Tomanbeg vs TheOverlord

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 9:53 pm

I sort of enjoy reading others details - it gives an idea of others tactics which might come in handy if I ever wind up playing them.

As for giving up plans, I dont give any details unless it is obvious or something that you will see in the playback anyways.

Anyhow, the turn wont post, so if you like you can send me your email at TheOverlord@snet.net and I will send the turn directly.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 3:32 am

Sent turn directly..

A T34 is spotted to the north......we shall deal with him....later

A Tiger feeds on a T34.......

Reports say there were approximately 2 companies of infantry marching towards the center vh. One to the north of a rode, another to the south. The norther company has been taking a beating, and GE armor and Mc units do some serious damage - 6 infantry units and a DSHK are destroyed / dispersed. That should take most of the danger out of the northern company, which was also the closed to the vh.

Soviet units continue to probe towards the rear vh, but with tiger and panzers getting in position, they may be persuaded to probe elsewhere...

Oh, and thanks for all the smoke! :p

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 9:49 am

Hi Olord,
Not much this turn. I am moving cautiously forward. For you rookies that means I never move out of concelment without having the mp's to move back if I'm spotted. Sometimes that means moving back and trying again next turn. Olord has had enough target practice at my expense. I got a bunch of smoke down this turn. If I can get another turn of smoke like this one next turn, I can be a little bolder. I set three traps this turn. If one works I can start to unravel his defense net. If none work, I'll try agin next turn. I have 14 more turns before I need to get desperate.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Thu Dec 26, 2002 11:08 pm

Hmmmm.....
His traps may be engineers laying mines. I spotted one team doing just that and destroyed it. Another was spotted and casualties were inflicted.

As for the infantry wave, 3 more squads and a dshk are dispersed north of the center east west road, just to the east of the center vh (currently GE controlled).

A few shots are taken at a T34, but the only damage was the crew dropping a vodka bottle.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 8:34 am

Yes, that was one trap. I have had my eye on that Tiger since it pulled up there 3 turns ago. I figured since you hadn't spotted me and I was dug in and waiting, when you moved forward to the tree line I would get a chance to close assault you Tiger with engineers while its moving through the woods. Then I was gonna try for the Pz-IVg with the other engineer when it came to help the Tiger. I just can't get a break, the smoke I had ordered didn't show up, you spotted my ambush, and now you are counterbattrying my mortars. But that is OK, 2 more turns of smoke and it should be thick enough to move out my T-34's. I did get a SS squad and a MG34 along with a truck. A poor return for 2 engineer squads, but Mars has not been kind to me for a couple of turns now, so I'll take what crumbs I can get.
T.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 8:36 am

forgot the turn again!

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Sat Dec 28, 2002 8:06 pm

Sorry about the slow turn around rate on turns for me this week.
Dang holidays keep me running around and keeping me away from my troops....

Next week should be back to normal for me.

I will try to squeeze in this turn this weekend...but it is not looking good.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Sun Dec 29, 2002 1:18 am

Originally posted by TheOverlord
Sorry about the slow turn around rate on turns for me this week.
Dang holidays keep me running around and keeping me away from my troops....

Next week should be back to normal for me.

I will try to squeeze in this turn this weekend...but it is not looking good.

Don't worry about it. My best christmas present was the Civ III my brother got. That let him give me back my CD. So I've put in about 40 hours on Civ III since Wed night. I have at least 4 WaW turns sitting and waiting for me to play them. But It's 1918 and I'm the Japs. I have 7 wonders and I'm leading on points. I have hit a snag though. I have no Coal and I can't develop Ironclads w/o it. I have the 12 opponents left( I took out the rest) all at war with me and It's gonna be tuff holding on for the win with just wooden ships, riflemen and Samuri. Darn game is addictive.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Sun Dec 29, 2002 9:46 pm

Ah yes, another soul sucking game....there is no escape!

Northern units engage a T34 and tank rider squad that is getting too close for comfort. The T34 is hit twice and damaged, but not killed. The tank rider crew disables a HT, with no casualties inflicted on it

On a personal note, my dang ht's keep breaking down. At least 4 in this game....

IN the center, an infantry squad is dispersed and ge units settle back in to wait and see what Ivan has in store for them next.

A T-34 to the south pokes its nose out of the woods and is destroyed by a PzIVg!

At the rear ge vh, 2 snooping soviet mtcy squads are dispatched, removing most of the * my units back there have had. PzIII reinforcemnts and a Tiger are in postion to cover the rear.

Back to Tomanbeg!

