Prelude to Festung Brest ETO (id:#56663)
Plouzané, France
1944-08-26 (7 others)
FF12: Hitler's Samurai (Waffen-SS II: The Fuhrer's Fireman)
SF-5: Bushwhacking the Ambush (Special Forces)
RPT22: Convente Beato Sante (Rally Point # 3)
SF-9: Now It's German! (Special Forces II - Küstenjäger!)
GJ089: Recon Rescue (Grumble Jones)
FrF82: Riders on the Storm (Friendly Fire Pack 10)
ON 3: Stuck Ducks (BFP: Operation Neptune)
SF-5: Bushwhacking the Ambush (Special Forces)
RPT22: Convente Beato Sante (Rally Point # 3)
SF-9: Now It's German! (Special Forces II - Küstenjäger!)
GJ089: Recon Rescue (Grumble Jones)
FrF82: Riders on the Storm (Friendly Fire Pack 10)
ON 3: Stuck Ducks (BFP: Operation Neptune)
Designer: Laurent Closier
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
AmericanGerman
Overview:
The Operation “Chastity” offensive was planned to gain control of the large harbors of Brest and Lorient whose facilities were needed to provide the logistical support the Allies would need to drive across France. General Ramcke and the 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division were primarily responsible for the defense of Brest. Ramcke formed a defensive line five miles from the center of the city. Loyal to the Führer, he directed the fallschirmjägers to hold the line to the last man. It was not until August 23rd, when three Infantry Divisions from the VIII Corps arrived, that the Americans had enough strength to actually begin the offensive. The small town of Plouzané was the first objective of the 175th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division. They attacked Plouzané, held by fallschirmjägers and a marine unit from the Brest Naval Base.Attacker: American (2nd Batt., 175th Inf. Regiment, 29th Inf. Division)
Defender: German (12th Co., 3rd Batt., 2nd Fallschirmjäger Reg., 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:9.0 D:6.0 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 |
| Misc Rules: | Starter Kit 1 Rules |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | NONE |
Errata (source)
| Use map Z not map A as indicated on downloadable scenario card | ConSim World |
| Unofficial author erratum : Use map Y instead of map Z (But it also works fine with map Z) | BGG and Consimworld |
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Last Played:
| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-02 | (A) Herve Duval | vs | In progress | ||||
| 2024-09-19 | (D) Kermit Mullins | vs | Dan Best | American win | 1 hrs | ||
| 2024-09-19 | (A) Dan Best | vs | Kermit Mullins | American win | 1 hrs | ||
| 2024-09-12 | (A) Mark Peak | vs | Dan Leader | American win | |||
| 2024-08-09 | (A) Nicolas Leste-Lasserre | vs | American win | ||||
| 2023-12-03 | (D) David Garvin | vs | Michael Morgan | German win | Close Combat really saved me in this! | ||
| 2023-11-30 | (A) David Garvin | vs | Michael Morgan | American win | |||
| 2023-11-12 | (A) fabio aliprandi | vs | Riccardo Cataldi | American win | |||
| 2023-11-01 | (D) Tony Kinner | vs | Mike Nicely | D | American win | ||
| 2023-09-28 | (A) Klara Kundzicz | vs | Benjamin Steinberg | German win | I dont remember much from this scenario, except that it was a bit boring... | ||
| 2023-06-19 | (D) Justin DiSabatino | vs | Self | German win | The Germans set up in row R with 5-4-8/LMG pairings for FP efficiency. Given their starting hexes gave them the ability to cover the American advance and the crossroads at Q4, most of the Americans set up opposite the Germans to fix them in place while a few American squads attempted to flank through the orchard to take the multi-hex building in the south. This effort to turn the defense failed miserably as the Americans pinned multiple times despite the high DRM for the Germans firing through the orchard. American momentum stalled until turn 5, but by then it was too late. | ||
| 2023-01-09 | (A) Terrence Dorsey | vs | Solo | German win | Replay on board Y per errata. Pretty much a slaughter all around. Germans won on VP. | ||
| 2023-01-05 | (A) Terrence Dorsey | vs | Solo | German win | Played board Z. Found it very challenging to make progress as US. | ||
| 2022-08-19 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Mick Heckman | German win | HistoriKCfest: Summer Sizzler Tournament | ||
| 2022-04-24 | (A) Jim Liang | vs | Eric Filipkowski | German win | |||
| 2022-04-10 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | German win | ||||
| 2021-10-05 | (A) Michal Kostan | vs | Polda | German win | |||
| 2021-09-14 | (D) Michal Kostan | vs | Polda | German win | |||
| 2021-08-27 | (D) Tom Abromaitis | vs | Christian Challiner | American win | Tight game. Gave CC the balance and ALMOST pulled it out! | ||
| 2021-04-14 | (D) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Fedor Grachev | German win | |||
| 2021-02-22 | (D) Michal Kostan | vs | [solo] | American win | |||
| 2021-02-19 | (A) Michal Kostan | vs | [solo] | American win | |||
| 2021-01-17 | (D) Oliver Osterbrink | vs | American win | Getting back into the game | |||
| 2021-01-01 | (D) Jacob Elmqvist | vs | David Elmqvist | German win | |||
