Joseph 351 WTO (id:#59881)
Pointe de Corsen, France
1944-08-28 (5 others)
Designer: Ken Dunn
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
AlliesGerman
Overview:
The German fort at Point de Corsen, a rocky promontory five miles north of the Graf Spee Battery that is one of the westernmost points on the French mainland, was garrisoned by a force defined by an American intelligence report as ’50 in number, thirty to fifty years old, mostly coast guardsmen… supplied by fishing boats from Brest.’ On the evening of August 28 a task force comprised of Companies A and C of Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Battalion moved up and prepared to assault that position. It looked like a tough mission, but the task force commander, Capt. Edgar Arnold, was a veteran of the early-morning Omaha Beach assault on D-Day, and compared to that cataclysm, this job would in all likelihood be easy because the enemy garrison apparently did not have its heart in such a hopeless cause. In fact, part of the garrison attempted to escape during the night, and French partisans killed ten of them. . . . This is the only scenario here that does not use either tanks or guns, but it makes up for this with an unusual set of combatants and an Allied force composition that changes each time you play it. Set in France in 1944, a German unit comprised mainly of 2nd line troops is attacked by two separate forces: one force is made up of elite American Rangers cooperating with poorly-trained and poorly-equipped Free French irregulars; the second force is a group of escaped Russian POWs who have rearmed themselves in order to fight the Germans!Attacker: Allies (Company A, 2nd Rangers / Free French of the Interior (FFI) / Russian rearmed POWs)
Defender: German (XXV Corps)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: NoUnit Counts: |
Squads: A:19.5 D:12.0 |
AFVs: A:0 |
AFVs: D:0 |
Guns: A:0 D:0 |
Misc Rules: | Treat Brush as Orchard hexes. Allies roll die to determine unit count and VP required to gain VC. |
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Publication | Board |
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ASL Starter Kit #3 | u |
ASL Starter Kit #3 | v |
ASL Journal # 7 | v |
Overlays: | NONE |
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Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Comments | |
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2024-01-12 | (A) Justin DiSabatino | vs | Allies win | Americans rolled a 1 for force composition, which meant low VP but also mostly Green units. The Russians set up back in the woods, negating the ability to fire on the Germans as they moved but giving themselves protection from any Prep/Advance Fire until the Germans were next to them. Americans/Free French off to a slow start with 3MF, but on German turn 1, an American 9-2/MMG/6-6-7 DF broke the German MMG nest that had been covering the main open field east of the hill. This basically set the tone for how the scenario went for the German forces. The Americans/Free French made use of the orchards blocking LOS from the hill to move forward on both flanks, forcing the Germans to stay in their positions or risk giving up ground too soon. The Germans are really caught on when to abandon the hill; too soon, and they could lose simply by conceding the 30 hexes; too late, and they are crushed under the weight of the Allied forces. In this instance, the Germans let the Allies get too close by a turn and then falling back became impossible without heavy casualties, giving the Allies the win by CVP. It really helped that the Allies played very aggressively, | ||
2023-05-10 | (D) Andreas R | vs | Jenny | German win | ||
2022-11-11 | (D) Jack Wilson | vs | Steve B. | German win | First time playing this one. Interesting set up with Americans and Free French (the FFI use the American counters, so you quickly forget they are French) coming in from the north and freed Russian POWs coming in from the south. The Germans get squeezed in the middle. Steve rolled a 6 on the SSR roll, so the Allies got the max entry force, but that meant his VP number went to 22. In hindsight, I think that helped the Germans. He massed the Americans along the northwestern edge, while he played cat and mouse with the Russians in the south. Not getting his Russians chewed up early on meant they were in position to block the German escape route to the south. Game came down to several last turn CCs. I survived enough of them to avoid the CVP number. Well-played game on Steve's part. A few DRs either way could have flipped the result. | |
2022-08-20 | (A) Dan Best | vs | Matt V | Allies win | KCHistori Fest 2022. | |
2022-05-10 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Allies win | |||
2022-03-24 | (A) JP Laurio | vs | Draw | |||
2022-01-04 | (D) Artem Kalinovskii | vs | Dmitry Klyuykov | Allies win | ||
2022-01-04 | (A) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Artem Kalinovskii | Allies win | I've got SSR 1 #1 with 15 VP, 3 x 6-6-7 and 9 x 5-3-6 squads. After seeing initial German setup, I've decided to rush for the hill control from the both sides, but was able even to disarm most German units around the hill. | |
2021-11-09 | (A) Owen Edwards | vs | Solitaire | Allies win | An interesting but sometimes strange scenario. Americans needed 18VP, ended up causing 16VP casualties and had 5 hexes under control at end. Their first attacks came from the eastern American force and the Russians, but both struggled in open ground. Russians particularly struggled with MCs and Rallies. Thereafter these groups served to pin and hold German forces whilst other Americans (including their MMG and other transfers from the east) came up the western slope into the woods. Germans couldn't whackamole controlled hexes quickly enough by the end. Gamey. | |
