Early Battles ETO (id:#59886)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Starter Kit #3 ID: S25)
Designer: Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
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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
2021-02-12(A) Jonathan Townsend vs Myself Russian winCame down to a CC in the last German turn, with the Pinned Russian squad beating three Germans resulting in the latter not taking the last building they needed to win.
I used the infantry to protect the Tanks in the first turn meaning the Tanks did very little except move up on the Left flank whilst the infantry spent all their efforts swarming a 1/2 squad with an ATR and another squad in the treeline.and broke a couple of themselves in the process. Must practice combined arms tactics more!
2021-01-10(A) Craig Renier vs Steve Boro German winThe Germans advanced from the southeast slogging through the woods and brush. The Germans carefully advanced taking care not to lose their tanks to the Russian ATR or hidden gun. Neither side sustained losses, but the Germans were able to move forward. When the Russian BT-7 was shocked, the door opened for the Germans to initiate a full assault. The BTR ended up destroyed after the Shock giving way for the German tanks to advance. The Germans suffered some heavy losses with MC and KIA, but the Russians suffered as well. Finally, in Turns 5 and 6, the Russian began to fail their MCs. With no good order MMCs remaining, the Russians conceded at the end of the German Turn 6.
2020-12-02(A) Mark Dennehy vs Jim Bert German win
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!
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To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 26
Archive recorded plays:
German10
Russian16
Drawn:0

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