Reply To: Hobby Weekender 2/8/19 – We're Just Visiting, Honest!

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My “hobby” for the morning:

I’m making an effort to unplug a little.  The site, hobby, gaming, the internet in general. Sociologists aren’t kidding when they say this stuff can depress you.

 

My hobby for the afternoon: Poland – 1939 (80th Anniversary Prep)

Panzer Leader run vs. @yavasa live on Twitch.

Polish set up and German list construction:

German approach.  Ah, the “mighty” German Panzerwaffe of 1939. We’re looking at about 40 tanks here, roughly one battalion, or about 1/8 of 1st Panzer Division’s armored fighting power.

 

Yavasa gets bold, wiping out a platoon of “Pioniere” assault engineers while they were still in my trucks. The nearby platoon of SdKfz 231/6s tried to break up this tankette attack, but failed.

 

The Germans invest Polish tanks, and set up for their set-piece assault on the second Polish objective hex.

 

The German assault begins in earnest, with infantry guns, mortars, and 7.5cms on PzKpfw IVs. But Yavasa is feeding in reinforcements into the battle, and close-assaulting German PzKpfw IIs originally used to spot the Polish defenders. Yes, German tanks are burning, and Polish cavalry are involved. This DID happen (German armored recon if memory serves), and CAN be successful if done carefully under the right circumstances.

 

We got as far as Turn 5. Yavasa has definitely picked up this game! And I’m pretty sure if this game had gone to completion we’d wind up with a 4-3 Polish win.