Convoy Scenario w/weeds prizes in force

Finally got a chance to sit down a play some matches face - face on weekend

We ran through this one twice once each of us playing each side so these are really short recants

One change is we used a roll of dice to determine Atlantis placement

Game 1:
Round 1 initiative GER
Atlantis position was two 2-column 9 so just off convoy placement
Hudson sinks U20
Kondor missile cripples Haida
Atlantis disguise

Round 2 initiative GER
- no DD were in position to sub-hunt
Atlantis sinks Sackville #3 and American Victory #2
Sackville #3 1 hit on Atlantis
U66 #2 sinks St Laurent

Round 3 initiative GER for 3rd time in a row
Convoy moving left as U20 sinking leaves opening on that side of map
Several DD are in sub-hunt positions
Algonquin 1 hit on Atlantis
Haida and Saguenay each score hits on U66 #2 sunk
Sackville #2 sinks U66 #1

Round 4 initiative Canada
JOB aborts the Kondor- go figure
Atlantis cripples Sackville #2
Algonquin smokes
Saguenay 1 hit on U510

Round 5 initiative Canada
Kondor sinks Sackville #2
Atlantis 1 hit on Algonquin
Algonquin sinks Atlantis
Saguenay sinks U510
Sackville #1 sinks U552

Round 6 initiative Canada
Germany reduced to Kondor
Canada basically unopposed but can’t reach other side of map By Round 7 due to lateral movement to avoid subs

Notes:
Solo allied ship was always more vulnerable
Algonquin was not is best position to smoke due to placement once Atlantis showed up
ASW rolls better then expected

Very interesting outcomes. It is rare for the convoy to defeat the attackers in these scenarios in my experience. Probably because the Canadians looked too good to destroy.

I managed to convince my wife to play, she’s played a couple games with me before but isn’t super enthusiastic. That didn’t stop her from absolutely crushing my Canadian convoy.

The set up:


Turn 1: most allied units moved forward with a couple DDs moving out to screen. Sub hunter allowed the Algonquin to get to the Atlantis and negate the disguise SA

U-20 was depth charged but managed to survive with a roll of 6. Atlantis succumbed to gunfire from the escorts but sank the crippled Algonquin.

The next turns saw the other Canadian destroyers torpedoed without getting into depth charge position. Elusive quarry on the two U66 caused a lot of issues for the escorts.


A brave Sacville was destroyed by AirPower after I forgot to use subhunter on U20. Not that it would have mattered to the kondor crew which square the ship was in. The last of the escorts soon died and the convoy systematically died with the Wolfpack circling.

Final turn:


Overall, I made a few errors in deployment and movement which lead to the decisive German victory. Fun scenario though.

I think spreading my escorts evenly was a mistake, if I were to do it again I would concentrate all the dd around the sturdier SS American Victories and leave JOB/LST to the wolves.