Autumn Fog Playtesters Thread

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the front lines as of the start of turn 20:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link for the AARs for turns 16 through 20:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 16-20.zip

[sPzAbt653]

Great intel Mr. Fulkerson ! And an excellent review of the situation in the horseshoe. Even though the river/bridge dynamic may seem odd, it really works well in representing the historical situation. That is, there is no way that a bunch of halftracks and tanks can negotiate a 300 foot deep rocky gorge to get to the other side. The only way across is to send the foot soldiers down into the gorge and up the other side while the tanks blast the far side in support. You can see how difficult this would have been, and historically the Germans didn't even try it.

Hopefully your pressure on the east side of the horseshoe will convince Elmer to cease his pointless attempts to gain a bridge and start moving some of the panzers out of the possible encirclement.

I'll give you some intel back. If you are considering moving farther north from the breakthrough area, in case you weren't aware, if you get within 5 hexes of Monchen-Gladbach (65,5) all British forces will be withdrawn from the map. [:D]

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs from turns 21 through 25.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rrj1m768b ... 021-25.zip

I'm rolling up the German front line going north and outflanking the Germans on the South end. It's a riot.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs from turns 26 through 30:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 26-30.zip

The Germans are defeated.  All that is left is mop-up all over the map.

Here's the front lines as of turn 31. The Germans in the horseshoe are out of supply and are being rounded up, the front line has advanced to the east and the only Germans left are those isolated pockets of troops that haven't been made it to the front of the front lines yet. I think. I'm going to shoot some recon out there to investigate and find the bad guys and this thing should take about another 30 turns or so and it'll be all over. Maybe.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs for turns 31 through 35 :

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 1 - 35.zip

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs for turns 36 through 40:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 6 - 40.zip

The Germans are fleeing to the east and south and I'm pursuing.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs for turns 41 throu 45:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 1 - 45.zip

I'm going to stop at turn 50 since it's a forgone conclusion.  I next want to start a playtest of the Allied PO so I'll be playing as the Germans in the next test. 

Whenever I start it.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the link to the collection of AARs for turns 46 through 50:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 6 - 50.zip

This is the last collection to this series.

[sPzAbt653]

Thanks for the great playtest Mr. Fulkerson! I'll make some adjustments so that, per Field Marshall Models' orders, part of the AG B reserve will actually stay out of the horseshoe in order to protect the right wing of the attack.

[sPzAbt653]

Oh ... did all the British units withdraw at some point ?

[larryfulkerson]

I drove a recon unit within 5 units of that German city you mentioned earlier, I don't remember the name right now, and the next turn I saw a news announcement that all British units were ordered north within 2 turns and sure enough, two turns later all the British units disappeared from the map.  On time and on budget.  Good show Steve.

All in all the German PO was doing a really good job until he left that magnificant hole in the front lines and the rest is history.  Maybe an objective in another spot?  Want me to run it again and see if the same thing happens?

[sPzAbt653]

On time and on budget.

Excellent.

Want me to run it again and see if the same thing happens?

I think I've got it covered. I'll have to send you an updated file in the future and you can try it then if you like.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's my moves as the German player against the Allied PO ( turn 1 ) :

please note that I captured two important bridges before Elmer could blow them ( and he does blow them now )

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the German moves for turn 2:
Everything is on schedule and the paratroops dropped in a good position to gain access to the horseshoe area.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the German moves for turn 3:

Note the way is clear into the horseshoe area.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the German moves for turn 4:

I'm destroying Allied units left and right.  There's a hole starting to appear in the middle. Also, I sucessfully destroyed a supply depot ( Robertsville depot ) so I'm good to go for supply for a while.

[larryfulkerson]

I've put together a collection of AAR's for the first five turns of this Allied PO playtest which includes pictures much bigger in more detail of the moves.  You can find it here:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 1 - 5.zip

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a collection of the first five turn SAL files in case anybody wants to see those for any reason:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... O game.zip

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the collection of SAL files for turns 6 through 10:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/14 ... 6 -10.zip