L'Abbaye Blanche WTO (id:#56226)
Avalon Hill (ASL Action Pack # 1 ID: AP 4)
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L'Abbaye Blanche, France 1944-08-07 ()
Designer: Bill Sisler
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)American
48%

Overview:

As part of Operation Luttich, the German drive through Mortain towards Avranches, the 2nd SS-Panzer Division’s Der Führer Regiment moved out of its assembly area at 0430 hours. Once it reached the outskirts of Mortain, Der Führer’s spearhead turned right to follow the highway north, over the Cance river at Pont de la Vacherie, to where the highway merged with Route 177 out of l’Abbaye Blanche. The column planned to sweep into St. Barthelmy from the south, turn left, and support the 1st SS-Panzer Division’s drive along Route 177 towards Avranches. While trying to cross the river at Pont de la Vacherie, the Germans were ambushed by elements of the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 120th Infantry Regiment. This roadblock forced the Germans to attack from another direction. At 0600 hours, two German halftracks mounting 75mm guns and escorted by a company of infantry moved south down Route 177 in an attempt to outflank the American position. Here they met two more guns of the 823rd.
Attacker: German (SS) (Der Führer Regiment, SS-Panzer Division "Das Reich")
Defender: American (1st Platoon, Company F, 120th Infantry Regiment and 823 Tank Destroyer Battalion)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:1.5
AFVs: A:2
SPW 251/9 x 2

D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
M5 3-in AT Gun x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All Walls and Hedges are Bocage, Ov2. w A: Elite and D: Mines
Map Board(s): 42
Overlays: O4 O5
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-20(A) Simon Staniforth vs German (SS) winIn the end a relatively comfortable win for the Germans with all the onboard US forces eliminated or broken by T4. Germans pushed hard along the Eastern edge finding a Gun, MMG etc. and whilst lost HSs to initial shots the main bulk of the force was able to stay in tact and retain enough EVP to achieve victory. Had to risk a few 6FP minefield attacks with mixed results but crucially one squad got through to the Gun in that area and was able to take the crew out in CC thus opening up an avenue for exit.
2021-09-22(D) Grant Linneberg vs Asad Rustum American winFun scenario. My hidden Yanks scored enough CVP that he ran short on enough units to exit.
2021-09-21(A) Asad Rustum vs Grant Linneberg American winThe Germans lost too many squads to effective fire from a mmg and a gun. Conceded by turn 4. The Germans probably pressed on a little too hard.
2021-03-12(D) X von Marwitz vs Michael Koch German (SS) winA small classic republished as ASL186 in Yanks v2. The Americans have precious few units to stop the Germans, however their defence sets up entirely HIP. So the Americans must make the best when they spring their traps to stop the German juggernaut, which the latter will lose if they suffer more but a very few losses.

A full AAR can be found at GameSquad forum under this link:

http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/ap4-asl186-labbaye-blanche-aar.160760/
2020-05-13(D) Max Malm vs Lee American winIt felt tight and scary as americans to defend versus such a big force of elite troops, but managed to kill enough to make exit VP victory impossible
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German halftrack with 75 mm cannon
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.52Votes: 46
Views: 5756
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 2.1 hours
Recorded Games: 35
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)15
American18
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
L'abbaye blanche (The White Abbey) [Confirmed]
[A] German 69
[D] American 73
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