{"id":2477,"date":"2014-01-20T00:52:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T00:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2014-01-20T00:52:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T00:52:06","slug":"fallschirmjager-raid-at-jj-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"Fallschirmj\u00e4ger Raid at JJ Con"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Nick<\/a>
Nick advancing through the woods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our first game Saturday morning was a WWII game with the card-based rules I’ve been developing, called GAMER<\/em>. (That stands for the five attributes of a figure in the rules: \u00a0guts, accuracy, melee, endurance, and reaction.) \u00a0As a play test for a game I plan to run at Cold Wars in March. \u00a0It involved German Fallschirmj\u00e4gers\u00a0launching a raid to kill a bunch of allied generals who were meeting for a planning conference. \u00a0The generals were being guarded by two squads of Home Guard.<\/p>\n

\"Who<\/a>
Who is that in the woods? JJ's wife came by to see what we were up to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One<\/a>
One view of the opening situation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Home guard positioned one squad near the far hedge and in the woods near the blue house. \u00a0The generals were in the second floor playing canasta — I mean planning for Normandy. \u00a0The second squad of Home Guard positioned one team in the building with the generals and another team in the plowed field in the foreground.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Germans had three squads of Fallschirmj\u00e4gers. \u00a0Two squads (Jimmy and Nick) massed on the allied left and attacked toward the Home Guardsmen in the plowed field. \u00a0The third squad (JJ) advanced through the rocks on the left of the picture above.<\/p>\n

\"Eric's<\/a>
Eric's Home Guard defending a wall against the onslaught of the Fallschirmj\u00e4gers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jim's<\/a>
Jim's Fallschirmj\u00e4gers moving up cautiously through the rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was the first time I’ve run these rules outside a small inner circle. \u00a0I was gratified by how well they worked. \u00a0There remain a number of things I need to tweak. \u00a0For instance, I’m still unhappy with the way hand-to-hand combat works. \u00a0(During the 8 hour drive home today, Dave came up with an idea I plan to try soon.)<\/p>\n

\"After<\/a><\/p>\n

After firing more rounds than an episode of The A-Team, the\u00a0Fallschirmj\u00e4gers finally pinned down the British team in the field. \u00a0By this time, the Brits had just about wiped out Jimmy’s squad, but the remnants charged the Brits who were pinned won by fire from Nick’s MG-42. \u00a0In furious hand-to-hand combat, the Brits were eliminated, and the few remaining\u00a0Fallschirmj\u00e4gers raced towed the house and their objective.<\/p>\n

\"Nick's<\/a>
Nick's final rush to the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jim was advancing steadily against Dave on the British right, managing to incapacitate the Bren gunner on the second floor. \u00a0Nick rushed forward with half his squad to get into the house. \u00a0The Brits and\u00a0Fallschirmj\u00e4gers exchanged a bunch of grenades over the hedge, then Nick rushed through the gap. \u00a0He lost most of his men to withering Enfield fire from the second floor, but got three or four men to the building. \u00a0Monty lay dead. \u00a0A few more grenades cleared a path into the house, but then General Eisenhower started picking off\u00a0Fallschirmj\u00e4gers on the porch with his M1911. \u00a0At this point, JJ’s remaining\u00a0Fallschirmj\u00e4gers decided to withdraw from the field, leaving a four Brits and three generals in the building.<\/p>\n

The game was a British victory and a very positive play test for the rules.<\/p>\n