Battle of Ortona

[arcticpost]

Cool, thanks.

[arcticpost]

GL88, it's not too late to join. I say post-battle.

[kingt]

Posted the second game of the pair with Reform, you can pick it up when you feel like it. Pass: orto.

I'll post another couple of games this weekend.

[Reform]

Onto it this PM

[Reform]

Onto it this PM

[kingt]

Started:
Reform (Allies) vs kingt (Germans)

Posted two new challenges for anyone to pickup (Allies and German). Pass: orto

[arcticpost]

Game started: arcticpost (Allies) vs kingt (Germans)
Game started: kingt (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)

[arcticpost]

Status updates please; this is what I'm showing currently:

arcticpost (Allies) vs gortwillsaveus (Germans)
arcticpost (Allies) vs joncorcuera (Germans)
arcticpost (Allies) vs kingt (Germans) - Started
arcticpost (Allies) vs Monsoeren (Germans)
arcticpost (Allies) vs Reform (Germans)
gortwillsaveus (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)
gortwillsaveus (Allies) vs joncorcuera (Germans)
gortwillsaveus (Allies) vs kingt (Germans)
gortwillsaveus (Allies) vs Monsoeren (Germans)
gortwillsaveus (Allies) vs Reform (Germans)
joncorcuera (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)
joncorcuera (Allies) vs gortwillsaveus (Germans)
joncorcuera (Allies) vs kingt (Germans)
joncorcuera (Allies) vs Monsoeren (Germans)
joncorcuera (Allies) vs Reform (Germans)
kingt (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans) - Started
kingt (Allies) vs gortwillsaveus (Germans)
kingt (Allies) vs joncorcuera (Germans)
kingt (Allies) vs Monsoeren (Germans) - Started
kingt (Allies) vs Reform (Germans) - Finished - Allied Win
Monsoeren (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)
Monsoeren (Allies) vs gortwillsaveus (Germans)
Monsoeren (Allies) vs joncorcuera (Germans)
Monsoeren (Allies) vs kingt (Germans) - Started
Monsoeren (Allies) vs Reform (Germans)
Reform (Allies) vs arcticpost (Germans)
Reform (Allies) vs gortwillsaveus (Germans)
Reform (Allies) vs joncorcuera (Germans)
Reform (Allies) vs kingt (Germans) - Started
Reform (Allies) vs Monsoeren (Germans)

Thanks everyone; hope your battles are going well. Feel free to post pics too should you want.

[arcticpost]

Sorry, should have posted this earlier:

For anyone interested in counting units here are your Ortona options:

Ortona Forces:

Allied: 2,000

M4 Sherman = 1 + 0/5 Cost: 99
Infantry = 1 + 0/13 Cost: 43
17pdr Anti-Tank Gun = 0/2 Cost: 60
25pdr Gun = 0/1 Cost: 103
Universal Carrier = 0/3 Cost: 36
Churchill Crocodile = 0/1 Cost: 149
M5 Light Tank = 0/2 Cost: 79
M16 AA Halftrack = 0/2 Cost: 42
Paratrooper = 0/8 Cost: 48
Engineer = 0/6 Cost: 48
PIAT Anti-Tank = 0/2 Cost 26
Bren Gun = 0/8 Cost: 25
Mortar = 0/3 Cost: 44
Scout = 0/6 Cost: 42

German: 2,000

Paratrooper = 3 + 0/9 Cost: 49
88mm = 0/2 Cost: 85
Panther = 0/2 Cost: 200
Puma = 0/2 Cost: 57
SDKFZ 251 Halftrack = 0/4 Cost: 40
STUGIII G = 0/2 Cost: 95
Wirbelwind AA = 0/2 Cost: 56
Tiger = 0/2 Cost: 180
Infantry = 0/6 Cost: 42
75mm PAK40 = 0/2 Cost: 56
Flamethrower = 0/6 Cost: 43
Panzershreck = 0/2 Cost: 33
MG34 = 0/6 Cost: 31
Mortar = 0/3 Cost: 44
MG42 = 0/3 Cost: 32
Scout = 0/6 Cost: 42
SDKFZ251/2 Mortar Halftrack = 0/2 Cost: 62

[Reform]

KingT beat Reform for the second time on the trot. There was a splendid symmetry to the crushing of this impudent upstart. Anyone up to see if you can improve on kingt?

In truth I'm learning. Thanks kingt.

[kingt]

Great games, Reform. It does take a while to get used to the game mechanics and how to make better use of all the elements in it. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it in no time.

[kingt]

By the way, I don't know if this happened to any of you, but I had suppressed units retreat towards the enemy when there was plenty of room behind. Very strange.

[arcticpost]

Reform, I have an open game. Password: arctic

[arcticpost]

kingt I've had suppressed units "retreat" towards my opponent before. I think it just happened with my Stug in the game we're currently playing.

[GottaLove88s]

Retreating towards the enemy is a known "feature" of BA v1... I believe Pip said something about this being improved for the upcoming versions (so it may happen less often in Husky and BA2?)

[gortwillsaveus]

2 games for anyone to pick up. Password: ortona

These games are still available.

[arcticpost]

gort,

I don't see them posted as of 4:06 PST. Unless they were taken between when your wrote this and my response I was having problems with Ortona Vs1.2 being visible to other players and I had to delete and reinstall the Ortona map. Perhaps you are having the same issue? Yours would have certainly been snagged by now....

[gortwillsaveus]

gort,

I don't see them posted as of 4:06 PST. Unless they were taken between when your wrote this and my response I was having problems with Ortona Vs1.2 being visible to other players and I had to delete and reinstall the Ortona map. Perhaps you are having the same issue? Yours would have certainly been snagged by now....

Yeah,..I thought the same thing. Hmmm,..weird. It is possibly the version,..although I did try to dl the latest via that URL link,..and it seemed to imply that I did have the latest.
I'll delete the version I have installed and try to re-install.

[Reform]

Artic.... Did I miss that game opportunity?

[Monsoeren]

Sorry Reform - I might just have knicked that one. I trust that arctic will create a new one for you soon.

In the meantime feel free to grab the two I just created. Pass = rats

See you in the field