Lenin's Sons ETO (id:#59651)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 7 ID: J103)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Lenin's Sons by Le Franc Tireur
Designer: Xavier Vitry
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Balance:
German (SS)Russian
49.435028248588%

Overview:

To the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize the village of Yudinki, whose forward defense consisted of some of the finest Russian youth - the Lenin Cadets.
Attacker: German (SS) (Panzergrenadier Regiment Der Führer, Das Reich Division)
Defender: Russian (II Battalion, Lenin Cadets)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.5 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
50mm RM obr. 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Grain NOT in season; all buildings are wooden
Map Board(s): 42
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Hexes D-Z are playable LFT
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-11-16(D) Camille Garek vs Éric WALMETZ In progress
2023-10-06(D) Jonathan Plott vs Joe Devine German (SS) winASLOK 2023 match.
2023-09-05(A) Craig Renier vs Steve Boro German (SS) winThe Germans pushed in force through the forest with a side force skirting the forest edge, forcing the Russians to use the slower forest terrain to maneuver. On Turn 1, a stack of Germans aggressively advanced moving adjacent to a HIP'd Hero and HS. The Russians DFF'd, with no effect. They SFF'd for a 1 MC. The stack turned into a Berserk 8-1, 3 Berserk MMCs 5-4-8's (one of which became fanatic), and a Hero. The Russian Hero and HS were quickly eliminated. The Russian forces remained largely intact as they slowly withdrew through the forest. The Germans continued to push hard using their 8 morale to shrug off any Def Fire forcing the Russians to the edge of the forest by Turn 4. The German attackers shifted their advance to the south side of the battlefield in attempt to flank the majority of the Russians. The Russians were finally able to inflict some casualties, eliminating 3 1/2 squads over the next 2 turns. However, the Russians suffered casualties in kind. The German flanking force was able to capture the buildings on the south side while the remaining Germans pushed through the center on the left. On Turn 6, the Russians were unable to inflict any damage using their DCs while the Germans either broke or KIA'd the Russians. The question was settled after the German Turn 6 AFPh.
2023-08-14(D) Jack Wilson vs Eric Zagdan Russian winThis is a well-designed scenario with multiple attack/defense options. Despite my posting 1 MMg, 1 HMG, and my Lt.Mtr to cover the open ground attack route, Eric had a methodical attack plan and was able to get a significant force across to the village with almost no damage. It also didn't help when my Hero back in the forest was killed on the very first German turn. He never even had a chance to fire, much less move.

My MMG got taken out early, and my Lt. Mtr was practically worthless. It had four shots. Never hit. Never made rate. However, the 2-2-8 crew survived numerous IFT attacks, including a CC, and ended up helping me keep control of a key VC building on the last turn.

The game came down to the last turn. Eric needed three VC buildings to win. He was able to run a single MMC through FOUR 4 -2 shots to be in a position to win by CC the most difficult building. Fortunately for me, my DF kept him from getting into position to take the other two.

As noted by others, this is a great all-infantry scenario that is worthy of more than one playing.
2023-06-24(D) Andy Bagley vs Wayne Baumber Russian winAnother playing of this classic scenario. I got off to a bad start as the Russians when, having tempted the Germans to advance across the open ground to the south, my HIP mortar rolled boxcars and my HIP HMG rolled an 11 on my first DFPh. The dice turned more favourable later however, and at one point enabled my hero to (temporarily) capture the German FT, which helped push their casualties up. So although a squad and a half of Germans reached the southern side of the village, others made slower progress against my fighting withdrawal. It was still very close on the last turn, when the Germans needed three more buildings to win. One was certain to fall, a second might have done subject to CC, but the third needed his 9-2 leader and squad to double-time to reach it. At which point my sniper came to the rescue, with a '2' result hitting that stack and making it impossible for the Germans to reach that last building. An exciting and extremely close game.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.98Votes: 92
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To-Play list count: 14
Estimated Play time: 3.3 hours
Recorded Games: 67
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)32
Russian34
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Lenin's Sons [Confirmed]
[A] German 143
[D] Russian 145
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