[Consim-l] After Action Report - PanzerBlitz Scenario 6

[Mike NotSpecified]

Hi Tracy!

just to let you know, I did get your message, on consim-l no less!

The number of lists in your header is impressive, and discouraging.  The 
reason you almost correctly do not antcipate a response from consim is that we 
have stupidly fractured our hobby.

What possible benefit is there in having:
panzerblitz at yahoogroups
avalonhillgames at yahoogroups
Avalonhillplayers at yahoogroups
boardwargaming at yahoogroups.com
consimlist at yahoogroups.com,
war-games at yahoogroups.com
stavka at yahoogroups.com

to say nothing of the hundreds of folders on consimworld and the discussion 
boards maintained by each publisher.

Rather than dropping each of these lists a message "to keep them alive", we'd 
do better to ask each list owner to drop the list entirely.  Let's settle on 
one, common, list with lots of traffic.  What Consim-L used to be...

I guarantee you that those interested in Panzerblitz might also be interested 
in say PanzerLeader.  And people interested in those probably wouldn't mind 
hearing about other Avalon Hill titles.  And that group might even be 
interested in other wargames by other publishers.

I would suggest we use consimworld folders for individual games, and some form 
of the old consim for general wargaming.  If that needs to be on yahoo, then 
so be it.  But this multiplicty of lists and websites etc. means too many of 
us will never hear of new and related wargames.  And posters, like you and me, 
will continue to be discouraged by the lack of response.

We have stupidly fractured our hobby.  we should work at pulling together by 
reducing the number of channels.

Mike


On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:43:28 -0500
  Tracy Johnson <tmjva at verizon.net> wrote:
> (Also sent to consim, knowing I'll never see a reply)
> 
> (And other little-used yahoogroups, a message now and then to keep those 
>lists alive.)
> 
> On a lark one day I taught and played a game of PanzerBlitz Scenario 6, a 
>German Mobile defense of the Dneiper River during a retreat...
> 
> Soviet victory conditions were to simply make it across the board to the 
>other side without significant loss.  The German least victory condition were 
>to destroy as many Soviet units as friendly units lost.
> 
> Jacob played the Soviets what would be normally considered an overwhelming 
>attack with a whole Tank Corps (18 Tank Companies + some Infantry) vs. 
>remnants of a German Tank Regiment, an Anti-Tank Battalion and a Flak 
>Battalion (3 Tank Platoons and some guns.)
> 
> Given the superior range and mobility of the German units, the Soviets broke 
>like waves against a cliff and never made it past one-third of the way 
>across.  Granted the terrain was against the Soviets, exposing them as they 
>came out of the woods.
> 
> It was also a great learning experience for a first time player.  Since 
>usually new players like to have a lot of tanks on their side.
> 
> A decisive victory was granted the Germans as they destroyed three times as 
>many units as were lost.
> 
> -- 
> BT
> 
> Tracy Johnson
> Justin Thyme Productions
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