Wargame NIght 10-13

In October, Bob came over for game night. Since neither Tim, nor Eric, nor Ross called or emailed to request a different day for game night both Bob and I decided we would duke it out for first and second place respectively for the month of October.

Bob's boys along with Luke played Axis and Allies with Bob and I on the same side as the Axis players. The boys themselves would play the Allies. While we played against the kids, we decided to play a simultaneous game of Stratego to determine October's Tournament scores.

We decided that whoever had the highest points in causing the most "casualties" then would win Stratego, unless, our flag was taken by the other in which case that person would win the game outright. The casualty list was determined thusly:

A Scout which is a "9" in the game would be worth only a "point" in determining a value assigned for this "kill". A Miner which is "8" in the game would be worth "2 points". A Sergeant which is "7" in the game would be worth "3 points" etc. on down the line to the Marshall which is a "1" and would be worth "9 points" to the other player if they are killed in action.

I played the blue side while Bob played the red side. I began by testing his lines with Scout advances all the way up to his pieces by moving them until they stood in front of his troops. Bob did make a clarification, of course, that Scouts can only move then stop immediately in front of an enemy piece. Then on the next turn, the Scout then can attack and reveal the enemy piece in front of him. Learn something new everyday! So that is what I did. Thus, Bob gained a number of points at the expense of my Scouts. However, he came forward with a couple of Sergeants and Captains only to have them cut down, nay, mowed down by my excellent sharpshooters. Actually, it was a pretty close contest. We both took out each other's Marshall (1) as well as each others General (2) and were pretty much tied in terms of scoring.

I did however score some important kills by taking out a couple of his captains thus securing some decent points at the expense of Bob's position. This was taking place, mind you, while we also played Axis and Allies with the kids! I was playing the Kamikaze Japanese while Bob was the German/Italian Fascist League in Europa. I would make a Stratego move against Bob only to turn around and make a Japanese move with Bob! It was all rather Machiavelli really!

Well, in the end I did win Stratego against Bob by scoring the most casualty points. Thus, Bob got second place in the Kriegspiel Tournament while I nailed down first place. On the Axis Front, we crushed the Allies superbly in both Europe and Asia and thus staved off defeat one more time against our boys in Axis and Allies. Someday, they will figure it out and crush us in revenge. But until then, it's good to be the
King(s)!