American Tank Ace: 1944-1945 [Episode 5] - Playthrough 

Cheers!

RIP 🤕

Haha! Me neither. The rules are mixing in my little head. Soon I'll take a well deserved holiday brake and just play off camera!

Yeah but you could potentially retreat every battle, and you would still "win" the game but that would be lame :P I never retreat!

Wait! Don't waste your prestige. 😂

Wops! Some fog of war. Died anyway so no foul xD

You need to roll again for any reinforcements!

Oh yeah, I'm the creator of the group! Playing the campaign now. I agree, a fun and streamlined game!

Yeah it's a little too dangerous. I think it should be a different chart for your tank

Oh yeah, stay close and you're dead! But that still didn't save me 🙈

Commander is dead, so I am afraid there wont be any next mission. But I will do a new campaign further on! Maybe using the optional rule, to check that one out. Cheers

I would say it's even more deadly!! I wish I could exceed test depth with my Sherman!! Yikes xD

@@WW2SolitaireBoardGameChannel LOL! Exceed test depth: Let's say we call it 'Move Fast!' Which gives you a bonus to not being hit but you have a chance at throwing a track? 😇

@@wbridgeusmc I like that 😁

You have to remember that in both Patton's Best and American Tank Ace, we are never alone but rather part of a larger task force. We got howitzers, anti-tank guns, tank destroyers and other tanks with us. In Patton's Best, the only way to end combat is to kill everything. In American Tank Ace, you are allowed to retreat without any penalty. So you could even retreat every combat that triggers and easily win the game by just constantly retreating. I have suggested penalties for retreating, and hopefully they will be added to the official errata.

In PB, you can retreat out of the battle area or pop smoke and hope for the best until your allies phase where they hopefully take out something nasty. The enemy can also move away out of the battle. You are quite right though - but in one battle I did get lucky and take out not one but two Panthers as they passed by my measly M4.

In the face of overwhelming odds why didn’t you elect to retreat for self preservation? Just curious and not criticizing.

@@scottpoulter4333 Well basically that would have felt gamey. In fact, you can actually retreat every mission and never recieve any penalty for that. Go for easy wins against missions with only infantry or recon vehicles and you'll have the easiest game in the world. Where does one draw a line? Retreat from only tigers? Or tigers and panthers? You get my point. Also, the designer himself commented from his combat experience that a working tank will NEVER retreat, but will remain to support the task force. He mentioned that the retreat function is more for when your crew have substained serious wounds or gotten KIA, not to escape dangerous fights. How would command react to you betraying your friends and retreating because too many enemies showed up? Sure, if I got damaged or wounded I'd try to retreat to survive, but I'll stay and fight with honor, protecting my friends flanks as long as the tank is fully operational! Cheers

Good point Daniel.

I don't think that is in the errata but rather on the original rules! (Or maybe the reference card with the different orders). Remember, we can still fire if ready rack is empty! So basically, if ready rack is empty, you can only fire once as ammo is taken from the storage. So we should still be able to do that whatever ready rack is empty or not. Cheers

That's how it goes sometimes! I love it. Doing the campaign now, together with 19 other guys!