Schloss Hemingstein WTO (id:#60790)
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Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanGerman (SS)
58.620689655172%

Overview:

Always close enough to the battle to maintain his reputation as an action reporter, “Papa” Ernest Hemingway had become close friends with the commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles Lanham. Lanham wanted to make sure Hemingway had something to write about without getting killed trying to find it. After personally leading a stalled attack against “Black Man” Ridge, Lanham and the 22nd would find the sharp end among the firs near Brandscheid, while his writer-friend sipped captured German cognac from a hilltop observation post.
Attacker: American (22nd Regiment, 4th Infantry Division)
Defender: German (SS) (SS-Division 2 'Das Reich' and Kampfgruppe Kuehne)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:2
M10 GMC x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Pillbox4 with automatic linking tunnels
Map Board(s): 32 50
Overlays: X19
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-12(A) Asad Rustum vs Kris Koch American winThe Americans attack along the southern flank with a smaller force on the northern flank. The tanks supported in the middle with two squads. The Americans took some early breaks in the middle and the northern flank while the southern flank progressed well and was able to take out the hmg nest covering the sunken road.
From turn three the American was extremely lucky and obliterated the German forces that had trouble getting any effective fire on the Americans. The German northern flank held quite well but had to withdraw to the church when the southern flank collapsed. At this point, with only two squads from Kampfgruppe Kuehne still standing, and a guaranteed large influx of Americans into the church, the Germans conceded the game.
Really fun scenario.
2021-09-23(D) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wilson German (SS) winThe SS hunkered down in the victory building and survived a heavy barrage from the tank destroyers. My opponent suffered heavy leader casualties which left him with no leaders by about turn 5. His final push for the victory building collapsed in the face of the flamethrower and a timely snakes on a 4 -1 advancing fire shot that eliminated a hero and one of the few remaining good order US squads.
2018-11-01(A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås vs Lars German (SS) win
2018-01-11(D) patrick palma vs John Garlic German (SS) win
2014-12-15(D) Lee Bray vs American winI set up with two of the bunkers covering the roads in front of the VC building and the other two in the woods with wire and mines to delay the attackers. All went reasonably well for a few turns with the Germans falling back slowly, but it all went wrong around T4 when I felt the centre was rather weak and tried to reposition. This exposed the Germans to US firepower too much and everything broke. By the end game there were few Germans left and I conceded. decent scenario which I'd play again.
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atomic Added a playing2023-09-12 20:08:29
atomic Rated the scenario2023-09-12 20:00:15
oybj Added a playing2023-01-01 10:17:33
Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-09-28 11:56:44
Rich Weiley Added a playing2021-09-23 12:12:51
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Here in this house in Buchet lived Ernest Hemingway (*1899 +1961) during the first movement of the American Army into the Siegfried Line
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.81Votes: 21
Views: 3226
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 4.3 hours
Recorded Games: 19
Archive recorded plays:
American11
German (SS)8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Schloss Hemingstein
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[A] American 40
[D] German 28
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