Liberation Day ETO (id:#62350)
Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
RussianGerman
48.684210526316%

Overview:

Near Leningrad, the German 18th Army had been stripped of many of its frontline units, which created more vulnerable spots for another Soviet breakout attempt. The weaker security (Sicherungs), infantry, and Luftwaffe units were hard-pressed to avoid encirclement by the fresh Soviet mechanized forces of the Volkhov Front. Even worse, the swiftness of the retreat allowed partisan forces to play a greater role as the rear became the front en route to the safety of the Luga River and the nearly-complete “Panther Line”.
Attacker: Russian (Soviet 7th Rifle Corps and 5th Partisan Brigade)
Defender: German (Sicherungs-Division 285 and Panzer-Division 12)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:21.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:4
SU-76M x 2
T-34/85 x 2

AFVs: D:3
PzKpfw IVJ x 3

Guns: A:0
PTRD-41 ATR
D:1
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS. A: Partisans have MOL
Overlays: RR1 RR14
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-06-13(A) Andy Bagley vs Mike Grogan Russian winThis should be an excellent scenario, although imbalance of dice luck made it rather one-sided in our game.
The very first German shot got a NMC vs two Partisan squads. BOTH squads roll HOB and BOTH get Battle Hardening AND a hero! Things continued in pretty much the same vein; in the end my DR average was 6.4 on >80 rolls, my opponent’s was 7.9 on >50 rolls.
In addition, I used both my SU-76’s – with riders – to sweep west from the outset, and managed to keep the German reinforcements away from the station. By the end of Russian Turn 4 I had taken all but one of the station buildings, and also had the majority of multi-hex stone buildings in the village. With my reinforcements just arriving too, my opponent conceded.
So to anyone who says that small scenarios can be dicey, I say yes, but large ones can be too!
2024-04-18(D) nathan wegener vs Tom Garner German winPartisans went full on toward the station but couldn’t get across the open ground. In the village a conservative attack could not get the momentum to push the Germans back quickly enough.
B.Ender 2024
2024-04-08(D) Simon Staniforth vs Ian Morris German winA good test, as the Germans you have to decide how much to commit to holding the Railroad Station (both initially and what proportion of your reinforcements) - ideally just enough to keep the Partisans from overrunning your defence for the immediate win. Leaving the balance of your force to defend (and initially likely lose) the village which the counter attack then hopefully retakes. I was able to KO 3 of the Russian AFV for no losses (MG shot, PSK, CC) and the 4-6-8s well led by the 9-1 did enough to secure enough VC Locations. An enjoyable game
2024-04-08(A) Ian Morris vs Simon Staniforth German winNote to self : stop Throwing DC !
2023-07-19(A) Chris Gregg vs Nate Gregg German win[Imported from ROAR]
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Bongiovanni Uploaded a VASL file2025-02-01 16:37:09
Andy_Bagley Added a playing2024-06-13 13:26:13
mikegrogan436 Uploaded a VASL file2024-06-07 09:53:38
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-05-30 17:54:32
nebel Added a playing2024-04-19 19:35:25
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Avg Rating: 6.96Votes: 27
Views: 5344
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 7.1 hours
Recorded Games: 24
Archive recorded plays:
Russian14
German10
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Liberation Day [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 23
[D] German 29
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