A High Price to Pay MTO (id:#56018)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition) ID: 53)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: AH: Hollow Legions (1st Edition)
See Also: A High Price to Pay by Critical Hit A High Price to Pay by Multi-Man Publishing A High Price To Pay by Avalon Hill
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy 1943-07-10 ()
DASL A08: Gruppo Mobile (AH:ASL Annual `91)
J52: Dress Rehearsal (ASL Journal # 3)
KURSK Mini-CG: Broadway to Prokhorovka (ASL Journal # 3)
J94: Kempf at Melikhovo (ASL Journal # 6)
T09: The Niscemi-Biscari Highway (AH:The General # 28.1)
S09: Ambitious Assault (ASL Starter Kit #2)
S11: A Long Way To Go (ASL Starter Kit #2)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit # 2)
HB 1: Psel River Line / Last Line Before Oboyan (Hell's Bridgehead)
HB CG 1: Hell's Bridgehead CG 1 (Hell's Bridgehead)
HB CG 3: Hell's Bridgehead CG 3 (Critical Hit # 6.4)
Buck01: Welcome to the Jungle (Buckeyes!)
WP 1: First Blood (Winpak #1)
O73.2: Mission Accomplished (On All Fronts # 73)
O104.2: Send More Pigeons (On All Fronts #104)
ON06: Kempf at Melikhovo (On Top Scenarios)
SP12: Piano Lupo (Schwerpunkt # 1)
MT 5: SI1 version 1.0 (ASL Digest # 7.08)
S22: Another Summer's Day (ASL Starter Kit #3)
26: Diabolical Shrapnel (Dezign Pak 3)
S31: Going to New York! (Operations Special Issue #1)
ASSKB2: Hill Sweet Blues (Battles Magazine #2)
Ponyri #12: Little Katy (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
S47: Not So Disposed (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 1st Edition)
BFP-97: Renewed Pressure (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
VV 76: X-Men (Vae Victis # 101)
Ponyri #12: Little Katy (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
24: Pressured and Pinned (Devil's Domain Upgrade Kit)
#10: Big Trouble in Little Stalingrad (Major Upham Battle Pack)
WO18: A Quick Strike (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016)
WO19: Through the Dragon's Teeth (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016)
178: The Niscemi-Biscari Highway (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
MM 37: Ninety Night (March Madness 2017 Hollis Partisans Pack)
: Apenas Nos Hablamos (Lider)
FT240: Commando Beach 1 (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT241: Commando Beach 2 (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT242: That Bridge Again! (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT243: Send More Pigeons II (Franc-Tireur #14)
ASL GCA 2: Tra Le Spighe Dorate (A25.6 Issue 1)
BR1: Ponte Drillo Taking (Biazza Ridge)
BR2: Gorham Assault (Biazza Ridge)
BR3: Hunting the Wolf (Biazza Ridge)
BR CG: Biazza Ridge (Biazza Ridge)
HB3 #1: Last Line Before Oboyan (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
S47: Not So Disposed (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 2nd Edition)
53: A High Price to Pay (ASL 7a - Hollow Legions (3rd Edition))
PRK1: 10 July (PROKHOROVKA!)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit Retro Magazine 2)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit #2 2022 reprint)
GD25: Berezovka Storehouse (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
BR11: Fields of Golden Wheat (ECZ Tournament Director's Pack)
53: A High Price To Pay (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (1st Edition))
SF-Rng2c: Special Forces-Ranger Beach (Internet: Steven Swann)
S96: Good, Lucky, or Both (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3)
SaP11: The 11th Hour (HASL 13 - Slaughter at Ponyri)
Designer: Rick Troha
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
ItalianBritish
53.225806451613%

Overview:

Under the codename Operation Ladbroke, the British 1st Airlanding Brigade was to capture the Ponte Grande bridge spanning the Anapo River in eastern Sicily to allow for a quick march on Syracuse by the 5th Infantry Division. 144 gliders set off from Kairouan but only 54 actually landed in Sicily; the rest got lost or were shot down. A reduced force attacked the bridge before midnight and captured it. They removed the demolitions and prepared for the inevitable counterattack. The Italians advanced with armored cars and infantry. . .
Attacker: Italian (Army and Marine elements from the Piazza Marittima Augusta-Siracusa and mortar team)
Defender: British (Elements of the 1st Borderers and 2nd South Staffords)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:7.5
AFVs: A:2
AB 41 x 2
Autocarretta

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:2
Cannone da 65/17
Mortaio da 81/14
Mortaio da 45 Brixia x 2
D:1
OML 3-in. Mortar
OML 2-in. Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Olive Groves (B14.8) D: AS (A19.131), PB (B30)
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
The LMG counter shown in the British OB should be British — not Axis Minor. The British light mortar shown should be the standard (range 2-11) — not the Airborne version. [Corrected in subsequent printings of HOLLOW LEGIONS.]MMP
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-03-04(A) Simon Staniforth vs British winWhat can you do as the Brits other than hunker in the foxholes and protect the pillbox, taking the best shots you can when presented with the opportunity. Just hung on with a GO HS and Leader left at the end and the Italians unable to get into the PB.
2022-03-02(A) Andy Bagley vs Matt Ellis Italian winA real slugfest, didn’t enjoy this scenario despite winning it. The British set up to protect the bridge, and may get the chance for some manoeuvre in Turn 1. After that, they are pretty much stuck in fixed positions while the Italians advance slowly (they have plenty of time) and inexorably forwards towards their objective. This is most likely to be through the woods, and offers little choice of strategy for the Italians.
There’s something of a challenge for the British in how they set up (particularly their mortars), but not much enjoyment to the scenario beyond that.
2019-04-20(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval British winUsed British balance.
2019-04-20(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval British win
2019-03-31(D) Shane Pask vs Italian winFine British training! Pillbox MG failed - fixed next turn, Stokes mortar crew broken by sniper - rallied next turn, Stokes mortar critical hit on Italian gun before it could even unlimber. Italians - 3 Heat of Battle rolls - 2 end up disrupted. Italian Tank main gun malfunction on first shot, disabled soon after. Still Italians made progress.
Italians made a mad dash for the pillbox turn 8. Tank made it to the bridge, but accompanying infantry broken. Truck turned into a burning wreck metres from the pillbox but smoke screened their final approach. Italians had enough to win CC on final turn and claim victory.
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Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2024-11-29 22:52:17
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-11-29 22:52:17
rangercote Added a playing2024-11-29 22:27:16
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-09-12 10:46:11
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-09-11 17:37:01
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Avg Rating: 6.45Votes: 20
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Estimated Play time: 6 hours
Recorded Games: 13
Archive recorded plays:
Italian8
British5
Drawn:0

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A High Price to Pay [Confirmed]
[A] Italian 58
[D] British 53
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