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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
The Barrikady, Stalingrad, USSR 1942-11-09 (12 others)
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WP12: Rock the Kasbah (Winpak #2)
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04: The Commissar's House (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (2nd Edition) )
04: The Commissar's House (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (1st Edition) )
SF-Rng1c: Special Forces-Lethal St. Cloud (Internet: Steven Swann)
J251: Desperate Try (ASL Journal #15)
Designer: Steven Swann
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
50.886075949367%

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: RB SSR's: D: FB (B23.9), BT (B28.9), Sewer (B8)
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ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (2nd Edition) 20
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Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In SSR 3, the Russians should have Level A Booby Trap capability — not Level C.MMP
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-08-19(D) Benoit REY vs Christophe German win
2024-08-04(D) Benoit REY vs Christophe Russian win
2024-06-28(A) Yuri Pavlofski vs German win
2024-04-07(D) John Garlic vs Chip Wertenberger Russian win
2023-12-30(A) Louis Langdeau vs Lee M Russian winI got crushed!

Lee set up really well, with a lot of strong defensive positions around his flanks. Thankfully, he also got incredibly unlucky early on, and I managed to get a very strong on my left, with my right running into some resistance but making progress. I had a couple hiccups (including losing my 10-2 on a double sniper trigger), but I had also managed to drop Lee's SAN to 5 with a sniper check. Unfortunately, things took a drastic turn soon after.

Lee had set up a single HIP unit in the three level tower out front of my DZ, and I had found it fairly early on. Instead of fighting it, I decided to leave it in place and just set a holding unit below it. On the ground floor, I had set up a 9-2, 8-3-8 with FT, and a 4-6-7 with my HMG to try and do some damage against the russian building. Around turn three, Lee got a very strong shot on them, breaking the lot (and CRing the squad/wounding the leader), and moved his upper floor unit down to force me out. He then took possession of my HMG and FT, using both to savage effect to break up my approach on either side. Around this time, I also got completely evicted on my right, leaving me with only my left flank to churn up. A few turns later (along with some absolutely HORRIFIC dice), and I called it with my entire assault in shambles, and Lee's units all pulled back into the main fortified building.

This scenario is one of my faves, and I would definitely play it again. Very solid meat and potatoes ASL, with some nice special rules thrown in.
2023-08-14(A) Terrence Dorsey vs Russian Russian winRussian units that could not retreat quickly enough jumped into close combat. They fought well and held up stacks of German units for several turns.

Germans tried to advance close enough to breach the fortified building with explosive charges several times, but units were destroyed or forced to retreat several times under withering, point-blank heavy machine gun fire.

The Germans actually broke a Russian unit on the first floor, opening an opportunity to enter the Russian-held building, and even survive the first defensive fire. I almost forgot about that heavy machine gun placement way over on the left. Once he started laying a fire lane down the street, the Germans had to retreat again. Russians won the close combat melees on the right side and re-took that flank.

