PBEM Ground Rules

[Lt. Ketch]

C of Red, you make a valid point. I gerenally try to have a balanced/historical force, although I'll be the first to admit that I understand little of modern formantions. This means that I have a limited amount of artillary. However I do understand the Russian doctorine and know that if I'm facing a historic Russian force to expect to get rained on.

In my PBEM game I expect a fair and honest opponent. I figure that regardless of the force I'm fighting I'm trying to learn from the experience and beat the mind behind the force. An uneven battle every now and then might help me learn a few things. Granted I say that now when I haven't really had an uneven battle. All of my opponents have been great.

[c_of_red]

I'm getting that done to me now. I'm playing the Soviets on the Grosspeterdorf map, which is a town that is the center of the road net and a choke point. I got there firstest but not with the mostest. So I'm trying to hold of the Brits long enough to get my maneuver group thru the choke point. I set up my arty spots (dimes) to help fend off the Brits who are much better troops in the 70's then the Soviets. He has closed to a hex or two so my arty will damage me as much as him. On a positive note, his arty is hurting him as much as me. I would guess he has at least a +10 experience/moral advantage, maybe more. so if we just trade arty, his better E&M numbers will win in the end, despite my advantage in weight and numbers of arty. It's a 20 turn game, so sneaking thru the woods isn't really an option. Nor is rubblizing (yes, I know that's not a word, but it is fun) the town.