Liveblogging Warfighter game 2

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Comment by Tom on November 28, 2009 at 3:17pm

Yesh, talk about a mash up!

Reminds me of the battle of Lake Trasimene!!!

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 6:20pm

Turn 4 the Azeris are getting aggressive and trying to destroy the Iranian Armor by pinning them against the lake.

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 5:29pm

Game paused for Turkey Gumbo dinner... will resume in a bit :)

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 4:44pm

After firing, end of turn 2, focusing on the city.

The Iranians are being forced to spread out to react to the Azeris *not* charging blindly into the city.

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 4:30pm

Start of turn 2 - units quite dispersed and not piling up in the city as much as last game.

Azeris coming in close to the city.

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 4:22pm

Working the flanks, the Strykers try to get some observation to bring the mortars into the fight. The tanks are reacting the US forces and trying to plink a Stryker platoon.

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 4:03pm

It's less a change in setup than in the opening moves... they're going to try not charging into the teeth of the Iranian infantry/mortars across open farmland. Seems like that lesson would've been learned years ago in the Crimea. :)

Comment by Eric Walters on November 27, 2009 at 3:51pm

Boy, so much for leader's recon for the Stryker guys. They just go right into it. So much for deliberate planning! Interested in what changes to the Azeri setup you think might give them a better chance this time around--not immediately clear from the photos....

Comment by Brant Guillory on November 27, 2009 at 3:46pm

The US forces don't immediately mass into battle. On turn 1, they get to move 1 unit; turn 2 they move 2, and turn 3 they can move 4. After that he can move all of the US units as they unload from the aircraft and load up their vehicles.

The Iranians have a decent amount of infantry that can move into Salyan, and some armor support, but can't fight the Americans and take the city at the same time, unless the Americans run into the city and make it convenient for them.