Morgan's Stand WTO (id:#62798)
See Also: Morgan's Stand by Avalon Hill Morgan's Stand by ASL Union of Gamers
Designer: Dave Sisler
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Balance:
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Overview:

Lt. Allen Morgan's 2nd Platoon had orders to hold an important crossroads west of the Moselle River. On September 10th the Germans counterattacked the junction, but were repulsed in a furious fight, falling back to the village of Bar-de-Duc with Lt. Morgan's unit in close pursuit. Morgan's audacity captured the village, but only after suffering heavy casualties. With the prospects of reinforcement slim for at least two days, Morgan could muster only seventy-one men and two tanks -- low on ammunition -- for the defense of the village, and he knew that the Germans would be back.
Attacker: German (Fusilier-Regiment 312)
Defender: American (53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:8.5
AFVs: A:4
PzKpfw IVH
StuPz IV
StuG IIIG
SPW 250/10

AFVs: D:3
M4A1
M10 GMC
M8 HMC

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: D: M4A1 and M10 GMC are subject to Ammo Shortage
Map Board(s): 7 10
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-11-30(A) Jacob Elmqvist vs Ingemar Gardell German win
2021-11-28(A) Jacob Elmqvist vs Ingemar Gardell German win
2021-11-13(D) Craig Renier vs Chris Hofland American winThe American defense was anchored in building z6 with delaying forces arrayed forward. The German assault hit the American center and right. The defense was bolstered when German PzIII MA malfed and failed its repair attempt forcing a recall and the HT was wrecked behind a hedge from a M4A1 shot. As more reinforcements arrived, the delaying forces were overwhelmed. When the M4A1 on the left was wrecked and a supporting MMC broken, the left defense collapsed. The right was weakened when the M4A3 crew was shocked. The center continued to hold, hoping for reinforcements, which did not arrive. American reinforcments finally entered on Turn 6, but the road was covered by German guns, leaving no safe route for approach. Facing the brute force of the German 150mm, the Americans slowly withdrew across a stone wall into covering woods. Using Fire Lanes and Spray fire, the Americans were able to pin the advancing Germans preventing the attackers from entering CC. On the American final turn, a fortunate shot from the M4 broke a German stack covering the American withdrawel path across open ground securing the American win. A close game that came down to the final moments.
2021-09-09(A) Will Willow vs S. Worrell American winVASL
2020-10-03(A) Rich Weiley vs Simon Shields German winOctober Paddington Bearz - First face to face game at Bearz since March. Had the Germans in this. My forces entered in reverse order (ie Group 4 through one) so I felt a little restricted by a lack of infantry in the first couple of turns. My cause was helped by Simon disabling the M10's MA on its first shot and then a LOS that we both missed allowed the Brummbar to light up the Sherman on turn 2. US reinforcements entered on turn 3 but while the infantry got across the bridge it collapsed under the weight of the M8 HMC - so the US vehicles were never a big factor in the game. German vehicles didn't fair much better I malféd the MA's on the StuG, PZ IV, and the SPW (admittedly the last two came late in the game and had little bearing on the outcome). While I repaired the MA on the Stug it was stunned by infantry fire and then recalled by the Sniper. Speaking of which that US SAN of 5 was painful, at one stage Simon had four "1s" out of five sniper checks.

Morgan made his stand in the Z7 building and made quite a fight of it even managing to go heroic and battle harden to a 9-2, Eventually German numbers told however and on turn 6 I was finally managed to make a morale check stick and he was KIA'ed on the wound roll - with that and having only one surrounded squad left on board 10 Simon conceded.
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Estimated Play time: 5.6 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
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American6
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Morgan's Stand
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[A] German 14
[D] American 13
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