Unlucky Thirteenth ETO (id:#56470)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 4 ID: J68)
Designer: Ian Daglish
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Balance:
GermanBritish / French
47.619047619048%

Overview:

For four long days, the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers had held the line of the Canal de la Bassee. So tenacious was their stand that Generalmajor Rommel visited the scene to see for himself what was holding up 7th Panzer Division. Detached from C Company to cover the battalion’s extreme right flank, 13 Platoon held the isolated village of Avalette, supported by a single gun of 25th Infantry Brigade’s own Anti-Tank Company. In the afternoon of the 25th, the expected relief of 13 Platoon by French troops materialized as a retreating French tank, which could only limp no further than the lip of a demolished canal bridge.
Attacker: German (7th Panzer Division)
Defender: British / French (13 Platoon, 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers and Remnants of Fusiliers' Carrier Platoon / French survivors of 1st D.L.M.)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:3.5
AFVs: A:2
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 2

D:7
S35
Carrier B x 2
Carrier A x 4

Guns: A:0
7.92 PzB 39 ATR x 2
D:1
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34
Boys ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All bldgs are single story. S35 sets up Immobilized nr one of the bridges; that bridge is footbridge
Map Board(s): 23 33
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-06(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker British / French winThe Germans ignored the bridge covered by the S35 and instead went for the less-guarded but wire-shielded bridge. The wire held up the infantry, the AT gun took out one tank and despite making some in-roads the carriers swung in to protect the final buildings. Always seems tough on the Germans but the combined balance on Roar and here suggests it's very doable.
2020-04-14(D) Jeff B vs Tom Mueller British / French winA tiny little scenario that seems extremely tough for the Germans, Tom opted to kick off the assault from the get-go. His first squad attempting to take the foot bridge was busted, while the other half of his men safely armor assaulted onto the bridge with his tanks. The next turn his replacement squad on the foot bridge was turned berserk so, while I saved my tank for one more turn, I would have a tough time ousting those men. Meanwhile on the bridge, despite using all of their movement to get under the wire without tank support, I was unable to stop his infantry. One of his tanks bogged, but the other came safely crashing into the first building. I chose to use my AT gun to try and stop this menace, but to no effect. Turn 3 his reinforcements came pouring in, and my sole LMG that laid a FL to stop them broke. I did manage to knock out his bogged tank with my gun. I had moved some infantry under my tank to support an eventual CC, and ended up losing a HS. Another HS that was making it's way over wasn't careful enough and pinned in the street. Things were not looking good for me. But the next turn my armored cavalry came on and, while I would've loved to strip all the goodies from my Carriers, my men were quickly needed on the ground. The three northernmost buildings became my ring of defense, with H1 being my Alamo. We both beat each other up that turn, with me losing 1.5 squads and my 8-1 on his half of the turn, and him losing 2 squads and his last tank during my half. I thought I was once again in good shape, but my bypassing abandoned vehicles worked greatly against me in CC, and he just had so many men to deal with. Thankfully he had blazed up my sole occupied Carrier in CC in front of my Alamo. This allowed him relative safe movement here, but prevented him from performing the coup de grace during his fire phases. It all came down to my last turn with us locked in melee in the final building. I had three encircled HS to his 9-1 and squad. two of my three HS passed their MCs when he shot into the melee, but his squad failed to stand fast, preserving the victory for me. Ended up being a very tight game.
2020-03-07(D) Shane Pask vs British / French winEliminated German sniper turn 2. S35 got one tank, other largely ineffective. Germans took too long to cross bridge with the sniper and AT gun helping to suppress their advance. On the last turn, 1 german squad had to win a melee, defeat a concealed squad and capture another building - not going to happen.
2019-08-31(A) Paul Works vs Dennis Dowd German win
2018-08-26(D) Gordon Jupp vs Nick Holmshaw British / French winGreat game, my 2nd playing but as the defender this time...those Carriers are crazy fun!
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Estimated Play time: 4.1 hours
Recorded Games: 15
Archive recorded plays:
German4
British / French11
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Unlucky Thirteenth [Confirmed]
[A] German 46
[D] British 44
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