It was all over, the Germans lacked time and manpower to attempt another assault on the building. Even if they got lucky and were able to enter, they still needed to clear the building short on men and charges.
2022-10-16(D) wayne baumber vs Joel Russian win
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 !
2022-03-07(D) Len Kay vs Chuck Tewksbury German win[Imported from ROAR]
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
2021-06-30(A) Asad Rustum vs Jacob Elmqvist German win
2021-06-20(D) Dave Mareske vs Zoltan Eszes Russian winTexas Team Tournament
2021-06-09(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Claudio Ciardelli Russian winTraining game.. and something odd probably occured concerning the phase tracker. Good attack by the germans but the last russians held the second lvl of the building and denied german victory.
2021-05-06(D) David Garvin vs Loic Gourdon Russian win
2021-03-24(A) Rob MacGinley vs Ian Willey Russian winThe Germans have to punch thru a very extensive defence
I hit the wall and made no difference
2021-03-14(D) Claudio Ciardelli vs DrDryg German win
2021-03-14(A) Vilis Pavulans vs Claudio Ciardelli German winA training mission.
2021-02-25(D) Chris Gregg vs Nate Gregg Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2020-07-07(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs David Garvin German winAccidentally having your FTs torching up a bunch of buildings from the get-go, and being lucky with the Wind Direction roll, in order to cover the objective in smoke, allowing for a pretty undisturbed advanced? That's just good tactics...
2020-07-06(D) David Garvin vs Matias Dahlbäck German winWhat a great attack by Matias. He had me on my heels from the get-go. I was barely able to just hold on. Then the inevitable happened: his Flame Throwers started a fire, the wind picked up and his approach was now able to be covered with smoke. He used the opportunity to great effect and ended up just landing body blow after body blow.
Great attack!
2020-06-19(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval German win
2019-12-04(A) Jeff B vs Timothy Davis German win2 hrsRussians had three primary setup areas they stocked heavily: northern buildings, eastern buildings, and the House. With the exception of a couple kill stacks in the middle, I completely ignored the north and brought in all my forces heavy east. I know my opponent would say he got diced, but it's hard to put that label on my 8-on-the-dot average rolls. The trouble was he was probably averaging at least that himself and, when you're dealing with a lot of 30+2/24+3 shots against 7ML troops...well you get the picture. By Turn 3 I was already on the doorstep of the House with all my troops and heavy weaponry intact. We called it a day.
2019-11-27(A) Ken Rutkowski vs Bill Thomson Russian winWasted too many turns getting to the fortified building. As a result probably 80 percent of the Russian squads were in the building on multiple floors. There are a number of things I would do differently next time.
2019-02-08(D) Jeff B vs Phil Wentworth Russian win8.75 hrsGermans got pasted pretty good on the opening turn, losing 2.5 squads (including an engineer) and their 9-2. Had a 6-2-8 not gone berserk across the street from a gaggle of Germans the Russians would've only lost a HS. Turn 2 saw the Germans close in on the House, killing a squad and taking another 1.5 squads captive. The next three turns were relatively blood-free as the Germans mostly spent their time consolidating their positions to assault the House en masse from three sides. Unfortunately for them they still hadn't dislodged the outside MG nests, who were covering the streets with FLs. Turn 7 saw the fireworks fly again. At one point while FPF the Germans created two heroes. As heroes are wont to do though, one would be dead by the end of the turn. Further excitement was added when a Russian HS prisoner killed its guard in CC, creating a conscript in the German backfield. The Germans did manage to gain a foothold in the House. The three turns of consolidation proved to be too much of a luxury though as, at game end, the Germans only managed to take the ground floor. With encirclement in effect and a relatively strong force yet (though both FTs flamed out early after being saved for the House assault), I think with one more turn they would've had it. Fun game as always.
2018-12-07(D) Rick Galli vs Geoff Reeves Russian win
2018-09-25(D) Scott Sherer vs D. Bruce Weston Russian winCame down to one hold-out hex on the second level of the Commisar's House. The Russians had the stairways effectively blocked on the last turn so the Germans couldn't get into position to break the units in the final hex going through the building, and a desperate German flank attack around the building was broken, thus giving the victory to the Russians.
2018-08-03(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald Russian win
2018-06-30(D) Michal Bonaventura vs kandelabr German win
2018-06-02(D) Michal Bonaventura vs In progress
2018-06-01(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval German winUsed Russian balance.
2018-06-01(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval German win
2018-05-21(D) Louis Langdeau vs Lee M Russian winAnother close run on this scenario. Lee mentioned he's played it a lot, and I can see why. There's a lot of room for different approaches on both the offense and the defense. On this run, I set up with reasonably strong deployments on both my flanks. I also deployed two 447s and a dummy in FF7, Z7, and R7. My intent was to make the Germans deploy slightly backward, push them into the center to rob them of safe rout paths, and buy as much time as possible before Lee got a full surround on Z3. The first turn or two went reasonably well. I broke some units, and my one 628 squad in the chemist's house held out for longer than I thought he would. Around turn 3 though, my left collapsed pretty hard. Troops still managed to fall back in reasonably good order, but Lee snagged a lot of prisoners. Around turn 4, there was another big collapse, this time on my right. Lee maintained his characteristic aggressiveness, and by turn 5 there was a lot of German troops on both sides of the road looking in at the Z3 line of buildings. Unfortunately, over the next two or three turns, Lee's attack stalled out. There were a few clutch rolls on my side that I managed to make, and a few on Lee's that went very badly. It wouldn't have been so crushing, but it was right on the turn before a bunch of sewer troops found their way into Z3, reinforcing what had been a pretty weak ground floor. After a few more turns of assaults, Lee called it.
