Ogre 35 - Two Nations, One War

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AS had a hankering for some Ogre, so we played Two Nations One War scenario from Scenario Book 2, which is the winners from the Kickstarter scenario contest.

First Ogre in about 11 months for me.

The scenario is reasonably interesting, with an Ogre on each side, and a race to control towns for acquiring reinforcements. Combine units get a head start on reinforcements, but Pan Euro gets to move first, so it seems balanced enough.

My opponent didn't take advantage of his setup to get his first turn reinforcements, then wasn't able to move fast enough to build reinforcements on a timely basis.

What I did was grab a bunch of GEV-PC and toted my infantry around to town locations. Infantry occupation is required for counting reinforcement "control."

Here's the situation towards the beginning of the game:

Two Nations One War, Ogre 35

The situation looked increasingly worse for Combine as the reinforcement differential started to add up over the turns. Combine basically conceded once I put down a dozen Light GEVs 2/3 of the way to the Combine CP, with basically unopposed movement to get there.

Good game. I'd like to switch sides and see how I'd do as Combine.

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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.