Early Battles ETO (id:#59886)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Starter Kit #3 ID: S25)
Designer: Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
35.294117647059%

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): v u
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-11-12(A) David Garvin vs Loic Gourdon Russian winThis came to the end. His INF Gun took out two tanks, his KV had to repair his MA and did on the final turn and popped my last tank that I needed to win.

Great fun!
2020-07-29(D) Jonathan Plott vs Derek Ritter German winA "teachable moment" for me (playing the Russian Defender) as an inept set-up and a swarm of German tanks and infantry overwhelmed my positions with 2 full turns left. Probably did not help that my opponent was Derek Ritter...that's right, Mr RitterKrieg himself! He's probably forgotten more about ASL than I will ever know, but his patience and explanations along the way made this a very enjoyable learning experience! My highlight was getting critical hits not once but TWICE on both of his Pz IIs...with the MA of my KV-2. That's right...I killed two light tanks with a 152mm gun. I was told I should have taken another shot at the turrets as they fell down back from the heavens. The low point was when one of my squads was vaporized while holding an ATR...and then having the victorious German squad pick it up and use it to kill my BT-7! The only bad experience is one you don't learn from...and I learned a LOT this game! Congratulations Derek...I look forward to the next time we play!
2020-06-11(A) Kevin Sanders vs Eric Topp German winSolid dice with good advance by Germans gets a win. Russian did roll poor and when good rolls happened they didnt matter much. Russian tank bounced 2 times on PV4. Fun to learn good combined arms movements/attack.
2020-03-20(A) John Smith vs Scott German winLots of units for such a small board. I pushed my German armor in early and (too) aggressively and lost 2 of them to good ATR shots, then another 2 shortly after to the Russian armor. One more tank loss and I would have instantly lost the scenario. I played cat and mouse with his KV2 and my infantry pushed up through the woods to take the buildings. Late in the game Scott got off a final ATR shot on one of my last 2 tanks and missed an immobilization (and instant victory) by one on his TK DR. It's amazing how many scenarios can literally come down to one critical die roll.
2020-03-20(A) Eric Topp vs Peter Morris German winRussian infantry were outflanked allowing Germans to take VC buildings despite panzer losses
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To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 23
Archive recorded plays:
German8
Russian15
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Early Battles [Confirmed]
[A] German 10
[D] Russian 18
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