Counterattack on the Vistula ETO (id:#56099)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) ID: 134)
Prior Publication: SL 109, AH: ASL Annual `90 A21
See Also: Counterattack on the Vistula by Avalon Hill
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
GermanRussian
36%

Overview:

As the Russian 8th Guards Army was expanding its bridgehead on the Vistula, they met with stiff German resistance. The Germans mounted a number of counterattacks in an effort to eliminate the Russian toehold on the west bank, leading with the Hermann Goering Division, which had just been brought up from Warsaw. After six German attacks failed to achieve the needed breakthrough, a seventh assault supported by Tiger tanks forced the situation to its inconclusive end.
Attacker: German (Panzer Division Hermann Goering)
Defender: Russian (220th Guards Rifle Regiment, 79th Guards Rifle Division/3rd Tank Corps)  
9 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:9
PzKpfw VIB x 2
SPW 251/1 x 5
Opel Blitz x 2

D:1
IS-2

Guns: A:0 D:1
57mm PTP obr. 43
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bldg 4O6 is stone; Foxholes may not exist in Gully hexes.
Map Board(s): 4 5
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-05-03(D) Asad Rustum vs Jacob Elmqvist Russian winGreat scenario with lots of options for the Russians and the Germans. The Germans cleared 4P6 by turn 7 but lost to the casualty cap not far after that.
2020-10-07(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs Matt Velazquez Russian winA 10+ month PBEM game came to an end with a 2h live session. I had it, I HAD IT, but I had also taken risks and placed units that....

Look. I had a halftrack with a squad as passengers that were freezing his two last squads. Halftrack with squads went POOF in my last player turn. After that he needed one more CVP to clinch it, and I had left a hero alone (to block him from reaching a VP-hex) two hexes away. He assault moves in with one squad. That breaks. The second squad assault moves in, takes the shots, passes everything and could then advance into CC with the hero. 4:1, the Russian reaches the CVP cap and wins.

There were SO MANY WAYS I could've stopped that. If I had only done THIS instead of THAT.

I'm not crying, you're crying.
2020-08-21(A) Andy Bagley vs Gordon Jupp German winDeliberately slow attack as the Germans, as 9 turns is a decent time. Took until turn 7 to finaly clear building 4P6 but by then my troops were well on the way to the bridges. Mixed fortunes on the dice as two snakeyes accounted for two of my halftracks and a Russian leader found a 'faust to toast a Tiger II, but on the other hand the Russians performed poorly on morale checks, which hurt them. I nearly blew it when, thinking I was just strolling to win on the last turn, I completely forgot he had a squad under one of the bridges - until it cut my guys to pieces! Fortunately, a 4 flat shot in my last AFPh was enough to break that last squad, and I just held on to win. Great scenario, could hardly have been closer.
2020-08-21(D) Gordon Jupp vs Andy Bagley German winAs Andy mentioned, mixed fortunes..the ATG did nothing which was not helpful and Andy recovered a shocked King Tiger first opportunity and then blew away my JS :( Not a good day for the Russians....
2020-08-17(D) Shaun Andrews vs Richard Vieira German winA lot of "cat and mouse" till my Russians stood their ground at the bridges taking crest status along the gully. Intense firefighting ensued which took the battle to the bottom of the 10 culminating in a final CC with 1-1 odds to decide the victors. My opponent's Germans managed to pull the rabbit out of the hat winning this one. Great play all around. Would definitely play this one again as either side.
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Estimated Play time: 7.5 hours
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