Village of the Damned ETO (id:#59925)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Action Pack # 3 Few Returned ID: AP18)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Village of the Damned by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Mark Pitcavage
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
RussianItalian / German
46.511627906977%

Overview:

Many Axis soldiers in Arbuzov arose on a bitterly cold Christmas Day to discover that they had been abandoned. The main force had apparently continued on their retreat without rounding up all the soldiers in the column from their scattered nighttime resting places. The abandoned soldiers, about 1500 in number, mostly Italians, believed they were doomed and decided to sell their lives dearly. Soon they heard the sounds of approaching Soviet troops. . .
Attacker: Russian (44th Rifle Division)
Defender: Italian / German (Remnants of Ravenna, Pasubio, and Torino Infantry Divisions and elements of German 298th Infantry Division)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:9.5
AFVs: A:1
T-60 M42

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, 2 random building Blaze locations. WC for infantry on both sides.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-01-25(A) keith Spurlock vs Paul Washington Italian / German win
2024-11-21(D) JP Laurio vs Solo Italian / German win
2024-10-21(A) JP Laurio vs Ron Italian / German win
2024-10-10(A) Andy Goldin vs Eric Safran Russian winEric and I played at ASLOK 2024. I used the tank and a couple squads to attack from the north, my base of fire (the MMG and two squads) attacked by fire from the northeast, and the main effort attacked from the east, entering along the road in the center of the board. I used my HS to 'bump' into his dummies and discovered pickets at least a couple times. My northern and eastern pincers blasted the defenders, with attacking from both directions and aggressive actions all along the front enabling elimination of a few of his defenders through failure to rout.
My tank had a close call when I sent it ahead of the escorting Russian infantry but Eric's street fighting dice roll wasn't quite good enough. I managed to approach the remaining defenders in the western part of the village from all sides of the compass. Once they broke, it was over and Eric conceded.
Eric was a gentleman and a scholar, knowledgeable about the rules and gracious in play, win or lose, and I’d be happy to play with him again.
2024-03-30(A) Louis Langdeau vs CR Holmes Russian winCR deployed a nice set of speed bumps, successfully bluffing a street fight with two dummy stacks in the center, and then stacking a large set of Italians on his right. I pushed in with the Russians, trying to use the T60 mostly as a VBM freeze against a kill stack of Germans. Italians put up some truly heroic results in defense, and I think the game was CRs since he still had two Italian squads on his back left that could run back to J and successfully hold me up from clearing the area. Unfortunately, CR made a bit of an error and decided to hop into combat with the two instead in the hopes of clearing out a small squad of mine. I managed to survive the round, and then in the next turn piled in to pick up the last few groups thru surrender and CC.

Really fun scenario, and a great pick for a quick game. The Axis need to hold on by their fingernails against a vastly superior Russian force, and the Russians need to MOVE to make it happen on time.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.47Votes: 74
Views: 9376
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 2.5 hours
Recorded Games: 64
Archive recorded plays:
Russian25
Italian / German39
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Village of the Damned [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 75
[D] Italian 76
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