The Sooner The Better DTO (id:#56495)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 6 ID: J91)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Matt Romey
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanCommonwealth
52.631578947368%

Overview:

Rommel launched his first attempt to take Tobruk by storm on the night of Easter Sunday. After Afrika Korps engineers succeeded in breeching the formidable anti-tank ditch, wire and mine fortifications of the outer perimeter, infantry riding on tanks and guns in tow headed for an assembly point about 200 yards inside the perimeter. Once the tanks dropped off their cargo and headed north towards the port, Australian 2/17 Battalion opened fire on the unsuspecting German infantry. Meanwhile the tanks ran into a series of anti-tank batteries and Matilda cruisers that quickly turned the tide. The Germans decided to extricate themselves from the fiasco – the sooner, the better. . .
Attacker: German (8th Machine Gun Battalion and the 5th Armored Regiment)
Defender: Commonwealth (2/17 Bn, 9 Australian Division and British 1st RTR and "J" Battery, 3rd RHA)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Commonwealth     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:16.0
AFVs: A:14
PzKpfw IVE x 2
PzKpfw IIIH x 6
PzKpfw IIIG x 6

AFVs: D:8
A13 Mk II CS x 2
Matilda II x 6
2pdr Portee x 2

Guns: A:3
3.7cm PaK 35/36 x 2
7.5cm leIG 18
D:0
Boys ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Light Dust (F11.71), A: Sangers (F8), D: PB (B30). May not operate captured German guns.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2020-06-22(A) Shane Pask vs Commonwealth winDid the maths and calculated that if I got all the tanks off, Australians couldn't win so kept them all in motion behind a cloud of dust. So at the start of turn 2, the Aussies knocked out 2 tanks. Managed to stay in the game by taking out an A13 and both Portees. (Sniper shot a Portee with a 1 - does this break the gun crew or immobilise the truck?) Also kept Post R33 mostly broken and Aussies helped out by malfing their MMG there. Managed to kill two Matildas with CH (one crew survived) and just missed taking out 2 more with snake eyes TK failing to penetrate frontal armour - one on the last turn to almost save the game (turret hit would have got it). The tank that scored the 2 CH was immobilised on T6 and just had to survive the last turn for victory. Unfortunately 3 Matildas was too many to resist. Final tally 73-31.
2020-01-13(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald German win
2019-11-16(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Duenskie, Ron Draw
2016-10-30(D) Will Willow vs D. Dolan Commonwealth winVASL
2015-10-07(D) Andy Beaton vs Dave Reenstra Commonwealth winASLPK 2015 - Desert Mini Final
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-04-14 11:10:45
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-04-14 11:07:35
Hutch Modified the Defender's AFVs2025-04-14 11:07:35
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-04-14 11:06:52
hoxson1 Modified the Unit Elements2021-04-23 16:58:07
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 10.7 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
German2
Commonwealth4
Drawn:1

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The Sooner the Better
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[A] Australian 18
[D] German 14
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