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The Guards Counterattack ETO (id:#56508)
Avalon Hill (Classic ASL ID: A)
Prior Publication: SL 1, AH: The General 22-6 ASL A(Revision: MMP Website (Download))
See Also: The Guards Counterattack by Avalon Hill The Guards Counterattack by On All Fronts
Stalingrad, Russia 1942-10-06 (9 others)
B: The Tractor Works (Classic ASL)
C: The Streets of Stalingrad (Classic ASL)
A: The Guards Counterattack (AH:The General # 22.6)
B: The Tractor Works (AH:The General # 22.6)
C: The Streets of Stalingrad (AH:The General # 22.6)
St3: Dark Menace (Stalingrad: Valor of the 37th Guards (2nd Edition))
O42.1: The Guards Counterattack (On All Fronts # 42)
O46.1: Mean Streets (On All Fronts # 46)
3: Report For The Fuhrer (Stalingrad: Valor of the 37th Guards (1st Edition))
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
RussianGerman
49.921011058452%

Overview:

The very first scenario for the original Squad Leader. 25 years later this all infantry affair is just as challenging as it was when it first appeared. A must play for grognards and newbies alike.. . ."After an extremely successful summer campaign, the Germans came upon the Volga fortress of Stalingrad. Here the Red Army had dug in and was determined to make a stand. Sensing total victory, the Germans threw more and ever more troops into the fighting. But for the first time in the war, German infantry found the Russians their equal. Rebuffed by stiff resistance, the Germans committed crack assault engineers. Gradually, the Germans cleared one block, then another—only to lose them again to sudden Russian counterattacks. By October 5, the Germans had almost taken the key Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works. However, the fighting had been so heavy that the line troops occupying the surrounding area were exceptionally weak from the previous week’s combat. At that point, the Russians counterattacked with their crack 37th Guards to break the ring the Germans had thrown around the factory and reinforce the desperate defenders."
Attacker: Russian (308th Rifle Division / 2nd Battalion, 37th Guards Division)
Defender: German (Company H, 389th Infantry Regiment)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:21.0 D:13.0
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: A7.72 supersedes SSR 2, 2, 3 and 4 respectively
Map Board(s): 1
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
A7.72 supersedes SSR 2, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.MMP
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-01-09(A) David Garvin vs Dennis Freeberg German win
2021-01-08(D) Jacob Elmqvist vs David Elmqvist German win
2020-12-14(A) Eloy Muñoz vs Unai In progress
2020-10-28(A) Stephen Solomon vs Chris (Graff) Russian winI’m returning from a 25 year break and Chris is newish, so we muddled through a lot of questions while having a good time regardless. With some lucky dice, my Russians were into Bldg F5 at the end of turn 1, with only the German leader, and two broken squads in a melee. By the end of turn 2, brutal prep/opp fire whittled the Germans down to the bone. Germans never really recovered and conceded early. I wonder if a key to the defense, is holding Bldg F5 for as long as possible to run out the clock. Attacking, I couldn’t get any results from the north or east edges of the boards and clearly I need to figure out how to use a Commissar.
2020-10-05(D) Michael Rodgers vs John Otromke German winRussian player was a returning fellow playing at beginner level. Russians also had the sniper take out two of the leaders.
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von Garvin Added a playing2021-01-10 22:54:51
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mtrodgers99 Added a playing2020-11-19 16:21:38
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My first ASL game (AAR.txt)After Action ReportBrederic1404
AAR in .pdf for easy viewing. (AAR - Scenario A - The Guards Counterattack Reduced.pdf)After Action Reportgweiloh639
End of Game Germans win (GuardsCounterAttackEnd.jpg)After Action ReportAgoldin287
Guards counterattack AAR (Guards counterattack.pdf)After Action ReportZuppotto Pacioso207
Starting setup for this scenario (ASL Scenario A - The Guards Counterattack.vsav)VASL SetupBrederic928
Fixed VASL setup for VASL 6.0 (counter offset), added turn track (ScenarioA_setup.vsav)VASL Setupjalava565
The last turn on VASL (QQ 20140324173232.jpg)Imageleozhu1600
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(guards counter map.png)Map Imagehoxson1365
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.13Votes: 200
Views: 20613
To-Play list count: 8
Estimated Play time: 3.9 hours
Recorded Games: 148
Archive recorded plays:
Russian72
German70
Drawn:3

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Guards Counterattack [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 244
[D] German 247
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