A Fine Mess... ETO (id:#63876)
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Designer: Philippe Naud
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
40%

Overview:

On 15th May, 1940, the 1ère Division Légère Mécanique, then deployed in the Netherlands, with little success, received the order to rush to the Sambre to stop the panzers advance from the Meuse. General Picard, commanding the 1ère DLM, arrived to find a “fine mess”. His leading elements obtained contact early in the morning of 17th, however the Somua S35, his strongest tanks, were unable to get into action providing little results by the end of the day. However, Picard planned a large counterattack for the day after, mustering both task forces of his division, each with a tank regiment. The 18ème Dragons under Colonel de Beauchesnes initiated a reconnaissance toward the Sambre with part of Capitaine d’Ussel’s squadron and some motorcyclists. The captain received the order “not to rush in, but to reconnoitre” and to bring his tanks back for the counterattack... Formerly released as VV75 "Un Beau Petrin..."
Attacker: French (Elements 4th RDP & 18th RDP, 1st DLM)
Defender: German (Elements 6th Schutzen Regt & 25th Panzer Regt, 7th Panzer Division)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.5 D:8.0
AFVs: A:5
S35 x 5

AFVs: D:3
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 3

Guns: A:0
Mortier de 60 mle 35
D:2
3.7cm PaK 35/36 x 2
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules:
Map Board(s): 11 14
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-11-03(A) X von Marwitz vs Frank Strasser French winPlayed the French in this one. The setup of my opponent was rather up front and he made some daring moves to shift some troops - and paid for it. I malfed the MA of one of the Soumas, but it was this tank who caused most damage nevertheless: Driving through (but not overrunning) an AT-Gun position and getting behind the central building atop the hill, it re-DM'ed broken Germans and forced them to rout out of place. And that's what it kept doing trundling after the retreating Germans. As a consequence, the Germans were lacking some Good Order boots where it mattered.

When I could assault the hill in force, taking various prisoners, one ATG crew captured, the unpossessed Gun to be captured in CC and subsequently to be destoyed, the other ATG about to be engaged in 2:1 CC, etc. pp., all French tanks still up, my opponent conceded.
2023-11-03(A) Will Willow vs Christian HerdeA French winGrenadier 2023
2023-10-30(A) Richard Jenulis vs Dennis Hess French winA close game that came down to the last turn when a Shocked AFV came back and took out his Pz38 nemesis for the game winning point on the German half of turn six. The French ended the game with 2 VP of prisoners, 3 VP buildings, 1 VP AT Gun and 1 VP vehicle. The outcome was uncertain until the end.
2023-10-14(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs French win
2023-10-07(A) Will Willow vs Fred Schwarz French winASLOK
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.95Votes: 22
Views: 4718
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 4.4 hours
Recorded Games: 18
Archive recorded plays:
French7
German10
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
A Fine Mess [Confirmed]
[A] French 11
[D] German 17
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