The Chaos Factor

[Ratzki]

Der K., I was not arguing it's merrit as a main strategy either, but as a "sideshow".My thought is that if you are gonna use it effectly, you probably don't have to, and if you have to, it probably will not be effective against your opponent. Maybe it's just me but I find that if i play a 1000 pt. game i need about 1200 pt.s to feel good and if it's a 3000 pt. game, 3500 pt.s would be nice. I just don't think that taking units outa the battle for a significant time to do an end run on my opponent for a couple of "possible" victory points is good use of my limited resources. I think this "sideshow" strategy works better on QB maps as they tend to be too wide alowing for easy unseen movements and they are too shallow that makes for tough layering of units without bunching up.
I do think this is a valid tactic however; but this should be planned and part of an overall strategy for the battle. One infantry platoon or tank roaming the backfield is not that concerning nor does it put me off my plan too much, but slam into the flank with a company of well supported infantry usually makes me sweat somewhat, and a platoon of armor with that company all cruisin' around in the end zone is bad news.