The Witch's Cauldron ETO (id:#56769)
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Merdrop, Belgium 1940-05-13 ()
75: Strangers in a Strange Land (ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre)
89: Rescue Attempt (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (2nd Edition))
A 65: The Dinant Bridgehead (AH:ASL Annual `93b)
DASL A13: The Mailed Fist (AH:ASL Annual `95 Winter)
A 114: Hamlet's Demise (AH:ASL Annual `97)
J42: Grebbe End (ASL Journal # 3)
NEWS40: Rolling Thunder (ASL News # 23)
NEWS41: Objective Princenhage (ASL News # 23)
ATP05: A Thorn in the Flesh (At the Point # 11-12)
WWW 91: Assault at Wadelincourt (Internet)
ASL News 41: Objective Princenhage (ASL News Pack #1)
EP41: Objective Princenhage (Euro-Pack I - Early War Actions)
GTF 5: Wrong Battle (Gembloux: The Feint)
PL H: Lost Sentinels (Gembloux: The Feint)
ASL News 40: Rolling Thunder (Scroungin' ASL News)
Z12: The Mailed Fist (Rout Report # 4.4)
FE 88: The Hard Way (Blitzkrieg Pack)
O101.2: Across the Meuse (On All Fronts #101)
O108.3: Assault at Wadelincourt (On All Fronts #108)
O114.2: Bon Accueil (On All Fronts #114)
PJ2.8: Bjervik Norway May 1940 (OAF Playtester's Journal # 2)
B 1: Contested Crossing (OAF Playtester's Journal # 5)
TAC31: Par Saint Georges! (Tactiques # 4)
DB043: Point 247 (Dispatches from the Bunker #19)
: Rubarth at Wadelincourt (Rate of Fire #12)
Round 5: Marilles Melee (CanCon 1999)
GRE 6: The "Wehr" (Grenadier '08)
S33: Few and Far Between (Operations Special Issue #2)
89: Rescue Attempt (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
143: Grebbe End (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OB02: Point 247 (Out of the Bunker)
SP220: Hoepner's Edict (Schwerpunkt #19)
#9: Elan of the 11th Dragoons (Major Upham Battle Pack)
GTF 5: Wrong Battle (Gembloux II)
GTF CG 1: Lost Sentinels (Gembloux II)
#5: Objective Princenhage (Retro Pak III)
SP236: Hammer Time (Schwerpunkt #20)
ASLUG21: The Witch's Cauldron (ASLUG Singles)
BWN 6: Raid on Moerdijk (Blitzkrieg in the West - Northern Campaign)
SP253: De Zwarte Duivels (Schwerpunkt #22)
DCRB 03: Forgotten Epic (Red Banner 2017 Q2 )
SP 265: Defending Jandrain (Schwerpunkt #23)
RP 135: The Outpost Line (Rally Point #14)
RP 139: Mauled at Merdorp (Rally Point #14)
KVxx: Fight for the Fjords (Klementi Voroshilov Scenarios)
DTF-2: Blitzkrieg! (Death to Fascism)
D19: The Mailed Fist (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
75: Strangers in a Strange Land (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN03: Rommel at the Meuse (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN04: Chateau de Meez (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN05: Grande Ferme de Meez (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN06: Clearing the Heights (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN07: Saint-Médard After Dark (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN08: Probing the Bridgehead (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
DN CGI: Fateful Miscalculations (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
GhD #2: Across The Meuse (Ghost Division 1: 7th Panzer Division France 1940)
ASLN40: Rolling Thunder (Critical Hit #8.2)
ASLN41: Objective Princenhage (Critical Hit #8.2)
89: Rescue Attempt (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
143: Grebbe End (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
SJ3: Hunting Hotchkiss (Nor'easter XXIX Tournament (2025))
Designer: Bill Sisler
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
44.444444444444%

Overview:

The night of the 12th had passed uneasily for the French as it was clear that the Germans were going to make a decisive effort the next day. At 1130, in conjunction with an artillery bombardment, Stukas suddenly stooped to the attack. The bombardment continued for more than an hour, and immediately after it was lifted, the panzers rolled forward. The armored hunters advanced as far as Merdrop, followed closely by infantry. The French weathered the onslaught and halted the Germans on the village edge. In the resulting duel neither side was able to gain an advantage. The Germans decided to bypass the village, whereupon the French sallied out of Merdrop to attack the infantry which followed.
Attacker: French (2ème Cuirassée and 11ème Dragoons Portes, 3ème Division Légère Mécanique)
Defender: German (Schutze Regiment 33, Panzer Division 4 and Panzer Regiment 35, Panzer Division 4)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:10
S35 x 3
H39 x 4
H39(L) x 3
Laffly V15T
Laffly S20TL x 6

AFVs: D:13
PzKpfw IVD
PzKpfw IVC x 2
PzKpfw IIIF x 5
SPW 251/10 x 2
SPW 251/1 x 3
SdKfz 7
Opel Blitz x 2

Guns: A:1
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34
D:1
3.7cm PaK 35/36
PzB 39 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Germans set up on N-S road on Bd 16, in Motion, as Passengers, gun in tow
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-28(A) Jobbo Fett vs RootinPutin French winThe Germans set up in Motion and the French moved aggressively in order to take positions that would directly hurt the starting units or hinder movement from the reinforcements. The Germans lost a halftrack quickly thanks to a wellplaced shot but the AT gun survived. Some exchanges of fire initially had no clear winner, but a French platoon of tanks moving up the left found good ground and great luck when two seperate tanks critical hit, first against the AT Gun that had malfed and repaired, immediately followed by a nearly cross-map snipe on a PzIV housing a -2 Armor Leader. With such losses and all French tanks still in good order, we called it early.

The setup could probably use a little tweaking, but its an interesting fight between weak-gunned but heavily armored tanks versus their opposite.
2019-01-27(D) Tom Kearney vs Nelson Harris German win
2019-01-27(A) Tom Kearney vs Nelson Harris French win
2014-10-05(A) nathan wegener vs Jared B French winNot as exciting as I anticipated. A mostly stand off and shoot at each other game. Soumas got behind the wall in the middle of the map and couldnt be pushed out.
2014-09-26(A) Don Lazov vs Matt Book German win
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Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
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