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Shouting Into The Storm ETO (id:#60824)
(ASL Action Pack # 6 A Decade of War ID: AP62)   [next]   [previous]
Klein-Silber, Germany 1945-02-08 (15 others)
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CH 178: Crocodile Hunt (Critical Hit # 7.3)
29: Blood In The Mud (Dezign Pak 3)
FB16: Crossing the Bloody Meadow (HASL 8 - Festung Budapest)
BB 04.1: Stopping the Cavalry (Coastal Fortress)
CH 17: Funnies at Zyfflich (Critical Hit Retro Magazine 2)
ITR-20: Fill 'er up, Mac? (Into The Rubble 2)
CH 17: Funnies at Zyfflich (Critical Hit #2 2022 reprint)
ASLN38: Time To Burn (Critical Hit #8.2)
JA 05: A Chance Meeting In the Reichswald (Internet: Jeffery T. Allen)
Designer: Gary Fortenberry
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Balance:
German (SS)Russian
55.357142857143%

Overview:

In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy off balance, while the German 11th Army struggled to re-establish and stabilize the front line by making numerous local counterattacks to regain lost ground. On the 4th, the Soviets surrounded the Germans defending Arnswalde, and on the 7th captured the smaller town of Reetz northeast of it along the Ihna River. The next morning, one King Tiger and three assault guns were ordered to attack east through the tiny village of Ziegenhagen to nearby Klein-Silber in order to cut off a Soviet column moving north from Reetz. A quick recon resulted in a call for reinforcements; and with the addition of two more King Tigers, a company of paratroopers and additional assault guns, the force set out around noon. The attack surprised the Russians, and quickly eliminated an anti-tank position west of the bridge in Ziegenhagen. With paratroopers in the lead, the column crossed the bridge into Klein-Silber.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503, SS-Panzer Abteilung 11 and Fallschirmjäger-Division 9)
Defender: Russian (2nd Guards Tank Army and 6th Independent Heavy Tank Regiment)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:8
PzKpfw VIB x 3
StuG IIIG (L) x 4
StuH 42 (L)

AFVs: D:4
IS-2m x 3
SU-100
T-34/85 x 3

Guns: A:0 D:3
57mm PTP obr. 43 x 2
100mm PTP obr. 44

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All buildings without steeple are ground level only. Both side - variable OB
Map Board(s):
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PublicationBoard
ASL Action Pack # 246
ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition)46
ASL 5a - For King and Country10
ASL Action Pack # 6 A Decade of War2a
ASL 4 - Partisan!10
Overlays: OG1 P5
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-03-02(D) Savo Barbero vs Andrea Manzoli German (SS) win
2025-03-02(A) manzoli andrea vs Savo Barbero German (SS) win
2025-03-01(A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås vs Bjørnar Russian winASL Scandinavian Open round 4
2024-10-16(A) Jon Jaramillo vs Matt K German (SS) win6.67 hrsThis was a very tight game that went down to the wire, but the Germans were able to eke out a victory cleaning up all the victory locations on the last game turn. The decisive point in the game was a CX German HS running through five open ground hexes to get adjacent to the last Russian 122, finding a PF in AFPh on a 1 and then hitting and burning the 122 from the side. That opened up the board for my units to get into to position to CC the Russians for the victory locations. Great game.
2024-08-01(A) Andy Bagley vs Jim Bishop German (SS) winGreat, if somewhat large, scenario. I took the Group B option as the Germans, Russians took Groups A2 and B2, and concentrated on defending areas around the two victory buildings rather than an up-front defence. I was able to advance steadily early on without taking serious losses until a Russian 57LL blew the tracks off one of my King Tigers, and the crew bailed out (cowards!). In return however, I got lucky when my armour leader, in an in motion King Tiger, hit and destroyed the Russian SU100, which was also moving at the time. However, I lost all my StuGIIIs and my advance in the north was being held up by a well-placed T34/85 - that is until my infantry rolled snakeyes on an IFT shot against the CE crew, shooting them dead. At this point (during my turn 5) Jim conceded, which might have been a little early as he still had a FT and HMG to use in defence of the southern victory building. But I had almost all my infantry and three AFVs still available and could surround the remaining Russians, so probably fair enough.
