Strategy Smackdown for Memoir 44
As a Memoir 44 commander, here is your chance to test your battlefield instincts against other commanders. Find the best course of action to protect your troops and defeat the enemy. Review the battle situation and then add your comment to the discussion.
Night Withdrawal Exit Velocity?
As a Memoir 44 commander, here is your chance to test your battlefield instincts against other commanders. Find the best course of action to protect your troops and defeat the enemy. Review the battle situation and then add your comment to the discussion.This pic...
Smackdown: Best Card Play at the Gates of Moscow
As a Memoir 44 commander, here is your chance to test your battlefield instincts against other commanders. Find the best course of action to protect your troops and defeat the enemy. Review the battle situation and then add your comment to the discussion.Take a look...
Quick Placement vs. Slow Advance plus Attack
What is the best way to advance against the enemy with infantry? Quickly move two hexes to get right next to them; no attack this turn, but stronger attack next turn? or Move one hex, and attack; but giving them more time to attack you? Depends on the scenario? For...
Counter-Attack with Assault – or Not?
STRATEGY SMACKDOWN: Take a look at this situation in the Drive on Caen scenario. Historically, in 1944, the Allies, through Operation Charnwood, were attempting to take the city of Caen. In this battle, the Allies have just barraged and taken out the Axis armor in the...
Battle of Warsaw – Best Move?
What do you think is the best action in this situation? It looks like we are possibly one move away from a win; if we choose the right one, and get some fair dice. (They don't even need to be in our favor for several of these choices; just standard percentages will...
Withdrawal from Hill 112 – The True Score
When it comes to Victory Points, the score you see is not always the "true" score. Look at this scene from Withdrawal from Hill 112. Who's ahead? Score says Axis is ahead by one. But let's look at the situation and the cards. While I do not know what...
Pointe du Hoc – Offensive (near) Perfection!
This is something that has never happened to me before. I played a scenario ( Pointe du Hoc), and the enemy only hit me once the entire game. I scored all four medals and lost only one infantry figure. Here is the final scene:As you can see, here is the...
Dug in at Sidi Omar – Armor Cat & Mouse Play
So here is the situation. Allies have a superior armor advantage on the right flank - as soon as the two units from the center move over there. But they don't want to move in too quickly. The reason is that in desert tank scenarios, it is usually the one that strikes...
Liberation of Paris – How Infantry Protects Armor
When the Allies are attacking Axis on the left flank of Liberation of Paris, they are slowed down by the barb wire rolls. The best way to get rid of barb wire is by having the armor roll on top of it. But the problem with that is that it puts them right next to the...
Liberation of Paris – Attack or Hide?
Attack or Defend? So, historically the Axis lost this battle, and according to the DoW Battle Reports, the Allies win 75% of the time. So it is a pretty tough battle for the Axis. So what should the Axis do in this situation? Go up against the full force of the...