Fortune Favours The Bold ETO (id:#58257)
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Staryy Bykhov, Russia 1941-07-04 ()
Designer: George Kelln
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Balance:
GermanRussian
50%

Overview:

The German Blitzkrieg was still in full swing and Heinz Guderian’s Second Panzer Group’s spearheads had crossed the Berezina at Bobruysk and Borisov and were now making for the Dnieper. Fortune favours the bold, and Guderian or Fast Heinz, as he was known as, wanted to cross the Dnieper. Guderian’s advanced detachments discovered the Russians had fortified and were strongly holding the principal Dnieper crossings at Rogachev, Mogilev, and Orsha. However, reconnaissance also discovered soft spots at Staryy Bykhov, Shklov and Kopys. At Staryy Bykhov, the 2nd Company, Motorcycle Battalion 34 supported by light tanks under the command of Captain Rode, in a daring move forced a crossing across the wooden bridge, fought off a counter-attack by Russian tanks and in this way, covered the first bridgehead across the Dneiper.
Attacker: German (Elements of the 4th Panzer Division)
Defender: Russian (Elements of the Soviet 4th Army)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Russian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IIF x 5
Motorcycle w/Sidecar x 5
Motorcycle x 2

AFVs: D:3
T-26 M33 x 3

Guns: A:0 D:0
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Wood bridge, 25 ton weight limit.
Overlays: Wd5
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-10-22(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs German win
2023-10-04(D) Will Willow vs Fred Schwarz German winASLOK
2020-06-04(A) Jeff B vs Magnus Rimvall German win2.75 hrsGermans need to strike quickly. I cleared the east side of the river, except for a pesky HS that escaped CC when I rolled boxcars. It was a bit costly however, losing a squad, a tank to CCRF, another 1.5 squads broken, and MALFing a MA. He centered his OBA on the bridge, dropping the boom during Turn 2 and breaking all my infantry in the area, but the leader would be dispatched in CC by my MALFed MA tank. He also knocked out another tank with his ATR. I finally killed the rebellious HS in Turn 3, and managed to break his ATR squad and FL MMG squad. During his part of the Turn he was going to bring his tanks in through the orchard but, when I shot both my tanks at his 9-1 who was moving to rally his ATR squad, he took my tanks head-on. Thankfully he didn't connect on any shots, and during my Turn 4 my broken-gunned tank repaired itself, proceeding to blast an adjacent tank, then IF and flaming another. With his last tank immobilized by one of my other tanks, and almost all his infantry broken, he called it a day. Way too small and dicey of a scenario for my tastes.
2020-05-11(A) X von Marwitz vs Lars-Peder Jensen German winShort and vicious Bridge-Control scenario set in July 1941 in Russia. Germann light tanks and Motorcycles must grab a bridge and its access hexes against a small Russian force guarding it. The Russians have a Field Phone and 76mm OBA which can really cause havoc and they do get reinforcements in the form of a platoon of tanks.

The situation is interesting and the fight is swirling. But the scenario has the potential to be dicey. It can turn out to be a blast to play but it might also be a one-sided affair one way or the other.

I played the attacking Germans, managed to gain Control early but was then hammered by the OBA. Luck in CC had the effect that the Russians had slim chances to take back Control even if his tanks had entered during Russian Turn 3. As it was, my opponent conceded at the start of Russian Turn 3 because he had only a single squad left to do the job.
2018-09-02(D) Dan Best vs Burnie Hegdahl German winSioux City ASL Tournament 2018.
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ActionDate
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-09 10:25:42
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-08-09 10:25:08
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-08-09 10:24:42
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-08-09 10:24:42
Bongiovanni Added a playing2023-10-22 18:00:04
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Avg Rating: 6.45Votes: 11
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Estimated Play time: 3.6 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
German7
Russian3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Fortune Favors the Bold [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 10
[D] German 14
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