2024-06-23(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Peter Albrechtsen Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2024-06-15(A) S. Slunt vs Martin Barker German (SS) win
2024-06-11(A) Paul Legg vs Steve Hall German (SS) winIlluninating Rounds
2024-06-10(D) Douglas Leslie vs Tim ReadeD German (SS) winPlayed in Round 2 of the Illuminating Rounds competition. Tim outbid me to play the Germans and I got the balance in the shape of a T34/85 tank which joined 3 IS-2ms in the hope of stopping the German juggernaut. The performance of the Russian armour here could euphemistically be described as disappointing. One IS-2 disappeared into a cellar, another succumbed to a sniper attack and the third managed to kill precisely zero German AFVs or infantry. Tim did a great job of moving his armour and infantry forward and the Russians were overwhelmed with one one player turn to go.
2024-06-03(D) Dave Mareske vs Martin Barker German (SS) winGreat game with Martin that came down to the last CC. Lots of 2s and 12s in the game that made everything interesting which eventually swung to the German favor. The Russian FT ran out of gas on its first shot, which was both late in the game and started the slow decline of the Russian defense. Played as part of the Illuminating Rounds Tournament.
2024-05-29(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Luca Martini German (SS) winWent down to the last CC when the russian where not able to snatch one building hex from my Germans.
One Tiger rolled 12 on the start and another broke MA on its second shot. Those IS survived 2 frontal PFs and 2 88LL shots. In the end they all went down.
The Russian FT had a field day, killed 2 AFVs and vaporized many MMCs stayed in the game till the very end. Those 122 hit everything they shot at. It was a wild scenario. Highly reccomended.
2023-10-06(A) Michael Rodgers vs Dave Wiesenhahn German (SS) win
2022-10-05(D) John Garlic vs Alan Saltzman Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-10-03(A) John Garlic vs Brian Wiersma Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-01-04(A) Asad Rustum vs Kalle Widell German (SS) win
2021-12-24(A) patrick palma vs Fabio Mazzucchelli German (SS) win
2021-12-14(A) Chuck Dye vs patrickpalma Russian win
2021-12-14(D) patrick palma vs Chuck Dye Russian win
2021-07-25(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Kalle Widell Russian winThe german assault was heavy in the southern part and a bit weaker in the center. Nothing came in at the north to begin with. The russians tried desperately to kindle parts of the wooden buildings in the south to hamper the german advance but 4 tries gave nothing. First shot with the flamethrower broke it as per usual. Things looked very bleak. Despite that, the german had to commit much infantry in the south and as the game neared the end he could not get enough troops up to the north and in the penultimate turn he saw that the war was lost anyway and gave up.
2021-06-24(A) Michal Sedlacko vs Gerhard Bruckner Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2021-03-20(A) S. Slunt vs Brad Hunter German (SS) winCame down to the last turn.
2020-11-30(D) Daniel Soukup vs Patrick German (SS) win
2020-04-09(A) Simon Staniforth vs Russian win
2019-10-05(A) Tuomo Lukkari vs Lars Thuring German (SS) win[Imported from ROAR]
2019-04-14(D) Tom Kearney vs Bill Cirillo German (SS) winBitter Ender 2019.
2018-03-13(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald German (SS) win
2017-07-23(D) Gordon Jupp vs Nick Holmshaw Russian winGreat game with variable OOB and toys for both sides. I thought it was game over on Turn 2 when both my 57mm ATG were over run and the arriving SU100 was taken out by a King Tiger from a LOS that I completely missed! However, the remaining Tanks did a good delaying job and we called it at the end of T6 as one of the victory buildings was not within reach of the attackers.
2016-05-07(D) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wilson Russian winClose game. Hung to pull out a win when the 50cal went a rate tear to break or 5 of the six squads adjacent to the last required hex in the board 10 building. That squad then failed its PAATC to advance into the location.
2016-03-19(A) Paul Works vs Coleman Quill German (SS) win
2015-07-25(D) David Yllanes vs Juanjo M German (SS) winGood scenario. I made a mistake in my setup and allowed the flamethrowers to get too close...
