tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post4052024004565167741..comments2024-03-22T14:54:13.469+13:00Comments on Craig's Wargaming Blog: Southcon Day 2Craig Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-26959026735551270072012-06-08T17:08:30.524+12:002012-06-08T17:08:30.524+12:00Sounds good- it will depend on how the split works...Sounds good- it will depend on how the split works out, I'm happy to go whatever way is required to keep things balanced. <br /><br />CraigCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-65836488954183001392012-06-08T12:49:28.699+12:002012-06-08T12:49:28.699+12:00I am going as 8th Army British Inf....lots of stic...I am going as 8th Army British Inf....lots of sticky bombs....mmmm...sticky bombs...if you are going axis I will ask Stephen if he can gives us a game if you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-72265122584458829742012-06-07T18:38:33.394+12:002012-06-07T18:38:33.394+12:00I'll pass on Cavcon- will keep to the regular ...I'll pass on Cavcon- will keep to the regular ones I go to- Tempest (loved that format this year), Conquest, Southcon and Day of Days- adding in a Wellington comp as well that's plenty to keep me busy :) <br /><br />Bob would have found it a hard slog through all those US infantry teams I would have thought- your force would have been much better suited to slow Bob down- my tanks were hardly a speedbump for the tigers<br /><br />Are you going Axis or allies for Conquest Jeff? At this stage I'm axis- picked up the last of the Italian carri I need from Rich at the weekend<br /><br />Good luck with CavconCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-21262497810911219992012-06-07T11:02:11.636+12:002012-06-07T11:02:11.636+12:00Great Reports Craig. I really really wanted to pl...Great Reports Craig. I really really wanted to play that tiger list....next time. I dont mind tigers and panthers in mid war at all. Hope to see you at CavCon, havnt had a game vs you yet. If you are not going to CavCon mabye we could get a game at Conquest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-30497599522316437112012-06-07T09:31:29.142+12:002012-06-07T09:31:29.142+12:00It was a combination of my outstanding choice of a...It was a combination of my outstanding choice of army, above average playing ability and brilliant use of terrain and tactics... ;-)<br /><br />Oh yeah, and a whole boat-load of luck and some jammy dice rolls!!!! :-)<br /><br />Bedecon for sure my friend :-)Blitzkrieg Modelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545972455353234977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-52660118999765183582012-06-06T17:32:18.831+12:002012-06-06T17:32:18.831+12:00I like MW tigers- though I usually only take 1. No...I like MW tigers- though I usually only take 1. Not any uber army by any means- and I'm stilll not sure how you did so well with them actually Bob! <br /><br />Too much ice on the frozen table for my liking- would have been fun to have cossacks on that one!<br /><br />Will catch you at Bedecon if not before, I won't be at CavconCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-58950299260529509492012-06-06T12:51:39.358+12:002012-06-06T12:51:39.358+12:00Tigers in MW are not broken. at 385 a pop and 395 ...Tigers in MW are not broken. at 385 a pop and 395 for the CO, they are, as you can see from my list EXPENSIVE!! Panthers on the other hand.... I could have played an uber-cheesy army of just 4 Tigers and Air, this would have made my oppos job a nightmare, as I only lost one Tiger all weekend, and that was to an Air-Strike after my 'soft' SPAA PL had been smashed. I lost the game to Keith for a few reasons, the table, it was Stalingrad rubble-tastic, and I had not picked iup on what was rubble etc, meaning lots of bog and skill checks to move, my mistake. Also, it was my first game, and I rarely do well in game one...! I beat Phils US ARs due to him being a gent. We were on the snow-table-from-hell, with the left hand corner being filled with a frozen lake. The rule was you had to roll UNDER your FA on a D6+2 to cross. Now, with a Tigers FA being 9, that wasnt going to happen... :-( So, Phil could have chosen the corners that would have made me put the objs on the ice, meaning I could not get to them and and auto win to Phil, but he didnt, and this illustrates the Mainland gaming stylee, AWESOME :-) In the end I was ONE POINT behind being equal 1st place.... Maybe I should have taken Craigs advice and run my Pios away, but as he said, thats NOT how I roll ;-) Awesome fun all the same, looking forward to my next excursion to the Mainland! Bob.Blitzkrieg Modelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545972455353234977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-15449097798382746332012-06-05T07:33:13.199+12:002012-06-05T07:33:13.199+12:00Good point Jamie- I don't mind 3 so much (whic...Good point Jamie- I don't mind 3 so much (which is how Dale used to run them) as it tends to make for an unbalanced force and has plenty of other weaknesses. It's the option for 2 only I don't like from the game point of view in the new EF and didn't think it was necessary. I was very surprised at how unlucky Rob's appeared to be dying at the most unlikely times. Perhaps though the new air rules have balanced them out a bit as if cuaght in the open they are much more likely to die- that auto range in is pretty good.