Dompaire Destruction WTO (id:#65413)
Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
GermanFree French
20.833333333333%

Overview:

During the drive to cross the Moselle River by Patton's Third Army, the Americans had ignored their right flank due to the perceived weakness of the German forces stationed there but with the 6th Army Group advancing north from their landings in southern France and linking up for a contiguous Allied line from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, it was time to reorganize. The Allied army was spearheaded by the French 2nd Armored Division commanded by the famous General Jacques LeClerc. As a counter to this effort, the German 64th Corps was given to the newly-formed Panzer-Brigade 112, who advanced toward the small town of Dompaire.
Attacker: German (Bataillion I, Panzer-Regiment 29, Panzer-Brigade 112 with Panzer-Regiment 2112)
Defender: Free French (Groupement Tactique Langlade, Régiment de Marche du Tchad, 12ème Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique and 501ème Régiment de Chars de Combat, 2ème Division Blindée)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:13
PzKpfw VG x 4
PzKpfw IVH x 2
PzKpfw IVJ x 2
StuG IIIG
SPW 251/1 x 4
SdKfz 6/2

AFVs: D:8
M4A3(76)W x 2
M10 GMC x 2
M4A2 x 4

Guns: A:0 D:1
M1 57mm AT Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Civilian Interrogation. A: Inexperienced Crews for Fully-Tracked Vehicles w D: Air Support
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-11-28(A) Peyton Spreacker vs Brandon Dega Free French winIt was a grind with the Germans losing all but one Panther and there was no hope of beating the 15 CVP spread required after a tank shot killed a half track full of German soldiers.
2024-07-19(D) Will Willow vs Ken DaughetyA Free French winGettysburg 2024
2023-10-07(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins German win
2023-10-07(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best German winMy Germans went with a southern edge board creep. My reinforcements came in to support while the halftracks took the two northern building locations. A bit of a grind for a short game as there is so much going on and the complex victory conditions took away some of the fun. The German 37L AA damaged the P-47 after it knocked out one of the Panthers. Then a Sherman managed to knock out another from the rear. But by the last turn, 2 Panthers would exit. The Germans would end the game with 68 Points and the Free French would end the game with 46 Points for a German win.
2022-05-29(A) James Forrest vs German winGerman infantry tied up French forces, enough that 2 of the VGs managed to get off board late turn 4.
2022-02-13(D) James Holt vs Eric Shipley Free French winThis is an interesting scenario where the Germans get to come onboard from two opposite directions to take victory points - mainly from building control but also from CVP. The fatal flaw in the scenario is that the Germans MUST exit at least one of their Panthers that come on the west edge of the board, otherwise the number of VP are moot. If the Free French set up everything with the goal of killing the Panthers, then this quickly becomes a two-turn game as was borne out in our playing. I had hot dice, but IMO this was is way unbalanced in favor of the French. I think the VC need tweaked to give the Germans an off-ramp for victory that does not entail the necessity of a Panther exit.
2021-10-20(D) John Garlic vs Mike Grogan Free French win[Imported from ROAR]
2021-07-09(D) patrick palma vs Fabio Mazzucchelli Free French win
2021-07-08(D) Pascal Boileau vs Boudrenghien Free French winAn interesting scenario that I really liked but the VC probably favored the French. During, the first 3 turns, most of the AFV from 2ème DB were destroyed whereas the French infantry stands firm in the buildings. Between the end of turn 3 and turn 4, the Germans lost 3 PzKpfw VG (one from a shot of the hidden AT, second from a lucky shot of the last GMC and the third with the deadly and lucky FB...). With one PzKpfw VG left, the VC changed dramatically and the large advance of VP for the Germans suddenly became too short in the last turn. Many thanks to L'Elephant for this very nice game and his helpful advices !
2021-07-02(A) Larry Rohlfing vs Chip Wertenberger Free French win
2021-04-07(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Free French win
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aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-12-31 00:30:56
badger317 Added a playing2024-11-28 17:40:44
badger317 Rated the scenario2024-11-28 17:38:46
Hutch Modified the gps location2024-09-16 16:40:29
wwillow Added a playing2024-07-20 01:49:47
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Avg Rating: 6.15Votes: 13
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 8 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
German2
Free French8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Dompaire Destruction [Confirmed]
[A] German 3
[D] Free French 11
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