2015-03-07(D) Ian Morris vs Craig Benn German (SS) win
2015-03-06(D) Paul Legg vs Mark Blackmore German (SS) winHeroes 2015
2015-03-06(D) Ian Morris vs Ian Pollard Russian win
2015-02-26(D) Ian Morris vs Gerard Burton German (SS) win
2014-11-15(D) X von Marwitz vs Bruno Nitrosso German (SS) winPlayed this again, being the Russians this time, against an excellent opponent Bruno Nitrosso. He had completely stomped me in a game of J157 last year, so I was up on my toes right from the start. The start of this scenario was the most exciting thing of all. I came up with some most devious plan that made me so excited that I partly spoiled it by misplacement of a unit in the overall ploy. So instead of being potentially devastating, it still did serve to overturn the German plans to quite some degree. I need to play this again avoiding my flaw to see what happens then... Anyway, the second and third turn went well for the Germans, though, with my Russians taking significant losses and falling back to the 10Z6 victory building. There, things seemed to fall apart for the Russians in no time but the defence crystallized turning the streets around it into a panzer-graveyard, killing two StuGs, the StuH and a King Tiger along with the FT-toting HS in one epic Defensive Fire Phase. Lady Luck surely smiled down on me there. These blows allowed the Russians, to rush a pair of T34/85s to aid the Z6 forces that were still very outnumbered with regard to infantry. They were able to deliver some other hard blows on exposed infantry. But it could not go on forever, so when I advanced my 9-2+infantry into a CC with a -3 ambush advantage against some CX Germans with a very good chance to kill them outright and to infiltrate back into the Z6 building, Lady Luck had left - and left me stuck in Melee. While success in my stunt would likely have decided the scenario in my favor, now, the Germans came back and eventually overcame the valiant Russian defenders. My very skilled opponent then managed to get his way bit by bit, losing another King Tiger in the process and being forced to see a prisoner HS and captured 9-1 kill their German guards and return back to action. At 3:30 a.m. it was all over with the Germans ruling supreme and both players mutually exhausted but happy by this truly excellent and most exciting playing.
2014-11-04(D) Richard Carter vs Mark Moore German (SS) winI made some errors in judgement, coming out of HIP too early with one and not soon enough with another gun. He ended up having a lot of his force to root me out of the last few victory hexes. Still a fun one.
2014-10-30(A) X von Marwitz vs David Wallace German (SS) winGrim late war 1945 action. For once, the Germans are on the offensive on a local counterattack AND they have the equipment and troops for some fearsome punch. On the other side, it is elite Russians holed up in a village, whose task it is to keep the Germans out. The Germans need to control two crossroads and two buildings. Somewhat special is, that the Germans have to cross that ONE bridge across a fridgid stream or pass through the stream which is very unpleasant for infantry. To boot, the Russians cannot set up much to defend up front. So the Germans will eventually force the bridge, and they better do so quickly. Later on they need the time to root the Russians out of stone buildings. The scenario has variable OoBs where both sides may opt to select one of two choices for two sets of forces each. This one's got King Tigers, IS-2m's, FT, DC, .50Cal, 9-2 leaders for both sides, a German 9-2 AL, Assault Engineers, AT mines - you name it. Plenty of toys for both sides. To boot, as of end of Oct. 2014, ROAR has this extremely balanced with 50 German to 49 Russian wins coupled with an Excitement Rating of 7.5 out of 10 which is very good. For various reansons, my game was spread out over considerable time via VASL, so I do not remember all details. All in all, I was favored by the dice for sure. I agressively pushed forward to close in with the Russians. Despite their high quality of troops and equimpent, they don't have enough to cover, that is hold, everything, so it is likely that the game will develop into a slug-out about one of the two victory buildings. The Russians were trying to delay me in the south and building a castle in the north. After securing the south, the Germans had to hurry north to be able to help in time to attack the "castle" with overwhelming odds. One highlight of our playing worthy to make it