2018-05-06(A) Louis Langdeau vs Lee M German winLee set up with a good amount of forward positions, with all his MGs in the 20Z3 house facing the main street out front. I set up with the intent to lay down a base of fire from the two story building on board 1, and then push in from the flanks to meet up at 20Z3. I over-committed troops on my left flank, and didn't have a clear plan on how to use them. Because of that, my right flank hit 20Z3 on his own. Despite some good shots and a DC getting laid in one of the hexes, I got thrown back. At this point, my left started to move once I realized I'd need the troops soon, and by turn 6 I was knocking on 20Z3 from my left. My dice heated up at this point, and Lee had some unfortunate rally rolls the turn before my big push. He rolled at least two 12s, and with my rallied troops and new reinforcements sweeping in, I managed to seize and clear the building. Lee had a last ditch attempt with a HIP squad that ran to the 20R7 building, but I was able to kill him with the remainder of my garrison troops in CC. A fun scenario, and the Germans get a lot of gear to play with. I feel like without my run on turn 6 I wouldn't have been able to pull this one off, but still a great time.
2018-02-01(A) Pieter Van Innis vs Danny Peeters Russian winTook me too long to cross the streets due to bad smoke availibility checks. Still enjoyed it though!
2018-01-01(A) Max Malm vs Lee Russian win
2017-06-12(A) Shane Pask vs German winBy turn 2 I had taken the first objective for the loss of only 1 man - the ranking officer shot by a sniper. By turn 4 the Russians had some luck counterattacking but I was at the West side of the Commissar's house and had captured the Russian HMG. All over by turn 7 with the Russians annihilated.
Dice were on my side but an easy win.
2017-05-11(A) Dan Best vs Mike Bistodeau Russian win
2017-04-22(D) Jeff B vs Bronson Barnhart Russian win6 hrsGermans spent too much time shooting rather than moving and, even with their monster kill stacks, tended to underperform. Their HMG spent half the game on the disabled list. When they did make a move toward the House they got ripped to shreds by the machine guns.
2017-01-26(A) Jeff B vs David Garvin German win6.5 hrs
2017-01-26(D) David Garvin vs Jeff Buser German win
2016-10-07(D) Tom Abromaitis vs German win
2016-06-23(A) Jeff B vs Ryan Ellett German win4.5 hrsGermans just had too much muscle for the Russians to handle.
2016-01-19(A) patrick palma vs Miguel Molina German win
2015-04-29(D) Andy Waller vs Jeff Luce Russian win
2015-01-14(A) Seumas Hoskins vs Russian win
2014-10-12(D) Daniel Soukup vs Keven A German win
2013-11-04(D) Jeff B vs Ted Wilcox Russian win9.25 hrsForget the chemist's shop and stock the House full, protected by MG trenches on the outside. A brilliant use of HIPs helped swing the balance.
2013-08-17(A) Davide Bendazzi vs Daniel Takai German win
2013-01-27(A) Richard Agnew vs solo German winThe Chemist's Shop fell easily, but the Germans were unable to breach the fortifacated Commissar's House. Of course, they didn't really need to after securing the Chemist's Shop, so the game was really never in doubt after turn 6.
2012-10-07(A) Michal Bonaventura vs In progress
2012-09-20(D) Luke Sineath vs Matt Pavone German win
2012-09-20(D) Luke Sineath vs German win
2012-07-22(D) Richard Carter vs Stephen German winExcellent game. I could have set up better. I think I spread out too much trying to cover too much ground. Germans overwhelmed my center. My right held out a bit but was eventually overpowered. I set up my HMG out of com's house and had to abandon it early in game. Still came down to last 2 turns though. Great scenario!
2011-09-20(A) James Rimmer vs Kyle Weltner German win[Imported from ROAR]
2011-08-07(D) Martí Cabré vs Eloi Soler Russian winA very exiting game. The German player took too long to assault the Commissar's House and he was a turn to short to control it (I had also HIP one squad there). Sewer movement, DC breaching, killer MG, lots of CC... everything was there!
2011-02-24(A) Will Willow vs Fred Schwarz Russian winFtF
2010-12-22(D) Nathan Beddes vs Jamey Cribbs German win
2010-10-18(A) Fred Ingram vs Jeff Coleman German winGerman won on turn 5 - just plainn overpowered the Russians
2010-10-10(D) Steven Cummings vs Chandler Braswell German win
2009-10-04(A) Jeff Waldon vs Pierce Mason Russian winASLOK-Awesome game. The Germans could not clear the C-sar's House!
2009-10-03(A) Ian Morris vs Mick Allen German win
2009-05-09(A) Andy Beaton vs German winExcellent down-to-the-wire fight
2007-10-30(A) Martin Sabais vs Russian win
2006-09-09(D) Jan Rychetnik vs Alistair Gibson Russian win
2006-07-08(A) Nathan Scott vs JB Russian win
2004-11-22(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler German win
2004-11-22(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD German win
2004-08-16(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs German win
2004-06-15(D) Steffen Knippel vs Jeff Fisher Russian win
2001-11-17(D) Fred Ingram vs Chris Edwards German win
2001-05-21(D) Jason Wert vs Michael Spinks Russian win
1999-01-25(A) Stephane Nolet vs Eric Peytavin German win[Imported from ROAR]
1998-12-05(A) Rich Weiley vs Danny Harrison German winPaddington Bearz - December 1998.
1998-07-22(D) Alan Peterson vs Jeff Skidmore Russian win
1998-04-09(D) Keith Colins vs Shawn Collins German win
1995-10-01(A) Richard Jenulis vs Don Clouse German winASLOK 1995 [exact date unknown]
1994-02-03(A) John Garlic vs Robert Orf Russian win
1991-05-01(D) Kermit Mullins vs Scott Waites Russian win
(A) Jim Thompson vs Vince Lewonski Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
(D) Jim Thompson vs Vince Lewonski German win[Imported from ROAR]
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To-Play list count: 12
Estimated Play time: 9.9 hours
Recorded Games: 72
Archive recorded plays:
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The Commissar's House [Confirmed]
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[D] German 161
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