2021-09-26 | (A) César Moreno | vs | Vilis Pavulans | German win | My opponent wrote this: "The partisan units made a rush to try to help the oncoming americans and free French who did a strong rush on the eastern flank. The partisans took heavy fire and were almost annihilated which of course made the german option to retreat in accordance with SSR2 very appealing. The germans managed to get some accurate MG fire on the americans killing a few squads in total and the americans stalled when they got up the hill. A massive firefight leaving heaps of units on both sides broken but the americans didn´t manage to control enough hexes on the hill and then the germans could swiftly run away and evacuate. " (I'm lazy :) | |
2021-09-26 | (D) Vilis Pavulans | vs | César Moreno | German win | The partisan units made a rush to try to help the oncoming americans and free French who did a strong rush on the eastern flank. The partisans took heavy fire and were almost annihilated which of course made the german option to retreat in accordance with SSR2 very appealing. The germans managed to get some accurate MG fire on the americans killing a few squads in total and the americans stalled when they got up the hill. A massive firefight leaving heaps of units on both sides broken but the americans didn´t manage to control enough hexes on the hill and then the germans could swiftly run away and evacuate. | |
2021-08-03 | (A) Alexey Kolleganov | vs | Dmitriy Alexandrov | Allies win (VASL Log) | SSR #1 dr=2 => 16 VP | |
2021-02-04 | (A) Igor Luckyanov | vs | Artyom Denisyuk | Allies win | ||
2020-06-25 | (D) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Fedor Grachev | German win | ||
2020-02-22 | (A) Allen Evenson | vs | Glen Aro | German win | Allies had a tough time of it, getting a slow start and running out of time. Interesting Scenario. | |
2019-05-26 | (D) Javier Rodrigo Ballesteros | vs | My friend | German win | ||
2018-06-16 | (A) J M | vs | German win | Poor show from the allies. | ||
2017-07-29 | (D) Jonathan Kapleau | vs | Donnelly, Coleman | German win | ||
2017-07-24 | (A) Seumas Hoskins | vs | Dean | German win | US tried to rush the north end of the hill but got mowed down when they crested and couldnt recover the game. | |
2017-07-15 | (D) David Garvin | vs | Craig Stark | Allies win | ||
2016-06-15 | (D) Tom Abromaitis | vs | Michael G & Brandon B | German win | ||
2014-10-19 | (A) Michael Focht | vs | David Garber | Allies win | ||
2014-04-10 | (D) Merric Blackman | vs | Michael Elshaug | Allies win | ||
2014-03-12 | (D) David Garvin | vs | Alain Chabot | Allies win | This was my first-ever game of ASL. | |
2013-09-26 | (A) youhei nakano | vs | Allies win | my usa army reader is first dead.my fighting motivation is down.but final allies win | ||
2013-02-14 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | Allies win | The german divided their forces in two parts. One to deal with the Russian POWs and the other on the hill to slow down the approaching rangers and free frenchs. The german quickly eliminated the Russians POWs, thus freing the retreat access. The allied on the hill was slow at first but quickly they overwhelmed the german defense and a small group managed to cut the retreat for the germans that have come to reinforce. The battle is over for the germans. | ||
2011-12-21 | (A) Kermit Mullins | vs | Scott Waites | German win | Didn't enjoy this game last week, but wow did it finish with some serious excitement...lots of melee's and last minute heroics to make it a memorable game. | |
2011-04-24 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | Allies win | S20 : Joseph 351 Allied victory - only 15 VPs required. | ||
2011-02-08 | (D) Martí Cabré | vs | Albert Alegre | German win | I easily won with the Germans by withdrawing my units on Turn 5. The Americans had not assaulted the hill, instead they advanced slowly. This gave me time to finish the Russians and push them to a corner, so I could retreat the units from the hill through the woods and off the map. Easy one, but even so fun. | |
2010-09-28 | (A) Thierry Mathy | vs | Palmereldritch | German win | ||
2010-06-26 | (D) Paul Messina | vs | Patrick Ireland | German win | ||
2010-02-24 | (A) Jonathan Townsend | vs | Myself | Draw | I can't actually remember the result of this one (called it a draw for the statistics) as it was so long ago, but I remember champing at the bit to get into the tanks and not enjoying it much. | |
2009-12-23 | (A) Paul Messina | vs | David Hassler | German win | Nice scenario but as the Allied commander, you cannot waste any time or you will fail to achieve your VC. Well designed. | |
2008-12-10 | (D) Rami Saarinen | vs | Gary Krockover | Allies win | Foolishly stood and fought and almost made it. I could have retreated but did not feel like it. :) Seems to be easier one with the Germans. | |
2007-12-08 | (D) Larry Davidson | vs | Brian Devitt | Allies win | ||
2007-12-08 | (A) Larry Davidson | vs | Brian Devitt | German win | ||
2007-12-08 | (A) Larry Davidson | vs | Brian Devitt | German win | ||
2007-12-08 | (A) Larry Davidson | vs | Brian Devitt | German win | ||
2007-05-28 | (A) Larry Davidson | vs | Brian Devitt | German win |
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