NorCal Flames of War has dwindled down a bit these last few years, but one of our members wanted to start a new convention in Auburn, as he was soon moving out of state and wanted to celebrate a bit first. I agreed to run a three-round Late War Bulge event, and ended up playing to make the numbers even. I ran German Panzergrenadiers and in Round One I was matched up against Sam and his US Engineers.
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| Sam's Stuarts blunt my attempt to sneak my halftracks across the rails. |
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| A series of assaults saw me make progress into the town, but his numbers held out. |
I nearly had it early, but his engineers held long enough for the rest of his reserves to enter the town, and I just didn't have the numbers to push him out. 1-8 loss, as I could't quite break a second unit.
In Round Two I'd face Dave and his British Rifle Company supported by Archers and AMTRACS.
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| Open sights to engage the enemy! |
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| My defensive line |
I quickly was reminded that a single unit of heavy guns isn't enough as the Archers and Fireflys took out my Panzer IV/70s early. It was only a matter of time before the flamethrowers and MG toting AMTRACS put a hurt on me. 1-8 loss, and we went to have beers!
Round Three I faced Russ and his British Armoured Cars in a bit of a wild one.
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| Most of the fighting took place in this small wood |
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| Russ took the objective eventually, a solid win for him. |
Another 1-8 loss saw me firmly in last place, and that was mostly due to my poor list design. Once the PanzerIV/70s were gone, I couldn't even stop armored cars, really. Fun times all around though!
