# V-Commandos: Starter \[Dec 2020\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Play by Post\ **Created:** [10 December 2020 14:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944 "2020-12-10T14:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jgd/32/619_2.png) [@JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JGD)\ **Post date:** [16 December 2020 18:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/81 "2020-12-16T18:59:09Z")
Hum, I’ve got myself into a tricky spot. If I go N openly, plant and go S, that lets me clean up the W entrance room, and have a line of fire on the new guards in there next turn. Are the guards in there at present both Enemy-1? The target token is overlaying one of them. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 11:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/82 "2020-12-17T11:27:47Z")
COMaestro: “Once 4 or more enemy units - those with sledgehammers count as 2 - are behind a barricaded enemy entrance, they kick the barricade down and enter the tile. Then discard the crowbar token.” JGD: the enemy guarding the target in the W medium room is an enemy-2. So you’d be taking three shots each hitting on 3+. If sapper pulls the fuse instead of donning the uniform, he can be visible in the E entrance tile and share the incoming fire with sniper. That might be a better bet. (And we might draw one of the five remaining “zero” tokens for the S entrance.) ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 17:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/83 "2020-12-17T17:02:36Z")
Ah, so it’s 4 or more. Darn. Really, it’s only going to get worse over in the W. Bruno should probably try to plant and blow the explosives now before there are 4 enemies in that room. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 17:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/84 "2020-12-17T17:26:23Z")
OK, I think I’m waiting for Bruno’s preference: Option A: as seen above, Sapper dons uniform, is stealthy blocking E entrance, Sniper takes enemy fire. Option B: Sapper pulls fuse, is visible blocking E entrance and splits enemy fire with Sniper, Bruno can get into the E tile with 1 rather than 2 actions. ---
**Author:** ![JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jgd/32/619_2.png) [@JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JGD)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 19:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/85 "2020-12-17T19:06:46Z")
I think I prefer B. ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 19:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/86 "2020-12-17T19:36:02Z")
And delay blowing it up, maybe until next turn. If troops are moving S, you can take a bunch of them out. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/87 "2020-12-17T20:14:15Z")
OK, so that leaves things looking like this at the end of Sapper’s turn. Sapper and Sniper both visible, fuse pulled so that indoor tiles are all Small, Bruno to act. ![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e3f1aeda2c7504cec03546de0030f0d9c8d1a05e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jgd/32/619_2.png) [@JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JGD)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/88 "2020-12-17T20:25:53Z")
Bruno hops N, rolls two stealth checks. @discobot roll 2d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/discobot/32/1_2.png) [@discobot](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/89 "2020-12-17T20:25:55Z")
> 🎲 3, 4 ---
**Author:** ![JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jgd/32/619_2.png) [@JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JGD)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/90 "2020-12-17T20:26:34Z")
I do believe I’m stealthy! If so, plant and hop back south. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/91 "2020-12-17T20:47:16Z")
Correct. OK, reinforcement draws: - zero enemy-1 - enemy-1 enemy-2 - zero enemy-3 - enemy-2 enemy-3 Phew! Since the western enemy have no route to the visible characters, I think they’ll stay where they are – therefore I won’t ask about setting off the charge just yet. Others move towards the visible commandos but aren’t in range to fire. # Turn 7 ![event_close_combat](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/1X/745e180fce347aa9ac1cb969b16c1300b45965b6.jpg) ![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/7/74bb79e4d9753cd5ff38b61951dfe175ef8faf98.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 20:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/92 "2020-12-17T20:48:51Z")
Hmm. Sapper can go SW, BAR, N to become stealthy. Or just NW or SW, save, though in either case we’ll probably get enemies coming from the E. I think we want to stay stealthy to let all the middle-column enemies get into the big room; then later I can do the in, plant, out getting shot a lot that we did last mission. ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 21:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/93 "2020-12-17T21:15:16Z")
I think that’s our best bet, though if we can thin the herd a bit and make them drop some items, that might be beneficial. I think Sniper will pick up the crowbar and health kit, move S and become stealthy, shoot E, then save. Using her Springfield will not make her visible, though only one target at best will be defeated. If Sapper just moves SW and saves, he will be able to move E, move N, plant [0 AP], and move S and then move E to small tile to regain stealth on the next turn, or move stealthily S, but risk being spotted by the S reinforcements. Honestly, I feel Bruno should just hang out, open the trap door and save. Charges can be blown up when Sapper and Sniper are ready to make a run for it. ---
**Author:** ![JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jgd/32/619_2.png) [@JGD](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/JGD)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 21:49 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/94 "2020-12-17T21:49:22Z")
Bruno will, indeed, open the trapdoor and save. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/95 "2020-12-17T22:27:18Z")
@RogerBW asked for a die roll: The only person to shoot at E from S of the sniper is the sapper. 🙂 Sniper: pick up crowbar and first aid kit, S, snipe W. Bruno: open trapdoor, save. Sapper: W(S), shoot W, N. I don’t love it but I think it works. Sniper shot: `2d6: 5 + 3 = 8` for a single 3+ ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:29 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/96 "2020-12-17T22:29:00Z")
Take out the 2 die enemy. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:29 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/97 "2020-12-17T22:29:18Z")
Check. Drops: first aid kit. Sapper shoots BAR into the same tile: [roll 3d6] for 3+ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:29 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/98 "2020-12-17T22:29:41Z")
@RogerBW asked for a die roll: hmm, I think that confused it. `3d6: 2 + 1 + 5 = 8` for 3+ ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/99 "2020-12-17T22:30:06Z")
Ick, crap roll. Got one at least. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2020 22:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944/100 "2020-12-17T22:36:20Z")
Spotted. Which I was anyway, so no harm done; go north and hide. Enemy reinforcements: - enemy-1-hammer enemy-2 - enemy-2 enemy-1-hammer - enemy-2-hammer enemy-2 - zero enemy-2 Enemy movement is N. Nobody visible; no enemy fire. # Turn 8 ![event_its_jammed](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/1X/032e0e463a92f84ebc48e694260848c4adbfc950.jpg) ![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4cb8726a462d7b0a9cb0130e7abf7110253567e3.jpeg) [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944.md?page=4) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/v-commandos-starter-dec-2020/1944.md?page=6)