"CoC 29, Let’s Go! Scenario 3 Flanking St Germain" Topic

The US 175th Infantry Regiment have to clear a village on their flank and the site of ‘mobile 88mm guns'. So far the Germans have been unsuccessful in stalling the US advance, will they be any more successful here? Full AAR is here Flanking St Germain du Pert

It is very exciting and entertaining, as usually.
I always cheer for You.
Great AARS! Even if those must be tiresome for You to create – by all means, please keep them coming. We wait for them.

Great game and I admire the way you stick at it when it all seems to be circling the drain. Truly shocking or brilliant dice throwing depending on your perspective. Luck often plays a big part in real life but the immunity of the US Squads in the open just felt wrong. It wasn't helped by it being as easy to get a kill in hard or soft cover. I've always disliked that and considered re-rolling hard-cover kills (1-3 = shock, 4-6 = kill) but don't want any more dice throws as it already a pretty dice heavy game.
I think the table dimensions probably allowed the flanking attack to start a bit closer than they should've but kudos to the US patrols that managed to hug the table edge and get a JOP so close to the church – just how close was it?.

PS great to see those fantastic Marders on the table (well one anyway) and scoring a kill – almost the only high point for the Germans.

Great game and I admire the way you stick at it when it all seems to be circling the drain. Truly shocking or brilliant dice throwing depending on your perspective. Luck often plays a big part in real life but the immunity of the US Squads in the open just felt wrong. It wasn't helped by it being as easy to get a kill in hard or soft cover. I've always disliked that and considered re-rolling hard-cover kills (1-3 = shock, 4-6 = kill) but don't want any more dice throws as it already a pretty dice heavy game.
I think the table dimensions probably allowed the flanking attack to start a bit closer than they should've but kudos to the US patrols that managed to hug the table edge and get a JOP so close to the church – just how close was it?.

The Americans in the open were just very lucky. Play it all over again and 9 times out of 10 (probably more) the Americans find themselves in real trouble. I just see it as one of those odd occasions when a unit takes a lot of fire and when everyone lifts their heads they are surprised to see so few men hit. Likewise for the men in hard cover. It was just one of those days.

The jump-off-point by the church was probably 18-20" away. The vagaries of the patrol phase meant that it was limited to a table edge. More luck than anything else, but it's very hard for the defender to adequately cover both flanks.

I think I stuck with the game because I didn't feel as though I was losing because I was playing badly. I don't think there is much that I would do differently. The dice just determined that circumstances were what they were.

Anyhow we move on. We've completed the next game and I'm in the process of writing the AAR, should have it out over the weekend. Glad you are following and hope you've enjoyed it so far.

You bet I'm enjoying it. I can't wait to complete the current painting / re-basing projects and get in another Normandy campaign with my 20mils – mainly FAA rather than AB. I am thinking about a US platoon army platoon using AB and already have MMS kits for an M-10 and an M-8 GMC/HMC(?), the latter is one of may favourite bits of armour – do you have one?

Thanks. Shame MMS are no longer in business. I don't have an M8 HMC but I do have an M10. Not MMS, it's based on the rather basic Armourfast kit.

Barry Walby still has some kits – I managed to get a couple of Shermans after MMS had wrapped up…
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Unfortunately I broke off from typing the above to check his web-site to confirm it was still there with his contact details only to find he passed away on 29-Feb this year. I hadn't heard; another of the 'names' in the hobby gone – a shame.