Escape from Velikiye Luki ETO (id:#56515)
Avalon Hill (Classic ASL ID: H)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: SL 6, AH: The General 24-1 ASL H(Revision: MMP Website (Download))
See Also: Escape from Velikiye Luki by Avalon Hill
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
51.315789473684%

Overview:

As in Stalingrad, many pockets of Germans had been encircled. At Velikiye Luki, artillery and armor punctured through the German perimeter and as the headquarters was overrun, orders went out to save yourselves if you could. At night, isolated groups of Germans tried to breakout. The weakest part of the Soviet corridor lay to the southwest in the area of the 129th Rifle Regiment.
Attacker: German (Company 1, Battalion II, Infantry Regiment 277)
Defender: Russian (3rd Battalion, 129th Rifle Regiment)  
9.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:5.0 D:13.0
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: Night rules, Ground Snow, all units have Winter Camouflage
Map Board(s): 2 3 4
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-03-06(D) Rich Weiley vs Neil MacPherson Russian win
2020-12-31(A) O Ramaille vs German winFirst attempt with night scenarios. The Russian setup scattered to let no German escape. The Germans sneaked South of the hills with success holding their fire as much as possible. Most of the Russian units remained under No Move. And only a few Russian units actually saw the enemy. The Russian fire was random and overall starshell attempts and placement did not go well. Straying occurrence was rare. The Germans lost 1.5 squads but succeeded in the escape. A good introductory scenario for learning the night rules.
2019-06-10(D) Jeff B vs David Murray German winOnce again I managed to lose this one by the skin of my teeth as the defender. Things didn't start well for him when he lost his 10-2 and a squad to a 2KIA. With the other two squads in the stack automatically breaking, he was down to only 8 VP left in GO. Unfortunately for me I only had three squads able to move the entire game. The one leader who could managed to get himself wounded. He was able to limp around the board broken for a bit, before it turned out his wound was of the mortal variety. David deftly avoided contact with all of my other stranded units, and I was eventually down to a sole squad trying to keep on his tails and break just one unit. But, alas, he failed to find a starshell on Turn 8 and the Germans with their leader-led movement were able to get off the board in the end.
2019-01-18(A) Alan Krause vs Steve Bond Russian winSteve had several low DR shots that did a lot of damage.
2019-01-11(D) Alan Krause vs Steve Bond German winToo damn difficult to get your troops off "No Move" counters.
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Rich Weiley Added a playing2023-03-06 06:24:18
Alan Krause Added a playing2022-10-12 21:46:33
pmartin is looking to play this scenario2022-07-16 03:29:35
Cpl Wright is not looking to play this any more2021-11-24 23:29:18
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.67Votes: 36
Views: 8881
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 5.9 hours
Recorded Games: 24
Archive recorded plays:
German18
Russian6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Escape from Velikiye Luki [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 21
[D] German 31
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