Going Against the Grain WTO (id:#60498)
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Grainville, France 1944-06-28 ()
J98: Lend-Lease Attack (ASL Journal # 6)
T02: The Puma Prowls (Classic ASL)
T02: The Puma Prowls (AH:The General # 24.2)
CH105: Wide Diamond (Critical Hit # 6.1)
CH106: The Breakthrough (Critical Hit # 6.1)
RP I 1a: Morning in Mouen (Critical Hit # 7.2)
FAW5: Retreat to Ihantala (Finland At War Vol I: Jatkosota)
FAW10: Beyond Vyborg (Finland At War Vol I: Jatkosota)
RP 1: Morning in Mouen (Rout Pak I)
StB 1: Honey Trap (Scotland the Brave I)
StB 2: Cameronian Crossing (Scotland the Brave I)
StB 3: Seaforth Objective (Scotland the Brave I)
TTF10: Rear Guard (Tigers To The Front!)
X 5: Morning in Mouen (Rout Report # 2)
KH 10: Calvary Hill (King of the Hill)
OB7: Where's The Beef? (Onslaught to Orsha)
OB8: Bloody Bobruisk (Onslaught to Orsha)
OB9: Oriola Force (Onslaught to Orsha)
ON03: Lend-Lease Attack (On Top Scenarios)
S24: Sherman Marches West (ASL Starter Kit #3)
SV14: Day at Night (Swedish Volunteers)
SP174: Krupki Station (Schwerpunkt #15)
StB #1: Honey Trap (Orders For The Major)
StB #2: Cameronian Crossing (Orders For The Major)
StB #3: Seaforth Objective (Orders For The Major)
StB # 21: Wide Diamond (Shout For PIATS)
StB # 22: The Breakthrough (Shout For PIATS)
OST 7: Race for the Berezina (Ost Front Pack 2: Liberation of Minsk)
LSSAH 41: Objective: Mouen (Leibstandarte Pack 6 - Normandie)
OtO 19: Where's The Beef? (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 20: Bloody Bobruisk (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 21: Oriola Force (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
OtO 22: Inferno at Krupki (Onslaught To Orsha 2)
#13: Retreat To Ihantala (Fire And Ice)
#18: Beyond Vyborg (Fire And Ice)
AP159: Day at Night (ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers)
AP170: Never On Time (ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under)
MM 69: Marsch Ruckkampfer (March Madness 2021 Three-Player Pack)
AP170: Never On Time (ASL European Union Championship 2022)
FT320: Osasto Björkman (From The Cellar Pack #12)
FT317: Bridge to Oblivion (From The Cellar Pack #12)
S98: The Hatefulness of War (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3)
Q33: Exploiting The Gap (Quick 6 Scenario Pack VI)
BFP-185: Taninmylly Motti (BFP 6: Mannerheim Cross)
BFP-186: Tali Whacker (BFP 6: Mannerheim Cross)
JA 01: Garvis (Internet: Jeffery T. Allen)
JA 13: First of Many (Internet: Jeffery T. Allen)
Designer: Chas Smith
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)British
34.48275862069%

Overview:

The British launched Operation Epsom on 26 June, with the objective of isolating Caen. For two days the attackers slogged forward against very stiff resistance, but slowly made gains. On 27 June, elements of the 15th Scottish Division clashed with elements of SS Panzer Division 2 around Grainville. Fighting went back and forth, but by late morning on 28 June, the Scots held the village. Kampfgruppe Weidinger composed the southern flank of an attack not directed at Grainville were surprised when they received fire from Grainville, as they thought the village was unoccupied. They turned and took up the battle, also hitting positions of the 7th Seaford Highlanders at la Valtru.
Attacker: German (SS) (Elements of Kampfgruppe Weidinger, SS Panzer Division 2)
Defender: British (Reinforced elements of 46th Brigade, 15th Scottish Division)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: British     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:8
PzKpfw VG x 5
sIG 38(t)M x 2
FlaKPz 38(t)
SdKfz 10/4

AFVs: D:3
Churchill IV x 2
Churchill VI

Guns: A:0 D:5
OQF 17-Pounder x 2
OQF 6-Pounder 7-cwt x 2
OML 3-in. Mortar
OML 2-in. Mortar x 3

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Vehicles set up in Motion, Assault Engineers, not Elite for Special Ammo.
Overlays: BFP-V-3 BFP-V-2
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-06-22(A) Simon Staniforth vs Ian Morris In progressMy opponent has already done a short write up which is a fair summary. My plan was to take both villages rather than exit and I called it as the Germans T4. Whilst I was in a good position to take the smaller BFP D village, I had probably over committed a squad or two there and my push against the BFP F village never gathered momentum. Lost too many AFVs to change strategy and go for a part Exit to achieve the alternative VC. Ian’s hot dice in the second session sealed my fate!
2023-05-22(D) Ian Morris vs Simon Staniforth British winEnjoyable game. For a change, all the traps worked - except the OBA, which never landed anything more lethal than a SR. Played over two sessions, the dice gods were definitely smiling on me in the second one.
2022-12-22(D) Ian Morris vs Martin Mayers German (SS) winVery enjoyable game, one of the best of the year. Took it to the last turn, but ran out of men in the end.
2021-07-24(A) walter mcwilliams vs Al Salzman DrawWent for the exit VC early on., "It's a trap!" Should have gone with the first plan and left hooked into the larger village. Probably pretty difficult on the Germans IMHO
2017-05-04(D) Chuck Dye vs Kevin Killeen British winBritish piats and ATs saved the Crown in this one
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hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-02-07 17:49:18
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns2024-02-07 17:47:50
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2024-02-07 17:47:50
Simonstan Added a playing2023-06-10 12:11:22
Gamer72 Added a playing2023-05-22 17:39:58
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Avg Rating: 6.00Votes: 9
Views: 4407
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 8.8 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)1
British5
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Going Against the Grain [Confirmed]
[A] German 9
[D] British 14
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