Death at Carentan WTO (id:#56309)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `93a ID: A 59)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: ASL Digest #3.01 ATL 92.2
See Also: Death at Carentan by ASL Digest Death at Carentan by Multi-Man Publishing
Near Carentan, France 1944-06-11 ()
Designer: Guy Chaney & Mike McGrath
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
52.083333333333%

Overview:

To reach Carentan, the Americans would have to cross a causeway carrying the highway from Saint-Comte-du-Mont through the low-lying swamps. As the 3rd Battalion of the "Screaming Eagles" pushed toward the town, Germans in a grouping of farmhouses sheltered by hedgerows poured rifle and machinegun fire into the exposed Americans. They were pinned down and subjected to withering fire whenever they attempted to move forward. Lt.-Colonel Bob Cole finally tired of the steady losses and radioed for a smoke barrage on the farm complex. And ordered his men to fix bayonets.
Attacker: American (3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR)
Defender: German (Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:13.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: 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: All walls and hedges are Bocage, Ov4. A: Smoke Barrage w D: 1 HS HIP
Overlays: O1 O2 O4 O5
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-10-10(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin DuvalD American win
2021-05-10(A) Laurent Ferraro vs Manuel Cubero American win
2020-12-10(A) Scott Fischbein vs Richard Matheson American winRichard's second full ASL game... he's learning fast! The Americans came on under cover of some well placed smoke and were able to wipe out the initial German force and set up a solid defense in the buildings before the German reinforcements came on. A couple of entering German stacks got taken out by the American kills stacks and then were hit hard by the OBA. Germans conceded in turn 4. Fun scenario with nice give and take, with both sides having a chance to attack. Pretty tough for the Germans if the Americans can take the town early.
2020-11-01(A) Eric Topp vs Ron Oxford American winUS captured VC buildings before the German reinforcements arrived. The Observer called down Smoke on the P4 building so that the Germans couldn't use their FP against it. This left the surrounding buildings virtually unprotected and the Germans launched an assault on them. A US HS and a leader KIA-ed a German 548 squad and broke two others. These failed to rally and were then eliminated for failure to rout. Although the Germans still outnumbered the US units, the OBA was lurking and the US were spreading out to garrison the VC buildings.
2020-05-18(A) Michael Davey vs German German win
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jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2025-01-27 20:26:04
Stewart Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-01-07 09:37:57
asloser Added a playing2024-09-21 09:24:49
7-0 duval Added a playing2023-10-14 20:08:18
LaurentF Added a playing2022-01-02 22:41:31
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Lt. Col. Cole (right) meets Ike
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.71Votes: 28
Views: 11961
To-Play list count: 12
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 26
Archive recorded plays:
American16
German9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Death at Carentan [Confirmed]
[A] German 9
[D] American 14
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