homepage
  • Your recently viewed scenarios
    • The Bend in the Road
      Serge played the scenario
      Clash at Borisovka
      Jwil2020 played the scenario
      Circle the Wagons!
      nekengren played the scenario
      Wildcat Strike
      Richard Webb played the scenario
      Insufficient Resolve
      Thompsonmg(MGT) played the scenario
      Insufficient Resolve
      Jplott94 played the scenario
  • Not Logged In
  • Home
  • Shop for Scenarios
  • Article List
  • Reviews
  • Advanced Search
  • Games Wanted
  • Publications
  • Scenario Picker
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Scenario Lists
  • Information
    • REST API
    • Privacy policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Login/Register
    • Login
    • Register
Contest in the Clouds ETO (id:#56264)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `90 ID: A 23)
Plateau Glieres, France 1944-03-26 (5 others)
A 53: Smith & Weston (AH:ASL Annual `93a)
J150: The Sangshak Redemption (ASL Journal #10)
155: Smith & Weston (ASL 13 - Rising Sun)
CC2012-1st: Sangshak (CanCon 2012)
155: Smith & Weston (ASL 13 - Rising Sun (2021))
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanPartisan (Maquis)
39.130434782609%

Overview:

Information reached Britain and America that a great and glorious uprising had taken place in south east France. Glières had become an important element in the psychological warfare. To honour the French Resistance, the new leader, Captain Anjot, an experienced officer, would fight in the face of defeat but his aim was to save his men's lives. On 26 March 1944, after another air raid and shelling, the Germans took the offensive. They split their attacking parties into three groups (Kampfgruppen) with an objective for each group. Reconnaissance was carried out by ski patrols dressed in white camouflage. One of the patrols with a Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops) platoon, made an attack on the main exit of the plateau and captured an advanced post in the rear. Sustaining the attack from about fifty German soldiers, eighteen maquisards fought and resisted into the night but were outnumbered and overwhelmed, though most of them escaped under cover of darkness. At ten o'clock, Captain Anjot decided honor had been satisfied and ordered the Glières battalion to retreat. In the days that followed, he and almost all his officers as well as 120 maquisards were found dead. They had been killed in battle or, if taken prisoner, had been tortured, shot or deported. The Germans considered the maquisards terrorists.
Attacker: German (Gebirgsjäger Regiment 144, Reserve Division 157)
Defender: Partisan (Maquis) (Theodore Morel's Maquis Battalion)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: German     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:16.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS w D: AS
Map Board(s): 4 25
Overlays: E1
Errata (source)
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:

Scenario info

  • Recent Playings
  • Latest Updates
  • User Files
  • Public Lists
  • Comments
  • Links/References
Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-05-01(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Partisan (Maquis) winUsed German balance. I made mistake of splitting attackers into 3 groups. Loss of leaders for breaking while climbing was brutal.
2021-01-02(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins German win
2021-01-02(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best German winDan's 9-2 and 8-1 kill stacks had a good opening Prep Fire, which broke my 9-1 kill stack with the German MMG. My MMG never fired a shot as my 9-1 and two squads were eventually whittled to nothing by German rate of fire. I had put my Maquis too far forward and the Germans were able to rake my positions with long range fire. The Maquis sniper bedeviled the 8-1 Kill Stack but only broke squads. One of Dan's climbing 4-6-8's fell to their death along with a 2-4-8. Mines would claim a German Hero who was sent out to find the mines and did so. Terrain was Dan's biggest hurdle, but by Turn 7 he had more squads at Level 4 than the Maquis for the game win.
2020-07-04(D) Jason Wert vs Cliff Welsh Partisan (Maquis) win
2020-06-30(A) Jason Wert vs Cliff Welsh German win
View all
ActionDate
Kydder Added a playing2022-05-02 20:16:45
Kydder Rated the scenario2022-05-02 20:13:01
grumblejones Added a playing2021-01-03 18:06:34
Danno Added a playing2021-01-03 13:15:58
jwert02 Added a playing2020-07-04 20:14:22
FileDescriptionUserViews
Map with all overlays/SSR positioned (A23 Contest In The Clouds Setup.vsav)VASL Setupmarkdwatson829
(germ-maqui part.png)Imagehoxson1654
(gebrigjaeger2.png)Imagehoxson1635
done with a lot of draggable overlays (A23.png)Map Imagehipsu846
DescriptionUploaded by
TitleAuthorDate
DescriptionUploaded by

Quick Map View

Location

Images

 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.90Votes: 10
Views: 5158
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 6.2 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
German2
Partisan (Maquis)4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Contest in the Clouds [Confirmed]
[A] German 7
[D] Partisan 10
All Rights Reserved Dave Ramsey.