Extracurricular Activity ETO (id:#63519)
Prior Publication: Journal
See Also: Extracurricular Activity by Silicon Valley ASL Club Extracurricular Activity by Multi-Man Publishing
Buda, Hungary 1944-12-25 ()
Designer: Chris Olden
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
HungarianRussian
41.538461538462%

Overview:

While the Red Army was hammering at Pest for over six weeks, the inhabitants of Buda were still preparing for Christmas festivities, albeit subdued ones. On Christmas Day, however, they were surprised by the sudden appearance of Russian armored reconnaissance forces at the Janos Hospital, less than two miles from the Royal Palace. A company from the 1st Technical University Battalion was the first unit to clash with the Russians in Buda.
Attacker: Hungarian (1st Technical University Battalion)
Defender: Russian (2nd Ukrainian Front)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:4
43M Zrinyi II x 4

AFVs: D:2
T-34/85 x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0
PTRD-41 ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Civilian Interrogation (E2.4). A: AFVs Elite
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-02-09(D) Robert Wiebe vs Steve Slunt Hungarian win

(VASL Log)		2.5 hrsGood short scenario.
My Russians set up too far forward without a good covered retreat option, leaving them exposed and running out of places to hide. This left the Hungarians enough room to do an end run around the northern edge and gain control of the VC building. I conceded on Turn 5 as I did not have enough GO MMC to match what the Hungarians had at hand.

I was also extremely lucky with some early die rolls that slowed the Russian assault somewhat, before Steve regrouped and continued.
2024-10-18(D) Dave B vs Joseph L DiCamillo Russian winMany things went wrong for the Hungarians, who never really managed to get across the main street in the face of heavy Russian resistance, and they never got anywhere near building B2.
2024-10-03(A) Alex Ashton vs Martin Barker Russian winResigned as the Hungarian player after turn 3 after half my force was broken trying to cross row I. There didn’t seem an effective way back and from turn 2 time pressure had begun to build.
The Hungarian tanks are poor and the squads were brittle. I am probably just not a good enough player to apply the order of battle effectively.
One of my first attempts at an Urban Scenario setting and Martin schooled me in the use of his squads.
2024-03-05(A) Simon Staniforth vs Neil Brunger Russian winThe dice gods were not smiling on the Zrinyi in this game with 3 busted MA and not a single Smoke round to show for their efforts. Coupled with a solid Russian defence this saw the Hungarian’s attack founder before they could get into the victory building
2023-09-17(A) Stephen Stewart vs Jeff Howell Russian win

(VASL Log)		VASLeague game.
Jeff is a great guy.
Glad he didn't troll the setup as this scenario is pretty well scripted on how it will progress.
I was the Hungarian. Loved the SSR with ML. If the players forget this, Russian win instantly.
If the Hungarian forgets he has PF, Russian win.

The VC are lacking as I started taking prisoners early on. The rules do not exclude prisoners from being anything but unbroken enemy units. Makes the VC kinda sketchy and the PT in question.

Regardless, the game progressed with fun and excitement!!
2 rolls determined the outcome directly as a whole. So, those that say small scenarios are dicey are full of shit. this is s Meaty scenario and it takes ONE roll to open up the map.

Fun game and it was close most of the way. Good weekend game with your buddy!!

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asloser Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-06-15 13:21:10
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Hutch Modified the gps location2025-02-09 08:43:23
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-02-09 08:38:17
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.84Votes: 19
Views: 6156
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 4.6 hours
Recorded Games: 13
Archive recorded plays:
Hungarian6
Russian6
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Extracurricular Activity [Confirmed]
[A] Hungarian 48
[D] Russian 70
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