Trying the Right Flank WTO (id:#60366)
St-Georges-d'Elle, France 1944-07-11 ()
104: Hill of Death (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
D16: Clay Pigeons (DASL 2 - Hedgerow Hell)
D17: They're Coming! (DASL 2 - Hedgerow Hell)
G36: Hill of Death (AH:The General # 31.2)
ATP06: Kraut Corner (At the Point # 11-12)
CH 99: Purple Heart Corner (Critical Hit # 5.2)
BTB3: Kraut Corner (Beyond the Beachhead)
BTB7: Blood on Hill 192 (Beyond the Beachhead)
KH 1: Last Gasp (King of the Hill)
KH 9: Kritz and Fritz (King of the Hill)
KE 8: Another Day, Another Field (March Madness `97 Pack)
KE 14: Another Day, Another Field (March Madness `99 Pack)
SP5: The Hornet of Cloville (Schwerpunkt # 1)
SP113: The Tigers Wrecked 'Em (Schwerpunkt #10)
AP35: A Lesson for Lehr (ASL Action Pack # 4 Normandy 1944)
TM: Purple Heart Draw (Battle of the Hedgerows - Purple Heart Draw)
PHD-1: Refuse to Retire (Battle of the Hedgerows - Purple Heart Draw)
PHD-3: Diversionary Attack (Battle of the Hedgerows - Purple Heart Draw)
PHD-4: Counterattack (Battle of the Hedgerows - Purple Heart Draw)
BtB 3: Kraut Corner (Beyond the Beachhead 2)
BtB 7: Blood on Hill 192 (Beyond the Beachhead 2)
BtB 14: Swatting a Hornet (Beyond the Beachhead 2)
StW4.31: Knock Them Down! (Generic Playtesting Log)
GJ068: Over Hill 192 (Grumble Jones)
Hill 192 01: Purple Heart Draw (Hill 192)
Hill 192 02: The Objective (Hill 192)
CHA #17: Hill 192 (Critical Hit Annual #2)
#5: Death's Draw (St. Lo: The Battles for Hill 192)
#6: Heroes' Garden (St. Lo: The Battles for Hill 192)
#9: The Big Hurt (St. Lo: The Battles for Hill 192)
#13: Just Desserts (Critical Hit Annual #5)
D16: Clay Pigeons (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
D17: They're Coming! (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
Mission 10: Summer Blow (White Mammoths)
StW1: Secure the Crossroads (The Steelworks)
StW2: "Hunt The Hun" (The Steelworks)
StW3: Tiger Attack (The Steelworks)
7: Exhausted and Disheartened (29 Let's Go! - Behind the Beachhead and the Drive for St. Lo)
Designer: George Kelln
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
42.857142857143%

Overview:

Company A was being pinned down by heavy mortar and artillery fire in Purple Heart Draw; Company C, to its right had moved forward against lesser difficulties thanks in part to the assistance of the engineers of the US 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, who blasted gaping holes in the thick sides of the hedgerows for the support tanks of the 741st Tank Battalion to pass through. The men of Company C quickly followed up and by mid-morning had closed on the small chateau, which seemed heavily fortified and bristling with German machine-guns...
Attacker: American (Co. C, 23rd Inf Regt and Co. C, 741st Tank Bn)
Defender: German (I/Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:2
M4A1 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All PHD MSR in effect. D: may set up in foxholes in suitable terrain
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-08-08(A) Jack Wilson vs Bob T. American winScenario #2 in the PHD pack. Unlike PHD-1 the Americans actually have a chance (though slim) to win this one. Like most of the pack, the Americans have an advantage in numbers with a couple of M4s thrown in for support. They are also given two 7-4-7 AE with two DC that can be used to breach bocage hex sides to open a path for the armor to close in on the victory hexes. However, they have to navigate through a maze of difficult terrain, wire, hidden minefields, HIP units, and other enemy units sheltering in FHs to get there, then charge up a hill to the VC buildings.

The Germans hope to use their fortifications to chew up the American advance. They have a 75L ATG and a PSK for AT purposes, not to mention the ubiquitous PFs if the Shermans are foolish enough to get within two hexes of German infantry. They have an HMG which can be set up in the 1st level of the M14 building helping to mitigate, slightly, all the terrain blind hexes and hindrances the Americans will try to take advantage of on their approach.

Fortunately, I was able to maneuver out of the LOS of the ATG, and his PZK squad got broken early and refused to rally until the last turn. However, he did make five PF attempt rolls and actually got three shots off. One missed. One I survived because the tank was HD on a hull hit, and the third turned my Sherman into a blazing wreck.

Bob made a last stand in the M14 hex- both floors, and the game came down to a last-turn winner-take-all CC. Too many American squads proved too much for the Germans to overcome.

This a fun scenario worth checking out if you want to learn bocage, especially all the ways bocage and in-season orchards can affect LOS.

2015-01-09(A) Kermit Mullins vs Christopher Brackney German winGerman HMG in M14 level 1 devastated my Americans on the left flank as I tried to move down towards the end of the draw. Both of my 7-4-7's were KIA'd as the MG-42 saw of death kept ROF and left me dazed and confused. Both Shermans bought it. Only US success was eliminating the German AT-Gun...the rest was all German!
2015-01-09(D) Chris Brackney vs Kermit Mullins German win
2014-01-18(D) Steve Bowen vs RS German winThe four scenarios in Purple Heart Draw serve primarily as practice for the big Tactical Mission. But this one seems like the best balanced of the them. Germans have to decide on an upfront defense in strength or a Fighting Withdrawal to the VC buildings for a last stand. I took the 2nd plan and held off a furious last minute American Assault.
2014-01-18(A) Ralph Shoukry vs SB German win
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Jwil2020 Added a playing2023-08-08 21:59:42
Jwil2020 Rated the scenario2023-08-08 21:29:40
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre2021-02-25 18:11:25
hoxson1 Updated the Victory Conditions2019-12-04 02:03:51
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-12-04 02:03:13
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Estimated Play time: 3.2 hours
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