into ASL folklore forever is the following: A CX German 238 moved and captured an unpossessed Russain 57LL ATG. They turned it around during the APh with the intent to aquire a hex where the Russian menace (9-2, 458+.50Cal concealed) was lurking in the "castle" to cover the street I had to pass. I forgot that there would be no AQ at all if firing ITT until after I rolled. This actually was a Basic TH of 8 +17 (!!!) shot - a feat to pull off in itself: Fire during APh (+2), Captured (+2), Unqualified Use (+2), CX (+1), Stone Building (+3), Concealed Target (+2), CA change for 3 hexspines (+5) = +17. My Fallschirmjäger aimed with a vengeance, though, and rolled Snakes followed by a subsequent dr of 1 for an improbable Critical Hit. 14FP -3! Random Selection hits... the enemy 9-2!! The result is a 3MC which the Leader shrugs off as does his .50Cal toting squad both unpinned... I got the Acquisition, though. Wasn't that the plan in the first place? It came down to the last German half turn with several 36FP+ shots directed by 9-2 leaders from both sides at Point Blank range within the last victory building that only did not result in immediate annihilation because of the presence of SMOKE for both sides. In the end, though, all Russians broke and would be eliminated for FtR giving the Germans Control of the Building and the win. In fact, in this scenario I managed to destroy the entire Russian OoB. Can't remember when I last (if ever) pulled this off. Although my opponent disagrees, I think that things could still have gone awry for the Germans late in the game if my kill stack would have been broken by his 36FP+4 shot. Whatever. For sure, I can recommend this scenario for play despite it being probably a bit more fun for the Germans. Toys, excitement, balance. What is there not to like?
2014-06-21(A) Will Willow vs M. Shostak Russian winTT
2013-11-08(D) Gordon Jupp vs Jeremy Shields Russian winGreat game - I got lucky and took out two King Tigers with crit hits from 57LL AT guns.....
2013-08-18(A) patrick palma vs Mark Pingley German (SS) win
2013-08-15(D) Jesus Pie vs Curtis Brooks German (SS) winA great game and a great opponent. Curtis steady closed the noose, destroy my armor and cornered my troops at the VC buildings, but they hold until the last turn, when the game was decided at the last CC.
2012-06-27(D) James Rimmer vs Kyle Weltner German (SS) win[Imported from ROAR]
2012-01-02(D) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks German (SS) winThe tide turned on my when I lost my 9-2 to a sniper, but it came down to the last turn with all the German survivors (not in melee) converging on the last IS-2 tank. All the PF shots missed or bounced until one got an immob result and allowed perfect DC placement on its back hull. Great game.
2011-03-08(A) Paul Jones vs Phil Pomerantz Russian winGermans never really made much of a dent in the tight Russian defence.
2011-02-26(D) fabrizio da pra vs Andreas Carlsson German (SS) win
2011-02-15(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Mattias Bergwall Russian win
2011-01-18(D) Richard Jenulis vs Mike Patrick Russian win
2011-01-12(D) Paolo Cariolato vs nando f German (SS) win
2010-09-26(A) nathan wegener vs Albert W German (SS) winDown to the wire on this play CC in the victory hex on the final half turn for the win. To set up the final CC - I delievered a double snoogie against a nasty 9-2 + 2.5 squads and a 9-1 and squad of my own. If you've never double snoogied before, I highly recommend trying it!
2010-09-15(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker Russian winNice scenario with some good heavy metal fun!
2010-08-28(D) nathan wegener vs Peter W Russian winTiger IIs had trouble with their transmissions - lost 2 to start rolls. HIP 57LL got a APCR rear turret hit to take out the 3rd. Russian infantry fell back in reasonable order and Germans ran out of time.
2010-07-23(A) Jeff Waldon vs William Sanders Russian winFtF-SLASL
2010-06-15(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni German (SS) win
(D) Jim Thompson vs Dave Gillies German (SS) win[Imported from ROAR]
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.26Votes: 53
Views: 7853
To-Play list count: 9
Estimated Play time: 7.4 hours
Recorded Games: 53
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)33
Russian20
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Shouting Into the Storm [Confirmed]
[A] German 91
[D] Russian 80
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