Great War Tournament 7

Round 4
MM06 Chaudun (31 May 1918)

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Mirko Allies: 7 Medals - 24 Figures Lost
GotigerSSC Germans: 5 Medals 11 Fig Lost

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Germans got to the Allied Trenches twice.
The First time they were repulsed by the rolling Tank, but the second they stayed! Thanks to the Allied FOO though, the French Were Able to Pound the Germans Pretty Good and in the end the strategy was victorious. A retreated Unit with Rush and Rotation was Hit on Target giving the Allies the last medal needed.

Thanks to Justin for the Game!

One correction to the result between me and Mirko. The figures lost are flipped - Mirko only lost 11 and I lost 24.

  Round 2
260 - Battle of Malmaison (Laffaux Salient) - 23 October 1917

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Mirko Allies: 7 Medals - 10 Fig. Lost
EzPickins Germans: 2 Medals - 24 Fig. Lost

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Rolling Dice in Favour of the French!

With a massive initial attack on the left side of the Field, Officer leading the attack but being repulsed by a Stretch Bearer. The Second Wave of the Offensive saw the Tanks in motion and Blimey they were simply unstoppable (John was well aware!).

Cards were good and they helped the Tanks to unleashed the full potential of Machine Guns on the Germans' Trenches that could do nothing but to succumb.

On the Right they Wreaked Havoc! The Chamond Eliminated first a Marksman Unit, then the Machine Gun in the Bunker and finally paved the Way for the final assault of the Flamer that cleansed a Mortar Position for the Final Victory Flag.

I made it almost on the other side with an Officer Unit that was trying to cross the Enemy Lines, but close to freedom they were ambushed by a Bomber Unit that made them explode in a thousand pieces.

Round 1
gotigerssc (German) - 6 medals; 7 figures lost
jrtracy (British) - 2 medals; 16 figures lost

This one is the story of a captured tank that just would not be defeated and that wreaked absolute havoc on the British lines. I claimed two tanks and the trench objective for 5 of the 6 medals.

Thanks to JR for the game and best of luck in his last match.

Round 3
Gonzo (German) 7 medals 23 figures killed
Mirko (Allied) 3 medals 19 figures killed
Game played mostly in middle.  Start game bombardment blows holes in wire, British attack relentless with casualties on both sides.  First German trench line full of Tommies.  Mirko almost broke through to second trench row.  German finally gets breather to play a recon.  After several day break, German left flank and British right rush to breach.  Several Brits caught in open.  That, plus great German dice, particularly on critical 1 in 6 roll and art strikes plus one more recon put the Germans up.  I am afraid I used up a months worth of luck in the second half of this one.  Very fun game overall with generally useful cards and combat cards for both sides.   Used stretchers to save 1 pt inf on line.  Still not sure whether to use that card offensively or defensively.

Round 5
Catigny
Allies (toganalper) :6 Medals won; 20 figures lost
Axis (gotigerssc): 5medals won; 32 figures lost

The Germns really tried everything to save the day on time. Bu eventhough they got 2 medals with recon cards, the thirs one did not came ontime. French really pressed on all sides. At the end they were only 3 german units left all only 2 strong. Still do not know how to add the lopg files in this system. It is so easy in the ancients

Round 5 Cantigny
EZPickens (German) 6 medals won and 18 figures lost
gdnuke (Allies) 3 medals won and 20 figures lost

This was a tough game for both sides. Very few good card combinations for either side. The Allies got all the recon cards, slowing their advance, and the Germans always seemed to have cards for the wrong sector of the field. No really spectacular dice rolls either, just a slow grind of attrition and tanks that bogged down often. The Allies were able to take the town, but that required aggressive use of the tanks and flamethrower units. In the end, the Allies had killed two German infantry units and left others down to one or two figures, and had possession of the buildings, but the Germans killed both tanks, a flamethrower unit and a rifle unit. The game ended on an exciting all or nothing attack on a bogged tank that ended with two confirmed hits and a 6-3 win for the Germans. John earned a good win in a fun game!

Round 4 MM06 Chaudun 31 May 1918

EZPickens - Germans - four medals won, 30 figures lost

J. R. Tracy - French - seven medals won, 8 figures lost

This was an interesting scenario with French FT-17s (essentially Whippets) supporting French on the defense against a strong German force backed by a captured Mark IV Male.

John's opening bombardment really opened up his right/my left, and was pretty effective in general.  He seemed to have more cards on his left, however, and pushed hard on that side.  My infantry fought valiantly but died quickly; the FT-17 lasted a bit longer but bogged once and could not roll any flags for the much-needed bonus attacks, and ended up swarmed and pecked to death by landsers.

I had better luck on my own left, where the FT-17 moved forward into No Man's Land to terrorize the advancing Germans.  It killed three units before John brought his own tank forward to challenge it.  He then had terrible luck himself, scoring at least seven hits but no confirmations.  His last flurry was thanks to Storm of Fire - I replied with Counter Attack, hammering the Mark IV and following up with the needed confirmations to take it off the board.

With a medal in hand thanks to Recon, I was now just one away, so John opted for Rush & Rotation to swarm my trench line. However, this left a German Bomber unit behind my line in clear terrain with no retreat path.  I used Direct From HQ to activate enough units to guarantee its demise and grab the win.

Poor dice for John, along with what I suspect weren't great cards.  I had what I needed along with pretty good dice, except for that unlucky right flank tank unit.  I like the scenario - the FT-17 is a scandalously underappreciated design, given it anticipated the future of armored fighting vehicles more than any other WWI model.  Good fun with back and forth action.

Thanks Mark for setting this up - I'm glad a spot opened up so I could participate.  Thank you also to my opponents and their patience as I learned the module.  I have a handle on it now but the differences between it and the other C&C implementations left me a little at sea at times.  

Looking forward to more - good luck to those advancing to the next round.  Hope to see you on the battlefield again soon!
 

 
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Semifinal Round 1

ToganAlper (Germans) = 8 banners, 35 figures lost
RJV (Allies) 0 10 banners, 32 figures lost

It has benn 2-3 weeks that we played this one, rjv will report in detail. I just found the result from myt partial log file   

Round 2

Togan Alper (allies) = 10 banners , 28 figures lost
RJV(germans) =5 banners, 35 figures lost

İnitially the german artillery was quite effective, the allies had the cards toa advance on all sides, by first pushing the germans back and then with trench raid one bomber unit managed to kill 4 units on its own in couple of tunrs using surprise ambush, return fire and assault. I was quite lucky to get such a series of turns and right cards.

Thanks to rjvonline for a great match. I will try to represent the allied group in the finals against to either of the two very honoroble opponents, i.e. either gonzo or Jim.

Looking forward for the finals