Into the Fray ETO (id:#60758)
Prior Publication: Last Hurrah
See Also: Into the Fray by Multi-Man Publishing
Krojanty, Poland 1939-09-01 ()
43: Into the Fray (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
NEWS19: First Contact, First Defeat (ASL News # 12)
ASL News 19: First Contact, First Defeat (ASL News Pack #1)
CH100: Dawn of a New Age (Critical Hit # 5.2)
CH135: The River Dance (Critical Hit # 6.2)
EP19: First Contact, First Defeat (Euro-Pack I - Early War Actions)
FE78: The Birth of Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FE79: Motorcycle Probe (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FE80: The World Aflame (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FE81: Smialya (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FE82: Mokra Melee (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FE83: The Fifth Column (Blitzkrieg Pack)
NFNH 1: Mlava Stronghold (Waffen-SS III: Neither Fear Nor Hope)
LASSH 1: Opening Fire (Leibstandarte Pack 1 - Blitzkrieg!)
1: Lions of Westerplatte (ASLOK 2005 - 20th Anniversary Scenario Pack)
DB018: DASL Series #3: Special Delivery (Dispatches from the Bunker # 9)
PA CG 1: Poland Aflame: Code Name Edelweiss (Poland Aflame!)
PA CG 2: Poland Aflame: Flesh and Steel (Poland Aflame!)
PK 37.1: Into the Trap (Coastal Fortress Rare Vehicles Scenarios)
PK 39.1: The Fifth Column (Coastal Fortress Rare Vehicles Scenarios)
SL 201: Sacrifice of Polish Armor (Hit the Beach # 4.4)
FoW 1: It Ain't Easy (Frog of War Magazine # 1)
41: Commence Hostilities (Dezign Pak 4)
U14: Sacrifice of Polish Armor (Turning the Tide)
RP13: Opening Fire (WASLC's Rally Point! # 4.3)
S52: Extraordinary Bravery (Special Ops # 3)
BP1 BONUS #2: First Crossing (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: First Contact, First Defeat (Retro Pak III)
BFP-105: The Winter City (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-106: Going Postal (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-107: Costly Baptism (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-108: Ceramic City (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-109: Training Day (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
WCW01: Feuer Frei! (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
WCW02: Saving Outpost Prom (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
WCW03: Main Line of Defence (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
WCW04: On the Waterfront (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
WCWCG: Westerplatte 1939 Campaign Game (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
#2: Sealed Fate (Sealed Fate: Poland 1939)
#6: First Contact, First Defeat (Sealed Fate: Poland 1939)
DASL 509: Combat Test (Internet: Steven Swann)
BG4: Wild, Irregular Gunfight (Covered)
ASLN19: First Contact, First Defeat (Critical Hit #8.1)
S92: Armageddon Begins (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3)
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanPolish
45.205479452055%

Overview:

By noon the first day, the German 20th Motorized Infantry Division was surging across the so-called “Polish Corridor” from the west towards the vital crossroads at Chojnice. Along the Chojnice-Naklo rail line, the German vanguard had been fought to a standstill by recently mobilized Polish reservists. But Polish casualties were mounting and ammunition was low. The Germans were so close that attempts to break off the action and withdraw failed. The Polish Uhlan Regiments, perhaps the finest cavalry in the world, was ordered to extricate their comrades. . .
Attacker: German (Vanguard of Infanterie Regiment 76 (mot))
Defender: Polish (13th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division / 18th Uhlan Regiment, Pomorska Cavalry Brigade)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:27.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IIA x 2
PSW 221 x 3

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Ur wz. 35 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Cavalry13, Elite have ELR 3, 1st Line / Green have ELR 2
Map Board(s): 4 33
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-20(D) Camille Garek vs Jean Polish win
2023-04-25(A) Shane Pask vs German winEarly on I thought of going for the exit Victory but the recall of a couple of AFV (a stunned PSW and a disabled Pz II, and then the other PZ was immobilised) made exit VP impossible. By turn 4, casualty VP also looked doubtful. Turn 5 saw R6 and the MMG captured with the surrender of 1 1/2 squads and an 8-0 and the Germans slowly dominated the middle woods.
Still the Germans only just emerged victorious with exactly 20VP lead and needed the double VP for prisoners to even reach that.
2023-02-23(D) Jack Wilson vs Clinton Cleburne Polish winTricky game. The Germans have two ways to win: exit 30 VP off the board or amass 20 more CVP than the Poles. I was fairly confident I could keep him from hitting his exit number, but it quickly became apparent my problem was going to be how easily the starting Polish Green squads break and get disrupted. He gobbled up 10 CVP on surrenders alone before I knew what his me.

he was pretty cautious with his AFVs, mostly using them as mobile MGs and laying down Prep and Def fire. I got tremendously lucky when my MMG destroyed one of his Pz IIs with a snakes TK. Those CVP turned out to be the difference.

Still, the game came down to a last-turn blitz. Once again, I was saved by the dice.

Advice to anyone playing the Poles in this one: have those green squads run, not walk, west as fast as they can on turn one to get them out of LOF. Turn over the 2 ATRs and MMG to the oncoming 13 Elite cavalry squads and fight it out with them.
2022-12-19(D) Jesus Pie vs Txema German win
2019-07-29(A) Jeff B vs David Murray German winGermans charged right up the gut on Turn 1. My opponent said I got much further than he would've thought; that pretty much set the stage for the rest of the game. I really hadn't even considered going for the 20+ CVP VC, but after that first turn it became apparent that a lot of the green Poles would be surrendering - so that immediately became the new strategy. His reinforcements rode into the central woods mass, and it looked like it would be a clash there, but a sneaky LOS from one of my kill stacks absolutely shredded his 9-2 stack, leaving only a broken HS after all was said and done. If Turn 1 set the stage that pretty much lowered the curtain. After that I just kept inching my way forward with my army of HS, while my kill stacks (and subsequently AFVs) cleaned up the mess. Poles conceded after Turn 5.
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GOUREAU Added a playing2023-09-20 18:52:09
von Garvin Linked the scenario to ROAR2023-09-01 16:31:26
Pte Parts Added a playing2023-04-25 10:38:19
Jwil2020 Added a playing2023-02-24 16:20:17
jesuspiebatlle Added a playing2023-01-22 23:12:59
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.35Votes: 52
Views: 3665
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 8.4 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
German3
Polish5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Into the Fray [Confirmed]
[A] German 63
[D] Polish 75
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