Starting the battle

Got in a couple of moves between other things - no more than twenty minutes. It's my grasshopper thing - I am doing several things at once again.

Diced to see what was coming on and where. First to appear was some German infantry. They came and.... stopped. So there are a load of German infantry in cover along the hedge and the M3 sentry - didn't spot them...

So, more attempts and this time the dice said that tanks were coming down the road. This time the M3 saw the tanks and decided it was time to go. Meanwhile, the German infantry - well, still didn't move.

There is a standing joke in our family that we never roll high. That's proving true a lot here. The only high rolls (5 or 6) were for the infantry to come on, then the tanks, then rolled 6 for type of  tank. My intention was 1,2 Panther, 3,4 Tiger, 5,6 King Tiger. Of the 3tank types, naturally the only one that still at the base coat only stage was the King Tiger - so that's the third time the dice went high!

Next move the shooting should start, but the way things are going could be a while.