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Return of the Black Company ETO (id:#61452)
(HASL 8 - Festung Budapest ID: FB10)   [next]   [previous]
Buda, Hungary 1945-02-03 (2 others)
BFP-59: Geki Cacti (BFP 3: Blood and Jungle)
SF CG I: Clearing the North Shore (HASL 11 - Sword & Fire: Manila)
Designer: Bill Cirillo
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Balance:
RussianGerman (SS) / Hungarian
49.275362318841%

Overview:

The men of SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 “Florian Geyer” were scrambling for their lives as two and a half months of near continuous fighting had reduced the unit to a shadow of its former self. By 3 February, the troops which had been holding out for the last month along the heights of the Kis-Svábhegy and among the crypts and headstones of the Farkasréti temeto began their inevitable retreat, ultimately, the base of the Várhegy.
Attacker: Russian (320th Rifle Division and 3rd Tank Brigade, 23rd Tank Corps)
Defender: German (SS) / Hungarian (SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 16, SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 "Florian Geyer", 12th SS-Polizei-Panzer-Kompanie, SS-Polizei-Division 4, and Hungarian 10th Infantry Division and "Gruppe" Billnitzer)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:5
SU-76M x 4
T-34 M43

AFVs: D:3
43M Zrinyi II
39M Csaba
PzKpfw M15/42(i) x 2

Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 40(g)
2cm FlaK 30(g)

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Rubble Generation
Map Board(s):
MMP: FB(SW) Show/hide map dependencies
PublicationBoard
HASL 8 - Festung BudapestMMP: FB(SW)
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-09(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne DuvalD Russian winRussian deception was the only way to victory. Had opponent convinced I was after VC #2 when #3 was what I needed. German defenses were still solid in last two turns but shifting units to cover the ruse opened my only opportunity to sweep Russians around the flanks to steal a sneaky win.
2025-02-15(A) Mark Thompson vs Jim Povey (German) German (SS) / Hungarian win
2025-01-14(A) Jeff Wright vs Chris Hofland Russian win
2024-07-19(D) Johan Vrijdaghs vs Carter Adrian German (SS) / Hungarian win
2022-06-23(D) Larry Rohlfing vs Steffen Knippel German (SS) / Hungarian win
2022-05-14(A) Asad Rustum vs Magnus Söderberg Russian winFestung Budapest ASL Tournament
2021-12-06(A) Tuomo Lukkari vs Teemu Lukkari German (SS) / Hungarian win[Imported from ROAR]
2021-06-17(D) patrick palma vs Jack Boyle German (SS) / Hungarian win
2021-04-08(A) Jeff B vs Scott Sherer Russian win6 hrsScott and I have been using SA to randomly determine scenarios to play. As FB is probably my favorite HASL I was not disappointed when this was selected. Scott had never played FB, but we were pretty fresh off a larger RB scenario so there was nothing too much new to learn here. The random rubble generation and variable OB for both sides would make this interesting from the get-go. Scott started out my blasting to smithereens a large chunk of Budapest. You would think all the high rolls needed for this would have left his system, but they plagued him throughout the game, especially in the latter half. With Ammo Shortage Level 4 that was not pretty. At one point I think he was rolling 50% 11s and 12s. Meanwhile I had 4-5 KIAs throughout the game. Surprisingly I think he still had fun. I opted for VC1 and the 18CVP. I figured I had enough muscle to just bull my way through his force and not have to worry about taking and protecting anything. The three T-34s were a no-brainer for me as, even if he took the 76L gun, he would still have very little chance of hurting them. He did surprise me out the gate having a FT right up front. Unfortunately for him his dice started out cold and it was one-and-done. He had one of the Panzers parked in the VC hex to force me to come at him, which I did on Turn 1 - turning him into burning scrap metal. Turn 2 saw me experimentally convert one of the "1" SANs to HOB one of my units. When a 4-5-8 went berzerk and eventually charged to his death I was very hesitant to use it that way again. Lucky for me I scored one of my many KIAs on his 9-2 MG nest which had been wreaking havoc on my troops. I also knocked out the Zrinyi. Turn 3 saw my FT run out of juice and one of my T-34s flamed by a PF, but I killed another 1.5 German squads and forced him out of a fortified building. I was already in good shape, but then Turn 4 really saw the dice turn against Scott when he started rolling 11's and 12s like they were 7s. By the end of the Turn I had my 19VP and it was game.
2021-04-08(D) Scott Sherer vs Jeff B Russian win
2020-04-12(D) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks German (SS) / Hungarian winA shameful win by breaking and fleeing upstairs on the last turn, but a win is a win. The ammo shortage really cripples the Axis forces.
2019-02-09(A) Tom Kearney vs Lindsey Murillo Russian winI opted for the CVP Victory Condition and met the objective at the end of turn three.
2018-10-09(A) Michal Sedlacko vs Gerhard Bruckner German (SS) / Hungarian win[Imported from ROAR]
2017-11-15(A) Gordon Jupp vs Simon Church Russian winExcellent scenario, wild swings in fortune but a bounding fire shot by the T-34 took out an M15 on the VC hex and an Su-76 stunned the other on the last turn as it attempted to take the others place...in the meantime the Russian infantry managed to take control of the required areas for the win :)
2017-02-03(A) Jesus Pie vs Txema German (SS) / Hungarian win
2015-10-08(A) keith Spurlock vs Jack Daniels Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2015-09-08(D) James Lowry vs Patch Bunny Russian win
2015-05-16(A) James Rimmer vs Brent Pollock Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2015-03-06(D) Michael Rodgers vs Bruno L'Archeveque Russian winAxis player misunderstood VC and thought AFV counted towards CVP cap. This helped the Russian turn the German flank after three turns.
2014-01-27(A) Chuck Dye vs patrick palma German (SS) / Hungarian win
2014-01-27(D) patrick palma vs Chuck Dye German (SS) / Hungarian win
2012-07-07(A) Rich Weiley vs Paul Seage Russian winPaddington Bearz - July 2012.
2012-05-19(A) Richard Jenulis vs Robert Wolkey Russian win
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Avg Rating: 7.30Votes: 23
Views: 5230
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Estimated Play time: 6.4 hours
Recorded Games: 21
Archive recorded plays:
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German (SS) / Hungarian 9
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Return of the Black Company
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