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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
I made it to the game I mentioned, it was a lot of fun, even if we looked like s***.
The GM ran 4 slots, each with 8-10 people at the table. He said the universal reaction was "Man, I haven't played this in years!" He had to turn away two people at the Saturday night slot, after seating 10 at two tables.
The scenario was a US supply convoy in 1999, heading to the US forces in southeast Germany. We got ambushed on the road, and the firefight there was the main event. Our group suffered from hilarious commo difficulties, enhanced by making sure that the Lt. was not one of the ex-military players, but the 1st sergeant was.
I was driving for the Top in the lead vehicle, a sort-of armored Hummer. Top kept telling me to stop (in the kill zone?  ) while he suppressed the bad guys with the Mark-19. I drove ahead a little more each time I got shot. The LT called arty down, which fell on us, of course. End result: No dead PCs, one dead NPC, lots of wounded & dead East Germans, one truck fried. Supplies delivered eventually. Top wants to kick my character's ass.  That must have been why he was still an E-4.
The GM is local to me, and at least a few others told him they want to play again sometime. Here's hoping! 
Cavtroop, did you make it? |
yeah, sure did. Played the Friday night version, probably the one you are talking about where the PLT was the ex-mil (though, I'm not sure I beleive him), and the LT had no military experience.
Hit the ambush zone, and the decision was made to exit the AO ASAP. The GM neglected to tell us about the arty support until about 1/2 way through, so we went without. We lost one truck (insignifacnt, only NPC's and low-value stuff on board) when the driver got shot, and it flipped over. The convoy got split in half a bit, with my PC (the one-legged 11B) taking over the first half. Shot a few with the M21 on the way through, then headed into the woods.
had a 2nd firefight in a small clearing in the woods - we tried to run through it, and would have made it if we kept the pedal to the medal, but we didn't. Good firefight, lost the PLT with a massive sucking chest wound, but dropped about 6 more enemies.
Good times, but a bit disorganized. Had some...interesting...people in at the table, too. Forgot how simple 1st edition was, and also how stupid the burst fire thing was