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Reply To: Nam68 AAR – Search Sweep, 16th September 1968

August 24, 2020 at 6:00 pm #1561518

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VC just pop up where you least want them too… then bugger off.

As they are umpired controlled, you have very large deployment areas in the scenarios. In some, if you wait long enough to deploy, you can sometimes flank, or come in the rear of US troops.

As the US player has no idea what he will face, other than the regional threat level, it’s very frustrating for the US players. As with this game, it was supposed to be low threat, but the force selection threw up a regional command post and its defenders.

But as a flip side, my platoon in my ‘tour’ first time out ‘met’ two booby traps, and a VC spotter.

You just never know what will happen. Add in the issues with civilians clouding the battlescale and the game tries to give players the same issues that a US field command would encounter.

In regards US fire support… its tied to the regions threat level. Most of the time, company mortar platoon will be the only support fire available during the game.