| Date | Reporter | | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments |
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| 2024-12-22 | (D) Vic Lauterbach | vs | JM | | Russian win | | I drew the defending Germans is this Courland clash and put dummies and three HS (1 w/PSK) up front to slow down Jim's "beasts." The PSK HS torched an ISU-122 before all three HS were wiped out. I decided to concede the bridge and hold the other two VC spots which triggered a big battle for building 3aM8. A big melee in 3aQ7 tied up 3 of Jim's squads for 4 turns before my two MMC infiltrated out of it in turn 5. Every CC in this game became a melee that lasted multiple turns! The beasts and 527s killed the defenders of 3aL7, N7, N8, M7 and M8, so I had to counterattack. I got back into L7 and N7, and killed two beasts, but lost a StuG. Jim's final push retook L7 and sealed the win. This fun scenario is all-out, smash-mouth East Front action and didn't seem as pro-German as its ROAR data indicates. Killing all the beasts is critical to the defense. Jim: This attack requires balanced risk. Lose too many TDs or too many MMC and you'll fall short. Even with two ISU-152s still in action, the battle for the HQ went down to the last CCPh! Very good game. (Final CVP Germans 46, Soviets 28) |
| 2024-07-14 | (D) Ron Garcia | vs | Darryl M. | | German win | | German PF's ruled the day by taking out all but one Russian tank. My infantry, on the other hand, couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. That, coupled with pulling back maybe a turn too late and not collapsing towards the Russian main thrust in the middle of the playing area, had my forces way too strung out. However, the German reinforcements got into good positions, and I was able to run enough guys back to make taking the HQ or crossroads very difficult. By mid game, the Russians were down to one tank and mired on the other side of the road splitting the village. With little chance of taking one, let alone two of the three victory condition options, we ended it. |
| 2023-09-10 | (A) Indy Lagu | vs | Alan Hildebrandt | | Russian win | | Alan and I played a rematch from 2021...this time
I attacked.
I decided to play a bit slow but steady. The platoon
of 447 and the 7-0 was sent towards the bridge
with a T34 and ISU-122.
Alans' German defenders were getting stomped rather
badly. He sent one 548 and a JgPz IV to the bridge
and the rest came in the north.
By the time the reinforcements were all in position,
it was almost over. I had captured the 2-hex building
and had most of my force in the vicinity.
I eliminated most of Alan's initial OB for FTR (NQ is
in effect for this scenario). I think Alan felt a little shell-
shocked.
The first time we played, he was attacking and got
nowhere near the "HQ."
I think one difference is that I am a bit more aggressive
on the attack than Alan is. He seemed to fall back well
enough, but I had too much coming at him for him to
resist.
I think this one is a _bit_ tough on the Russians, but not
so much that one should give the balance...there needs
to be quite a few more playings to tell if that is necessary. |
| 2023-03-04 | (A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås | vs | Arnaud | | German win | | ASL Scandinavian Open round 4. Really intense game. My attack was through the woods and the city. flanking off to the left when I approached the city. The AT gun revealed itself in 40EE33 where he killed three of my tanks. Excellent placement. My opponent also showed excellent endgame technique to deny every possibility of taking the middle building in the last round. Great opponent and great scenario. |
| 2023-03-04 | (A) Jim Bishop | vs | Thomas Harjo | | German win | | Played as part of ASO. Thomas played this well and had very good luck early. This lead to frustration on my part as I couldn't get anything done. I began to play poorly and Thomas continued to punish that poor play with good play and better dice. Well done on his part.
This is the third time I have tried to win as the attacking Germans and the third time I have lost. I have seen this played many times by many players. My attack is quite close to those who have been successful, I just don't seem to be able to pull it off. |
| 2023-03-04 | (D) Asad Rustum | vs | Ran Shiloah | | Russian win | | ASO 2023, 4th round. |
| 2023-03-04 | (D) Michal Sedlacko | vs | Oggdeir Drevdal | | Russian win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2023-01-21 | (D) Asad Rustum | vs | Peter Rogneholt | | German win | | |
| 2023-01-04 | (D) Daniel Soukup | vs | David Goldman | | Russian win | | David easily handled the Germans in this scenario by demonstrating his depth of rules knowledge, tactical awareness, and generally great gameplay. It was an honor to lose in such a manner! |
| 2021-08-09 | (D) Indy Lagu | vs | Alan Hildebrandt | | German win | | Our game was like Dave Mareske's. Alan's Russian infantry were a bit too cautious, imho.
