Chain of Command - first game AAR

[Doug ex-em4]

Recently had my first game of Chain of Command. AAR here (plenty of photos):
http://velodoug.wordpress.com/







Doug

[pixelgeek]

Nice AAR and great looking table

URL to the post for historical purposes
http://velodoug.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/chain-of-command-first-try-of-new-rules-set/

[tomek917]

Nice terrain!

[Mr. Peabody]

Doug,

Great AAR and solid review of the game. I generally don't like clicking out of the LAF to go blogging, but that was worth it. Well done.

[NurgleHH]

Great AAR. Thank you for the introducing of the rules. Is CoC better to play with than Bolt Action??

[Doug ex-em4]

@ pixelgeek and tomek917 - any kudos for terrain and miniatures goes to my host Dave. They were all his doing.

Great AAR and solid review of the game. I generally don't like clicking out of the LAF to go blogging, but that was worth it. Well done.

Thanks, Mr Peabody - I'm glad I was able to lure you away and that it was worth your while....

Great AAR. Thank you for the introducing of the rules. Is CoC better to play with than Bolt Action??

NurgleHH - thanks for your remarks. I can't help you with Bolt Action comparisons because I've never played Bolt Action. I think there are comparisons available on various forums though. The only current WW2 skirmish system I've played is force on Force for WW2 and I preferred Chain of Command.

Doug

[Mr. Peabody]

Great AAR. Thank you for the introducing of the rules. Is CoC better to play with than Bolt Action??

You know, they are both fun games, but very different.

There is great value in Chain of Command if you are new to WWII gaming because you will end up building and painting some terrifically useful units that will see you through countless rule-sets.

[NurgleHH]

As far as I read both system, I think there is a great idea in the system of CoC, but fire and fight is better solved in Bolt Action. Maybe I will mix both to get a "better" system.

[General]

Interesting, Nurgle.  Why do you like the fire and fight better in Bolt Action?  Is is more/less lethal, less random, ...?

[Mr. Peabody]

I'm all for playing a game a bunch of times, as it's written, before changing it or mixing it up with other rule sets. At least then you know what's what when you import it, change it or when the game breaks completely and no one wants to play.

[warburton]

Nice report 

[Gibby]

Great report, and nice terrain and figures!

 I have to add that I really enjoyed CoC. I think that any ruleset that allows you, as someone new to the rules, to succeed by using real world tactics rather than in depth knowledge of the system is really something to appreciate. CoC really managed that, and I am not the only person to say so. I've heard talk of it being 'complicated' but my mate and I picked it up after one game and began to memorise a lot of rules during the first game. Can't quibble at that.

(This post in reference to Nurgle's question further up, I suppose.)

[Helen]

Thanks for sharing your game.

Cheers,

Helen

[NurgleHH]

Interesting, Nurgle.  Why do you like the fire and fight better in Bolt Action?  Is is more/less lethal, less random, ...?

I like the idea of "gaming before gaming". In CoC the "game" of finding your startpoints for your troops is very interesting. So you don't start with this fixed areas and situations you can calculate. You have to react in the game.

In the game after the game I think I like Bolt Action more. Easy handling, only few dicerolls. But I will try both and decised later.
My Problem with Bolt Action is, that it is becoming a tournamant system like Warhammer, etc.. In my oppinion it means less realistic gaming, more power gaming. 

[Mr. Peabody]

My Problem with Bolt Action is, that it is becoming a tournamant system like Warhammer, etc.. In my oppinion it means less realistic gaming, more power gaming. 

That is definitely what many would consider to be a strength of Bolt Action. I'm not comfortable with the tournament approach and the min-maxing that often goes with it.