to a  
> lower morale status can languish for the entire game doing nothing.
>

If using the 2004 draft of FMAS, as written, troops who fail their  
activation test go to shaken....and if they fail another they haul it  
-- much too quickly for trained troopers IMHO.	So I decided to play  
with that mechanic a little to model suppression and the impact of  
taking massive amounts of fire.  The German LMG gunner was taking  
massive amounts of fire.

If I was to run the scenario again I would allow a SOLDIER the	
ability to fire once, at reduced FP, if they fail their activation  
test.  A BETTER idea, IMHO, would be to use the standard SG2 morale  
progression: confident, steady, shaken, etc...with the activation  
check.	It would require more tokens on the table but that's okay.

As far as grenades go I figured a straight Nerve check would be good  
enough.  When fighting against Nerve 1 troops you only want to throw  
grenades once they've activated which is a bit gamey.  Beating	
2*Nerve would probably work out better over the course of the game.

I know young Mr. Davis would have preferred that.  :)

Vet/1 troops would still be able to throw it back 75% of the time but  
I figure they have the battlefield presence required.  The more  
common Vet/2 will do so 50% of the time.

With the above tweaks I may run the scenario against a local in the  
near future to see how it plays out.  Perhaps Historicon.

>
> Thanks to Damo and Jer for a good game (as usual), nice terrain and  
> figures, and a fun end to my convention.
>

Thanks for playing and taking it like a man.  :)

> And a BIG THANKS to Jon Davis, Mark Kochte, Jerry Han and anyone  
> else doing organizing and helping out. ECC would not exist without  
> these noble souls and that would be a big loss.

Yes a big thanks to Jon, Mark, and Jerry H.!  ECC is the convention I  
go to in order to PLAY games, drink beer, get inspired for next year,  
drink beer, and play games.  I go to Historicon to spend cash.

Damo

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