{"id":8474,"date":"2019-02-17T13:31:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2019-02-17T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:31:33","slug":"commandos-strike-at-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8474","title":{"rendered":"Commandos Strike at Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Saturday, Greg and I ran our commando raid game with Combat Patrol(TM). \u00a0From the play test a couple of weeks ago we added a few more commandos, but the commandos actually did worse!<\/p>\n

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Commandos sneaking through he woods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The commandos started well, keeping to the woods to avoid being spotted. \u00a0But then things went badly, and the commandos made some bad calls.<\/p>\n

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The fighting begins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The commandos entered a patch of woods from two directions. \u00a0They activated first, and discovered a german team in the woods, but the Germans hadn’t spotted them yet. \u00a0Because of the alert level, the Germans weren’t able to move. \u00a0Instead of moving to avoid contact, the Commandos charged into them. \u00a0This was their first big mistake. \u00a0The German player “rolled” exceedingly well in hand to hand combat, making noise, killing a commando, and raising the alert level even farther.<\/p>\n

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The fighting grows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is when the commandos made their second mistake that sealed their fate. \u00a0Instead of holding this German team with one group of commandos and continuing to the objective with the other three, they pushed everyone into a general engagement. \u00a0This raised the alert level farther, releasing German reinforcements, and bogged the commandos down far from their objective for several turns. \u00a0Though the commandos got the upper hand eventually, by they time they cleared the woods (which was not a part of their objective), the German reinforcements had arrived, and other units were released to move to the sound of the guns.<\/p>\n

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A Pz 38(t) advances.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Germans had pretty well cut off commando access to the chateau with the general they were trying to kill. \u00a0The Pz 38(t) arrived and gunned down the only two commandos who got near the chateau (despite the coax jamming). \u00a0At this point, the commando players failed their player morale, and we called the game a German victory.<\/p>\n

Despite the lopsided outcome, the players had a good time, I think. \u00a0It was a nice group of players who were there to have a good time, so it was a fun game.<\/p>\n