[CON] ECC II - The Beer Game

> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 18:45:52 -0500

> The pickup Star Grunt game on Saturday night was called The Beer Game,
It was Brunhilda, my NSL Platoon Commander, she just hates to lose!

Anyway, I set up a scenario where 3 squads of NSL and 3 Squads of FSE were
separated by a stream in the center of the table. Each side was told to
"capture" live enemy and bring them back for interrogation. Nic and I played
the NSL while Mike, Pat and (!?! I've forgotten the name of the third FSE
player, but let me get another beer, it'll come back to me) were the FSE
("fizzies")

They (FSE) came over the stream to get us and we kept putting two squads on
one to keep them pinned down. When one of their squads got out of support
range we roughed up the other, got lucky in a close action and took a
prisoner. Then we spent the rest of the game trying to remain unpinned long
enough to get the prisoner off board! This we managed to do by turn 8, but not
before our two remaining squads got so shot up that they were in danger of
being captured!! Mike (the fizzie commander) charged Brunhilda and her lone
comrade with the remains (4 figs) of his leader squad. She managed to kill him
and put all his men on the ground, then she activated, grabbed two of the
enemy wounded between her and her comrade, and fled the board! On our next
activation the other squad got off board leaving the remaining fizzies to
check their wounded and bury their dead.

We lost seven men to capture three - hardly worth it since they were
"fizzies"! But we managed to kill eight of theirs if memory serves.

Then we went out and collected our beer!!

KR

The pickup Star Grunt game on Saturday night was called The Beer Game, since
the losers would be buying for the victors. KR could give a better account of
the close combat results that helped end that one. The dice were hot.

To quote KR "Never play me for beer."