N-463 WTO (id:#61210)
Seppois, France
1944-11-21 (2 others)
Designer: Chris Olden
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
German (SS)Free French
Overview:
On November 20th, the German XIX Army launched a counterattack intended to push the Free French back from the city of Belfort and cut off the Free French forces in the Belfort gap and at the Rhine River. For the counterattack, the German commanders scraped together a force that included SS-Grenadier Division 30 -- a unit made up largely of conscripted Russians. Initially, the 30th SS was to be used for holding ground taken by the leading units. However, the pace of the lead units was so slow that the 30th SS was ordered to attack the town of Seppois, which sat astride the major French supply route, N-463.Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Grenadier-Division 30 (2nd Russian) and schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654)
Defender: Free French (9e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale and Combat Command 2, 1er Division Blindée)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: NoUnit Counts: |
Squads: A:10.0 D:8.0 |
AFVs: A:2 JgdPz V x 2 |
AFVs: D:4 M4A3(76)W x 3 M4A3(105) |
Guns: A:0 D:1 M1 57mm AT Gun |
Misc Rules: | D: Free French use British infantry counters and American tank counters |
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Overlays: | NONE |
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Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Comments | |
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2023-01-17 | (D) fabio aliprandi | vs | German (SS) win | |||
2022-04-01 | (D) Jonathan Plott | vs | Steve B | Free French win | ||
2022-03-20 | (A) Mark Thompson | vs | Free French (Steve B) | Free French win (VASL Log) | Free French victory. German attack contemplated placing one JgdPz V and 9-1/5-4-8/MMG in R1 building (bringing 21FP to bear on K5 road hex) with remaining units in blocking positions thereby forcing the Free French to switch to attack. Very effective Free French layered defense and devastating 11 on bog removal DR of JgdPz V moving through V1 woods thoroughly stymied this plan, and Germans conceded after losing the second JgdPz V to a BAZ 44 side shot. An interesting scenario that presents some unique challenges to the Germans (HE7 depletion and no MA smoke for JgdPz V, HIP'd 57L AT and BAZ 44s with good side shot TK#s, many side-shot ambush locations) and Free French (placement of HIP'd 57L AT, deployment of BAZ 44s, role of M4s / avoiding JgdPz V 88LL). | |
2021-02-13 | (D) Pascal Boileau | vs | Gerard Vandervelden | Free French win | The issue was still uncertain at the end of the third turn but the Germans lost one AFV at the turn four and the second one at the turn 5. Therefore, the remaining German troops had to take some risks in order to achieve the VC but they were not helped by the dice. It seems pretty hard to win for the Germans without the balance | |
2021-02-03 | (D) Igor Luckyanov | vs | Konstantin Nestyorkin | Free French win | ||
2020-03-17 | (A) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Fedor Grachev | German (SS) win | ||
2019-04-12 | (A) Marco Pasquini | vs | Galloni Davide | Free French win | ||
2019-04-12 | (D) davide galloni | vs | Marco Pasquini | Free French win | ||
2018-11-19 | (A) Tom Abromaitis | vs | Travis Crowe | Free French win | Conceptually a very interesting scenario. The JgdPzs are encouraged to not fire HE... but are also basically invulnerable in their front arcs. Not sure if I'm convinced with the VCs! | |
2018-07-24 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | German (SS) win | The free French put the Shermans forward in order to stop the Germans advance in an early manner. But the German infantry rushed forward and quickly eliminated a Sherman by a critical hit with a Panzerschreck. The Jagdpanzer V advanced very cautiously when some Sherman tanks tried to outflank them. They unleash their dreadful fire and smoked one tank forcing the other to retreat just to be caught with a Panzerfaust. The French infantry resisted a while in the central stone building of the town within a huge melee. But the Germans finally eliminated the resistance and pushed forward to victory despite a vengeful fire from a hidden AT gun that put aflame one of the Jagdpanzer. A major victory for the Germans with 41 FP with LOS to N-463. | ||
2018-03-11 | (A) Thierry Mathy | vs | Phil Mer | Free French win | ||
2018-03-02 | (A) Tripp Killin | vs | Sebastian Killin | German (SS) win | Germans piled up on right-hand side of the board, heading for the buildings with longest LOS to the VC road hexes. (There was a platoon screening the left side of the board.) JgPzV worked in supporting roles, but used only AP to conserve HE for victories. Their 2FP shots were not impressive. By Turn 4, Germans were entering melee in objective buildings, and JgPzVs had moved up to engage tanks. Melees on right went very well, but left side screen was wiped out. Lost a JgPzV to a side BAZ shot when that screen collapsed. French lost too much on right side CC to keep Germans from getting LOS to road. Last ditch BAZ-wielding crazy squads couldn't get the last JgPzV and its 16FP sealed the VCs. Fun, quick game. | |
2017-06-23 | (D) JP Laurio | vs | Free French win | |||
2015-11-27 | (D) Kevin Duval | vs | Dwayne Duval | Free French win | Used German balance | |
2015-11-27 | (A) Dwayne Duval | vs | Kevin Duval | Free French win | ||
2015-03-08 | (A) Martí Cabré | vs | Pere Santallusia | German (SS) win | Playing with Pere to show him some tactics. He attempted to ambush the only approach isle using Shermans, bazookas and the AT, but he revealed the AT too early and I was able to turn the JagdPanthers frontal armor to each menace in turn to stop the blasts. Then my infantry moved to the flanks to push his infantry away, I used a PzSk to blast a Sherman and PF to blast another, a MG stack to kill the AT crew and a JagdPanther to kill another Sherman. With two turns to go there was a clear path to the objective road that he was not able to contain, with the Germans having suffered not a loss. But we both had a fun time. | |
2013-08-17 | (A) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Anna Aleksanyan | German (SS) win | Nice scary scenario. French should be really aware of these dangerous JgPz V. First of my tank destroyer got his gun disabled at the second rally phase. Another one was disabled too, but it knocked out 3 of 4 american tanks. The last tank was killed in CC and I was able to bring 23 FP to the supply road hexes. | |
2012-12-10 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Free French win | |||
2012-03-11 | (D) Stefan C | vs | osterhausm | Free French win | Germans concede on turn 4 after getting bogged down in the woods bottleneck. 1 Jagdpanther destroyed, the other out of HE ammo. Great opportunity for hit and run along the roads if/where they're not covered by the Jagdpanthers. | |
2012-02-12 | (A) Matthew Cornford | vs | Mike Gannaway | German (SS) win | ||
2011-12-20 | (A) Paul Messina | vs | Ish Molnar | Free French win | A great scenario that came right down to the wire. Lots of fun and highly recommended! | |
2011-10-19 | (D) Kermit Mullins | vs | Scott Waites | Free French win | Wow...Jagdpanthers are some serious bad boys on the battlefield. One turn down and one smoking Firefly. Might be able to contain the infantry...but the big cats are going to be problematic. |
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Jplott94 Added a playing | 2023-04-21 17:09:34 |
toffee Added a playing | 2023-01-17 22:52:07 |
Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2022-10-10 12:37:12 |
Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing | 2022-03-20 20:36:49 |
hoxson1 Modified the Theatre | 2021-03-15 20:08:57 |
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Avg Rating: 6.21 | Votes: 28 | Views: | 3626 |
To-Play list count: | 1 | |
Estimated Play time: | 4 hours | |
Recorded Games: | 21 |
Archive recorded plays: | ||
German (SS) | 7 | |
Free French | 14 | |
Drawn: | 0 |
ROAR Data: (as of October 2023) N-463 [Confirmed] |
[A] German | 6 |
[D] Free French | 18 |