But first - Robert Kraft and Bill Belicheat disgust me. Proof again that NFL teams will continue to cheat if it means they ultimately can win the biggest prize, the Super Bowl. The arrogance of an owner of a cheating franchise that out and out demands the league provide an apology for having the temerity to question the ball inflation issue, plus the continued track record of a head coach that has clear contempt for league rules - you must be proud, Patriot nation. Someone needs to figure out that the more Robert Kraft speaks, the worse the Patriots appear.
As for the Seahawks.....what were you thinking???? Passing at the 1 yard line? Really????? Sheesh.
Anyway, on to our games. The first game (FoB2) had an Abysmal CSA deck vs. an Average USA deck. An even bigger factor was the D8 CiC die for the Confederates vs. the D12 (!) for the USA. It wasn't much of a competitive game, as the USA was aggressive in attacking the Confederates (meaning - the CSA couldn't ever seem to get Move cards!) they caused loss after loss. The game ended after 1 hour and 15 minutes with a crushing USA victory.
Game 2 was a bit better for the CSA. I adjusted the decks to make them both average, and we re-rolled the CiC's - both ended up D10s. This game ran about 1 1/2 hours, with the CSA pressing the attack. Alas, the end result was the same - a decisive (rather than crushing) victory for the US forces. A bad day to be Confederate!
I rated 90% or the troops as Raw, as this was a series of early war battles. I'll adjust those to be a spread around a Regular rating as we move forward in beginning the campaign. We ran through the campaign procedures (A Bold Enterprise) and set up the game for next month.
Photos follow below.
"A Bold Enterprise..." Is this a successor to Theater of War? A more canned campaign process? Tell me more!
ReplyDeleteABE abstracts campaign movement by using the army's existing sequence deck in combination with a battle map deck. There are processes for tracking unit progress and losses. The campaign portion only takes a few minutes at the end of a game to prepare for the next game. Very quick and easy, generates battles, and allows an army's personality to develop. The campaign is open ended. In theory, you could play "forever" if you wished.
ReplyDeleteSounds great !
ReplyDeleteNice eye candy! And good to see FoB2 is still alive and well! Like the trick you do with the scenery. You've explained in the past how you represent buildings but I've only now noticed the smaller scale fencing. Effective. Regards.
ReplyDeleteDavy