From Matilda with Love ETO (id:#61251)
Designer: Andrew Hershey
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Balance:
RussianGerman
29.166666666667%

Overview:

From the 14th of February through the 20th, two Matilda tanks, commanded by Lt. Danilov and tank company commander Zhuravlev, were attached to the 82nd Rifle Regiment. On the 14th the tanks and the regiment's sub-machinegun company attacked in unison. With the tanks leading the infantry at a distance of 150-200 meters, the tanks took on enemy strong points one at a time, enabling the infantry to then close on the enemy. At one point in the battle, Lt. Danilov's radio operator dismounted from the tank, climbed up on the turret and from there onto the roof of a nearby house, so that by hand signals from his vantage point he could better direct fire from Danilo's tank against the enemy.
Attacker: Russian (SMG Co. of the 82nd Rifle Regiment, 33rd Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army)
Defender: German (Kampfgruppe Scherer)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:19.0 D:13.5
AFVs: A:2
Matilda II(b) 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: Deep Snow, Extreme Winter!
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-12-14(D) Jeff B vs John Fedoriw German win5.5 hrsI really didn't like my chances in this one, with 10/15 of the VC locations within two hexes from the Russian starting line, and a whopping 7 turns to grab the rest. Throw in the two unoppsed Matildas (albeit slow as molasses) and it sounded like a recipe for disaster to me. When one immobilized on Turn 2 it was a huge boon. If John had all the luck in our last game, then I had it all in this one. If you told me it'd take him four turns to oust my two HS from PP18/PP19 I wouldn't have believed you. My OBA was an immediate source of fear for him, and he did a nice cautious job of using his winter camo to AM and advance while keeping concealment to limit it. Still I got off a couple good whacks before the connection broke, and eventually the radio itself broke. Otherwise most of my defense was boring, sitting on my hands clinging to concealment. Turn 4 saw him sneak concealed into the northern rubble with his 9-1 and HMG playing watchdog, while his southern attackers continued their relentless AM/advance. Lucky for me down there I generated a hero and, together with my 8-1, even a measly 247 could be scary in OG. With the help of a DC, on Turn 5 he cleared me out of the northern rubble and only needed two more VC hexes. Thankfully my radioman thunked the radio back into operation, and when I switched his focus to the northern rubble I left him puzzled as to where he possiby could be hiding. So it would all come down to that most silly ahistorical aspect of ASL, the endgame rush. Without too much difficulty I was able to stave him off and maintain my tenuous hold on victory.
2023-06-05(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane SpanglerD German win
2023-06-05(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD German win
2023-05-01(D) Tim Reade vs Dave Shannon Russian winDave played a patient waiting game as the Russian attacker. My OBA dried up and my efforts in the last turn to retake VC locations failed. Well done Dave!

I found the game a little static as the German defender, so not the most interesting game, but rather as the German you have to be patient and decisive. Was a good intro to learn the KGS rules & Extreme Winter.

Note that Deep Snow is the weather and that you can't generate Falling Snow. These are mutually exclusive environmental conditions.
2023-05-01(A) David Shannon vs Tim Reade Russian winI really enjoyed this KGS scenario and the challenges it presented.
As Russian, the vast majority of your troops (5-2-7's) have poor range and need to cross snow covered open ground to close with the enemy - you need full use of winter camouflage (to assault move/advance while retaining concealment) to have any chance.
Also pray to the dice gods that German MG's start to snap in the winter chill as the turns click by!
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.50Votes: 16
Views: 4450
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.8 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
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German7
Drawn:0

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From Matilda with Love [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 5
[D] German 10
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