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Before the Blunder ETO (id:#62646)
(BFP 5: Poland in Flames ID: BFP-111)   [next]   [previous]
Nitzwalde, Poland 1939-09-02 (16 others)
A 46: Rattle of Sabres (AH:ASL Annual `92)
SK 3: Rabka-Mszana Road (Internet)
FF1: Rabka-Mszana Road (Firefights!)
FT 57: Wysoka Mountain (From The Cellar Pack # 1)
VV29: Les Cavaliers (Vae Victis # 42)
138: Rattle of Sabres (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
FE 176: Defense of Wysloka (Polish Campaign Pack)
FE 177: First Invasion of Germany (Polish Campaign Pack)
BFP-110: Polish Panzerjagers (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-112: Killer Carp (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
BFP-113: Bunker Bash (BFP 5: Poland in Flames)
WCW05: Stuka Wave - The Second Day (Westerplatte: Case White 1939)
#6: Before The Warthe (Freedom's Price - Poland 1)
BG5: Fraustadt Frolic (Covered)
138: Rattle of Sabres (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
FT57: Wysoka Mountain (From The Cellar Pack #13)
Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
GermanPolish
45.945945945946%

Overview:

The mission for German XXI Corps was to destroy Polish forces between the border and Graudenz, and then advance to the city. The Corps’ main effort was Infantry Division 21. This was no easy task, as there were 12 miles of wooded and difficult terrain between the Germans and the city. The Germans initially made quick gains on 1 September, but late in the afternoon were stopped by strong resistance. They finally forced a bridgehead over the Ossa River which was quickly exploited, enabling the division to continue the attack on 2 September. The Polish 16th Infantry used the wooded terrain and lakes to their advantage. They built strongpoints to cover these natural chokepoints, and the Germans quickly became bogged down as they tried to expand their bridgehead.
Attacker: German (Elements 21st Infantry Division)
Defender: Polish (Elements 16th Infantry Division)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:15.0 D:8.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
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: A: DC2 w D: Pillbox2, HMG2
Map Board(s):
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ASL Action Pack # 9 To the Bridge!7a
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-12-31(D) David Garvin vs Bill Sosnicki Polish winDice. They killed Bill's Germans
2024-11-15(D) David Ramsey vs Tony Gibson Polish win3 hrsGood shooting from the Poles left the Germans with not enough for the final push against the buildings.
2024-11-15(D) Ian Morris vs Alex Ashton Polish winBoth of us wanted the Germans, I lost the die roll, so got the balance - an improved leader. I set up an MMG on the left to cover the open ground, another in the centre, and two half-squads with two HMG and the 9-1 leader in a hidden pillbox on the hill edge, connected by trenches to the other pillbox in the woods hex between hill and village. among the dummies up front, I had a couple of real squads. Alex came on strong on his right and right-centre, but moved two squads and a leader on his left into my boresighted hex behind the hedge, where a 12-3 shot scored a 2KIA, killing everybody when his broken squad rolled a 12 on the LLMC. In my turn, I used the trenches to relocate the HMGs into the rear building hex. His right flank had suffered some brokies, which routed to his 9-1. He came in for CC on what he thought were dummies, only for my squad to ambush and exfiltrate to put me in position to CC the brokies, which I ambushed but gacked the roll, with Alex's 9-1 scoring snakes to reduce my squad. Hey-ho, best-laid plans, etc... Alex continued to work the right flank and centre, but at the end of the game only a 2-4-7 could reach the rear building for a possible 1:4 CC, and was smeared by a 24-3 shot before being able to.
2024-11-14(D) Paul Legg vs Ian Ainsworth German winBounding Fire Tournament - Main Round 1
2024-11-14(D) Andy Bagley vs Steve Cook German winApparently I'd played this before a long time back, but must confess to having no recollection of this.
