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We had 9 members for the May edition of our SoCalASL Game Day in Chatsworth:
Peter Strand's Germans took a 'down to the last CC roll' win over Sal Pelaez' Americans in “Behind in the Count”
And in another 'down to the last CC roll', Jaime Pelaez' Germans defeated Blair Bellamy and Mike Soffa's Germans in “Order 831”.
Eric Visnowski's Americans defeated Dave Nicholas' Germans in “Smiling Albert”
And because their game got over early, they paired up for “Halfhearted Hiwis”, with EV's Germans defeated Nick's Canadians.
Because Phil Seymour and I both wanted to get some experience with the Red Chinese from “Forgotten War” we had previously arranged a game. We chose “Task Force Faith Breakout” because it was one of the two larger, daytime scenarios featuring the Chinese. Phil took the Chinese and came with a set-up. Besides having to learn the rules for the Chinese, this scenario features ground snow, extreme winter, low ammo (for both sides), air support, Napalm, convoys, and OBA.
This is part of the escape from the Chosin Reservoir in December, 1950. The Americans get two depleted companies supported by a single mission of 100 OBA and a couple of Corsairs armed with Napalm. They have to clear the way for a convoy of 15 trucks and have 10 turns to exit at least 9 of them. Both sides are fighting the low ammo and weather conditions as much as each other. Phil had a good set-up, with a small force defending the front gully and bridge, and a strong force ensconced in the large woods mass in the center-rear, which was an obvious choke point for the trucks. The Chinese get a couple of companies of infantry, including a couple of late-arriving platoons intended for a 'goal line stand' at the end game. I brought my infantry in spread out and stayed four hexes away from the Chinese delaying force, giving up the 1.5 -2's for minimal damage. I clustered my infantry for the powerful 8 and 12 FP AF shots, then advanced in close. With low ammo and extreme winter, both sides have to pick their shots, but even then we both lost SW's and units to ELR failure and breakdowns. I played pretty aggressively, and with a little luck was able to push the Chinese back and through the wooded choke point. My convoy was making good progress, but still had a long way to go. Unfortunately by that time it was turn 6 (of 10) and with store closing time approaching we decided to call it a draw. This is a very fun and exciting scenario, and we both would like to take another crack at it. If you try it, allow plenty of time. We started right away, with a Chinese player set-up, and Phil and I are both fast players. But we still only got through turn 6 after about 6 hours of play. We had a glitch with the convoy SSR and I'm hoping to get a resolution on it from MMP.
We enjoyed our usual excellent lunch on the patio at San Carlo Deli. The survivors adjourned for our usual late dinner at The Habit. It was a great way to wrap up our May ASL calendar.
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