ASL Scenario Archive

Quiet Desperation ETO (id:#62289)

(Schwerpunkt #20 ID: SP240) [next] [previous]

Outreau, France 1940-05-22 (14 others)

RP3-1: The Dragons' Claws (Rout Pak III)
SX 2: The Amy H (Southern Cross Scenario Pack `96)
OA29: The Amy H (Out of the Attic #2)
BB 28.1: Zu Wenig, Zu Spaet (Coastal Fortress)
JAVA02: French Mustered (ASL For Fun-LCP)
JAVA02a: Quick Off The Mark (ASL For Fun-LCP)
JAVA02b: The Drive For Cambrai (ASL For Fun-LCP)
JAVA02c: Ill-Prepared (ASL For Fun-LCP)
JAVA02d: Mounting a Mockery (ASL For Fun-LCP)
RPT174: Ejected From Éloi (Rally Point #18)
GhD #8: Dragon's Breath (Ghost Division 1: 7th Panzer Division France 1940)
BF#2: French Aggression (Battle for France)
#8: Things That Could Have Been (Critical Hit Annual #6)
S100: Iron Grave (Special Ops #11)

Designer: Randy Thompson

Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:

Balance:

GermanBritish

Overview:

The Irish Guards were ordered to cover the western and southern approaches to Boulogne, with a platoon of #1 Company positioned in Outreau. Second Lieutenant Anthony Eardley-Wilmot had brought up two 37mm French guns to cover the main road into Boulogne and the coastal road. The German assault began after a short bombardment, led by two PzKs IIs with dismounted motorcycle infantry following. The lead tanks went up the main road where Lieutenant Eardley-Wilmot was waiting.

Attacker: German (2nd Kradschützen Btn, 2nd Panzer Division)

Defender: British (Forward Platoon No. 1 Company, 2nd Welsh Guards)

4.5 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:6.0 D:5.0

AFVs: A:2

PzKpfw IIA x 2

AFVs: D:0

Guns: A:0 D:0

Canon de 37 mle 16 TR x 2

Misc Rules:

D: British use French INF SW without any usage penalties

Map Board(s):

Show/hide map dependencies

Publication	Board
ASL Action Pack # 5 East Front	56

Overlays:

NONE

Errata (source)

Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:

Scenario info

Last Played:

Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Comments
2023-04-10	(A) Tuomo Lukkari	vs	Teemu Lukkari	German win	[Imported from ROAR]
2022-12-30	(D) Kermit Mullins	vs	Dan Best	British win	The Germans suffered from bad morale checks. The 37's took out both tanks. The final German attack was broken at the 1-1/2 story building for the win.
2022-12-30	(A) Dan Best	vs	Kermit Mullins	British win
2022-02-22	(D) Tom Rodwell	vs	Lee Hyde-Sellars	British win	A nice, straightforward little scenario which plays fast and fun. As others have already said, its small size makes it a little prone to being dicey though. The French 37s are surprisingly potent little AT guns, which combined with their ROF gives them the potential to dominate the battlefield. I was fortunate to take out one of the Pz IIs early on in the game and the luck continued to go against Lee when his remaining tank bogged and became immobile. Judicious skulking kept the British defenders largely intact, despite the early capture of a badly sited 4-5-8 and its LMG. This meant that Lee was forced into some relatively unfavourable CC and a penultimate turn rush forward by the Germans was necessary. DFF, SPF and three fortuitously successful FPF attempts by another 4-5-8 eviscerated the German attack and made a German victory all but impossible. On balance, luck rather than good tactics won the day for the British. Worth a play and good scenario for relative beginners to ASL.
2019-11-11	(D) Doba Serge	vs		German win
2017-09-01	(D) Paolo Cariolato	vs	Maurizio Coluccelli	British win
2016-08-05	(A) Jeff B	vs	Elmo Menon	German win	A very small, tight scenario which will obviously be subject to some potential dicing, but which was enjoyable nonetheless. I was lucky having both AFVs survive until the end to lay down smoke and use VBM freeze to allow my troops the chance to close in.
2015-11-16	(D) Simon Staniforth	vs		British win
2015-11-08	(A) Paul Legg	vs	Chris Walton	British win	Intensive Fire 2015
2015-11-08	(D) Ian Morris	vs	Joe Arthur	German win
2015-05-01	(A) Eric Partizan Eric	vs		German win
2014-12-06	(A) Paolo Cariolato	vs	Andrea Pagni	British win	Really boring scenario, the brits stands and fire, skulk where possible, otherwise take their chances. The Germans have just a way to approch the scenario.
2014-11-06	(A) Gordon Jupp	vs	Nigel Blair	British win	INTENSIVE FIRE 2014. Another fun game, Brit 37mm guns got hot and took out tanks and then, in combo with a sniper, broke German kill stack. Went down to last turn after so E of them got back into the fight and a berserker got involved!
2014-10-08	(D) Gordon Jupp	vs	Seth Semenza	German win	ASLOK 2014. Fun little scenario, went down to last turn. Worth a play.

View all or balance report

Action	Date
Turuk Uploaded a VASL file	2024-08-06 12:58:17
Bongiovanni Added a playing	2023-03-01 11:44:28
Danno Added a playing	2022-12-31 00:59:10
grumblejones Added a playing	2022-12-30 17:42:35
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR	2022-08-12 23:39:15

File	Description	User	Views
VASL Scenario Setup (SP-240 Quiet Desperation v667.vsav)	VASL Setup	Turuk	326
(!GERM-BRIT.png)	Image	hoxson1	1023
PzKpfw II ausf A (Pz iiA.jpg)	Image	hoxson1	1054
(SP240 Quiet Desperation v633 Scenario Archive.jpg)	Map Image	von Marwitz	1079

Description	Uploaded by

Title	Author	Date

Description	Uploaded by

Quick Map View

Location

Images

PzKpfw II ausf A

Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.27	Votes: 15
Views:	4532
To-Play list count:	0
Estimated Play time:	1.6 hours
Recorded Games:	12

Archive recorded plays:
German	6
British	6
Drawn:	0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Quiet Desperation [Confirmed]

[A] German	13
[D] British	9

Exit VP:		Building Control VC:		Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC:		LOS Style VC:		CVP Cap:

The Cauquigny Bridgehead

Go Big or Go Home

Sting 'em at Zingem