Point-2-Point<\/a>
\ntook in great spirit. Now the game has been decided on, it is the excellent “Wilderness
\nWar” by Volko Ruhnke, a card-driven wargame about the French-Indian War in North America.<\/p>\nWe are now playing the Tournament Scenario, which starts in 1757 and which has only 4 turns, so
\nit should be finished in a couple of shows. It is the goal of the French to defend an initially
\nstrong position against an increasingly powerful British army. If the French can keep the British
\nat 0 VP they win, if the British get even only 1 VP to their side, they win. The game starts with
\nthe French at 4 VP, so the British need to get at least 5 VP. VPs are earned by conquering forts
\nand winning battles and many other things, but as the rules of this game are ca. 167 pages I
\nwon’t go into any detail.<\/p>\n
But this “short” scenario is a good suggestion by the experienced Jason, who knows of
\ncourse that most card-driven wargames on ACTS take an average of 3 years to complete. I’m
\nexaggerating, but that’s these darned wargames for you! May they be punished!<\/p>\n
We determined randomly who takes which side. The dice decided that I, the peaceful Eurogamer,
\nwould play…ze French. And Jason, the warmongering American wargamer, would play… the
\nBritish.<\/p>\n
The game has just started, this is what happened so far.<\/p>\n
Ze French start ze game by moving peacefully with their canoe and a little scouting army to
\nOswego. It is a peace expedition, designed to bring love and happiness to the Native Americans.<\/p>\n
The British react by deploying two of their most powerful armies on the French border.<\/p>\n
Ze French again build a little stockade at Oswego, an act of peace and love. They share their
\nbread with their Native American Friends.<\/p>\n
The British, realising that this might bring many of the native Indian tribes in the area to the
\nFrench side, strengthen their Northern border Militia. Probably a wise move by General Jason.<\/p>\n
And yes, mon capitain Maurice sends a call to the Iroquois Indian nations, and the
\nKaraghiyadirha, Cayuga, Oneida and Onondaga react positively by assembling little scouting
\nparties.<\/p>\n
The British, unphased, assemble the biggest army the North has ever seen and march into the
\ndirection of France’s vulnerable fort at Ticonderoga.<\/p>\n
Ze French, zey get a little scared, so zey retreat to the Green Mountains to plant some apple
\ntrees.<\/p>\n
The British continue with their policy of power, putting a deserted Ticonderoga, only populated
\nby innocent women and children, under Siege.<\/p>\n
But now, ze devious French reveal zeir true plan. In one single move the innocuous green
\nmountain army falls in the back of ze British, putting their Hudson Carry South fort under siege
\nand continuing on into the British heartland. They release some Coureur de Bois, Wood Rangers in
\nFrench, to raid alone there, but apart of killing some chicken the French don’t achieve
\nanything.<\/p>\n
Now cut off supply for their siege of Ticonderoga the British react violently by simply sending
\na contingent of the siege army to kill the sieging French while sending out the task force of
\nSchenectady stockade to get into the back of the invading French army. This is successful, the
\nfirst battle of the game results in the complete annihilation of….one meek French army. But
\napparently the battle was only a ploy to assassinate the leader of the British contingent:
\nCommander Webb is killed by a “stray bullet” and his army sits around leaderless, always
\na bad situation in this game as activating single units costs a lot of operation points.<\/p>\n
Now the French react with their own campaign. The army at Oswego advances to the now empty
\nStockade Schenectady, conquering it and garnering the first VP for the French, which now have 5.
\nSadly they have also lost a VP for the mock battle with Webb, so the count is still 4 VP.<\/p>\n
The small scouting force in the British heartland continues on to Trenton, in a mad attempt to
\nannoy the British behind their own lines.<\/p>\n
This is where we leave the action for now, more to come…<\/p>\n
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Designer Volko Ruhnke Publisher GMT Games released 2001 Players 2 Playing Time 4+ hours The Grudge Match – part 1 JASON (from the Dice Tower and Point-2-Point podcast about wargames) against MORITZ (Dice Tower podcast, Westpark Gamers) by Moritz Eggert Many of you wondered what has become of the long announced challenge Eurogamer against Wargamer … The Grudge Match
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