What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 1914 Me (noobish) v. Bavre

[John B.]

As you can see, Serbia is a vast wasteland.

[John B.]

Not much going on in France. Just dead Frenchmen. I've got German under Blockade FWIW. I'm sure I'll be seeing the German navy very soon!

[John B.]

December 1914. Not much has really changed. More dead Russian and French corps. Any proposed counter attacks show heavy Allied losses and no German losses so no real point to that. Serbia fell and the Ottomans are close to entering the war. Otherwise, it's been a good turn.

[John B.]

And, as expected, it comes to an end. Bavre offered me peace terms and I accepted. I would like to thank him for his time. He is an outstanding player and a complete gentleman! I clearly bit off more than I can chew. Even though I was beaten soundly round the head and shoulders this is a great game and I enjoyed myself even when losing!

[BillRunacre]

Thanks for the AAR John, it's always interesting to watch the action unfold! [:)]

[Bavre]

Just a little explanation of what happened:
The game has a strong tendency to snowball because of NM and especially HQ XP mechanics. For details on the latter check Huberts post in this thread https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=5017985 , the formula in the manual is outdated. Basically I managed to catch John on the wrong foot in the early turns, resulting in quite a few fights that above mechanics counted as a win and awarded XP to Hindenburg and pals, which in turn increased my combat odds the following turns etc... And once Hindenburg has enough medals so his frontal armor puts a tiger tank to shame, you don't need strategy or finesse any more, you can just brute force your way through the enemy lines. Heavy NM hits for Russia compounded that and by the end of 14 I got favorable odds for attacks on entrenchment 2 Russian in the forest in winter, so we decided to call it a day.

So thanks to John for the match and the AAR, just pm me if you want revenge.

[John B.]

Let me get a few more games under my belt and then I'll challenge you again.