The Prelude to Spring ETO (id:#59659)
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See Also: The Prelude To Spring by Ola Nygards
Designer: Ola Nygårds
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Balance:
RussianGerman
57.142857142857%

Overview:

East and north of Budapest the Russian front was advancing. To the south, an offensive by the 3rd Ukrainian Front under General Tolbuchin had pushed the German Army Group South to withdraw on a broad area between the Danube and Drava. 2nd Panzer Army had to surrender the cities Pécs and Mohács on 29 November. The Russian 26th, 27th, and 57th Armies pushed on to reach Lake Balaton. On 8 December, though the sodden ground badly hampered the Russians, the attack started.
Attacker: Russian (3rd Ukrainian Front, 4th Guards Army)
Defender: German (2 Panzer Army)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:5
IS-2 x 2
SU-100
T-34/85 x 2

AFVs: D:3
PzKpfw VG
PzKpfw IVJ x 2

Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 97/38
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS (E3.72), Bldgs: Wooden, Ground level only, D: AT gun my utilize HIP normally
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
The German reinforcements enter on Turn 2MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-12-31(D) Nate Gregg vs Chris Gregg Russian win
2024-07-07(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. German winMight have been a good scenario but the dice ruined any chance for a competitive game. The Russians made decent progress the first two turns as I kept my meager German forces out of LOS on board 4. When my reinforcements came on, that's when the dice got stupid. On turn 3 I lucked out and nailed a T-34 with a PF in the north on the second of two PF shots by that squad. Then one Mk. 4 got four(!) rate shots and knocked out an IS-2. I revealed the hidden AT Gun and destroyed the SU-100 with two rate shots and, still having rate, got off one more shot on a T-34 but failed to hit. On the bottom of the turn, the Panther shocked the JS-2. With the two Mk. IV's set to finish off the IS-2 in the AFPh and the AT Gun still trained on the T-34 and yet to fire, we calculated the points. Unless some miracle happened, there was no way for the Russians to meet either victory condition. I'm glad for the win, but would rather do it because I outplayed my friend, not out diced him. He kept a good attitude about it, but I apologized in embarrassment anyway.
2024-01-17(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane SpanglerD Russian win
2024-01-17(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD Russian win
2019-03-10(A) patrick palma vs Javanabal Radjah German win
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Avg Rating: 6.65Votes: 17
Views: 8905
To-Play list count: 9
Estimated Play time: 5.8 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

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The Prelude to Spring
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[A] German 44
[D] Russian 32
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