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Date Posted: 12:50:57 04/16/02 Tue
Author: Alan Yngve
Subject: Re: Alpha Russian decisions (Alpha-0)
In reply to: Alan Yngve 's message, "Alpha Russian decisions (topic thread)" on 09:19:10 03/19/02 Tue

Gosh, it's been hard to get this thread started. Maybe I can come up with some outrageous comments to urge some sort of a reaction? ;)

>ALPHA (Forced March) RUSSIAN DECISIONS:
>
>Found within the "Introduction to TTS Game Set One"
>are some introductory comments about Russian approach
>routes in Alpha. At the very beginning of each game
>of "Forced March" the Russian player will need to make
>some decisions about which of these routes to use, how
>many squads should use which routes, and where should
>the leaders go. All of these decisions are linked (of
>course) and all of them will have a major impact on
>the course of the game.

This is all "still" true.

Let me start with an anecdotal comment.

When I was starting the playtesting process for Alpha-0, I was seriously concerned that moving all of the Russians along the A/B/C rows would prove to be a "killer" tactic. So I tried playing this with a bunch of folks, and SURPRISE ... they started playing the tactic back at me!

I contend that this tactic is ONLY the best tactic if the Russian player believes that they can "out-dice" the Germans in a firefight that usually occurs between the Russians behind the stone wall in i1 and i2, and the Germans usually in the woods at m1 and m2. And since I seem to never be able to count on the dice ... ;)

So, two items:

What is the best German response to such a firefight situation?

And, how can the Russians use some of their inherent advantages to improve their chances over this situation?

Surely a few of you have played the situation ... lets hear some comments!

-- Alan (the "guilty" scenario designer)

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