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My pleasure, Arctic! Be wary of Jcb tho... He's a phenomenal player and actually won Sword, for "real", as Allies in our GJS'44 campaign... Have fun gents!arcticpost wrote:Game Started: jcb989 (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)
Game Started: jcb989 (Germans) vs arcticpost (Allies)
(Jon, thanks for sending jcb on.)
PS. Smoke works two ways too. Here, the German dropped smoke to prevent the Shermans taking a pop at a newly placed 88... Of course, the tanks could move up to the cliffs to take a pop, but there's another 88 waiting... Crosscover. 
This seems quite unrealistic. I hope we can't 'advance' mech or armor the same way. Have you tried? It's a good point JT. Don't worry tho. Sadly rf900 added a terrain check once we discovered the original version of swap could hide panzers in trees. If the unit can't go there naturally, then the swap is illegal...johntindall wrote:Thanks Jon. Excellent, insightful tips from a master - best Chrissie present yet! I particularly like the 'swap location' trick to leapfrog ATGs forward. Was wondering how you did that, you clever sod! It also gives weakened units another capability (other than running back to protect the flag!).
This clever tactics may be a bit unrealistic, in my opinion. For example, a single survivor of a Scout unit could 'advance' an ATG into almost any terrain, even where a truck couldn't.
I'm not sure but wasn't the intent of the original mod to allow adjacent units (inf?) to swap buildings without having to run out into cover, which made sense. As Jon has shown, this ability could be used in an unrealistic way. Perhaps the mod can be restricted to inf only? What do others think?
Hehe... Yup, JT did that to me, groan... Pleeeeeeease tell me that worked against somebody else too...?johntindall wrote:Oh, and a small tip from me. If you're allied, don't leave your beach flag unprotected. A sneaky infiltrator could wait until your main force has passed, sneak up to it and take it off you with only a turn or two to go. Somewhat embarrassing!
Not yet Jon, but I hope to get lucky someday.GottaLove88s wrote:Hehe... Yup, JT did that to me, groan... Pleeeeeeease tell me that worked against somebody else too...?johntindall wrote:Oh, and a small tip from me. If you're allied, don't leave your beach flag unprotected. A sneaky infiltrator could wait until your main force has passed, sneak up to it and take it off you with only a turn or two to go. Somewhat embarrassing!
1. Hehe, good answer. Me too! But I suspect your other opponents will be much wiser than I was.johntindall wrote:Not yet Jon, but I hope to get lucky someday.GottaLove88s wrote:Hehe... Yup, JT did that to me, groan... Pleeeeeeease tell me that worked against somebody else too...?johntindall wrote:Oh, and a small tip from me. If you're allied, don't leave your beach flag unprotected. A sneaky infiltrator could wait until your main force has passed, sneak up to it and take it off you with only a turn or two to go. Somewhat embarrassing!
(ps- Stan Lee of superhero comic book fame was once asked what superpower he would wish for. He had a great answer: to be super lucky! In the absence of old fashioned careful thinking, this is my secret default wish for BA too!)
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Thanks JC. Scoresheet updated below...joncorcuera wrote:Happy Holidays from Spain,
After a hard battle against k9mike.
GAME FINISHED joncorcuera (Germán) vs k9mike (allies). Won by Germán, joncorcuera.
GAME FINISHED joncorcuera (Germán) vs morge4 (allies). Won by Germán, joncorcuera.
GAME FINISHED joncorcuera (Germán) vs Leci (allies). Won by Germán, Joncorcuera.
Thanks for teaching me this, Gilles. Darned fine strategy it is too. It works...leci wrote:Schwerpunkt
The Germans referred to a Schwerpunkt (focal point) and to a Schwerpunktprinzip (concentration principle) in the planning of operations. They viewed the Schwerpunkt as a center of gravity or point of maximum effort, where a decisive action could be achieved. Ground, mechanised and tactical air forces were concentrated at this point of maximum effort whenever possible. By local success at the Schwerpunkt, a small force achieved a breakthrough and gained advantages by fighting in the enemy's rear. Guderian summarized this doctrine as “Klotzen, nicht kleckern!”[49] (literally "boulders, not blots" meaning "act powerfully, not superficially".
To achieve a breakthrough, armoured forces would attack the enemy's defensive line directly, supported by motorized infantry, artillery fire and aerial bombardment, in order to create a breach in the enemy's line. Through this breach, the tanks and motorised units could break through without the traditional encumbrance of the slow logistics of infantry on foot. In the opening phase of an operation, air forces sought to gain superiority over enemy air-forces by attacking aircraft on the ground, bombing their airfields, and seeking to destroy them in the air. The principle of Schwerpunkt enabled the attacker to win numerical superiority at the point of the main effort, which in turn gave the attacker tactical and operational superiority even though the attacker may be numerically and strategically inferior along the front overall.
Chuckles, well, I did promise you a ninja training camp...leci wrote:Actually Jon - your transport train works well in this two way situation - ie identify your focal point, but build in flexible mobility.
