Assault on Hoth (and Ogre) at EGO

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Lazy day for me at EGO.

I got in a game of Ogre with AW, playing the Combine attacker in The Train scenario. My force mix was Super Heavies with LGEVs. Seemed reasonable at the time. The Pan Euro had a fixed howitzer and a number of heavy tanks, some GEVs.

I lost this scenario despite cutting the tracks. The howitzer wore me out, probably the most damage I've even seen a howitzer impose. Usually, howitzers are good for around twice their cost in damage, often not even that.

Part of the victory conditions which I didn't use was exiting forces off the map when they were no longer needed. This might have swung a marginal defeat into a marginal victory for me.

Assault on Hoth

Short game to learn the rules.

Here's the set up:

Assault on Hoth

I definitely want to play this again, which won't be a problem as one of my game partners has purchased me a copy!

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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.