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:13 am

I took a few pot shots this turn. I need to have something for you to shoot at next turn. Unfortunatly, I think I left you to many shots. That was a good shot by that Mk-IVg. 32 hexes was it and a front hull kill on a T-34. I Knew I would get shot at, but I didn't think you would get enough penetration out of your 75. And I see you have pulled back your Tigers. That is ok, I have a plan for which ever way you go. And since neither plan will work, it doesn't really matter, does it. I reached the file size limit, so I'll send the files by email.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:20 pm

In the north, the T34 is located and a duel begins between 2 PzIV's the T34......T34 eventualy looses and a tankodesantniki squad is dispersed.

In the middle and south east corner of the Ge picket line, a total of 5 T34s are picked off, and another engineer squad is dispatched.

Soviet steel workers do their jobs well.........MANY shells bounce off T34 hulls......their were a large number of targets in sight, I would of liked more than 6.....blast that armor!!

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:59 am

I counted anyway, just because I am that sort of guy. If the game was to end right now it would be around 7000 for Olord and 4000 for me. Close enough so that a unit or two could make the difference. So I am going to run off and hide. I will be more then happy to escape with fighting 150% of the Tiger production of German to a draw. And if I can not do anything stupid again, like charging out from behind the smoke into massed 88 fire, then I should be able to hold on to a draw.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:14 pm

Soviet forces are spotted withdrawing accross the line....for now.

Some crewmembers are mopped up and infantry mix it up in the smoke in the center.

Pot shots are taken at a couple of visible T34s but no damage done.

A 76.2mm AT gun is spotted to the north. Trying to figure out what to do about that....

I wish I had 150% of the Tigers!!!
I only have 3 sections.
Those 6 Tigers have saved my butt this game. They are "my precious..."

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 1:41 am

You are doing a masterful job with those handfull of Tigers(yes all my relatives have 6 fingers per hand. My great-great-great grandfather invented the 6 pack so the rest of the world could share our blessing). But by playing for the draw, I change the formula. Now you have to get 200 points per turn more to offset my control of the 2 v-hexes in the south. So as long as I can avoid losing units, I can force the draw. Col. Pugovkin won't get his star, but he might avoid a vist from Major Headshotovich. And maybe I'll get lucky and one of those Tigers will have a breakdown while zooming from firing position to firing position. All I have to do is sneak one crew or infantry unit to tommy's and the point ratio will undergo a positive adjustment.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:15 am

In the north, some damage is done to the crew of the at gun at the cost of a truck (dumb move on my part...:rolleyes: )

In the center, 2 more inf squads are dispatched, and some inf and t34s are spotted probing around.....

A shell bounces off another T34, scaring the cr*p out of the tank rider squad sitting on her....no damage.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:46 am

Still playing hard to get. Olord left a Mk-IV out where I could get a flank shot from about 1200 meters, but I didn't fall for it. No, I will sneak my scouts through the grass and hope to get them close enough to Tommy's so a next to last turn TOT might stun the rifle squads there and let me dash in and steal a V-hex or two. I hope.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:04 pm

Not much this turn.

Dispersed another soviet inf squad and a Pz4 and T34 swap some shots.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:47 am

I took a wild shot at a Mk-IV and got a burning T-34 as a reward. I played suck the magazine dry up north. Got 3 or 4 shots out of a Tiger and 3 or 4 from a Mk-IV. They were all at 30+ hexes. Dangerous, but If he doesn't hit that first shot and I make him shift targets, then it's a good thing. Plus Olord is to focused in on the teoops south of the road and I need for him to start looking over his shoulder as the game winds down. I made my mistake and now we have to see if Olord will make one.
T.

TheOverlord · Post by **TheOverlord** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:45 am

I am trying not to make any mistakes.....cant afford them! I am too outnumbered!

Every panzer (especially my Tigers) are precious....and every stray T-34 they can pick off at long distance is one less for the final assault that I am sure will be coming in the next few rounds.

Reports of T-34 movement are begining to come in from survingin recon units and front line postions.....

Dispersed one more infantry squad.

On a happy note, 2 sdkfz251/1s that lost wheels on rough roads have been repaired. More mobile mg's to go where most needed!!

I had to rip out and reinstall waw due to flakiness in my installation. I had been upgrading since version 5.0 and had installed the Desert Fox mega campaign and patches up to 7.1.
Ripped it all out tonight and installed complete 7.1 game, so let me know if you see any funky stuff. Things seemed ok from this end.

Tomanbeg · Post by **Tomanbeg** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:49 am

Well, it looks like Olord is either willing to settle for a draw or has some sort of intention to grab a few more flags somehwere and see if the points will put him over the top. He has fallen back to tommy's Truck stop and it looks like he is digging in. More smoke and more creeping up. 7 more turns. I wonder if he will sit there or if he will launch another spoiling attack?
T.

Tomanbeg vs TheOverlord

Never count your money

while sitting at the table

whoops

sorry

Re: sorry

There will be time enough for counting,

When the dealing is done.

Slight of hand

hide and seek

slow going

Grinding it out