Rachi Ridge MTO (id:#56001)
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See Also: Rachi Ridge by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
BritishGerman
40%

Overview:

At Churchill's urging, British Troops of the 234th Infantry Brigade began occupying the Dodecanese Islands off the Aegean coast of Turkey immediately after the armistice with Italy. Several battalions and support units were placed on Kos and Leros to bolster the Italian garrisons there, with the conquest of Rhodes the ultimate goal. The Germans were quick to react, however, recapturing Kos on 4 October. Then in November came their assault on Leros. Enjoying virtually total air superiority, a battalion of 2nd Parachute Division was dropped in coordination with amphibious landings. The paratroopers' objective was the stony and fissured feature known as Rachi Ridge, which lay astride a narrow isthmus in the middle of the island. If they could hold this position, the Allied troops on Leros would be cut in two.
Attacker: British (Bataillon I, Fallschirmjäger Regiment 2)
Defender: German (2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers / A Squadron, Long Range Desert Group)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.5 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: DT (F.2), Olive Groves (B14.8), A: Paradrop (E9), D: BT (B29.9): Level A
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-02-16(A) John Garlic vs Adam Lunney British win
2022-08-16(D) Stephen dedier vs Jim Holt British winGermans suffered a scattered drop losing 2 squads, a leader and a number of squads splitting into HS. Still managed to retrieve all SW and get to the hills to setup a defense
Up to turn 8 it was a good match with the British pushing down the German left and overwhelming the force defending the one hilltop on the German right. Germans were able to rotate forces, rallying, keeping concealment and getting good results on a number of LR down 2 shots. While the British kept closing in they couldn't put together a good solid assault.
Then in turn 8, the British Heavy got a rate run and the German 8 morale proved pointless when rolling 9 and up. 3 full squads were broken, a HS vaporized on a 12 MC roll, a hero killed. The British sniper also hit as a 1 or 2 on 6 consecutive rolls causing further damage. This pretty much allowed the British to overwhelm the 2 hilltop position on the right flank in turn 9 (no units on the hill top to defend) and significantly occupy the hilltop on the left. The one German on a hilltop not Adjacent went Berserk causing him to run into a melee in a gully hilltop (that was on turn 10 so even if the Germans could win they couldn't satisfy the VC). The total end came when on dfire in turn 10 the Brits got a 1MC on my 9-2 with a FS+LMG which was in position to advance onto the hilltop for a last defense. 9-2 rolled a 12 and the squad rolled a 10. Poor ending to an otherwise really fun scenario with a lot of back and forth and strategy changes.
Learned a lot about para drops and crest status in this one.
2021-08-31(A) David Garvin vs Alain Chabot German winGreat match. Oddly enough, with a SAN of 7, he only hit it once.

His drop didn't scatter which helped as well.

I'd play this again in a heartbeat
2018-12-07(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval British winUsed British balance.
2018-12-07(D) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval British win
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Hutch Modified the gps location2025-11-12 12:55:23
Hutch Modified the overview2025-11-12 12:50:32
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-11-12 12:37:53
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-11-12 12:35:02
jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2024-10-22 20:14:55
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.33Votes: 12
Views: 8960
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 7.8 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
British8
German4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Rachi Ridge [Confirmed]
[A] British 24
[D] German 44
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