FOW Late-War 1750 point Tournament @ Sunshine, 8/14/11

What: Flames of War Tournament

When: Sunday, August 14th, 2011

How much: $5

Points: Late-War, 1750 points

3 Rounds: 2 hr 30 min each.

Missions: Encounter, No retreat, Breakthrough

Scoring: Places will be decided by win-loss. Points will decide ties.


Check In: 11:30 am
Round 1: 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Round 2: 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Break: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Round 3: 5:30 pm -8:00 pm

Player List:

1. Julian (playing if odd number of players) - Soviets
2. Luke - Polish
3. Alex - USA
4. Rufus/Kai - Germans
5. Eric - Germans
6. Matt - Germans
7. Steve - USA
8. Mike - Fins
9. Rob - Germans - maybe?
10.

I will be attending, American paratroopers

Count me in. Germans

me too, if I can make it

FYI, a few of us should be playing games on Tuesday and Thursday around 4:30.

I'm in!

Looks like we have 8 right now with Rob as a 9th maybe. I'll try to get there around 11:00 on Sunday.

If anyone has terrain that they can bring, that would be a big help.

FYI, if anyone wants a game on Friday, there should be a few FOW games going in the afternoon.

Anyone up for a game Saturday afternoon?

Sorry guys I'm not going to make it.

The tournament is over. Finishing order is decided by most wins, ties and points to decide ties.

Results: W-L-T, points

1. Rufus/Kai 2-0-1 , 13 - Soviet tanks
2. Mike 2-1-0, 13 - Finish infantry
3. Cesar 2-1-0, 11 - US tanks
4. Steve 1-2-0, 10 - US infantry
5. Matt 1-2-0, 9 - German infantry
6. Luke 0-0-1 - Polish infantry

Final deciding game came down to a clash of armored companies with the Ruskies getting the better of their American Allies. Surprisingly, there was very little arguing between the future cold war enemies. Both tank armies were tested against tough infantry. The soviet general was replaced (shot) after the first cowardly game (tanks defending their deployment edge). US armor showing how it's done by quickly attacking. Celebrating US tankers appear drunk while soviet are adequately motivated by komissars.

Fearless fins do well as usual. No assault is to far! Great hand to hand action with the US tank army in defeat. Aggression breaks the German company before they all arrive.

US infantry had some tough early games but find out how valuable Truscott trot is against the Poles. Looked like the whole Russian army was dead, but somehow it never broke.

Germans are totally outnumbered by the allies. Surprised early by US tanks, they made a good recovery to get a win against the Poles.

Polish infantry find it tough going trying to attack across open ground in two games with limited support options (1 plt of mortars). Polish paras scare Soviet armor into doing almost nothing, depending on their German captured armor.


note: The second winning soviet general was shot before the third game due to a defeatist attitude before starting.