In Sight of the Volga ETO (id:#60254)
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Prior Publication: Beyond Valor ASL05
See Also: In Sight of the Volga by Multi-Man Publishing In Sight Of The Volga by Avalon Hill In Sight Of The Volga by Avalon Hill
Stalingrad, Russia 1942-09-14 ()
5: In Sight of the Volga (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition))
HS 6: Just Fighting Through (HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower)
HS 7: We Know Where They Are (HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower)
v2: The Ferry Landings (Internet: MMP)
CH154: The Central Rail Station (Critical Hit # 6.4)
CH 84: Every Man a Fortress (Special Edition )
CG-GE1: The Grain Elevator (Special Edition )
CH 84a: Every Man a Fortress (Critical Hit # 7.2)
O103.1: Storming the Station (On All Fronts #103)
O103.2: Confidence is High (On All Fronts #103)
O108.2: To the Ferry (On All Fronts #108)
O111.1: RS3: Enter the Dragan (On All Fronts #111)
PJ4.5: Kuibyshev Sawmill (OAF Playtester's Journal # 4)
ON01: At the Very Beginning (On Top Scenarios)
TAC23: Bain de Minuit a Tobrouk (Tactiques # 3)
VV17: Plus un pas en Arrière! (Vae Victis # 22)
JF 14: We Know Where They Are (Jitter Fire V)
DB054: Soldiers of the 62nd Army (Dispatches from the Bunker #23)
SF-1: Barce Beat Up (Special Forces)
VotG1: The First Bid (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
VotG2: Russe! Drown in the Wolga! (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
VotG5: The Specialists' House (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
VotG3: Khopka's Crossing (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
VotG CGIV: Savage Streets of Stalingrad (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
VotG CGII: Drive to the Volga (HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards)
S35: The Volga is Reached! (Operations Special Issue #3)
MK1: Devil's Summit (Hill of Blood: Mamayev Kurgan)
1: Los Silos de Stalingrad (Alea # 8)
NTX01: Stalingrad-1 Depot (Fistful of Scenarios)
#1: Devil's Summit (To The Volga! 2: Mamayev Kurgan)
RB#55: Height 102.0 (Stalingrad Baby Bounce 4)
ER#6: Staggered Approach March (Edson's Ridge)
5: In Sight Of The Volga (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (2nd Edition) )
5: In Sight Of The Volga (ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (1st Edition) )
CS1a: Central Railroad Station (Critical Hit #4.1 2022 Reprint)
CH 84: Every Man A Fortress (Critical Hit SE 97 2022 Reprint)
Designer: The Bunker Crew
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Balance:
GermanRussian
52.173913043478%

Overview:

Defense of Stalingrad’s central district and the all important main ferry landing lay largely in the hands of hastily mobilized militia composed of factory workers and the NKVD garrison. These troops would have to hold the Wehrmacht at bay until the 13th Guards Division could cross the Volga into the city. But as the German 76th Infantry Division entered the ruins of downtown Stalingrad on a two-mile front, they met the enemy in a new environment more suitable to his talents. Nevertheless, as Captain Gerhard Meunch personally led his 3rd Battalion in the assault, he had every expectation of reaching the Volga that day. . .
Attacker: German (Batt. III, Infanterie Regiment 194, Infanterie Division 71)
Defender: Russian (10th NKVD Division and 62nd Army/13th Guards Division)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:23.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:2
StuG IIIG x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
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: Late game LV (dusk) | variable reinforcements
Map Board(s): VotG
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2020-12-02(A) Tom Kearney vs Alan Saltzman German winWe played this scenario due to it being top rated on this site. After seeing the ROAR set at 10-5 in favor of the Germans I wondered why it was top rated and gave Al, who was playing the Russians, the balance. The German attack had its ups and downs but inexorably moved forward. The brewery fell around turn 4 or 5. On turn 5 the Germans broke into the bank with help from StuG smoke. Turn 6 saw some key Russian units break. These breaks caused Al to fail a PMC and concede. We both agreed that the Russian reinforcements should begin to arrive on turn 6 instead of 7.
2020-03-10(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker German winBrutally destroyed by the Germans. Was left by turn 6 with a smattering of Russians and my personal ELR rapidly failing! Russians need to dig deep and count down the arrival of the reinforcements but turns 5-6 can be miserable if you can't slow down that advance.
2020-03-05(D) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna German winThe Germans were methodical and were able to secure a win by game turn 7. But what a fight!
2019-07-05(A) David Garvin vs Will Thatcher German win
2019-06-01(A) David Garvin vs John Stadick German winGame was called at end of German turn 5: Southern building was entirely in German hands and was just breaking into the northern one. The top level of the southern building had over 20 FP of German MGs in there and I was freely running German squads off of the east edge.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 8.00Votes: 12
Views: 5878
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 9.8 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
German7
Russian0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
In Sight of the Volga [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 5
[D] German 11
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