Frank has a great story about a miniatures game (probably CD or CD2) he
was involved in, maybe with Greg Novak or Glenn Kidd. Reflecting the idea
that unsupported US infantry had a tendency to fear the worst and call all
German tanks "Tigers," they were running a limited intelligence game where
all of the German armor was represented by Tiger models (this was not
known to the US players). At one point German armor was spotted and the
Tiger model was placed on the board. Some valiant American unit took a
shot at it anyway and the players were surprised when the ruling was that
the German tank had been penetrated and burst into flames. The American
players were shocked into a murmuring, whispering huddle, or as Frank
likes to say, "there was a great sucking of teeth," and finally brightened
up having restored intellectual order to their world. They announced,
"That was one of the pre-production prototypes that was built in soft
steel instead of armor plate."
> This reminds me of the set of WW2 miniatures rules I wrote, where tanks
> are essentially treated as wandering monsters, regardless of which side
> they are on.
>
>
> ---In , <dcndcn13@...> wrote :
>
> Guys in the infantry
> mafia may pretend to believe that tanks are obsolete, but deep down they
> know they don't mean it, if only because they want the tanks renamed
> "assault guns" and transferred to them.
>
>
>
>
was involved in, maybe with Greg Novak or Glenn Kidd. Reflecting the idea
that unsupported US infantry had a tendency to fear the worst and call all
German tanks "Tigers," they were running a limited intelligence game where
all of the German armor was represented by Tiger models (this was not
known to the US players). At one point German armor was spotted and the
Tiger model was placed on the board. Some valiant American unit took a
shot at it anyway and the players were surprised when the ruling was that
the German tank had been penetrated and burst into flames. The American
players were shocked into a murmuring, whispering huddle, or as Frank
likes to say, "there was a great sucking of teeth," and finally brightened
up having restored intellectual order to their world. They announced,
"That was one of the pre-production prototypes that was built in soft
steel instead of armor plate."
> This reminds me of the set of WW2 miniatures rules I wrote, where tanks
> are essentially treated as wandering monsters, regardless of which side
> they are on.
>
>
> ---In , <dcndcn13@...> wrote :
>
> Guys in the infantry
> mafia may pretend to believe that tanks are obsolete, but deep down they
> know they don't mean it, if only because they want the tanks renamed
> "assault guns" and transferred to them.
>
>
>
>