French Spirit ETO (id:#65626)
See Also: The French Spirit by Critical Hit
Designer: George Kelln
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
FrenchGerman
50%

Overview:

At 05:00 hours, the Germans attacked at multiple points along the Oise-Aisne Canal, with a total of ten infantry divisions. Defending the canal were the Algerian tirailleurs of the 18e Regiment de Tirailleurs Algeriens (RTA), 87e d'Infanterie d'Africaine (DIA). Using smoke to mask the crossing sites while assault troops of the 1.Gebirgs-Division and the 72. and 255.Infanterie-Divisionen crossed the 20-metre-wide canal in rubber boats, establishing a small bridgehead on the southern bank. French artillery pounded the German bridgehead, with the mountain troops taking the brunt of the bombardment. Throughout the morning the Germans continued to press their attack and gradually enveloped both flanks of the 87e DIA. But in a spirited action, the 18e RTA supported by three FT-17 tanks, launched a counter-attack.
Attacker: French (Elements of 18e Regiment de Tirailleurs Algeriens)
Defender: German (Elements of 1.Gebirgsjager-Regiment 100)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:3
FT-17M
FT-17C x 2

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

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Kindling NA. D: Secret dr+3 receiving "?" counters as result
Map Board(s): 2a
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-02-11(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins French win
2022-02-11(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best French winMy French attacked the village from the east hill, while my oncoming boys moved to set up and meet the reinforcing Germans coming in from the north on Turn 1. I broke my mortar on the second shot and then destroyed it. It took 3 turns to move into the village. Dan slowly ground down my delaying force, but I was able to slow him down. Thien on Turn 4, I managed to secure the village and my 3 tanks went across the bridge to keep Germans DM'd. Dan would create a Hero and he and a squad went into CC with the lead tank and immobilized it, but then they were killed. A final German attack on Turn 6 was turned back for a French victory.
2022-01-31(D) Indy Lagu vs Rob Oler German winA neat situation where both sides feel like they're attacking.

Rob chose to use his on board forces to suppress the German
garrison in the village. In our post-game debrief, we thought
that might have been a mistake, given the way the game played
out.

I think the French tanks are frustrating to play...1MT, 5MP, and
red MP to boot! Rob lost one to a malfunctioned MA and a 6
on the repair dr.

There are a couple of niggly issues with the proof reading, but
nothing major.
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Prairial Rated the scenario2022-04-13 11:19:32
Prairial Linked the scenario to ROAR2022-02-20 10:00:10
grumblejones Added a playing2022-02-12 02:56:56
Danno Added a playing2022-02-12 02:24:14
Indy Lagu Added a playing2022-02-03 14:46:00
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Avg Rating: 7.75Votes: 4
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3.8 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
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Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
French Spirit [Confirmed]
[A] French 0
[D] German 0
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