Recon in Force MTO (id:#56583)
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Designer: Randy Yeates
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Balance:
AmericanItalian / German
51.145038167939%

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
AFVs: 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
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:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-01-31(A) Asad Rustum vs Bruno Javanabal American win
2021-09-04(A) Alan Krause vs Don Petros American winDon N. and I played the Americans and barely managed to gain control of 1/2 buildings and have enough casualty VP to get the win. The Italians were felled like cordwood, but the Germans held tough.
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.
2019-04-20(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. Italian / German win
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aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-11-07 14:30:27
Turuk Uploaded a VASL file2024-06-21 17:14:35
Dispang12 Rated the scenario2024-05-31 00:40:57
Hutch Set the designer field2023-09-24 23:17:43
Alan Krause Added a playing2023-07-06 22:49:46
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VASL Scenario Setup (ASL285 G8 Recon In Force v667.vsav)VASL SetupTuruk272
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.61Votes: 23
Views: 9475
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 7.9 hours
Recorded Games: 19
Archive recorded plays:
American9
Italian / German10
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Recon in Force [Confirmed]
[A] American 58
[D] German/Italian 54
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