Lost Highway MTO (id:#61408)
Outskirts of Rome along Highway 6, Italy 1944-06-05 ()
Designer: Gary Fortenberry
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanGerman
18.181818181818%

Overview:

The race to be the first to enter Rome was on. Equally urgent was the German race to evacuate the Eternal City. Hitler's order of an open city was not extended to the approaches to Rome where small groups of Fallschirmjagers, landsers, and panzers were cobbled together in an attempt to slow the Allied advance long enough to allow the Germans in Rome to evacuate northward. Even today, it is hard to determine exactly which Allied unit was the first to enter Rome, but one such claim goes to elements of Task Force Howze, comprised of a company of the 88th Division's reconnaissance battalion and the 1st Special Service Force.
Attacker: American (TF Howze and 1st Special Services Force)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 362 and Fallschirmjager-Division 4)  
8.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:15
M4A1 x 4
M7 HMC x 2
M10 GMC x 2
M8 x 2
M3A1 ht x 2
M3(MMG)
M3 ht x 2

AFVs: D:7
StuG 105/25(i) x 2
StuG 75/46(i) x 2
SPW 251/1 x 3
PzKpfw IVF2
FlakPz IV/37 x 2
PSW 231(8 rad) x 2

Guns: A:0 D:2
7.5cm PaK 40 x 2
5cm PaK 38
2cm FlaKvierling 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Paved roads, Tower locations. D: variable OB choices
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2019-05-30(A) Larry Rohlfing vs Robert Feinstein German win
2017-09-16(A) Daniel Takai vs Steve American winFantastic scenario, one of the best I ever played. Very tough on the US, I think. Very grateful for Steve to flunk almost every MC.
2017-09-03(A) Jeff B vs John Fedoriw German win6.25 hrsThis scenario should come with a sticker: WARNING: the following should only be attempted by expert combined arms attackers. Even then I think the Americans would have an extremely rough go. As has been mentioned previously, the Americans are pretty much forced to send a good part of their force foraging ahead north. This is obviously a risky venture with the AT weapons at the Germans' disposal. Though if I were defending I would simply hide as many guns as I could in remote corners and run the crews over to the road on the last turn. I'm never a fan of clearing "all" of anything, and if you throw in this bug hunting aspect I personally think it makes for a broken scenario.
2016-08-10(A) Tom Kearney vs Al Saltzman German winGreat scenario!
2015-02-22(A) Jesus Pie vs Don Holland American winA great game, as usual when Don is the opponent. We played whit the G2 balance, and that is, perhaps, too much for the Germans. The American has to press and use all his toys to cross every board on three turns or less, or he’s really out of schedule. Anyway, the game was decided at the last turn, when a HT BFF the last Ostwind, that were covering the exit hexes, roll 1.1, stunned them, and open the way to the rest of my troops.
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Larry Added a playing2024-05-30 11:10:19
Rich Weiley Added a playing2020-06-07 05:21:51
hoxson1 Modified the overview2020-02-04 18:23:24
hoxson1 Modified the overlays2019-06-08 12:48:59
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-06-08 12:48:30
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US troops marching along Highway 6 toward Rome, Italy, Jun 1944
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.36Votes: 11
Views: 5493
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 13.3 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
American2
German9
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Lost Highway
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[A] American 20
[D] German 32
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