Jeff Ital vs. Jeff Waldon

I paired up Friday night with Jeff, who came all the way in from SC. we decided on a smaller job from BFP’s ‘Beyond the Beachhead 2′, which had the Germies defending the board BFP E village against the Americans. We both bid for the Americans, and I wound up with the Germans and the balance (an extra 2-3-7). The dice were about even, overall, but I managed to pull some rolls out of my ying yang when it *really* mattered. I killed two of his three Shermans on turn 1, I think, one from a PF shot (rolled a 3) and another from a low odds shot from the PzJg III/IV (the afforementioned Hornet). Turn 4-ish, when he was really starting a heavy push into the village, I rolled a 2 on a key CC, creating a leader and smoking the squad he had sent in, and then on turn 5, that same leader and HS grabbed a PF off their back and smoked the last Shermie, at which point Jeff conceded.

This was a fantastic little tourney scenario, and I got to use some (now, at least) cool bocage rules. Jeff was a fantastic opponent, as usual, and even put up with my off-color humor.

Jeff Ital