Game #1 of 2011- Charlie Don't Surf (CDS), and The Great Rice Hunt from the Surf's Up scenario booklet.
I reffed for Andrew and Doc Neodynium, both relative newcomers to wargaming. Cutting to the chase, their first experience of CDS left them asking if we could replay the scenario, only with them swapping roles. They particularly liked the air of tension created by various game mechanics and the lack of abstraction/degree of simulation. Not too shabby considering I was doing my usual multi-tasking (collect subs and take my turns in the ongoing Civ campaign being run) and also making various cock-ups in terms of the rules (but at least I realised, confessed and made good my errors). It was in all honesty a fairly bloodless and very cautious game, but the newbies left with a clear idea of how CDS (and by extension other TFL rules) worked, and the thinking behind various mechanisms.
...Captain Martin reflected on his company's part in Operation Attleboro thus far. Listening to Captain Neatherway's experiences had paid off, with Martin's extremely cautious advance through the jungle south of the hamlet enabling to ascertain the approximate location of some of the VC forces arrayed against him. He'd had a further stroke of luck when a VC squad gave its position away with its poor fire discipline.
However, the VC as a whole proved to be very elusive, if not particularly aggressive. They managed to evade various US platoons lumbering amidst the jungle in search of them, and gave the distinct impression that they had been expecting the UD to arrive from some other direction. A brief spate of opportunistic fire saw some US squads to take shock, and in some very lucky shooting, casualties, but fortunately medics were on hand. Remembering his secondary objective was to search for VC supplies, Martin ordered a squad to search one of the hooches close to the treeline. This was fortuitous, as a very thorough search revealed one of the sought-for caches. Perhaps this prompted the VC's unexpected withdrawal at this point.
...Captain Manh Ng wondered what fate awaited him. True, he had failed to both protect vital military supplies and press home his limited attacks on the Americans, but he felt confident that the limited losses inflicted upon those same Americans would not play well in Peoria politically...
In the background, the club's WH40k campaign seemed to get off to a good start as far as we could tell.
Of course, there were pork scratchings at the post-match discussion in the Con Club bar...
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