Across the Issel WTO (id:#61766)
Designer: Michael Koch
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
BritishGerman
42.307692307692%

Overview:

Early on the second day of Operation PLUNDER, units of 15th (Scottish) Division crossed the unfinished Autobahn to their front. Resistance from scattered German units was light, so a recon section of two armored cars was sent to scout the Royal Scots Fusilliers’ objective, a bridge across the steeply-banked Issel Stream in the vicinity of Loikum. Though contact was the armored cars was lost, a company of Fusilliers was sent towards Loikum around noon to secure the vital bridge – and the surrounding farm buildings – to support the continued advance of 15th Division.
Attacker: British (6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 44th Infantry Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 84)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.5 D:6.0
AFVs: A:7
Sherman III(a) x 2
Ram Kangaroo(a) x 3
Ram Kangaroo(a) x 2

AFVs: D:1
SPW 251/22

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: Grin: Plowed Fields (B15,6), Stream: Deep, Hills: N/A.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-03-03(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne DuvalA German winBrits ran out of steam and men with only 3 HS making it into the stream and not bothering to exit into certain death.
2024-06-21(A) Indy Lagu vs Martin Barker German winMartin won.

There's not a lot to say. I lumbered into the traps he set (as the
Germans are all HIP to start).

I felt a bit badly as I wanted to give Martin a good game, but I fell
well short of that. He deftly took advantage of any opportunity
I gave him. In the end, I had a rush across the stream but it was
far too little, too late.

Martin, as always, was an incredibly gracious winner and tried to
say some nice things about my game, but I wasn't listening!
2023-03-11(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM British winThis one boils down to smoke. My tanks didn't run out until late and the 75L SPW only got one damaging hit so I eeked out a win. It easily could have gone very badly otherwise. Jim: My HIP spot for the SdKfz 251/22 was poor and so was my PF shooting. I still had my chances though, too much smoke!
2022-03-10(A) Andy Bagley vs Ian Ainsworth German winOne of the quickest scenarios I’ve ever played, as the Brits exceeded their CVP cap by the end of Turn 2! A buffalo plus passengers fell to a Psk, a Sherman was knocked out by a hit from a well-hidden AT halftrack, and consecutive DRs of 4,3, and 2 took care of infantry trying to cross open ground.
This seems a tough one for the Brits, since all German units are HIP at start. So if the Brits guess wrong as to where the Germans are, and the dice go against them, then it isn’t much fun.
2021-06-12(A) Stephen dedier vs Mike Johnston German winI was probably too tentative with the Roo's and my armor since this is only a 5 turn game.
i unloaded on the hedges near the town and held the Shermans back to put down smoke. One tank lost smoke on the first shot but put a round in the town.
I took the town and got units across the river on turn 4 but hadn't caused any significant casualties or revealed half of the Germans. My Brits were crippled as they tried to come out of the river giving me no chance to meet the VC on turn 5.
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ActionDate
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-03-04 22:03:58
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2025-03-04 22:01:57
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2025-03-04 22:01:17
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-03-04 22:01:17
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-03-04 20:23:06
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Situation on final turn
Ram Kangaroo armored personnel carrier
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.33Votes: 39
Views: 6255
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 3.1 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
British11
German15
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Across the Issel
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[A] German 38
[D] British 28
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