So what Starter Kit Scenario have you played recently?

[kempenfelter]

German Turn Four...Starter Kit Scenario S1...Retaking Vierville
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eJ0fz_VGo

[Der Fleischer]

In the last week I have gone through the following scenarios:

S15 - Hammer to the Teeth
S17 - A Ridge Too Far
S20 - Joseph 351
S21 - Clash at Borosovka
S22 - Another Summers Day (getting ready to play this one again PBEM as the American this time)

All great scenarios and all of them came down to the last game turn to determine a winner. I am getting ready to play S6 - Released from the East with a freind of mine that I introduced to ASL SK about 6 months ago. So far he is 4 - 0...talk about beginner's luck!

[custardpie]

In the last week I have gone through the following scenarios:

S15 - Hammer to the Teeth
S17 - A Ridge Too Far
S20 - Joseph 351
S21 - Clash at Borosovka
S22 - Another Summers Day (getting ready to play this one again PBEM as the American this time)

All great scenarios and all of them came down to the last game turn to determine a winner. I am getting ready to play S6 - Released from the East with a freind of mine that I introduced to ASL SK about 6 months ago. So far he is 4 - 0...talk about beginner's luck!

Thats good going. I find that SK can give you some tight games, possibly because the chance of the easier rules makes balance less difficult.

Not that I have not had some lop sidded games!!!

Ian

[Der Fleischer]

Thats good going. I find that SK can give you some tight games, possibly because the chance of the easier rules makes balance less difficult.

Not that I have not had some lop sidded games!!!

Ian

Thanks Ian! One thing I have noticed is that the SK 2 scenarios seem to be more ubalanced then the ones in either SK 1 or the SK 3. As far as the SK rules go, I consider myself a competent player (not great or necessarily good mind you, but certainly competent) yet my battle record for the anything SK 2 is way below 0.500 (I think somewhere around 0.222) where my SK 1 and SK 3 record are at 0.500 or above. Hammer to the Teeth (S15) was only the second SK 2 scenario I played that came down to the final turn (the other one was S10 - Paper Army when I played the Italians). Any thoughts on this or do I just suck?

[custardpie]

Thanks Ian! One thing I have noticed is that the SK 2 scenarios seem to be more ubalanced then the ones in either SK 1 or the SK 3. As far as the SK rules go, I consider myself a competent player (not great or necessarily good mind you, but certainly competent) yet my battle record for the anything SK 2 is way below 0.500 (I think somewhere around 0.222) where my SK 1 and SK 3 record are at 0.500 or above. Hammer to the Teeth (S15) was only the second SK 2 scenario I played that came down to the final turn (the other one was S10 - Paper Army when I played the Italians). Any thoughts on this or do I just suck?

I found SK1 the best and most balanced. I've mentioned before that as soon as you add guns then tanks it gets harder to balance as an early breaking of a gun could make a real change. With the bonus pack having OBA of a sorts this is even harder to control (or was it that mine sucked!!)

As I recall I was not fond of Paper army, if I am right one side could sleeze a win.

I have enjoyed the SK games played and have the expansion set on order but one of two SK opponents has now moved to ASL and the other is waiting for me to get over for a FTF game.

I average two games a week but most of this is PBEM and having 8+ on the go at a time allows for this fast pace. I will save the Expansion set just for teaching rather than regular as I play mostly ASL and struggle with missing rules out.

Ian

[Der Fleischer]

I am in the middle of a real screamer with Buck Karpowitz. We started S29 - No Monumental Acclaim yesterday (6 July 2010) as part of the VASL Tournament and have completed 3 full turns. I thought I was dead after the first turn. I kept rolling 10 or greater on EVERY single roll I made through about the first half of Turn 2. Now I am rolling normally and am back in the game. This is a GREAT scenario IMHO and is a real test of how well you can call LOS. Give it a try! You won't be disappointed!

[chris_olden]

This is a GREAT scenario IMHO and is a real test of how well you can call LOS. Give it a try! You won't be disappointed!

hey Paul,
Thanks for giving this a try.
Very happy to hear that you guys are enjoying it.
Are you the Americans or the Germans?
co

[Der Fleischer]

hey Paul,
Thanks for giving this a try.
Very happy to hear that you guys are enjoying it.
Are you the Americans or the Germans?
co

I am the Americans in this one. My opponent is a very clever player and knows how to use LOS to his advantage as well as interlocking fields of fire. Did you write this scenario Chris?

PFM

[chris_olden]

Yep, sure did!

[Der Fleischer]

Yep, sure did!

SUPER job Chris! Please keep them coming!