Battle Report: Asian Antenna Farm

For our third meeting of the year, I created a new battlefield.  I had been inspired by some artwork, and doing research into distributed radio telescope arrays, to build a radio telescope from Lego as Cover for MFZ.  This table-setting is the result.  Once again we had five players in a Skirmish situation.

PJ_Nicht (3 Frames & 12 Systems) = (7 Points per Asset) * (4 assets) = 28 points. (mecha)

   Grey Instigator -- 2Ra/1G/2Y/2W

   Olive Green Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR (x2).

   Tan Tank -- 2Rd+d8/2B/2W + SSR.

Tom (4 Frames & 15 Systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 20 points.
   Brown Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.
   Green Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.
   Orange Light RbF -- 2Ra/2Y/2W + SSR.
   White Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

Me (4 Frames & 14 Systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 20 points  (Justifiers 2)
   Pink Delegator -- 2Ra/1B/2Y/2W + SSR.

   Brown Delegator -- 2Ra/1B/2Y/2W + SSR.

   Green Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W.
   White Spotter -- 1Gd8/2Y/2W + SSR.

Meara (4 Frames & 16 Systems) = (3 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 15 points.  (Slytherin Scramblers)
   Red Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W.
   Yellow Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.
   Blue Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.
   Grey Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.

Occam's Spork (4 Frames & 16 Systems) = (3 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 15 points.
   Orange Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

   Red Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.

   White Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.

   Blue Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W + SSR.

This is what the table looked like at the start of the game.

Events of Turn 1 (DDC @ 11): PJ Nicht's Grey frame capture's Meara's Station before the game starts.  Occam's Spork's Orange frame hits PJ Nicht's Grey frame for 2, which then moves behind a different antenna.  PJ Nicht's Tan frame hits Occam's Spork's White frame for 2 then retreats deeper into the antenna farm.  Occam's Spork's Red frame hits Meara's Yellow frame for 3.  Meara's Red frame skitters over and slashes my Green frame for 1.  Tom's Orange hits PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 1.  My Pink frame hits PJ Nicht's Olive Green frame for 3.  Tom's Brown frame moves into the middle of the road and fires a SSR, hitting an antenna for 2 -- destroying it -- and hitting PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 1.  Tom's Green frame moves out from behind the stand of bamboo, to the edge of the road, and jackhammers Occam's Spork's Blue frame for 5.

PJ Nicht: 35 Points.

Tom: 20 points.

Me: 20 points.
Occam's Spork: 15 points.
Meara: 12 points.

Events of Turn 2 (DDC @ 8): PJ Nicht's Grey frame hits Occam's Spork's Blue frame for 1, destroying it, then moves from behind the antenna to the bush.  Occam's Spork's White frame moves from the road to the dirt of the antenna farm and claws PJ Nicht's Tan frame -- in retaliation -- for 1.  PJ Nicht's Tan frame then moves to their Station.  Tom's White frame hits the bamboo in front of PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 2, destroying it.  My Pink frame hits PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 1, Station Dance.  Tom's Orange frame hits PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 1.

PJ Nicht: 35 Points.

Tom: 20 points.

Me: 20 points.
Occam's Spork: 12 points.
Meara: 12 points.

Events of Turn 3 (DDC @ 6): PJ Nicht's Grey frame moves out of cover and captures Occam's Spork's Station.  Occam's Spork's Orange frame keeps moving forward and attacks, destroying the bamboo in front of PJ Nicht's Olive Green frame with 2 damage.    Occam's Spork's White frame moves through the antenna farm and claws PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 1, Station Dance, and Occam's Spork captures PJ Nicht's Station.  Meara's Red frame skitters over and slashes my Green frame for 2.  My Green frame then moves towards PJ Nicht's Station.  Tom's Brown frame moves deeper into the antenna farm and jackhammers Occam's Spork's White frame for 4, it does the Station Dance, and Tom captures PJ Nicht's Station.  Tom's White frame destroys the bamboo in front of PJ Nicht's Grey frame with 3 damage and hits the Grey frame for 3, which does the Station Dance.  Tom's Orange frame hits PJ Nicht's Grey frame for 2, destroying it.  My Brown frame hits Tom's White frame for 1 with a SSR, Station Dance, and my Brown frame moves up beside Tom's station.  My Pink Frame takes a few steps away from my Station and hits Tom's Orange frame for 4 with a SSR.

PJ Nicht: 28 Points.

Tom: 24 points.

Me: 20 points.
Meara: 12 points.

Occam's Spork: 9 points.

Events of Turn 4 (DDC @ 3): Tom's Brown frame jackhammers my Green frame for 1.  My Green frame retreats, chasing after PJ Nicht's Olive Green frame to cut it for 2.  Tom's Green frame moves over -- not wanting to be left out -- and jackhammers PJ Nicht's Olive Green frame for 4, destroying it.  Occam's Spork's Orange frame moves into the road and hits the antenna in front of PJ Nicht's Tan frame for 2.  Meara's Grey frame skitters out of the antenna farm and slashes Tom's Orange frame for 2, destroying it.  Occam's Spork's Red frame changes direction, moving over to claw Tom's White frame for 5, Station Dance.  I capture Tom's Station.  My Brown frame punches Tom's White frame for 2, destroying it.  The Doomsday Clock is ticked to zero.

Me: 24 Points.

PJ Nicht: 21 Points.

Tom: 12 points.

Meara: 12 points.

Occam's Spork: 9 points.

Here are several aftermath pictures.

Turn 1

Turn 1

Thoughts & Observations:

• This is our third game this year.
• This is the first time we used this table-setting.
• Point Attacker was decided by die roll.
• As was Attacker position.
• This was a Skirmish.
• I'm still holding to my resolution to use squads that haven't seen prior table time.
• Two people pulled the "Rook Maneuver" to make it the third game in a row with multiple attempts at the maneuver.
• Neither one was successful.
• This was another tense game that came down to the last activations.
• For the second game in a row, I didn't field any Soldier load-outs.
• I feel like I made a couple of tactical errors late in the game.
• Here are more pictures from the game.