Kohlenklau's games with a buddy AAR summary

[Prester John]

Great stuff

[Kohlenklau]

I was waiting on my buddy to pop into VASL and I saw a room playing KGS and joined it to say hello and then I noticed the guy did NOT have the great LFT KGS counters. I tried to get his attention but he didn't see my typing I guess.

LFT has the counters on their website but they are in a format that didn't load to VASL and I had to do something (I forget, maybe update file extension, something very simple) and now my buddy and I can load the counters.

[Prester John]

Yeah, when I have VASL and a map open I have the online charts open over top of the chat window.

[Kohlenklau]

GAME NUMBER 21
Kohlenklau (Phil) Victories: 7
Gary Victories: 14

31 January 2023 From Matilda with Love (Gary as Germans/Phil as Soviets) I WON!!!
Gary bought KGS and we are enjoying our 2nd ASL battle in Cholm. Lots of great SSR. I was able to capture around 23 additional VL's. Let me see. Great moments of the game. Soviet AL Danalov 9-1 fired (by SSR) the Matilda HE rounds and it took me quite a few turns to wipe away concealment on his upper level FO with the radio. A stone +3. It started as TH of 6 with a bunch of positive drm. Then I eventually had -2 acq and it was a 6 even. I wounded the FO. I pinned him several times THEN I had a critical hit and blew him away.
But Gary was a pro with the OBA and really hurt me with that 100mm fire.
We are having a bloody blast.
I bought all of Vic's Dispatch from the Bunker pdf magazines and we are salivating at many of those scenarios.
We may go to Guadalcanal soon.

[Kohlenklau]

GAME NUMBER 22
Kohlenklau (Phil) Victories: 7
Gary Victories: 15

13 February 2023 Dashing up Mt Croce (Gary as Germans/Phil as US) I lost
It was a scenario from Dispatches from the Bunker. I bought the entire collection on pdf from this foreign guy in a back alley. Just kidding. I got them properly from Vic and he is an awesome guy. I had only 3.5 turns to exit 17 VP off the north edge. It was too hard. I made about 14 only. Gary had mines and a mortar and several MMG and LMG.

[Kohlenklau]

GAME NUMBER 23
Kohlenklau (Phil) Victories: 7
Gary Victories: 15

21 February 2023 Tavimboko Raid (Gary as IJA/Phil as USMC) I LOST
Our first PTO scenario. I only captured 6 of 13 huts. Learned a lot.

[Kohlenklau]

GAME NUMBER 24
Kohlenklau (Phil) Victories: 7
Gary Victories: 17

10 March 2023 BRASCHE ENCOUNTER (Gary as Germans/Phil as French) I LOST
France 1940. Out of the Bunker scenario by MMP. It was very close. I had a leader, MMC and berzerk HS in the east foxhole in melee with his HS, Brasche the hero and a leader. THENNNN he reinforced the melee with an MMC. I got wiped out in CC. Very close.

[Kohlenklau]

Then we played the same scenario but in another format in 3D.
If you want to read THAT AAR you can go here...to this post in this forum for a game called Combat Mission.
I did several posts in a row so it should be a quick and simple read.

https://community.battlefront.com/topic ... nt=1983127

[Kohlenklau]

GAME NUMBER 25
Kohlenklau (Phil) Victories: 8
Gary Victories: 17

25 March 2023 REAR GUARD (Gary as Germans/Phil as Soviets) I WON
Ost Front 1944. Gary had always had to play this solitaire until I got into VASL. He is a small force of Gross Deustchland infantry with 9 panzerfausts. I have I think 3 IS-2's and 5 T-34/85's. I enter on one edge and must exit 7 "units" but if he knocks out one of my tanks, I must wipe out one of his SMC or HS's. It was sooooooo close. Came down to the last melee. He had to take me on as I would have won if he didn't try. He KO'd 3 tanks with fausts. Burning brightly!

[Kohlenklau]

I think I lost track of a few we did. Then we took a long break as I was busy with a mod project in another game. Then I took a trip to Europe to see some museums. Now we are back at it. France 1940. "A Real Barn Burner"...