Ostfront Round 3

[Dog Soldier]

Dog Soldier and Gabeeg finished up our games.

I was wondering what people saw in the scenario as the "keys to victory"?

What I learned was:

1. Use the armored patrol boats to get troops ashore to assault and clear the Rumanian trenches. The other boats being used need to approach their landings without being detected in the dark. If spotted they are easily sunk.
   
2. Take time with the Suart tanks. Let the infantry look for the enemy in the dark. Then hammer the Axis forces with all three Stuarts to support an infantry assault.
   
3. Russian naval infantry like to ride Stuarts.
   
4. Rumanian forces need to change positions after the first turn. While well sighted at start, they are vulnerable to the patrol boats finding them with the searchlights to early.
   
5. Patience, patience, patience. Even though it is dark, do not just charge about the battle field or you will end up on the wrong side of the dirt.
   

Finally, the star shell ammo issue was corrected in version 1.1 which came out after the round started. We played start to finish with version 1.0. Having the mortars on each side be able to fire illumination rounds beyond the current three hex LOS had to make a big change in the game. Did anyone play with this capability from the start? I think it would make the Russian job much tougher to get his troops ashore. Might even level out the Pro-Russian feel of this scenario.

Dog Soldier