Thorne In Your Side WTO (id:#58755)
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Grufflingen, Belgium 1944-12-21 ()
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KGP03: Panthers in the Mist (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP04: Chapelle Ste. Anne (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP07: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
T11: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (AH:The General # 28.2)
NEWS20: Trojan Horses (ASL News # 12)
NEWS39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (ASL News # 22)
SC9: Sudden Full Contact (Devils in the Woods)
SC13: At the Crossroads (Devils in the Woods)
SC14: Repulsed (Devils in the Woods)
SC15: Mize Tries Again (Devils in the Woods)
EP20: Trojan Horses (Euro-Pack II - The Bulge)
OAF3: Peiper's Sledgehammer (OAF Pack 1)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
RP3-8: Another Damn Bridge (Rout Pak III)
ASL News 38: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Scroungin' ASL News)
SC1: Probing for the Bridge (Sudden Full Contact)
SC2: Grabbing Some Houses (Sudden Full Contact)
BdF 2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture)
BdF 3: The Volksgrenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture)
O65.1: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (On All Fronts # 65)
O100.1: A Bridge for Panthers (On All Fronts #100)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Aussie `96 Pack)
SP2: Holding the Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt # 1)
95-1: Holding The Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt 1995 Tournament Scenarios)
BdF#2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
BdF#3: The Volksgenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
VB02: Probing for Hotton Bridge (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
RetroPak#3: Vandervoort's Stand (Retro Pak I)
RetroPak#16: East of Trois-Ponts (Retro Pak II)
J142: Penny Packets (ASL Journal # 9)
J157: Rage Against the Machine (ASL Journal #10)
DD # 1: Sudden Full Contact (Darkest December)
DD # 2: Probing For The Bridge (Darkest December)
DD # 3: At The Crossroads (Darkest December)
DD # 4: Grabbing Some Houses (Darkest December)
DD # 5: Repulsed (Darkest December)
DD # 6: Mize Tries Again (Darkest December)
BP1 #3: Skorzeny's Crossroads (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #9: Hansen's Push (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #11: Warche Tomfoolery (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: Hitler's Right Hand Man (Major Upham Battle Pack)
S16-6: Dom Butgenbach (Sweet 16 4-Pack 2)
ASL WO17: Poteau Party (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015)
194: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
S16-11: Fog Shrouded Crossroads (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #30: Faux Panthers (Teutonic Terror 4)
T-TERROR #31: East Of Trois Ponts (Teutonic Terror 4)
: Christmas Presents (SAGA 1992)
NY#3: East of Trois-Ponts (Purple Heart)
NY#4: Foggy Notions (Purple Heart)
ASLN20: Trojan Horses (Critical Hit #8.1)
ASLN39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Critical Hit #8.2)
Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
50%

Overview:

In the early stages of the Ardennes Offensive, pressure was building all along the thinly held line south of St. Vith, near Grufflingen. At daybreak on December 21, Volksgrenadier Regiment 190 launched a heavy attack on the American line. It was only partially successful in that it gained a little ground in a wooded area father to the west. To knock the Germans off balance, elements of the 89th’s D Troop sent a combat patrol to clear the Germans from dug-in positions in the heavily wooded area near Grufflingen. Corporal Horace Thorne led the patrol. He was advancing with a light machine gun crew when a German Mark III tank emerged from a concealed position, threatening to destroy the patrol. . .
Attacker: American (Troop D, 89th Cavalry Recon Sqdn, 9th Armoured Division)
Defender: German (Elements 198th Volksgrenadier Regt, 62nd Volksgrenadier Division)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:5.5 D:4.0
AFVs: A:2
M5A1 x 2

AFVs: D:1
PzKpfw IIIN

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, American 9-1 is Heroic, has -2 DRM when firing MMG alone
Overlays: Wd3
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-11-21(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best American winThis was a tight and often frustrating game for both Dan and I. Dan's Germans ELR disrupted which allowed my boys to move up and take them prisoners. Game came down to the final Close Combat. A 6-6-6 knocked out the Panzer in CC and a newly formed American Hero KIA's the German 8-1. With that is was an American victory.
2023-11-20(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins American win
2020-08-30(A) John Smith vs Scott American winThe wording of the VCs in this scenario allows for it to be too gamey. All the German player needs to do is fall back and spread out when the scenario starts. Cover any American tank egress routes to the north with Panzerfaust checks (DD2 Y2, S2), drive his Pz IIIN to the furthest NE corner (S9), set it's VCA to cover all the open ground...and wait. Right at the end drive it into a woods hex or abandon it next to a woods hex and have the vehicle crew advance into a woods hex. The wording of "Good Order German units" should be changed to something like "Good Order German MMC" instead. Far too gamey.

That being said, we assumed it meant MMC and the Americans came a way with a victory. If played per the VC wording, I'm not sure the Americans could ever win this scenario.
2019-10-26(A) Stephen dedier vs Owen, Allen American winWe played under SK rules with some mods to use the foxholes as a training game so Allen could get a little experience with AFVs (first time).
Unfortunately, first shot from the Pz3 depleted the HEAT, Stuart killed the Pz3 and another Stuart got a critical hit on the MMG team. A fun scenario with a lot of options.
2018-02-25(A) patrick palma vs miguel molina German win
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Panzer III Ausf. N - Infantry support tank, armed with a short-barrelled 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 gun.
 
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Estimated Play time: 1.7 hours
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Thorne in your Side
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[A] German 28
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