His tanks were a bit too aggressive. I was able to get my reinforcements into good positions
before the Russians were close.
Unlike Mr. Mareske, I had good fortune with my PF, and took out 4 AFV with them.
One AFV fell to the PSK, and one to the StuG.
Alan's attack was a bit scattered. The bulk of his force on the northern side, and a
small force on the south.
Alan rated this game lower than I did (he put it at average). We are going to switch sides
and try again.
It's certainly worth a play. |
| 2021-08-02 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Dennis Dowd | | German win | | A cautious advance by the Russians enabled the Germans to fall back in good order with a few delay tactics. None of the PF ever hit (it is one of my curses!), but my SP and AT guns were able to secure many hits and few kills on the superior armored Russian tanks. |
| 2021-06-26 | (A) Rich Weiley | vs | Dave Wallace | | German win | | I felt I was behind pretty early in this game as the German sniper eliminated the 8-1 in my first movement phase, the two squads stacked with him failed their LLTCs and never got back into the game. I pressed on and made some headway but around turn 4 suffered a further setback when the sniper struck again to eliminate the 7-0 and the 9-1 was wounded following a 12 on a self rally roll. I played through my turn 5 but midway through the German turn it became clear I lacked enough good order infantry to win. |
| 2021-06-02 | (D) David Ramsey | vs | Martin Barker | | Russian win | | Came down to the last CC but in truth a good start for the Russians meant that even with some lucky dice at the end the Germans couldn't stand up to the onslaught.
As featured on IR 46. |
| 2020-09-21 | (A) Hennie van der Salm | vs | Marten Jan Ringers | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2020-09-01 | (A) Andy Bagley | vs | Neil Brunger | | German win | | Close but no cigar. I concentrated my attack in the centre and south, making steady progress and keeping most of my armour intact (less one ISU-122). Germans didn't bother with the bridge so I took that easily, then closed in on their HQ building. My mistake was not keeping in mind that this is a rowhouse, hence that I needed to take both ground level locations before moving upstairs. What I should have done was used my DC to blow holes in the walls ("you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"), which would have made it easier to take. As it was I just fell short - really good scenario though. |
| 2020-07-27 | (A) Stephane Renaudin | vs | Clément Bertrand | | German win | | Got crushed in the rowhouse |
| 2020-07-06 | (A) Pascal Boileau | vs | Bruno Bonhomme | | German win | | Played by email this time. With the Russians, I enjoyed the space in the first turns but the Germans were pleased with the PF, AFV reinforcements and their PaK in the last turns ! And at the endgame, it was a decisive defeat for me... |
| 2020-06-27 | (A) Pascal Boileau | vs | Anthony Gibson | | German win | | A very interesting scenario. In the last turn, as the Russian, I was too far from the objectives to hope for a victory. Tony showed me how I should have played instead my last two turns and it was really instructive for me. Many thanks to him for the lesson ! |
| 2020-05-30 | (A) Kermit Mullins | vs | Dan Best | | German win | | |
| 2020-05-30 | (D) Dan Best | vs | Kermit Mullins | | German win | | |
| 2020-01-19 | (A) Eben Johnson | vs | | | German win | | For the Russians, this one really takes some thinking. Russians have to be modestly aggressive to command terrain before the German AFVs appear. The German HIPs are tough as the terrain is close quarters. Works well if the dice cooperate. Not so much this time for me.
Regardless of the dice, always a good time.
