A Few Rounds WTO (id:#56189)
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Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
GermanCanadian
57.894736842105%

Overview:

By the beginning of March it was clear that it was just a matter of time before all of Germany west of the Rhine would be cleared of active German troops. Still the Germans launched a series of limited counterattacks intending to disrupt the Allies’ assault timetable. They hoped to keep the route through Xanten open to allow time for more German troops to retreat across the Rhine. One such assault was launched in the vicinity of Villa Reichswald and the Germans committed Sturmtigers from the recently equipped Sturmmörser Kompanie 1002. As the vehicles rumbled in, they fired a few rounds, hitting an ammo dump, completely flattening all of Villa Reichswald.
Attacker: German (116th Panzer Division and Sturmmörser Kompanie 1002)
Defender: Canadian (4th Canadian Armoured Division)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:3
Sturmtiger x 3

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
OQF 17-Pounder

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All Grain is Plowed Fields. Hex 43N8 is Canadian ammunition depot.
Overlays: X11 X13
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-08-27(D) Ulric Schwela vs Paolo Cariolato German win

(VASL Log)		6 hrsGame went down to the AFPh of the last turn, so it was all to play for and could have gone either way. The game fortune swung both ways, although in the last turn the Canadian couldn't seem to pass any MC nor pass any Rally attempt, which sealed their fate. Ultimately it came down to one last encircled HS breaking on a German AFPh shot.
Key Canadian mistakes: not setting up the PIATs in the front line (an unforgivable oversight) with the retreating troops, allowing the Beasts to go amok among the Canadians, fortunately to little effect; forgetting where the 76LL boresighted hex was (because there was a pile of German troops on top of the marker!).
Canadian highlights: setting up the 76LL on their right flank was very successful, it was away from the main German line of advance, and yet covered the entire Canadian flank through to the end game, nailing two Beasts and whacking a couple of squads with a pinch of luck.
Most unlucky moment: a 248+PIAT in K8 had a CX 9-1 and 467+LMG advance into K7, it looked bad; in its PFPh the 248 had a stroke of fortune in scoring a hit with the PIAT and breaking the 467, which in the RtPh was eliminated when claiming NQ; now the CX 9-1 was alone and the 248 advanced in for the kill: it didn't get the Ambush, it failed to scratch the leader with an 8 or less, and the 9-1 then proceeded to mow down the HS. It's a cruel game sometimes!
2024-03-17(D) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German winJim wanted the Sturmtigers, so I took the British. I set up to hold 43F2 and 43B3 as long as possible the retreat to the walled farm. GT1 was a disaster. I broke/revealed the 76LL on its first AP shot (after a TH DR > D5). I repaired it, missed a Sturmtiger in my PFPh and got obliterated by it in his DFPh! Jim took my screening positions by GT5 and closed in on the walled farm in GT6. I got two front hits on Sturmtigers that bounced off before losing both PIATs (one broke and got OVR by a Sturmtiger). I hoped Jim couldn't reach the 248 in building 43O10, but MMG fire on a 447 generated a hero who got there with a CX 247 and locked my last HS in melee giving Jim the win! Jim: Pick your 380* shots carefully; you won't get many. I hit the ammo depot* (made building 43M9 rubble) and made 43O7 rubble with a near miss but never hit infantry in a stone building. This is a fun scenario, but the Sturmtigers are frustrating. The German infantry have to win this one which came down to CC in three locations on the last turn. *SSR3 does not give a target type for the ammo depot. We used unarmored vehicle with the no explosion clause NA [E10.6].
2020-04-13(A) JP Laurio vs Arttu Canadian win
2019-05-17(A) Michael Rodgers vs Ray Woloszyn Canadian winRan out of time in the tournament round before I could remove all the Canadians from the buildings.
2019-05-17(D) rene cote vs Wasserman German winTourney opponent craftily manoeuvered and squeezed more than a few rounds with his mortars which were devastating. Couldn’t get a decent side shot with AT gun or Piat.
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Avg Rating: 6.50Votes: 12
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Estimated Play time: 4.7 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
German6
Canadian3
Drawn:0

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A Few Rounds [Confirmed]
[A] Canadian 38
[D] German 29
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