Plea for tactical help

[Flibby]

Flibby

You are anything but terrible.  You are trying to play the game the way a commander would act if time were not an issue.  Just assume that someone is yelling into your ear that you need to take that position now.  Look at the terrain and try and determine where you would place your forces to defend the objectives you have been ordered to take.  Examine your forces and make a realistic plan on what you need to accomplish in order to please that jerk yelling in your ear (ie get a draw or better in the victory conditions) and then moving your cover fire units, if necessary, so that they put fire on where you believe the enemy will be and move your assault force over the most advantageous ground towards the objectives you have assigned to them.  Through the trees might be safer, but it will be slower.  How much time do you have.  You have to balance risk and reward constantly in these games.

And the reason that the scenarios are like this is because the length of a scenario is one of the critical factors in play balancing.  If the designer was to add four or five turns (or more) for a decent recon, it would reward the attacker who ignored the recon phase of an engagement and would force the defender to hold on longer than anticipated.  A good scenario is one that is not decided until the very end; on the last turn is best.  You can put a team/squad/platoon on point to draw fire and maneuver your following forces as appropriate, but you rarely have time to do a recon and then plan your attack.  You need to assume that you have all the information you are going to get at the start.

Hope this helps some

Jeff

Feel free to email or PM me if you have more questions about scenario design.

 That really does help Jeff. Thank you very much.