And, I banked another lesson learned: I hope I never advance another acquired MMC into a melee again! I lost a 4:1 CC, and he now had my whole stack acquired. |
| 2019-08-03 | (D) David Garvin | vs | Jack Daniels | | German win | | My sniper was hot, killing 2 leaders. Still, a tight, close game! |
| 2019-05-18 | (A) Hennie van der Salm | vs | Martin Ehlert | | Russian win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2019-01-18 | (D) Larry Rohlfing | vs | Athony Kryfka | | German win | | |
| 2018-09-30 | (A) Hennie van der Salm | vs | Nadir Elfarra | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2018-07-21 | (D) David Garvin | vs | David Ginnard | | German win | | |
| 2018-06-04 | (A) Michael Rodgers | vs | Magnus Rimvall | | German win | | Russians took their right side objective. Almost took the middle objective. |
| 2017-10-02 | (D) Jeff B | vs | Stewart King | | German win | 5.5 hrs | |
| 2017-09-30 | (A) Lawrence Spangler | vs | Diane Spangler | | Russian win | | |
| 2017-09-30 | (D) Diane Spangler | vs | Lawrence Spangler | D | Russian win | | |
| 2017-08-19 | (D) Jason Wert | vs | Ron Duenskie | | German win | | Outstanding scenario. Ron had a very constant solid attack and pressured Germans hard along the river and on the right. Some brave conscripts held hard in the German center. Game ended focusing on the stone building. Russians failed to close the CC's down with one hex escaping on an ambush and other surviving the attack. |
| 2017-08-12 | (D) David Garvin | vs | Gary Barrett | | Russian win | | |
| 2016-07-11 | (A) Kevin Killeen | vs | Dave Ginnard | | Russian win | | |
| 2016-06-25 | (D) John Garlic | vs | Brian Roundhill | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2015-11-01 | (D) A Fifteen | vs | Marc Hanna | | German win | | |
| 2015-09-13 | (D) mark watson | vs | Jordan Kehrer | | German win | | Very interesting scenario. Endless PFs from the germans and a few lucky rolls sealed a game full of HOBs, leader creation and flaming wrecks. Russians held the south bridge with tanks, but could not capture the town. |
| 2015-05-30 | (A) Fred Schwarz | vs | Bob Davis | | German win | | |
| 2014-09-20 | (D) keith Spurlock | vs | Bob Callen | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2014-05-31 | (A) Peter Palmer | vs | Sergio Puzziello | | German win | 4.5 hrs | From Gamesquad
Sergio Puzziello's Kampfgruppe Zoll held out in J157 Rage against the Machine against the Soviet Invaders to secure the win. Great game, great scenario, great opponent. |
| 2014-05-25 | (D) Don Lazov | vs | Nate Lazov | | German win | | |
| 2014-05-10 | (A) Will Willow | vs | M. Hicks | | German win | | VASL |
| 2014-05-05 | (D) Martí Cabré | vs | Miguel Guerrero | | Russian win | | My setup was not very good, with many units on the top side of the board. Miguel moved his units more to the center, using a human wave to cross a road and then struck hard against my center.
I started to retreat my bypassed units towards the victory point locations, but then in the tank firefight that ensued I was totally shattered with many tanks destroyed and me missing and malf'ing my guns and tanks.
The Russians prepared to assault the village with I only having a handful of infantry HS to defend it. As we had to provide a result for the VASL League I just conceded the scenario. |
| 2014-04-11 | (D) Hennie van der Salm | vs | Dirk Beyaard | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2014-02-25 | (A) Lee Bray | vs | | | German win | | As the Russian in this my basic plan was quite brutal and simple: to concentrate everything in a single punch in an effort to blast through to the two victory objectives needed for a win. In the end I selected the two village objectives as the target as I didn't like the relatively open river bank terrain or the potential for flanking German fire from across the river. That was the plan, but my execution wasn't quite up to it. My opponent executed an excellent fighting retreat and this, combined with my timidity with my AFVs, reflecting my worries about PFs, meant I could never do any real damage as he fell back. My infantry on the other hand were a more agressive and on about T5 I launched a human wave to cross the street into the centre of the village. It was a minimum size HW, but it did the job with relatively low cost - it did include a Fanatic 458 with a ML elevated to 10! In the end the Russians gained a foothold in all the VC building, but ran out of time to capture all of them. A good scenario, that I'd play again no problem. |
| 2014-02-20 | (D) patrick palma | vs | Jim Traver | | German win | | |
