Makela's End SCW (id:#61646)
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Caspe, Spain 1938-03-17 ()
Designer: Mike Faulkner
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
NationalistRepublican
37.5%

Overview:

The XVth found that when they moved to an assigned area, the Nationalist forces got there before them. Elements of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion and the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, XVth International Brigade, numbering less than 500 effectives, made it to the city of Caspe. The brigade commander, Dave Doran had the men dig trenches that crossed Cemetery Hill on the edge of town. On the 17th, Nationalist forces attacked Caspe. Tanks of the Condor Legion swung around the town while infantry of the Navarre Brigades captured Cemetery Hill. The fighting was desperate. Republican tanks countered the Condor Legion and Colonel Smith, commander of the Mac-Paps, organized a counterattack and retook the heights. During the fighting, Niilo Mäkelä, a legend in the Mac-Paps was mortally wounded by a mortar round. A square in the village of Capçanes was named after Mäkelä by his comrades.
Attacker: Nationalist (Navarre Brigade & Condor Legion)
Defender: Republican (MacKenzie-Papineau Btn & Abraham Lincoln Battalion, XV International Brigade)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:20.5
AFVs: A:6
FT-17M x 2
PzKpfw IB x 4

AFVs: D:4
T-26 M33 x 4

Guns: A:1
81mm Brandt Medium MTR
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Graveyard (B18). Treat 60E8 & F7 as buildings for rout purposes. D: Fanatic in graveyard
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-09-14(D) Jeff B vs Steve Etzelmueller Nationalist winLike many of what I thought were some of my favorite scenarios, a much different feel my second time around. I knew I was in for a long day when Steve conducted a well-orchestrated three-pronged attack. The mortar I felt was too strong of a threat to provide it many targets, and with massive FG possibilities on his end I just sat there concealed. With extremely limited AT options on my end, Turn 2 saw him envelope my men in the cemetery with his free-roaming tanks. Rather than sit and take multiple 12+2 shots, I evacuated to the adjoining trenches. It also didn't help that I misread the VC, thinking he needed to take three buildings rather than myself have to effectively hang on to three. So I poured all my infantry reinforcements up into the hill instead of making a move to bolster the cemetery. Compounding all these problems, my tanks came on a turn too late in my mind. Without MGs/radios and slow-moving, that's just too late to add much to the equation. It didn't help matters any when my attempts to move half of them on Turn 4 stalled, followed by an 11 on the stall role. But, more importantly, these same tanks stalled yet again on the final turn for me to attempt to retake the cemetery, so my infantry had to make a push on their own. A full hex of squads made it, only to be shot down to the man in DFPh by a Nationalist unit that should've been frozen by my tanks. Had they survived and made it Fanatic into the cemetery I think they would've been tough to root out. If all this wasn't bad enough, throughout the game I broke MG after MG. Needless to say this was not an enjoyable game for me whatsoever.
2022-06-28(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Olivier Dietsch Republican win
2022-03-28(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Republican win
2018-11-30(A) James Rimmer vs Martin Marquis Republican win
2016-03-24(A) Kevin Killeen vs Chuck Dye Nationalist win
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-03-17 12:04:25
A_Lost_Canadian Added a playing2025-02-09 12:59:56
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-01-24 17:47:58
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2025-01-24 17:47:58
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-01-24 17:45:50
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Estimated Play time: 7.2 hours
Recorded Games: 13
Archive recorded plays:
Nationalist5
Republican8
Drawn:0

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