Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea ETO (id:#61982)
Designer: Mattias Rönnblom
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
52.941176470588%

Overview:

On 26 January the breakout attempt of the now-encircled 4. Armee began. The main blow fell on Russian 53rd Rifle Corps of the 48th Army. Two Russian rifle divisions were enveloped and two more driven to the rear. The 131. Infanterie-Division supported by Jagdpanzer IVs and Jadgpanthers of Panzerjager-Abteilung 563 seized the village of Scharnigk after heavy fighting. During the next day the division would attack Liebstadt, heavily defended by Russian infantry and armor.
Attacker: German (131.Infanterie-Division and Panzerjager-Abteilung 563)
Defender: Russian (53rd Rifle Corps, 48th Army)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.5 D:12.5
AFVs: A:2
JgdPz V x 2

D:3
SU-85 x 3
GAZ-MM x 2

Guns: A:1
8cm GrW 34
D:1
45mm PTP obr. 42

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS, FS also in effect
Map Board(s): 64 65
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2019-03-23(D) Andy Beaton vs Richard Hooks Russian winIt was a close fight until a lone German squad failed to find a panzerfaust allowing the last SU-85 to get behind the German tank destroyers and knock them off with successive APCR shots. This freed up the squads held in bypass freeze allowing the massacre of the remaining German troops.
2017-04-09(D) walter mcwilliams vs Lindsey Murillo Russian winI am behind on my AAR's. Lindsey Murillo and I sat down to this wonderful offering from FrF last Sunday. It was my first time playing Lindsey and it was an honor and a privilege. He was a great player and resigned to play this scenario even though it wasn't to much to his linking.

This scenario has been on my playlist for a long time. I like the forces involved, the premise behind the scenario and the weather factor. And it was a factor. On turn one the snow amped up and allowed Lindsey to move his force on board unimpeded on the Russian right. He moved cautiously and that gave me a chance to rush some squads over to the second VC building which I had left empty for my reinforcements to occupy.

Lindsey opted not to start any folks on board and I feel this was a mistake, but had my armor not delayed his infantry a two turns it really wouldn't have mattered!

The forces still hadn't made it by the time my armor came on board so they screened the repositioning and turn 2 reinforcements against the wave of German infantry faust's and the JagPanther's which killed them all in the end but they did their job for their comrades, including back-to-back crits on the ITT to put a stop to Lindsey's flanking infantry.

Lindsey changed the axis of his attack and made a rush at the crossroads VC but when the snow finally subsided the HMG in on the high ground blasted him on a sneaky LOS and Lindsey conceded shortly there after.

I can't wait to play this again as either side.
2015-02-16(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Mario Aceto German win
2014-12-13(D) Gordon Jupp vs Jeremy Shields Russian winInteresting game...I got lucky with my AT gun placement when on turn 1 one of the JgPz V came and sat adjacent to it with a flank exposed...It was disposed of in short time. That put Jeremy on the back foot and he never recovered.
2014-06-21(D) Jeff T vs Bruce Billet Russian winGame 3 of the BCHW mini-tournament. We diced and Bruce got the attacking Germans. Unfortunately, we also got a superstorm as the weather played a huge factor, increasing the heavy falling snow hindrance to +3. That made it a point blank game as most shots were between +4 and +6, even with leaders. Bruce pushed and had me in a tough spot on the hill after winning a crucial 1-1 CC (5-5 with each having a 4fp squad and leader). But the next turn his JagPz on the hill broke it's main gun and I turned the tables winning another 1-1 CC. My reinforcements were able to get in unmolested due to the weather and they swarmed up the hill to secure the win. I'd like to play this again when it isn't a full blizzard.
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Avg Rating: 7.00Votes: 17
Views: 144
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 4.7 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
German4
Russian10
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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[A] Russian 32
[D] German 22
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