| 2013-11-08 | (D) X von Marwitz | vs | Bruno Nitrosso | | Russian win | | I had played this one as the German before. This time I was completely steamrolled by an excellent opponent. He set up EVERYTHING on the northern side of board 42 and completely ignored the approach along the river - the thing I feared he would do. Still, I did not expect to find such a concentration up the northern edge. Well, he quickly forced the gap at 42D1 and manage to reach the area from which he could threaten the entry of my reinforcements. Everything in his path seemed to be threatened by 5 of the vicious russian assault guns AND several infantry units at once, so that the thought of dropping concealment to fire seemed suicide. Closer to the river, my defenders had to fall back to try to be of any use later and thus could not fire. By the start of German Turn 3, he had reached the P hexrow of board 3a in force and killed/captured everything that used to be in his way on board 42. The German reinforcements would have had to enter along the F hexrow if they wanted any semblance of safety. With the horredous losses before, it would be out of the question to hold the HQ and nothing much to put in his path to seriously contest the bridge with any chance of success. Thus I conceded when my reinforcements were due to enter with all due respect to my excellent opponent. |
| 2013-10-17 | (D) X von Marwitz | vs | Chris Hofland | | German win | | Interesting scenario. The Russians have to time to lose and the Germans must find the fine line between staying to delay as much as possible and to fall back just in time to avoid too much punishment. Defending too far to the front might get you broken and unable to fall back in (a semblance of) order. Defending too far back will leave the Russian with just that bit of time he needs to overwhelm the mixed German defenders. The German Turn 3 reinforcements will be sorely needed in any case but thinking about where they can plug gaps most easily after entry seems a good idea when planning the original setup. |
| 2013-10-07 | (A) Kevin Killeen | vs | Michael Klautky | | German win | | ASLOK. Opponent did a great job delaying helped by several conscript HS's that found Fausts! |
| 2013-10-05 | (D) Michael Rodgers | vs | David Perham | | German win | | Exciting game. I love the PF SSR. |
| 2013-10-03 | (A) Alessandro Demichelis | vs | Catanzaro Enrico | | Russian win | | Very interesting game, both side have enough units to manoeuvre and attack/defende, the German need a careful play.
Highly recommended. |
| 2013-08-18 | (D) Tuomo Lukkari | vs | Tommi Kangasmaa | | Russian win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2013-07-26 | (A) Robert Zinselmeyer | vs | Craig Walters | | German win | | St. Louis ASL Tournament |
| 2013-07-02 | (D) Nick Trotti | vs | Jim Abrams | | German win | | |
| 2013-06-19 | (A) Paolo Cariolato | vs | Santiago Lopez Barba | | Russian win | | |
| 2013-06-08 | (A) Jeff T | vs | John Van Natta | | German win | | This one was really fun. The Russians came in strong and overwhelmed some German conscripts on the hill near the river. It looked like the Russians had too much, but an excellent fighting withdrawal from John made me earn all the ground. John played pretty close to error free and I got a little loose with the Russian armor. John bagged a T34/85 with an HIP leader and faust and his AT gun bagged another. Then when the crew was broken, he rushed a squad in and he got a critical on a Russian 152. By the time his reinforcements came in, two more went down, this time to a Shock/UK and a then boneheaded move by me leaving a 122 in range of a halfsquad with a Schreck.
A big turning point in the battle was an advancing fire shot by my Russians to DM one of the broken Germans. I rolled his sniper and John finally recruited a competent shooter. He went to my 9-1 leader stack (they were repositioning to lead the assault into the main village) and I rolled 3 5s. Result was a dead 9-1, 2 broken squads, and then a third broken due to LLMC (-1). I pushed the Russians hard, getting the 7-0 to rally the rabble and made a game of it. I got in position to capture the bridge and was across the street from the victory building in the center of town, however a last turn effort (capped by a demo in the ground floor!) fell just short as John managed to survive 2 AFPh shots with a halfsquad upstairs to claim the win. Great playing by John showing patience and shrugging off early poor morale rolls. He ended up with his squads right where he needed them to get lots of fire on the final Russian push. I really recommend this scenario, it's quite a force for the Russians and some fun SSRs with the fausts. |
| 2013-06-08 | (D) John Van Natta | vs | Jeff T. | | German win | | Jeff summed up the action pretty well with his report. This is a great scenario that I highly recommend. |
| 2013-05-28 | (D) Gordon Jupp | vs | Nick Holmshaw | | German win | | Interesting and fun game; HIP squad took out two Russian AFV on turn two with Panzerfausts, put the Russians on the back foot and they never recovered... |
| 2013-05-08 | (D) Steffen Knippel | vs | Chris Chapman | | In progress | | |
| 2013-04-19 | (D) Richard Carter | vs | Rob Linxweiller | | Russian win | | A very fun scenario that came down to a desparate attempt on my part to hold a victory location and failed.
