Hunters from the Sky ETO (id:#62812)
See Also: Hunters from the Sky by Avalon Hill
Hamminkeln, Germany 1945-03-24 ()
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
AmericanGerman
71.428571428571%

Overview:

“Operation Varsity”, the airborne phase of the Allies’ northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. The 17th Airborne Division’s first regiment to drop had little problem from ground fire, arriving so close behind the Allied preparatory bombardment phase. But the second regiment was not so fortunate. With the Germans no longer deterred by the bombing, the paratroopers received heavy small-arms and anti-aircraft fire as they fell to the ground.
Attacker: American (513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 84 and reinforcement groups)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:0 D:1
StuG IIIG
Opel Blitz x 5
Kfz 1

Guns: A:0 D:2
2cm FlaK 38
2cm FlaK 30

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: ParaDrop. Secret Assemblage Point determined by dr
Map Board(s): 2 4 5
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-11-27(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins American win
2020-11-27(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best American winDan's Americans dropped almost perfectly with only one squad broken. They then proceeded to the Assembly Area, which happened to be the only one I didn't defend. We had a great see-saw battle as we grappled to control the Assembly Zone. Dan got the better in nearly every Close Combat and was able to take the victory. Very fun scenario and one I would recommend playing.
2020-09-04(A) Vilis Pavulans vs Kalle Widell American winHad a bit of luck tricking the germans into believing another hex was the victory hex and then, when the Stug came in he rolled boxcars and later a 6 on the repair roll. After that victory was more or less impossible. Fun scenario but the paradrops make it a bit dicey.
2020-07-26(D) Vilis Pavulans vs Matias Dahlbäck German winWinning is more dependant on the random rolls and a little less on tactics but very fun anyway.
2020-07-26(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs Vilis Pavulans German winAs our first airdrop scenario there were a number of mistakes with the rules, I reckon. The one we caught was that _all_ chutes must roll for damage, not only the ones landing in perilous terrain.

That said... one american Wing dropped pretty much straight on top of the assembly point, and the other wing strayed off the (far side of the) map. Thus the objective was taken pretty quickly, and the rest of the game spent trying to pretend as if it wasn't the proper objective, fearing the German reinforcements, and wanting to tie up the troops already on the map.

The strayed-off wing died taking a fake objective. And their sacrifice was in vain when the ruse became more important than PTFO....

Vilis had a squad with lmg + leader in the middle of the map, 1st floor. They ruined the game for me. If I was to play as Americans in this scenario I'd take that building regardless of it being the objective or not.

7/5, would airdrop again.
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hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2021-01-20 18:48:13
grumblejones Added a playing2020-11-28 04:26:38
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von Garvin Added a playing2020-10-13 00:16:52
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Avg Rating: 7.82Votes: 11
Views: 1112
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 5.2 hours
Recorded Games: 5
Archive recorded plays:
American4
German1
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Hunters from the Sky [Confirmed]
[A] American 1
[D] German 1
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