Early Battles ETO (id:#59886)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Starter Kit #3 ID: S25)
Designer: Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
42.647058823529%

Overview:

The Germans, after a week of relatively easy victories, approached a small Lithuanian village amidst the forest. Army Group North was among the first Germans to encounter heavier Russian tanks. These monsters dwarfed the German AFVs, and it was quickly discovered that they were not easily beaten with firepower. Turning to their tactical advantages of numbers, speed, and manueverability, the German forces would often byass these strong points and then reduce them at their leisure. That was not an option in this case. . . . .In a fairly large battle from the opening days of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, 10 Russian squads must defend a village from an attack by 12 German squads. The Germans are supported by six tanks of various types, while the Russians have an infantry gun and two tanks, one of which is a nearly invincible KV-2.
Attacker: German (6th Panzer Division)
Defender: Russian (2nd Tank Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:6
PzKpfw IVD x 2
PzKpfw 35t x 2
PzKpfw IIF x 2

D:2
KV-2
BT-7 M37

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
50mm RM obr. 40
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: BT-7 M37 must make DR 8 or less each MPh to move outside of its current hex
Map Board(s): u v
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-09-22(D) Craig Renier vs Erik Krommenhoek Russian winThe Germans made great progress early on aggressively pushing his armor through the weak Russian defense. However, the Germans failed to consider the threat of the Russian ATRs, losing two AFVs by mid-game to them. The KV took out a third before being Recalled for broken MA. In Turn 5, after multiple hits with no kills, the INF Gun was finally able to destroy two more AFVs giving the Russians a hard fought win.
2021-09-09(A) Craig Renier vs Craig German winAggressively using the AFVs to freeze defensive fire, the Germans made steady advances up the center woods/marsh hexes. The Russians missed a few opportunities to fire the Gun or AFV, which could have shifted the center of gravity. But the German attacks were very successful. Near the end, a fortunate low odds roll against the Russian defenders followed by unfortunate MCs left a gaping whole in the defense. On the last turn, the Russian player had a remote chance to regain control of a building, but the Crew broke while attempting the move.
2021-08-20(D) Larry Davidson vs Brian Devitt Russian win
2021-08-05(D) Larry Davidson vs Brian Devitt Russian win
2021-05-18(D) Ethan Delwood vs Robert Delwood Russian winRussian victory by German surrender. German player was unlucky with tanks (3 MA malfunctions) and KV was virtually undefeatable. However, Russian infantry were getting thin and Russians were on the run consistently, making it hard to rally by the surrender on turn 5.
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Avg Rating: 7.13Votes: 39
Views: 2476
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 32
Archive recorded plays:
German12
Russian19
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of April 2021)
Early Battles [Confirmed]
[A] German 17
[D] Russian 20
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