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| 2013-04-19 | (D) Andy Beaton | vs | Eoin Corrigan | | Russian win | | The German line crumbled quickly under relentless Russian fire, and I couldn't manage to slow the Russians for a moment. I couldn't get an HE shot of my Jagdpanzers, or get close enough to a Russian AFV for a single PF shot. Eoin played a smart game and took my forces apart like they were on a butcher's slab. |
| 2013-04-12 | (D) Fred Ingram | vs | Gary Swartz | | German win | | ASL Open |
| 2013-03-08 | (D) Paul Legg | vs | Craig Benn | | Russian win | | Heroes 2013 |
| 2013-02-09 | (D) Andy Hershey | vs | Wayne Saunders | | German win | | [Imported from ROAR] |
| 2013-01-28 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | | | Russian win | | |
| 2013-01-27 | (A) Richard Jenulis | vs | Richard King | | German win | | |
| 2012-12-23 | (A) Fred Ingram | vs | Jeff Coleman | | Russian win | | I really enjoyed this scenario, and I believe my opponent did as well. Jeff had a pretty solid looking up-front defense. making it difficult to safely move vehicles too far forward without encountering any PF shots. I seemed to guess wrong on all instances of dummies on my firing.
But the up-front units crumbled on turn 2 and I was able to make some progress in the movement phase of turn 3. That is when his hidden units with the guaranteed PF made their appearance. I managed to have 2 vehicles (a T-34/85 and an IS-122) stopped adjacent to them (resulting in 2 burning wrecks). Interestingly, a mild breeze came up and we had to live with drifting smoke the rest of the game.
Turns 3 and 4 saw a major advance towards the 3aM8 victory building (which fell on turn 5). I never really considered going after the bridge (unless it was only lightly defended). So the major thrust had to be against the far buildings by the victory crossroads. Interestingly, these only required HEX CONTROL, meaning a lone vehicle IN the building (not in bypass) could control the location and hex. Unfortunately, the turn 3 German reinforcements were all targeted towards defending those locations.
We had a pretty interesting set of combats around his AT gun in 3aO4. In different hexes we had CC going on with the Russians eventually coming out on the good end of things. The best part is his wounded 9-1 with his PF died in 3aN3, and the PF was recovered by a Russian squad.
In the middle of the board, a T34/85 had shot and malf’ed his MA. On the next movement phase, he ended up just charging into the fray, getting immobilized in 3aM5. Having passed his immobilization task check, subsequent German fire then shocked it. It turned into an unconfirmed kill in the following rally phase. But then actually survived in a subsequent rally phase. Then, on the last turn, he also repaired the MA (taking a shot at the Stug which immobilized him - but missing)
The final 2 turns were all concentrated on getting control of 3aJ4. I was able to maneuver two squads to get into CC, but they were both CR'd into half squads. Oh his turn, he moved a JgdPz into bypass. So now I had to eliminate his infantry and a vehicle. In my defensive fire phase I was able to bring 16 FP to bear into the melee, breaking his fanatic squad, breaking one of my HS, but leaving the other Russian HS alive. In the last movement phase, I was able to bring infantry up to overwhelm the hex in CC. But more importantly, the Russian squad with the recovered PF was able to get adjacent to the JgdPz in bypass (who could do nothing), and it was dispatched in the advancing fire shot, thus winning the game.
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| 2012-12-23 | (D) Jeff Coleman | vs | Fred Ingram | | Russian win | | |
| 2012-12-22 | (D) James Lowry | vs | Patch Bunny | | Russian win | | http://www.rindis.com/blog/?p=1510 |
| 2012-12-14 | (D) Davide Bendazzi | vs | Jeff Sewall | | German win | | |
| 2012-10-05 | (A) Thomas Lynch | vs | Pablo Garcia | | German win | | Conceeded due to time commitments |
