Recon in Force MTO (id:#56583)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 25.5 ID: G 8)
See Also: Recon in Force by Critical Hit Recon in Force by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanItalian / German
50.406504065041%

Overview:

As the Allied beachhead in Sicily expanded, the impatient General George Patton demanded better facilities for supplying his troops. Under orders not to launch an offensive, Patton hit upon the subterfuge of calling his advance a “reconnaissance in force”. Pushing up from Gela, the job of seizing the docks at Porto Empedocle fell to the 3rd Ranger Battalion. . .
Attacker: American (3rd Ranger Battalion)
Defender: Italian / German (Panzergrenadier Division 15 and 208° Battaglione Costiero, XII Corps)  
7 turns
    Players: 3     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:24.0 D:24.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 4
D:1
3.7cm FlaK 36 o. 37

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: German AA gun may not set up in a building or road hex
Map Board(s): 21 22
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In the Victory Conditions, change "have … total" to "currently Control one of those buildings and their Casualty VP total is ³ triple that of the Axis side".MMP
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-31(A) Asad Rustum vs Bruno Javanabal American win
2020-09-28(D) Scott Sherer vs John Farrell American winTotally botched the VC...read the 3:1 CVP limit clause but didn't really grasp its implications. Put a few Italian HS's out front and were killed or captured and very quickly was looking at a 6:0 CVP hole. Americans dug in and didn't threaten either VC building, so the Germans tried a bit of local counter-attacking but only added to the CVP deficit. Conceded early.
2020-03-28(A) Dave Mareske vs Paul Works Italian / German winMy dice failed me against Paul's good rolls. I wish I could have given a better game. It looks fairly balanced, but when you average "8s" and roll 9 "12s" in some key spots, it did not make for a good game. Paul had a couple well placed HIP units that interrupted my attack. Called it after turn 4 as I would probably take the Italian building, but had no force left to take the German one.
2019-01-27(A) Vic Lauterbach vs BL Italian / German winGreat scenario with exciting finish. US had 20 VP to Axis 4, but the Italians held out in Y4 with three unbroken squads, and the German 9-1 won CC in J4 against a fanatic US HS to seal the win!
2018-02-23(A) Jason Wert vs Jeff Buser Italian / German winFantastic scenario with Jeff holding out as the Axis on one building (Italian Stronghold) and preventing the Americans from a CVP victory. Great time and opponent!
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atomic Added a playing2022-02-05 12:48:02
atomic Rated the scenario2022-02-05 12:46:53
sherersc Added a playing2020-10-16 00:54:42
sherersc Rated the scenario2020-10-16 00:48:51
7-0 duval Added a playing2020-07-26 03:23:58
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.42Votes: 19
Views: 5570
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 7.9 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
American6
Italian / German8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Recon in Force [Confirmed]
[A] American 56
[D] German/Italian 53
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