{"id":3798,"date":"2015-03-28T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2015-03-28T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T11:59:48","slug":"largish-g-a-m-e-r-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3798","title":{"rendered":"Largish G.A.M.E.R. Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A long shot of the table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night at HAWKs club night I ran a largish G.A.M.E.R. game. \u00a0Chris could only handle six players in his Bear Yourselves Valiantly<\/em> game, so I too everyone else. \u00a0Most of the folks had played G.A.M.E.R. before, so we were able to jump right in.<\/p>\n

\"Bill<\/a>
Bill deciding on his next move<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The scenario featured four German infantry squads (with Panzerfausts and machine-guns) plus two Pz. IV H tanks and a Stug III trying to hold three buildings against three understrength platoons of British and American paratroopers supported by two Shermans and a Cromwell IV. \u00a0The initial setup was a bit chaotic with the paras entering two opposite corners, one German squad occupying each building, and the fourth German squad and the German tanks arriving as reinforcements.<\/p>\n

\"Duncan's<\/a>
Duncan's paras advance cautiously through the woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was pretty happy that the rules were able to manage a ten-player gamer with lots of vehicles without bogging down.<\/p>\n

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A long shot of the table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Allied forces did a good job of focusing on the objectives (the three buildings). \u00a0The Germans had a good initial deployment with two machine-guns covering the approaches to the buildings. \u00a0(Unfortunately for the Germans, Don didn’t seem to be able to hit anything all day with his machine-guns, so the Paras got pretty close to the building in the foreground of the above picture.<\/p>\n

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Duncan's paras advancing toward a German-held building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kevin's<\/a>
Kevin's American paras rushing toward the German-held building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dave’s “die rolling” was typically abysmal. \u00a0At one point, all three weapons on one of Dave’s Pz. IVs were jammed. \u00a0He did manage to machine-gun Kevin’s American bazooka crew. \u00a0Kevin got off two bazooka shots first: one bounced, the other missed. \u00a0Dave traded shots with Jim’s Shermans. \u00a0When the smoke cleared both Pz IVs had brewed up, as did one of the Shermans.<\/p>\n

\"Jacob's<\/a>
Jacob's paras preparing to assault a building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the end, while the Allies were very close to capturing the buildings, but time ran out. \u00a0Jacob had nearly captured the building pictured above. \u00a0Kevin was inside the first floor of the larger, central building that Kurt had softened up with HE from his Cromwell. \u00a0Duncan was just outside the third building, and had killed the Germans defending the wall. \u00a0Despite heavy casualties, with another hour of game time, the Allies would probably have taken all three buildings.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a>
Chris running is BYV caverns game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris experimented with a new idea for Bear Yourselves Valiantly<\/em> in which the units were battling in the Mines of Moria. \u00a0Also, I made a deck of cards for Chris to replace the various special dice. \u00a0While Chris said the scenario experiment didn’t go well, he said the cards were well received. \u00a0Apparently the limited ability to pivot and move didn’t play well with the limited mobility of the caverns.<\/p>\n

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A closeup of Chris' cavern game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is an example of some of the cards that potentially replace the special dice. \u00a0I was able to get more information on the cards and also make the font significantly larger. \u00a0I am thinking about making these available on the Look, Sarge<\/em> Yahoo group for people to download and print for their own use.<\/p>\n

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