CoH from Cebu

Thought I'd take some chaos (which is turning into order) off the sleepover and talk about the 2 CoH games Willard, Gian, and me had today. (credits go to Gian for being such a great sport).

GAME 1 : the Unsung Hero

Axis : Expert Wehrmacht × 4

Allies : British Gian, British Joseph, American Willard, American Expert

Map : Montargis Region

Having a captain backed by multiple lieutenants can be dangerous when they can all call in artillery strikes (works best with tons of munitions).

(START)

Joseph goes Brit to try off his new artillery strike tactic which he learned while beating up a n00b over at Angoville (photo 1) while Gian goes Commando and races for the hill to secure it. Willard then captures the center and builds MG nests to pin down incoming enemy units while Joseph takes the left side with his own MG nests, 17 lb anti-tank guns, and 25 lb howitzer guns. Gian, on the other hand, connects the hill to the center with a line of trenches to prevent enemy movement.

(MIDGAME)

All four expert (AIs) start pushing through the left most side in what evolves into "the Battle of the Bulge". With MGs, Pioneers, Volksgrenediers, Pumas, Stugs, and... Bicycles (?!), they continue running deep enought to harras the American Expert's base at the upper left most portion of the map. Joseph's defenses are overrunned and so is his Field HQ which is destroyed. He would play most of the game without it.

(CHAOS)

A unit control glitch hits Joseph and Willard as the experts go Terror to unleash multiple King Tigers. In an effort to save the day, Gian sends "Stealy Phil" (from Hey Arnold) with the British 4th Battallion. The 4 Tetrarchs, 2 Sherman Fireflies, and Command Tank are then taken down in less than 5 minutes leaving one King Tiger to assult the front, where Joseph's 17 pounders are nearly decimated, while the other comes out from the "bulge" to attack the Joseph's 25 pounders from the back. Willard, seeing this a mile away, sends three 57mm AT guns which push the first KT back into enemy territory, as Gian bombards the area, before turning them 180 degrees back to chase after the second KT. Calling for help, Joseph fires his howitzers at point black range to scare off the King Tiger who then comes even closer to knock out the only "truck" he has left in the game. Willard's ATs come right on time, blowing up the KT and it's escorting Puma.

(FINAL PUSH)

With the coast clear, the Expert comes out of his base in full force sending everything he has on the enemy base right opposite him. Gian gets a field of view at the other base nearest the hill and fires all his artillery units at it. Willard follows suite with 105mm howizers while Joseph's surviving 25lbs knock out the StuGs and StuHs spammed by the AIs.

(END)

With the game over, the American Expert outscores the winning team by nearly 15,000 pts against Joseph's 41,000 (WTF?!?!). Guess losing nearly double the highest number of infantry units compared to the next Allies player was a costly mistake.

GAME 2 : Your own medicine.

Axis : Panzer Elité Joseph

Allies : British Gian

Map : Best

(START)

Gian hosts the game, setting it on high resources which disrupt Joseph's running tactic who stupidly didn't notice till he found 2 squads of British Infantry knocking in his front door. Joseph kicks them out of the trench with incindiary grenades while taking turns retreating his Grenediers to the base so they can reinforce as the fighting gets tough. He finally gives a full retreat while requisitioning points from half the map.

(MIDGAME)

Joseph cranks out a Mortar Halftrack to deal with the slit trench built by Gian at the lower end of the river blocking a possible flank manuever while Gian tries to capture points undefended by Joseph who then sends all his forces south. The Grenediers get off the halftrack, tosses grenades into the trench and resecures the southern portion. He then goes north avoiding the other trench blocking the northern bridge when Tetrarch Tanks crash in (literally) and starts harrasing the troops who then occupy a house bobby trapped by Gian who then blows it up killing everyone inside.

(FINAL PUSH)

Joseph mounts his remaining troops and charges for the north of the middle island where Gian camped his Field Support Truck. It is guarded by heavy infantry including commandos, commandos with a machine gun, commandos with a mortar, commandos with a PIAT... and more commandos. MP44s make quick work of them while Panzershreks and the new Marder 3 tank take care of the truck. Joseph takes it and prepares for a long game of "battleship" with his Hummel reinforcement.

(NOT UNTIL THE FAT QUEEN SINGS!)

Gian, rather than being outdone, lands Commandos and Tetrarch Tanks into Joseph's base to plant demo charges and knock out the base buildings while Joseph bombards his isle at the other end of the map in a game of "screw your opponent's bases". Joseph luckily had retreated his squads to heal at the HQ the second before who eventually kick out the party crashers who keep on crashing in the base until "Der Führer" calls in the second Hummel Howitzer to help in the blindless bombarding of the British base.

(END)

Gian calls a ceasefire to save his British Arse, just like in the Panzer Elité campaign, but from his mum who tells him to go back and study for the Math Excemption Test.

Panzer Grenediers have found the Field HQ!

Shit! Get out now ~ Mum wants us back in school.