| 2020-12-01 | (A) Igor Luckyanov | vs | Igor Stolyarenko | German win (VASL Log) | VASSAL dice drive me crazy! Very good scenario, but I am far from any "Enjoyment"! | ||
| 2020-12-01 | (D) Igor Stolyarenko | vs | Igor Lukyanov | German win | I made a mistake with the initial placement, but fortune was favorable to the beginner. I thank my mentor, Igor Lukyanov. | ||
| 2020-11-05 | (D) Craig Renier | vs | Dennis Freeberg | German win | The American advanced slowly on a broad front. With careful movement he was able to capture the first row of 7 building hexes. But his slow movement and a CC that lasted 2 turns left him behind the clock. With only a slim chance of capturing the final required building hexes, the Americans had to make hazardous moves that ended badly. The game was called in Turn 6. | ||
| 2020-11-02 | (D) Craig Renier | vs | Steve Boro | American win | The American forces attacked entirely on the German left flank, which was weakly defended. The German player shifted forces to compensate, but was limited by open terrain and overwhelming American firepower. The German defense on the left held the main building through Turn 3, but then collapsed under the heavy pressure. The German player conceded in Turn 5. | ||
| 2020-10-25 | (A) Craig Renier | vs | Steve Boro | American win | The American center of gravity focused on the German right flank with a feint on the left. After Turn 3, the American forces were able to cross the first road on the German right and capture the front line building on the German left, but both adversaries had their initial forces intact. Starting Turn 4, the American fire was finally able to break some German MMCs allowing a quicker advance. The Americans attained victory conditions before the final turn and the German player conceded. | ||
| 2020-07-09 | (D) M T | vs | N.N. | German win | Played using map Y as suggested by the designer. The Germans managed to contain the American advance through careful use of defensive terrain. Nice and quick playing scenario. | ||
| 2020-04-25 | (D) Macari Samuel | vs | German win | ||||
| 2020-02-24 | (A) santiago jimenez | vs | Charlie Pierce | German win | |||
| 2019-06-08 | (D) David Wiesenhahn | vs | German win | ||||
| 2019-03-27 | (A) David Garvin | vs | Brian Mckinley | German win | My dice were horrid. On 8 Infantry Smoke placement attempts, 1 succeeded and I rolled 6 three times. 3 of the 9 CVP were from casualty morale checks. Ha! But I had fun and was only a DR or dr away from turning his flank. | ||
| 2019-02-22 | (A) Kermit Mullins | vs | Scott Waites | German win | Honestly unenjoyable game of watching my Americans break early and often. Couldn’t hurt the Germans and so lost. Did manage to take 11 of the required 15 building hexes despite getting my butt kicked. | ||
| 2018-10-08 | (D) O Ramaille | vs | German win | Played with map Y as suggested by designer. The GI's were quickly stopped by accurate fire from the nearby buildings of Plouzané. From the grain where they were hiding, the Americans launched a series of assaults that went unsuccessful. With only one stone building captured and a heavy number of GI's dead or routed, the capture of Plouzané failed. A German victory with 11 VPs out of 9 needed. Map Y seems to favour German defense in my opinion. | |||
| 2017-05-18 | (A) Louis Langdeau | vs | Andrew S | American win | Andy set up far forward, and I pushed in right off the start. I ended up managing to turn his flanks with some superior American firepower, despite having my 8-0 (PYLE!) get ELRed on turn 1. After the flanks started to cave in, I walked down the line breaking units, while a few squads crossed over and began seizing buildings. Andy conceded when it became obvious I would get enough buildings, and that he wouldn't be able to stop me. Fun scenario. I think it would work as a good intro to how to run a defense by stalling the attackers. | ||
| 2017-05-18 | (A) Seumas Hoskins | vs | Dean | American win | Rough first half, having several Americans break early on (including both squads with MMGs) and then box cars on two of the rally attempts slowed the assault. A squad of Germans tried to creep out hoping to snipe some shots on the broken stack but got caught under MMG fire when the squads rallied with him in the open. A heavy push north swung the match quickly towards the Allies as building hexes started changing hands. Match ended turn 6 with Americans holding 17 buildings and only 2 good order germans squads left in range to contend. | ||
| 2017-04-17 | (A) J M | vs | German win | Difficult for the Yanks. | |||
| 2017-02-22 | (D) Paolo Cariolato | vs | Marco Ferrari | German win | |||
| 2016-12-27 | (A) Jeff B | vs | Bronson Barnhart | American win | 2.25 hrs | This one seems very difficult for the attacking Americans. Fragile 6 morale troops vs stout 8 morale defenders, all while having to cross at least a couple streets without dashing or half squads in very little time. I felt extremely fortunate to come away with a victory in this one. | |
| 2016-08-10 | (D) Tom Abromaitis | vs | Brandon B. | American win | |||
