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.
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...
Juno Beach – The Kind of Dice I Want
When you are defending as Axis in a beach scenario, if you can't totally destroy the enemy in a dice throw, the next best thing is to throw a Flag to force a retreat. Like this: This dice throw which was limited to only 2D, had one Infantry hit, and one Flag; the...
Best First Move – Japanese Counter-Attack
Take a look at this start for the Allies in Japanese Counter-Attack. Given the hand I have, and all other battlefield considerations, what is the best move here?Normally, you will want to soften up the enemy first thing with an AirPower Card. I was about to do...
Vassieux – Defensive Consolidation
So my very first action as Allies, was to pull back my forces. The Axis were coming in hot with six hexes of infantry against my group of three. So I pulled back my already half-power infantry at d5 to the hill at E4. And my three-quarter power infantry at F4 to the...
Behind Enemy Lines on Utah Beach
Would you do this? On my very first turn for Utah Beach, I had zero actionable cards, except for BEL. So I did this: And with a result like that, I gained my first medal with a single roll!