<br /><br />CraigCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-37074021476191158022012-06-04T23:08:40.264+12:002012-06-04T23:08:40.264+12:00Just to play devils's advocate - surely Rob ha...Just to play devils's advocate - surely Rob has demonstrated that they aren't all bad for MW? :P I mean, Chris W gave me a game of 1000pts LW, last week and believe me it can be a lot worse - at least they aren't RT MW....<br /><br />Anyway, well done with the Southcon result. It's never an easy or sure thing, with conscript Tankovy!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-41706535717870963262012-06-04T21:50:23.508+12:002012-06-04T21:50:23.508+12:00Congrats Craig. Very well done. Sounds like a grea...Congrats Craig. Very well done. Sounds like a great way to spend the weekend. Excellent photos and reports too.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-30244149801360063642012-06-04T20:06:57.682+12:002012-06-04T20:06:57.682+12:00Glad to know Bob beat others. The effort to try to...Glad to know Bob beat others. The effort to try to learn how to play with infantry turned bad on me but I enjoyed seeing you, Kent and the others demonstrating how to work through tough situations.<br /><br />conquest is way too soon for me :-)<br /><br /><br />Stephen SStephen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906294795357399570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-84748598449297443852012-06-04T19:31:13.392+12:002012-06-04T19:31:13.392+12:00I think it was:
HQ with a couple of light mortar...I think it was: <br /><br />HQ with a couple of light mortars<br />2x full FJ platoons<br />3x pak 38s<br />2x HMGs<br />3x stugs<br />priority BF 109s<br /><br />He couldn't afford stummels as he wanted knackers but it seemed to work well. <br /><br />Not an uber list but was effective. <br /><br />CraigCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-29595416845659993542012-06-04T18:39:16.799+12:002012-06-04T18:39:16.799+12:00PS What was Kents final list?PS What was Kents final list?Bedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327322015537036961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-91948410556098203182012-06-04T18:38:33.557+12:002012-06-04T18:38:33.557+12:00Yeah, MW took a big dive for me with the inclusion...Yeah, MW took a big dive for me with the inclusion of 2 Panthers and Tiger Cos. Pretty much makes tournaments into LW lite which is stupid. LW is for big toys with lots of cheese if you want it, EW is for little toys with several stupidly unbalanced forces to ruin your day, and MW is supposed to be nice and balanced! Guess that explains the Saga force on my painting table this weekend :)Bedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327322015537036961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-47220641038550806742012-06-04T17:54:22.741+12:002012-06-04T17:54:22.741+12:00Cheers Bede, A bit lucky vs the panthers (and I ag...Cheers Bede, A bit lucky vs the panthers (and I agreee they are about their affect on MW- hence DoD next year has a Stalingrad theme, this year we had an Italy (MW) one- Conquest is Alamein so we will expunge them by using history against them:) <br /><br />Was a bit lucky being able to utilise ye old run away forward from the assault trick vs the panthers- not quite what Rob was expecting. I think that force needs a back up AT asset to support the panthers, i was really surpriised at the differnt things that managed to destory them over the weekend- they seemed to die...alot :) Rob only managed one or two wins.<br /><br />There was a couple of games of Bob's where I thought the infantry players should have handled his force quite easily but he came out on top so I think he was pretty onto his game- not sure how the staghounds managed to beat him though! He easly dealt with both MW armoured companies (mine and Cal's) he faced as well- but that was to be expected. <br /><br />CraigCraig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-33411919747481910032012-06-04T17:22:49.774+12:002012-06-04T17:22:49.774+12:00Well done Craig. Especially the win over the MW wr...Well done Craig. Especially the win over the MW wrecking Panthers! (At least Shirley had three).Bedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327322015537036961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-18720861428566485262012-06-04T13:14:25.729+12:002012-06-04T13:14:25.729+12:00Well done Craig, nice to read the reports. Sounded...Well done Craig, nice to read the reports. Sounded like fun and its a shame I had to miss out again, but then 3 weeks in Aussie made up for it.<br /><br />Maybe next year I can get to attend, sigh. small crews all wanting weekends off makes for a long time between my turn.Dave Hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661207830006880196noreply@blogger.com