| 2016-07-26 | (A) Loris Gianadda | vs | Anon | American win | Very good game, won on the very last turn. We both enjoyed that first "return to ASL" game. | ||
| 2016-07-26 | (D) Tom Abromaitis | vs | Draw | American win. Solo. | |||
| 2015-11-19 | (D) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Anna Aleksanyan | German win | |||
| 2015-07-24 | (A) JP Laurio | vs | Arttu | American win | |||
| 2015-06-28 | (D) JP Laurio | vs | Juha | American win | USA 20 VP | ||
| 2014-12-26 | (A) John Garlic | vs | Dmitri Garlic | German win | [Imported from ROAR] | ||
| 2014-06-03 | (D) Lee Hyde | vs | Steve Ambruzs | American win | Smallish scenario and great fun. Just wish my guys could actually hit something, but to be fair the shooting was dreadful pretty much all game for us both. But for the dice finally becoming hot in T5, the Axis might still have won it. | ||
| 2014-01-30 | (A) Merric Blackman | vs | Michael Elshaug | American win | Managed to sneak around the bottom corner of the defense whilst the bulk of the troops were caught up shooting each other in Prep fire. | ||
| 2013-11-23 | (A) Michael Focht | vs | David Garber | American win | |||
| 2013-04-01 | (A) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Anna Aleksanyan | American win | Good to train the attack, as German are not dense in defence. | ||
| 2012-11-11 | (D) Russell Dewhurst | vs | David | German win | Simple static German defence mostly. Americans advanced in with a little use of smoke, rolled badly, broke repeatedly. Four German squads at the end. | ||
| 2011-08-02 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | American win | In this second play. The GI were massed together to perform a mass assault against the german line defense. This achieved a complete victory with no german units on board before the end of the game and control of more than 15 stone buildings. The GIs killed a lot of german troops in closed combat. | |||
| 2011-08-01 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | German win | S7 Prelude to Festung Brest Interesting scenario where Fallschirmjaeger formed a line to defend against US troops and delayed them quite efficiently. But the last turn the US launch an assult and has the opportunity to win if he kills or brokes all remaining MMC. It was the only option to win because they controled 5 building hexes far from the 15 required. Close combat finally decided that the german win the day ! | |||
| 2010-11-10 | (D) Kermit Mullins | vs | Scott Waites | American win | Another defeat...Dice are killing me!!! Good game though. | ||
| 2010-06-22 | (D) Miikka Sohlman | vs | Matti Holsti | German win | |||
| 2010-05-22 | (D) Patrick Martin | vs | German win | Played with full rules to teach a new player. Concealment seemed to really help the Germans. | |||
| 2010-02-13 | (A) Scott Bluerock | vs | sbluerock | German win | Had the buildings, but Germans held out. | ||
| 2009-10-14 | (D) Aaron Sibley | vs | Daryl Sims | American win | |||
| 2009-05-14 | (D) Paul Jaschke | vs | Dave | German win | Decided on the last turn with the Germans backed into the far corner of the board. Very fun! | ||
| 2009-01-28 | (D) Rami Saarinen | vs | Miguel Molina | German win | |||
| 2009-01-15 | (D) Malcolm Lowe | vs | Criss M | German win | Very good. A few interesting swings - this could have gone either way. In the end the US ran out of time... | ||
| 2009-01-04 | (D) Paul Messina | vs | Will Riley | German win | Good scenario with a well matched opponent. | ||
| 2008-10-17 | (D) Fred Schwarz | vs | Guy Flummerfelt | German win | |||
| 2006-10-22 | (A) Martí Cabré | vs | Gèrman Argerich | German win |
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| Bugbear501 Uploaded a VASL file | 2025-04-14 23:38:59 |
| strategos Added a playing | 2025-03-02 21:26:59 |
| Grenzer Added a VASL Template file | 2025-02-15 22:33:57 |
| cub99 Accepted a challange | 2024-10-08 23:16:40 |
| deaniks is looking to play this scenario | 2024-10-06 20:33:47 |
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| S7- VASL Setup-v670 (ASL Scenario S7 - Prelude to Festung Brest.vsav) | VASL Setup | Bugbear501 | 29 |
| (!usa-germ.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1148 |
| (GIs near Brest.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1282 |
| VASL Log file (sG_YLHUGhN4.jpg) | VASL Game Log | Igor Luckyanov | 912 |
| VASL Log file (sG_YLHUGhN4.jpg) | VASL Game Log | Igor Luckyanov | 881 |
| VASL Log file (sG_YLHUGhN4.jpg) | VASL Game Log | Igor Luckyanov | 918 |
| (S7.jpg) | Map Image | Twirling | 1510 |
| VASL Template | VASL Template | Grenzer | 52 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.32 | Votes: 82 | Views: | 11180 |
| To-Play list count: | 6 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 1.9 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 61 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| American | 26 | |
| German | 33 | |
| Drawn: | 1 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Prelude to Festung Brest [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] American | 41 |
| [D] German | 53 |