WWII PLATOON VOTING RESULTS:
Voters, By Period - 1943-45 Italy

Defended with two US Glider Regiments against a reinforced German SS Panzer Grenadier Division. Lost two battalions but repulsed the Germans who lost half the division before withdrawing. [22 Sep 1999]

My last battle was the British involvement in the battle for the Ardennes (something which is not well written about).

TAC:WWII as usual gave a thoroughly good feel for the battle, the tactics used and the formations. It allows flexibility, yet accurate historical representation.

In this battle, the guards division advanced, to help our American cousins who were in the doo doo, YET AGAIN. The British advanced with the armour taking on the King Tigers, while the infantry took the Panzer Grenadiers. This action was a delaying action until the rest of the division was able to arrive and halt the German advance. Very thrilling action with the armour almost being destroyed, while the infantary held their own. The whole flavour of the game could only be experianced through Tac. [6 Apr 99]

Skirmanovo (November 1941) - A Soviet counterattack East of Moscow to halt the German onslaught. Game was fought with double blind movement using a system similar to Bill Owen's. The Soviet 50th Cavalry division arrived late, but the Germans were very extended by then, counterattacking the Soviet tank Brigade and Rifle division. They left too few reserves and Pliev's cavalry had an easy task destroying the undefended German rear area troops, transport assets and headquarters units. Clear Soviet victory. [2 Apr 99]

Ran an early entry scenario of the German assault on the island of Leros, November 1943. The game was run using Command Decision, and was run for 8 players.

The Germans failed to affect an effective assault and the falschirmjagers took very heavy casualties. [31 Mar 99]

The last game I played was part of a Hube's Pocket campaign that I am currently running at the Ottawa Miniature Gamers (OMG). I use a second edition version on Clash of Armor that has yet to be published. A vast improvement over the first edition. PS. The better part of German panzer division did very well against a mechanized Soviet brigade. The breakout failed when they ran into a heavy tank reg of JSIIs fresh from the factory! Neal Howes [29 Mar 99]

Two German tank battalions, two infantry batalions and a motorcycle battalion attacked a Soviet force of two infantry battalions, one cav regiment and a tank regiment. Important lessons learned - Pz111 can't afford to trade blows with T34 and KV1s. [28 Mar 99]

Last night we played a real hum-dinger. Rommels attack at the 1st battle of El Alamein. Except that this time Rommel got enough gas to do the wide swing he wanted. Mass death & destruction never before seen by man. A good time was had by all! ;-) [28 Mar 99]

Command Decision 3. Parker's Crossroads scenerio(23rd Dec. 1944), during the Battle of the Bulge. Elements of 4 US Divisions make a stand at a Belgian Crossroads vs. elements of an SS Panzer Division. I refereed.

Command Decision 3. 1944 Philipines. USA vs Japan. US combined arms groups vs dug in and entrenched Japanese infantry with tank support. I played.

I have played Command Decision since CD 1 first came out. CD 2 was an improvement and CD 3 is the best yet. Playable and comprehensive. Morale and troop quality are key. Good speed of play with proper level of command handled by each player(1 or 2 battalions). I have played Spearhead as well. Although fun, quick to play and easy to learn(and teach), it makes many generalizations and has a very rigid system, making it, at times, more akin to Napoleonics in feel than WWII. Depending on what one is looking for a WWII set of rules, I would highly recomend either. [27 Mar 99]

I heavily modified an old "Panzerleader" scenario for a piece of Operation Goodwood. Five players, 6x9' table, completed in one night. Results were better than historic as the Germans had horrible dice. [26 Mar 99]

A convention game version of Arracourt, 1944. As German CO I watched, helplessly, as the fog lifted just as my subordinates executed a series of advances that found them flank on or at point blank range to a couple of Sherman and Stuart companies. Something like 5 platoons of Panthers and a company of PzGrens were eliminated in one turn. Needless to say, we reverted to a defensive posture for the rest of the game. [26 Mar 99]

Campaign normandy the first 24 hrs [26 Mar 99]