Ogre Battlefields first plays (42, 43)

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Game Day at Dos Palmas, with the usual Ogre pushers in attendance. Today's games featured maps and scenarios from the Battlefiels release, which was kickstarted and arrived a few weeks ago. This is the first time any of us have played this release.

Game 42 Breakthrough

Breakthrough on the new S maps, with 8 howitzers on defense, 4 fixed and 4 mobile.

We paired off with myself and AS, and SK and AW.

I defended and lost this one, deployed my howitzers on the wrong side of the map. Here's what the start looks like:

Breakthrough on S3

SK defended and (as usual) won. Then they switched side and SK attacked and (as usual) won.

Another Breakthrough on S3

Game 43 Raid

Raid on the new S maps. It turns out I did pretty well against our local Ogre shark, came close to a draw. I made a critical mistake leaving some lgevs in a stack at close of turn, whence they were overrun by a superheavy on the next turn. Pretty cool scenario though, would be happy to play it again.

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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.