I think at that point I made my biggest tactical mistake, related to the presence of the FT-toting 546 squad. On the other hand his Defensive Fire was quite uneffective and that was good news for the krauts. That could have made a huge difference and it was worth trying to lure him into such a (very naive) trap. Scrub actually managed DF quite well by retaining it and denying me the possibility of bypassing his defenders very early. I decided to concentrate my troops on the left side because I knew that a single squad had only a very limited number of fire options. That pushes you towards making errors and some of them I made. even if your opponent is kind enough to allow you a lot of time to think your moves without complaining. While with pbem you have all the time you need to think every possible move, that's not the case while you play "live" on VASL or FtF. I don't have that much experience with ASL (and wargames in general) and for me playing live and pbem is VERY different.
My AAR will have to wait but this wonderful opponent and his blog deserve a comment on my part. Very well, I wanted to first make an AAR myself on the Italian ASL forum but it seems that the arms of the mighty gods pounding the RL hammer on me do not get CX. My reactions, which I promised earlier, will be up shortly - I hope!
#TWO HOUR WARGAMES LOVECRAFT AAR UPDATE#
I've just copied and reformatted his post from the last update so it was easier to access and read here. Luca Andena) who I played in my first VASLeague game. Everybody, please welcome guest poster gwaedin (a.k.a.