I set my pillboxes with HMGs in M13 (obvious) and O19, the idea being to funnel his attack into the centre, where I thought I could hold him. However, I gave my guys in O19 an escape route with a trench in P19, and this was a mistake - one that might have cost me the game (it should have been in P20) - because he hit O19 when I skulked there with a LOS I hadn't seen and broke my units. This allowed the Germans to advanced virtually unopposed and swarm my left flank. The result was never really in doubt after that, although it still took them until the last turn to capture the victory buildings.
2024-04-22(D) Jobbo Fett vs JobboFett German winA fun scenario that forces some very tough decisions for the Polish defenders. Some unlucky rolls at the mid-point allowed for the Germans to advance up to the objective buildings and the Polish troops simply weren't able to recover and through the invaders out. Tense and tight.
2024-04-09(D) David Garvin vs Robert Wilson German win
2023-11-19(A) Dave Mareske vs Craig Renier German winSlow and steady wins this race. Best if the Germans don't try to do too much all at once. Germans passed a bunch of morale checks on turn 5 which put them in a great position for Defensive Fire, breaking the Poles and winning the day. Finding the right places for the Pillboxes was big topic of conversation at the end of the game.
2023-10-09(A) Doba Serge vs Clément B Polish win
2023-09-19(D) Pascal Boileau vs Lionel Colin Polish winA good scenario despite my shameless luck during the second half of the game. Everything worked for me and nothing for Lionel and of course he fell short to realize the victory conditions in the last turn...
Thanks to him and for keeping its good mood until the end of the game.
2023-03-25(D) Shaun Andrews vs Peter Palmer Polish win
2023-03-19(D) Steven Cummings vs Tim Osborne Polish win
2023-03-14(D) Mark Thompson vs Germans (Steve Boro) Polish winThe German attack on the right was slowed by a MMG on the hill and their thrust in the center was rebuffed by HMG & MMG fire from a bunker at the chokepoint just north of the pond. The Germans were able to flank the Poles on the right after the MMG crew broke, but could not get past the Poles reverse slope defense anchored in the victory buildings. The Germans then shifted the attack to Poles' left flank - and made some progress - but ultimately did not have enough strength or time to take the victory buildings and conceded in German Player Turn 6.
2023-03-09(D) Craig Renier vs Jim Vasiliou German winThe Germans began their thrust on the Polish left flank. The Poles laid down fire lanes blocking that line of approach and broke two German stacks. The Germans rallied the very next turn and shifted their attack to the center. Two Polish MMCs, one with an MMG and one with an HMG broke in the center. The Poles attempted to withdraw and bolster the defense, but the tidal wave of German units washed over the terrain. The Poles kept taking losses while falling back while the Germans did not suffer any permanent loss. The Poles were able to maintain a level of defense, but on the final turn they were sufficiently surrounded so when they broke, they had no where to rout.
2023-02-27(A) David Garvin vs Brent Kerr Polish winThough this was called early, Brent's defences were enough to slow me up. A series of poor morale checks (and a casualty morale check) left me with not enough to force the issue.
2022-11-11(D) nathan wegener vs Tracey Love Polish winNTX Shootout. Broke stack of 3 squads w first shot. Rest of attack did not go much better. Had some good attack rolls. Difficult for attacker to make it thru the chokepoints if well defened
2022-07-12(A) Savo Barbero vs Federico Mazzucchelli Polish win[Imported from ROAR]
2022-02-25(D) Larry Rohlfing vs Gerard Unterreiner Polish win
2021-11-27(A) Peter Palmer vs John Knowles German win[Imported from ROAR]
2020-10-08(D) John Garlic vs Jeremy Busby German win[Imported from ROAR]
2020-06-30(D) patrick palma vs Jake Smith Polish win
2020-06-03(D) Will Willow vs K. Mioduski Polish winVASL
2020-05-01(D) Rami Saarinen vs TL Polish winAfter a very poor initial setup the Polish were able to retake two of the buildings thanks to decent pillbox placement and few lucky dice here and there. Good scenario.
