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After Action Report – Monday 08/18/2014
This should get us caught up and back on track
We played two games on Monday evening, which lasted just about 2 ½ hours.
A mixed bag of Germans took on the Allies in September of 1918. Andy P and Chris O’Hal in British Camel 140’s thought they had what it took to take on John B. (Alb Dva), Jeff M (SSW DIII) and Scott K ( Fokker DVII 185). The Germans were attacking an allied balloon. This would turn out to be one of those Kodak moments, a game to remember.
Turn one saw the usual mix up and shooting to give everyone mission credit. Scott was able to get four hits into Andy’s camel with a pilot chance to boot. Scott was unsuccessful in hitting Andy’s pilot. This would be the only shooting Scott would get in the rest of the game. For the remainder of the game, Andy would successfully tail Scott from 300’.
Now, successful tailing is fine. The trick is, you have to hit your opponent to make it worthwhile and win the game. Andy failed to do this. Andy had five opportunities to hit Scott from 300’and missed on every one of them. Even Chris O’Hal thought he would give it a try and missed on his attempt as well. So, even though Scott would not dish out any more hits, he also did not receive ANY hits the entire game. The Force is strong with this one! In the meantime, Jeff M was able to successfully take out the balloon and score a kill. John B. did shoot at the balloon also but it was Jeff’s marksmanship that decided it’s fate.
Well, like last game, enough falderal. Only this time, John B. would be the victor. Turn seven saw John (down a table) Buckland fly in for the “dreaded” 500’ HO shot on Andy to help protect his wingman Scott from Andy’s relentless torture. Andy remained targeted on his prey determined to bring down his foe. After all, it’s Scott. His luck can’t last, right?
Well, everything that could happen did happen. From 500’, John rolled a one to hit Andy. John had a pilot chance on Andy and rolled a two on one d6 scoring the hit on Andy’s pilot. Andy would roll a six for the wound (dead) and that would end the game for the Germans. Ken and Kevan felt it best to save themselves and escape combat.
John attempted to console and ease Andy’s suffering by letting him know that it was a lucky 500’ shot, and John did shoot a short burst. These are comforting words to hear in your time of pain.
The untouchable Fokker and the miraculous 500’ HO shot would make for a game to remember. BTW, Scott was flying his Fokker DVII “4 for 4” pilot. He has now successfully completed his second mission. If you are like me, it will be fun to see the pilot’s outcome and compare notes with others and their pilots at the end of the war in November of 2018.
Game two was a bit less dramatic. Game two took place in January of 1917 John Buckland had to call it an evening (for lack of anything better to call it). Again, Andy P and Chris O’Hal teamed up as British Sopwith 1 ½’s against Jeff M and Scott K in Alb DIII’s. Jeff and Scott even had matching planes. They were so purdy!
Sopwith 1 ½’s are two seaters that fly like a fighter. I hate two seaters. I never do well against them and especially not in an Alb! But, we must play with what we are dealt.
Scott was able to get one burst into each of Andy’s and Chris’s plane for a total of 9 hits. In turn four, Andy dove down in an attempt to lure the Albs into a scrap. No one took the bait and Andy was out of the action for the remainder of the game. The game seemed pretty uneventful with both sides finally flying off after 7 turns.
Little did Scott know, he had put 3 of his 4 hits into Andy’s engine and 4 of 5 hits into Chris’s engine in turns one and three. Scott was unable to capitalize on this given the nature of his plane and the incredible 13000+ feet we were flying at. Albs are slow at that altitude.
So there you have it. The short and long of it, without interruption. HAHAHA, HOHOHO. Now that’s funny right there. I don’t care who you are, that’s damn funny. It’s a joke son, I say I say a play on words. It’s a tough crowd. Ablee Ablee Ablee, That’s All Folks! Good night!
Yes I did, Thank you Chris for pointing that out. I will have to go back into my notes to find the information. I will post it if I find it. Sorry about that. If anyone else has the information available and wants to post it now, please do. It was quite a thing to behold.
Thanks for the write-up Scott!!
It was an exciting end for the not-so-illustrious career of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (28/0) the Cowardly Camel pilot. He never did learn how to engage in combat properly, targeting from long distances and fleeing at the first sight of trouble… he was so pre-occupied by the S.S.W. zooming around that he never saw the deadly Alb coming…
And I still feel bad about Andrew’s pilot. Especially after he let me fly back in after I had to take a phone call. The only reason I took the head-on was because Scott was squealing “GET HIM OFF ME!” like a middle school girl with a bat in her hair. Had I known AP was missing all his shots, I would have taken the side shot – to get a better view of the air show.
Gentlemen,
My sincere apologies. I did forget to include another outstanding turn in Game one of Monday nights action. On turn 3 of Game one, Jeff M had an AMAZING six pilot chances on Chris O’Hal. He did not connect on any of them but it was a roll I have not seen since John Harris Yahtzee’d his engine at the Midwest Team tournament in July 2011.
Thank you again Chris for pointing that out. I did have it in my notes. Andy, I am sorry about your pilot as well. It was truly my fault that he did not survive. You did a fantastic job of tailing. But coming from you, I would not expect any less. Well played sir!
Now I have to go wash the bat shit out of my hair.
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