Semper Paratus WTO (id:#61793)
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Designer: Adapted by Jim Stahler
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Balance:
CanadianGerman
44.68085106383%

Overview:

"Semper Paratus" (Latin for "Always Ready") was the motto of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant C.P. J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of Oorderen. The breech had been hidden and the weapon left in the town center with some 200 rounds of ammunition. Well it just so happened that an enterprising scrounger had found this curious metal block. Lt. Des Groseillers did a little work. Now D Company had its own artillery. Everyone knew that C Company was going to be attacking the German bunker line north of the town. D Company would make sure that Jerry got back his 75mm shells. Perhaps in a slightly used condition. The Rileys looked out for their own. Note: The town of Oorderen was demolished in 1965, to expand the Port of Antwerp.
Attacker: Canadian (Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Regiment)
Defender: German (Grenadier-Regiment 857, Infanterie-Division 346)  
4 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1
7.5cm PaK 40
OML 2-in. Mortar
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Grain: OG.
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-10-20(A) Stephane Nolet vs Gabriel Nolet German winThe Canadians missed the victory by a turn. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry eliminated all but one German squad, but was only controlling one Pillbox at the end of turn 4. The Pak 40 performed poorly being broken on turn 2 (B#10 and TH Red numbers and +2 TH DRM for a capured Ordnance) The Canucks were unable to repair the PAK 40 the squad manning it broked and had to rout. Fortunately the 51 mm Mortar layed some SMOKE to cover the attack. The Canadians were lucky with 3 SAN resulting ine three broken squads that were easily defeated in CC thereafter and they also rolled 2 Heat of Battle resulting in a Hero Creation and a Berserk squad that eliminated a 8-0 and a squad in CC. With another movement phase the Canadians would have controlled 4 Pillboxes but instead they only were controlling one Pillbox at game's end resulting in a German Win.
2022-11-12(A) Allen Evenson vs Mark Bergin German winI had chances at CC against Pill Boxes early but didn't get the rolls. Should have used smoke more.
2022-07-14(A) Mark Thompson vs Germans (Heloanjin) Canadian winThe Canadians depleted smoke on both the 51 MTR and captured 75L AT Gun in their first shots and initially bungled their close approach to the German's tight-knit bunker system, but eventually pushed through to engage in CC with each of the bunker occupants without having to cross the bunker CAs. The Germans severely bruised the Canadians with an effective fire lane and other residual and, although the Canadians prevailed in all CCs, several were achieved through a mutual misinterpretation of ambush rules in the Canadians favor, so a draw best captures this neat little scrap. A good primer on Pillboxes.
2022-07-14(D) Craig Renier vs Mark Thompson Canadian winThe Germans clustered the pillboxes against the pond in the center so there was no approach outside of any CA. The Canadian MTR and captured AT gun failed to get smoke on the first turn, making any approach hazardous. The attack was pressed on one side with the defenders having good luck. However, a few Canadians managed to get through the residual and FL so they could enter CC at favorable odds. Once one pillbox was breached, the remaining pillboxes had little recourse. We made a few mistakes on pillbox rules which may have swayed the result. Overall, well played by both sides. A fun short, albeit somewhat one sided scenario.
2021-06-20(A) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerA German win
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Gray_fox Rated the scenario2024-11-18 01:12:24
Hutch Modified the overview2024-11-17 22:08:32
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-11-17 22:06:31
Gray_fox Rated the scenario2024-11-17 20:32:23
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-10-21 17:26:37
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Estimated Play time: 2 hours
Recorded Games: 17
Archive recorded plays:
Canadian11
German6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Semper Paratus [Confirmed]
[A] German 10
[D] British 20
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