2020-05-01(A) Tuomo Lukkari vs Rami Saarinen Polish win
2019-11-18(A) O Ramaille vs Phil HIP Polish winSlowed by the woods and HMG fire, the Germans were successfully delayed by the Polish troops. Despite the heavy German fire, the Polish defenders sacrificed themselves to prevent the Germans to enter the buildings. At last, a German squad advanced into CC in a building, but was unable to get control. A full Polish victory will all buildings controlled but less than a quarter of GO units.
2019-09-11(D) O Ramaille vs Phil HIP German winThe Polish defense was too scattered to efficiently slow or prevent the German advance towards his objectives. Besides, Polish fire was awfully bad and did not help in any way.
2019-05-12(A) patrick palma vs Fabio Mazzucchelli German win
2019-02-09(A) Richard Jenulis vs Joe Vennarucci German winNWASL Championship 2019. Joe played a very tight game. Came down to last turn.
2018-12-29(A) B S vs David Garvin Polish win
2018-12-29(D) David Garvin vs Brian Scully Polish winCame to the very end. I defended. I counter attacked. I won! :)
2018-12-02(D) Allen Evenson vs Luis Del Castillo Polish win
2018-11-16(D) Alan Krause vs Steve Bond German win
2018-04-27(D) Stephen dedier vs Holt, Jim German winThis is a nice compact little scenario. The Polish MG's are supposed to make up for the massively superior German numbers.
With this board the Germans can maneouver pretty freely without taking down X shots but can't necessarily move very quickly.
Unfortunately the dice gods were just not with me. It started with a 3MC against my guys in the first pillbox and just wend downhill from there. I actually didn't cause a single broken unit with any of the 4 MG's (more than 1 16 up 1 or 2 and the like). Still managed to fight valiantly to the last turn. I think it probably could have been over in turn 5 if my opponent had been willing to fire into the melee with a lot of firepower.
Never the less it was a fun one that I would play again and i think would be totally different game.
2017-09-17(A) David Garvin vs Eric Groo Polish winWow. What a match! Eric was the defending Poles, and threw caution to the wind and attacked into my advancing Germans. The result was mayhem. In the end, we both took horrific casualties. Key moments of the game include my rolling his SAN in three consecutive rolls. It also includes his Sniper nailing my concealed 7-0s who were lugging the DCs for the greater glory of Germany. Random selection was naturally a Yahtzee and ended up wounding one. The second activation roll also wounded the other. One wound was fatal. What a match!

In the end, I was a day late and a dollar short as the attacking Germans. Great Match!
2017-08-03(D) walter mcwilliams vs Tom Kerney Polish winTom was crunched for time by a stubborn polish defense and advanced a full stack of 3-squads into point blank range of a HIP bunker/HMG. In PFPh I broke or KIA all, and a half squad moved up to cut the rout path and capture the remaining.
2017-07-02(A) Tom Kearney vs Walt McWilliams Polish winI made good progress until adjacent to the objective. There I ran into a buzz saw. My surviving troops fell back, rallied, and tried again, but met with the same results.
2016-09-02(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Edo Giaroni German win
2016-08-13(D) Richard Jenulis vs Sam Belcher Polish win
2016-08-05(D) Jeff Waldon vs Hank Burkhalter Polish winSpreading Blaze Atlanta
2016-06-26(D) Simon Staniforth vs Polish win
2016-06-24(A) Paul Legg vs Simon Staniforth Polish winDouble One
2016-04-13(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Polish win
2016-03-28(D) Dave Mareske vs Mark Fischer Polish winEven though I kept breaking the Polish MGs the German advance was slowed enough that they could not get the buildings. Don't forget the bore sight, even though those pesky Germans never entered my bore sight hexes!
2016-03-26(A) Gordon Jupp vs Derek Cox Polish winFirst game of our usual double header meeting and I didn't prep properly and paid the price! Walked straight into the bore sighted hex of a Polish HMG in a bunker and found the other the hard way too!Derek played a really good defence, allied with hot dice and my troops unable to shoot or pass a morale test! Conceded at the end of my turn 5...good game though - German has to be prepared for causalities and pass PMC 😊
(D) Jim Thompson vs Vince Lewonski German win[Imported from ROAR]
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