Empress Augusta Bay

Peter came over tonight, and we finished our game of Combat Commander: Pacific. I played the Japs attacking (Banzai!) at Guadalcanal. They got slaughtered, and we both wondered what the Japanese player is supposed to do to win that scenario.

Then we played Empress Augusta Bay, and that was a hoot. I played the US Marines against Peter's Japanese defense. The most telling aspect of the scenario is the US player's invasion posture, which gives him seven cards. That's a lot of options. I only had to discard my hand once the entire battle. I made one significant good move: I kept the captain and the best couple of platoons back in the second wave. This let me get a feel for how the Jap defense was organized, and when I brought the second wave in, they landed on the right flank, which was largely undefended. By the end of the fight, I had maneuvered them all the way around the Japs and got off the board for big points. Also took four of the five objectives, and my secret objective was that each one was worth 3 VPs. So I won pretty big. Very exciting battle, and we both enjoyed this one.

Off to the lab early tomorrow to give a presentation on the evolution of strategy in the global war on terror. Hope I do good.

Meanwhile, I worked out this morning (Biggest Loser video, except that I substituted squats for lunges, because my knees won't tolerate lunges). Then this evening I did a shoulder workout and 30 minutes on the treadmill (walk/run). I also made a really awesome chili from my Biggest Loser cookbook. Everyone really liked it, and I could have eaten a ton of it, but didn't.