Under the Noel Trees WTO (id:#55988)
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Champs, Belgium 1944-12-25 ()
Designer: Charles Kibler
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanAmerican
51.521298174442%

Overview:

Christmas Day found the American garrison at Bastogne surrounded. The Germans marked the holiday with an assault on the hitherto quite northwestern perimeter – with Bastogne as the goal. Kampfgruppe Maucke split up at dawn, with the smaller element moving north to bypass Champs. It unknowingly advanced to a collision with B and C Companies of the 502nd Parachute Infantry. . .
Attacker: German (Panzergrenadier Regiment 115 / Panzer Battalion 115)
Defender: American (502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment / 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw IVH x 5
StuG IIIG (L) x 2

AFVs: D:2
M18 GMC x 2

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: GS (E3.72). A: WC (E3.712), D: M18s: HIP in woods.
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Change the German Balance to "Delete the last sentence of SSR 3.".J11
In SSR 3, at the end add "German 6-5-8s/3-4-8s are Elite (A1.25) units with Assault Fire (A7.36) but are not SS (A25.11), their broken morale level is one less than printed, and their Morale Factor is _not_ considered underscored.".Yanks 2
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-12-20(A) Dave B vs Joseph L DiCamillo American winMy Germans moved forward without a lot of finesse, and Joe's hidden resources were deadly in their TH and TK rolls. This one was over so fast we played another scenario same day.
2024-01-13(D) g db vs German win
2023-05-01(A) John Garlic vs Mike Stubits German win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-01-14(A) Andy Goldin vs George Hiotis German winI managed to pull out a win in a 'squeaker' of a game against George as the defending Americans. Based on my read of the terrain and his setup, I came in on the center and right (north) of the map, with the idea being the woods and hedge would mask my movement. Instead, George chose to position both of his Tank Destroyers forward, knocking out one of my STUGs on Turn 1 and immobilizing a Mk4. It could have been much worse had he made rate. Luckily his dice didn't help him and I was able to move most of my vehicles out of his line of fire, leaving only the immobilized Mk4 and his wingman moving far behind. Since my AFVs had to be mobile to exit, he chose to engage the moving Mk4 and... missed. My immobilized Mk4 which had range by that point then hit and turned the TD into a burning wreck.
George then sortied his remaining TD to get a rear shot on one of my other Mk4s. Although he missed, my tank gunner did not and by the end of Turn 3 George was out of TDs. What could have been an easy exit was stymied by aggressive play with is three Bazooka-toting squads which defended the eastern treeline and a fourth in the center. George's Americans managed to kill a Mk4 in CC (which didn't have enough points to exit). Another of my Mk4s got attacked on the woods road on its way off the board and, by firing with every weapon on board, managed to pin a BAZ team that came up the woods-road (which then missed), break another BAZ team and kill a squad and leader in CC. At that point I had 3 AFVs off the board and a lead in CVP. George failed his Personal Morale Check and conceded. That was a very close game!
2022-01-10(D) Savo Barbero vs Opponent Aanonymous German win[Imported from ROAR]
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ActionDate
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-02-19 15:06:22
BlitzkriegBeast Added a playing2025-02-19 14:34:12
BlitzkriegBeast Rated the scenario2025-02-19 14:31:16
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-11-12 17:43:51
jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2024-10-22 20:01:51
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Avg Rating: 6.58Votes: 85
Views: 15965
To-Play list count: 11
Estimated Play time: 4.9 hours
Recorded Games: 72
Archive recorded plays:
German41
American30
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Under the Noel Trees [Confirmed]
[A] German 213
[D] American 209
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