Manouevre Friday
Annie and I set out on our 56 game tournament of Manoeuvre tonight.
And although we got off to a rough start…
(A little teeth got the bottle open.) We were able to play four games and enjoy a few Gin Bootlegs
We quickly moved inside as both Annie and I were drenched with sweat considering the Humidity of 100% (or so it felt.) I chose the two armies for our first game: Austrian and Russian. Annie opted for the Russians so I took the weaker Austrians.
I got off to a rough start losing the game to an Attrition loss—the end of the turn would have been a Nightfall victory for me but Annie knocked off my fifth unit to take victory. I still have no idea why I was moving the same unit three times in a row in my first three turns. Idiocy, mostly, or the gin.
The next game Annie chose Russia and Prussia and I opted for the upper hand with Russia and won a pretty quick Attrition victory.
After two games we were a little light headed from the heat, the gin and the Pippin so we went and picked up some halftime pizza at Pizza Luce and discussed some theology.
When we got back we put on some Jesus Christ Super Star and some Gillian Welch and dove into our third game. Annie chose the big armies: British and French.
I think, here, Annie wanted me to be dramatic with the cards and sing along to JCSS so I am obliging her. You can also see I chose the British hoping for a “mini-break” as Annie was favored to win with the slightly stronger French. I won in a Nightfall victory and went up 2-1.
Our final game, I chose the opposite end of the spectrum and picked Ottomans and the US. Annie chose Ottomans and we played a very tight game. I ended up losing in a Nightfall tie-break… a very VERY ill advised move caused me to go from 7 VPs to 6 in the last turn and Annie’s ability to knock off more units let her win the tiebreak. More like HEARTBREAK.
Anyway, I was very happy to get in four games of Manoeuvre and I am still trying to figure out strategy and tactics for this game. Annie and I are very evenly matched so the next 52 games look to be just as close as the first four. Annie was hoping we’d get through the tournament by the end of September… But I’m guessing 2013 is probably a more reasonable deadline. Until next time, Ludocrats!
