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Senonchamps, Belgium 1944-12-21 ()
KGP02: Festung St. Edouard (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP03: Panthers in the Mist (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP04: Chapelle Ste. Anne (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP07: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
T11: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (AH:The General # 28.2)
NEWS20: Trojan Horses (ASL News # 12)
NEWS39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (ASL News # 22)
SC9: Sudden Full Contact (Devils in the Woods)
SC13: At the Crossroads (Devils in the Woods)
SC14: Repulsed (Devils in the Woods)
SC15: Mize Tries Again (Devils in the Woods)
EP20: Trojan Horses (Euro-Pack II - The Bulge)
OAF3: Peiper's Sledgehammer (OAF Pack 1)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
RP3-8: Another Damn Bridge (Rout Pak III)
ASL News 38: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Scroungin' ASL News)
SC1: Probing for the Bridge (Sudden Full Contact)
SC2: Grabbing Some Houses (Sudden Full Contact)
BdF 2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture)
BdF 3: The Volksgrenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture)
O65.1: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (On All Fronts # 65)
O100.1: A Bridge for Panthers (On All Fronts #100)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Aussie `96 Pack)
SP2: Holding the Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt # 1)
SP53: Thorne In Your Side (Schwerpunkt # 5: Medal of Honor)
95-1: Holding The Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt 1995 Tournament Scenarios)
BdF#2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
BdF#3: The Volksgenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
VB02: Probing for Hotton Bridge (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
RetroPak#3: Vandervoort's Stand (Retro Pak I)
RetroPak#16: East of Trois-Ponts (Retro Pak II)
J157: Rage Against the Machine (ASL Journal #10)
DD # 1: Sudden Full Contact (Darkest December)
DD # 2: Probing For The Bridge (Darkest December)
DD # 3: At The Crossroads (Darkest December)
DD # 4: Grabbing Some Houses (Darkest December)
DD # 5: Repulsed (Darkest December)
DD # 6: Mize Tries Again (Darkest December)
BP1 #3: Skorzeny's Crossroads (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #9: Hansen's Push (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #11: Warche Tomfoolery (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: Hitler's Right Hand Man (Major Upham Battle Pack)
S16-6: Dom Butgenbach (Sweet 16 4-Pack 2)
ASL WO17: Poteau Party (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015)
194: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
S16-11: Fog Shrouded Crossroads (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #30: Faux Panthers (Teutonic Terror 4)
T-TERROR #31: East Of Trois Ponts (Teutonic Terror 4)
: Christmas Presents (SAGA 1992)
NY#3: East of Trois-Ponts (Purple Heart)
NY#4: Foggy Notions (Purple Heart)
ASLN20: Trojan Horses (Critical Hit #8.1)
ASLN39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Critical Hit #8.2)
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanAmerican
50.877192982456%

Overview:

By the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were Volksgrenadier-Division 26 and Panzer-Division 2. They would comprise the initial assault of the Bastogne perimeter, and attempt to annihilate the American units there before they could dig in or reinforce. A kampfgruppe led by Major Kunkel attacked the weakened southern flank juts as U.S. artillery was firing in support of the 101st Airborne attacks in the north and east. The scratch forces of rear-area troops and “penny packets” of armored platoons had to form roadblocks to buy some time for the big guns to displace to safer firing positions.
Attacker: German (Kampfgruppe Kunkel and Panzer Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2)
Defender: American (420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:9
PSW 234/1 x 2
SPW 251/1 x 2
SPW 251/sMG
PzKpfw IVJ
StuG IIIG x 2
FlaKPz IV/20

AFVs: D:16
M7 HMC x 3
M5A1 x 4
M4A1
M4A3
M3 ht x 2
M3A1 ht
M15A1 MGMC
M16 MGMC x 2
M3(HMG)

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: GS, FS at start. A: Eligible AFVs have Schuerzen
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
The StuGIIIG should not have a box around it’s rear/side armor factor. (R Reinesch)
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-29(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Duenskie, Ron American win
2024-11-27(D) Andy Beaton vs S. Slunt American winDice definitely favoured the Americans as I hammered the German half tracks and the heavy German armour broke 2 of their own guns. With German AT assets out of the way the American half tracks started mopping up the German infantry, who conceded in turn 5.
2024-06-22(A) Douglas Leslie vs Marc Hanna German winThis is a complex scenario with a plethora of AFVs that generate regular dives into Chapter H to check out which way their MGs are pointing. My Germans got the better of the AFV battle and Marc conceded on turn 5 with both of his Shermans gone and the Americans in a VP hole that he felt was to big too overcome.
2023-10-22(A) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. American winLost as the Germans in this one. The Germans beginning strategy should probably be to go all out for either a CVP or exit victory. However, the scenario will most likely evolve into a mix of the two. Of course, the wild card is where the two onboard American tanks set up.

I thought about skulking my on board forces up the woods on board 19 and going pedal to the metal with the turn 1 reinforcements on board 44. However, I decided against it and chose to just duke it out. The former would have been the better strategy if I was just going for a win, but with so much stuff to play with, I thought it would be more fun to fight it out.

The dice didn't help me with three of my MA's malfunctioning. In one notable exchange, I got six hits in a row using my three tanks on the M4A1 which immobilized (second hit) and shocked it, but the crew passed every immobilization TC. The last of the six shots killed it, but I wasted a full turn taking it out instead of hunting the M7's or HT's. Anyway, when my friend's Stuart's came in, my busted up HT's and AC's were no match for them. Fun nonetheless and worth a playing.
2021-05-13(D) Andy Beaton vs Dan Braund American winLight German armour was slaughtered from the start (hot American dice!) putting the Germans in a CVP hole they couldn't get out of. German infantry needed to be more aggressive and put smoke and 8 morale to work. Germans conceded in turn 5.
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igycrctl Added a playing2025-06-29 18:40:53
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Avg Rating: 6.53Votes: 15
Views: 7331
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 11.4 hours
Recorded Games: 18
Archive recorded plays:
German9
American9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Penny Packets [Confirmed]
[A] German 20
[D] American 19
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