The Commissar's House ETO (id:#55969)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) ID: 04)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: AH: 1st Edition/MMP: 2nd Edition
See Also: The Commissar's House by Avalon Hill The Commissar's House by Multi-Man Publishing The Commissar's House by Avalon Hill The Commissar's House by Avalon Hill
Designer: Steve Swann
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Balance:
GermanRussian
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Overview:

The Sixth Army was being bled white amidst the ruins. The rifle strength of whole companies was often reduced to little more than a squad in an attempt to take a single house. The battle lines were now drawn through the hallways of individual buildings rather than by street or city blocks. The Germans decided to bring in fresh specialized units for the final assault; five battalions of elite pioneers specially trained in street fighting and veterans of the bitter street battles of Voronezh were summoned to take the last stubborn outposts between the machine shops of the Barrikady Gun Factory and the Volga. However, the pioneers of Major Rettenmaier had never seen a battle the equal of that for the “Commissar’s House”.
Attacker: German (50th Pioneer Battalion / 577th Infantry Regiment, 305th Infantry Division)
Defender: Russian (118th Rifle Regiment, 138th Rifle Division)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:25.0 D:25.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: BT, FB, Sewer
Map Board(s): 1 20
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In SSR 3, the Russians should have Level A Booby Trap capability — not Level C.MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2022-09-28(D) Jason Nichols vs Rob MacGinley German winRob's attacking troops were just too good for the Russians who couldn't pass their MC's. We had nearly finished the game when Rob noticed we had forgotten the snipers. My bad! Probably impacted me worse as my SAN was 6 and the German SAN was 3.
2022-07-03(D) Pascal Boileau vs S. Slunt German winA tremendous game with a pleasant opponent. As Russian, my troops were almost completely wiped out of the board at the end of turn 5 and I conceded. The German assault was swiftly carried out. I've made two mistakes: too many stacks (which is lethal in a brutal urban confrontation) and I used too few the sewer movements... Thanks to Steve for this very entertaining game !
2021-10-14(D) Tommi Lehtinen vs M T German winThe Russian central front collapsed on turn 2 due some bad rolls (boxcar for a key MC, bad roll for a 16+2 countered with the intended target making a good 6+2). This caused the Germans reaching the Comissar’s house already on turn 3 (not the turn 5 as I originally estimated). With some very good rolling on Russians managed to expel the Germans from the house on that first time, but failed to cause any failure to rout, so the Germans were back in 2 turns later and this time the Russian forces were already worn so thin that they could not sustain the firepower of stacks of 838s. I conceded on German turn 6 when the only good order unit the Russians had in the Commissar’s house was a 548 with 8-0 leader in a second level location breached by a DC and which was about the be advanced by two 838 with a hero and with five more 838 waiting their turn in the other locations.
The Russian sniper was rather active throughout the game but managed to hit only second-rate targets (no 838 or leaders). However, not a single boobytrap was triggered during the whole game.

Even if I got my a** kicked, I have to say that the scenario was good. Lot of tactical options, especially for the Germans, and lot of replay value. Just next time I would like to play the Germans.
2021-10-14(A) M T vs T.L. German winGreat game with plenty of ebb and flow in the battle. My Germans swept through the Russian opposition during the first few turns, reaching the namesake Commissar's House on turn 3 - only to be kicked out by a tremendous Russian PFPh and having to fight their way back in! In the end the German 838s were just too much, we ended with a German victory on turn 6.

Really liked the scenario, looks like there's a lot of replay potential here. Initially I had planned to blow up the fortified target building with Set DCs, as the Germans have so many, but due to the way the game flowed gave up on this idea. It would have been interesting to see though.

As a funny side note: According to A25.22, you can only replace Russian leaders with Commissars during or prior to 10/42. ASL4 The Commissar's House takes place in 11/42 and the OOB contains no Commissars. Therefore, amusingly, you can't have any Commissars in The Commissar's House.
2021-06-30(D) Jacob Elmqvist vs Asad Rustum German win
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Avg Rating: 6.81Votes: 89
Views: 14766
To-Play list count: 13
Estimated Play time: 9.9 hours
Recorded Games: 58
Archive recorded plays:
German31
Russian25
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
The Commissar's House [Confirmed]
[A] German 156
[D] Russian 155
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