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Fire & Rubble Tournament


Ted

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I have an idea and would like to check the interest.

On the Few Good men website there is a tournament going on where the Soviets in Quick Battles did not seem to fare as well against the Germans as both the Common Wealth and the Americans did. A question was asked and then debated whether there is an QB imbalance or is it just the way players chose their forces and the tactics they use. This made me think of putting together a Fire & Rubble tournament to, besides pitting the best tactical CM minds against each other, kind of do a little test of force balance during Quick Battles.

I figure a minimum of 3 quick battle scenarios will be played, each on a specific map, a December ’44 small German probe on an open/village map, an April 45 Soviet Berlin attack and a late ’44 huge armor only meeting engagement.

(More QB's could be added. We could make the tournament 4 or 5 scenarios long depending on everyone's preference. The more games the better idea of balance.)

Players would play both sides in each battle against different opponents chosen at random for a total of 6 games played.

The goal would be to play 2 games against two different opponents simultaneously for a 3 round tournament.

Three quick battle scenarios played on three different maps.

For each map a player would play two battles, one as the Germans and one as the Russians.

Right now the three battles and maps will be:

A Small German Probe with both sides Armored Infantry only on an Open-Village Map. (FR_Reitwein-880x880-Village-Open-Probe-01) probably December ’44, dawn, light snow, mist.

(This could change to a "Mixed" Probe if everyone would rather it that way.)

A Small Mixed (or maybe Infantry only) Russian Attack or Assault in Berlin City. (FR_Berlin Z West-480x480-City-Attack-01), April ’45 day.

A Huge Armor Only Meeting Engagement on an Open/Village Map. (FR_Batzlow-1520x1200-Village-Meeting-01), Late ’44 or early ’45. No rarity. I would like to make all types of tanks available.

The huge armor QB is technically is not too huge. There aren’t many tanks you can buy that the points of a huge scenario can purchase, especially late in the war with big tanks.  I wish I could double the points. It would probably be a lot less units to control/move than the small QB’s.

Any thoughts on this?

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I am going to start the tournament over on The Few Good Men website.

If you are interested in playing in this tournament and are not already a member of the FGM please head over to the Site and join up.(https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/) You'll find the tournament thread under the "Combat Mission WW2 Titles" thread."

From the sign up thread:

Fire & Rubble Tournament

The Fire & Rubble Tournament is a series of 3 quick battle scenarios each on a specific map: a December ’44 small German probe on an open/village map, an April 45 Soviet Berlin city attack and a late ’44 armor only meeting engagement on an open map.

Players will play both sides, one Russian and one German, in each battle against different opponents who will be chosen at random for a total of 6 games played. No player will play against the same opponent twice.

Each player will play two 45 minute games per round at a minimum of 5 turns per week against two different opponents simultaneously for a 3 round tournament. This would require a minimum of 6 players to join and start the tournament.

For each map a player would play two battles, one as the Germans and one as the Russians.

The scenarios:

1) A Small 45 minute German Probe with both sides set to Armored Infantry only on an Open-Village Map. (FR_Reitwein-880x880-Village-Open-Probe-01). December ’44, Eastern Europe, Dawn, Light Snow, Mist, Rarity: Standard.

2) A Small 45 minute Mixed Russian Attack in Berlin City. (FR_Berlin Z West-480x480-City-Attack-01), May ’45, Germany, Day, Clear, Dry, Rarity: Loose.

3) A 45 Minute Huge Armor Only Meeting Engagement on an Open/Village Map. (FR_Batzlow-1520x1200-Village-Meeting-01), April ’45, Eastern Europe, Day, Clear, Dry, Rarity: None.

The type of service, Army, Guards, SS, etc. is up to the individual players.

I’ll give everyone a week from today to sign up.

The tournament will start Sunday October 17th at which time I will assign everyone their opponent for the first round.

At a minimum of 5 turns per week the 1st round should end no later than Sunday December 19th but I’m hoping for a much earlier finish.

 

Note:

What made me decide to create this tournament is there has been a small debate as to whether the Soviets are handicapped by Combat Mission’s order of battle point values or is it just the way opponents choose their forces and the tactics they use.

Perhaps this tournament can help influence this debate.

 

Please, let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

 

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