Butchers and Bakers ETO (id:#59983)
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Designer: Evan E. Sherry
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Balance:
BritishGerman
53.125%

Overview:

The 1/5 Welsh were ordered to gain the Falaise road and crossing near Barfour. A change in mission called for the companies to halt at the road. Unfortunately, Battalion HQ lost radio communications with both companies. Lt. Tasker Watkin's B Company continued across the road and later came under murderous machine-gun fire while advancing through a corn field set with booby traps. Lt. Watkins was the last officer remaining. He led a thirty-man bayonet charge against approximately fifty enemy infantry from the 271st Infantry Division's Bakery and Slaughter House Companies, practically wiping them out. Finally, at dusk, separated from the rest of the battalion, Watkins ordered his men to scatter and after he had personally neutralized an enemy machine-gun nest, he led them back to safety. Lt. Watkins' intrepid leadership saved his men and directly determined the outcome of the battle. For his actions at Barfour, Lieutenant Tasker Watkins was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Attacker: British (Elements of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, 53rd Welsh Division)
Defender: German (Elements of Bakery and Slaughter House Kompanies, Infanterie Division 271)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:5.0 D:4.0
AFVs: A:0
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: A: 10-2 leader is heroic, but wounds as a leader.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-02-08(A) davide galloni vs Marco Bria British win
2023-02-05(D) davide galloni vs Marco Bria British win
2021-10-20(A) davide galloni vs Raffaele British win
2020-10-22(A) Macari Samuel vs Loïc GOURDON German winVery dicey scenario. No pleasure.
2020-03-16(A) Marco Pasquini vs Sommi Marco British win
2020-03-12(A) Marco Pasquini vs Manzoli Andrea German win
2020-03-12(D) manzoli andrea vs Marco Pasquini German winEnglish made wrong count of prisoners exit VP..
2020-03-10(A) davide galloni vs Marco Pasquini British win
2020-03-10(D) Marco Pasquini vs Galloni Davide British winBritish win at last turn! German roll very high :)
2019-12-28(A) O Ramaille vs British winA desperate last CC from the Germans at low odds could have helped win the game. However, The British got the Ambush and killed them all. No more Germans could stop the British to exit. A simple introductory infantry scenario where decisions are key.
2019-08-11(A) Jeff Waldon vs Paul Qualtieri German winVASL w/German Balance - Teaching game
2018-11-26(A) Tom Abromaitis vs Travis Crowe German win
2017-10-06(D) Chuck Dye vs JohnH British win
2017-07-07(D) Greg Krane vs Scott Key German winGermans got lucky multiple ROF for its Medium machine gun that immediately wounded and casualty reduced one British leader and casualty reduced a squad. This set the tone for British luck as they didn't break a single German squad until the last turn. British rolled at least three more box cars on rally attempts and morale checks during the game.
2012-10-26(A) Luke Sineath vs Markus Klaas German win
2012-10-13(D) Luke Sineath vs Markus Klaas German win
2011-12-30(D) Ian Willey vs Duncan Raeburn British winNice quick scenario, Duncan got away with a lot of open ground movement. Poor upfront position of the MMG lost it early doors.
2011-02-05(A) Edward Fritz vs Dave Bresson British winA quick scenario to help bridge the gap between SK and full ASL.
2011-01-23(D) Jonathan Davis vs Voss Graham British win
2010-04-19(A) John Shingara vs cliff Smith German winNice scenario, very short, played both sides in an evening.
2010-04-19(D) John Shingara vs cliff Smith German winNice scenario, very short, played both sides in an evening.
2009-12-30(D) David Ramsey vs John Rice German winNice introductory scenario.
2009-10-05(A) Jonathan Davis vs Gavin Davis British winIntroducing the game to my 8yo nephew. I left out the rules, just let him tell me the things he wanted to do. Unfortunately, I diced him bad. I had cleared the VC buildings and eliminated all but one squad by the end of turn 2, with me only having one broken squad. So I ran my best guys off board in order to give him a chance. He won in CC against two full squads and a leader, so technically he won, but only out of my mercy.
2009-02-11(A) The Scrub vs German German winQuick and fun. Easily completed in an hour.
2008-11-01(D) Richard Jenulis vs George Kelln British winWest Coast Rumble 2008 [exact date unknown]
2008-05-25(D) nathan wegener vs Peter N British wintoo dependent on the MG rolls on the first 2 turns - got bad rolls and got whacked
2008-01-27(A) Richard Salisbury vs KH German win
2008-01-17(D) Richard Salisbury vs KH German win
2008-01-12(A) Larry Davidson vs Brian Devitt British win
2007-12-29(D) Allen Evenson vs Marc Malone German winBrits successfully assaulted MMG on turn 2 but were unable to clear Buildings and exit VP
2007-12-29(A) Allen Evenson vs Marc Malone German winGermans reinforced MMG and cut Brits to ribbons
2007-11-07(D) Keith Colins vs David Childs British winFun tight scenario that came down to the last possible unit making an MC to exit for the win.
2007-10-15(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs British win
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Final CC in which the Germans hang on for victory (note exited British offboard at 5VP)
 
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Avg Rating: 5.98Votes: 43
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Estimated Play time: 1.1 hours
Recorded Games: 32
Archive recorded plays:
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German15
Drawn:0

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[A] German 20
[D] British 15
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