Who Are These Devils? MTO (id:#60274)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 6 ID: PBr CG I)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Randy Yeates
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
BritishItalian/German
63.636363636364%

Overview:

The Primosole Bridge (PBr) Campaign Game offers two or more players a series of interrelated scenarios dealing with the fighting that occurred near the Primosole Bridge on the island of Sicily in July of 1943. Using this system a variable number of scenarios are played, each simulating a portion of the actual battle. 12 Campaign Dates.
Attacker: British (1st Airborne Division: 1st and 3rd Parachute Battalion/1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery)
Defender: Italian/German (372nd Coastal Defense Battalion, 213th Coastal Defense Division, Italian XVI Corps/Hermann Göering Division)  
60-108 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:9.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Buessing-NAG
Opel Blitz x 3
Autocarretta

Guns: A:2
OQF 6-Pounder 7-cwt x 2
OML 2-in. Mortar Airborne x 3
D:3
8.8cm FlaK 18
Cannone da 47/32 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PBr SSR, Night (E1), Glider (E8), Paradrop (E9)
Overlays: NONE
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-07-13(A) Mark McG vs German/Italian British winA 4 year PBeM game, played sporadically over some the years, with some lulls as life and work got busy.

Final result was the German surrendering in the July 16 AM scenario as the British infantry force that had crossed over the canal on their left severalscenarios before had finally connected to the bridge, clearing the roadblock. This allowed the British tanks to cross the bridge in force,and couple with huge quantities of British infantry, the British were pushing forwards a hex or two per turn. The German pocket in the village was being squeezed out.

Overall I don't rate this CG highly. The initial scenarios of the British paras vs the German Fallshirmjaeger are interesting, the Brits first expelling the Italians, and then trying to hold the bridgehead.

Thereafter, the terrain of olivegroves and vineyards make LOS very difficult and for a time the most effective weapons were OBA and snipers. Even with massed HMGs, the hinderance modifiers are extreme. It is like jungle terrain to an extent, very close fighting, but across the canal most firepower became ineffective.
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Avg Rating: 5.00Votes: 1
Views: 4542
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Estimated Play time: 75.8 hours
Recorded Games: 1
Archive recorded plays:
British1
Italian/German0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Who are these Devils?
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[A] German/Italian 6
[D] British 4
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