A High Price to Pay MTO (id:#65695)
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Syracuse, Sicily 1943-07-10 ()
53: A High Price to Pay (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition))
DASL A08: Gruppo Mobile (AH:ASL Annual `91)
J52: Dress Rehearsal (ASL Journal # 3)
KURSK Mini-CG: Broadway to Prokhorovka (ASL Journal # 3)
J94: Kempf at Melikhovo (ASL Journal # 6)
T09: The Niscemi-Biscari Highway (AH:The General # 28.1)
S09: Ambitious Assault (ASL Starter Kit #2)
S11: A Long Way To Go (ASL Starter Kit #2)
HB CG 3: Hell's Bridgehead CG 3 (Critical Hit # 6.4)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit # 2)
HB 1: Psel River Line / Last Line Before Oboyan (Hell's Bridgehead)
HB CG 1: Hell's Bridgehead CG 1 (Hell's Bridgehead)
Buck01: Welcome to the Jungle (Buckeyes!)
: Apenas Nos Hablamos (Lider)
WP 1: First Blood (Winpak #1)
O73.2: Mission Accomplished (On All Fronts # 73)
O104.2: Send More Pigeons (On All Fronts #104)
ON06: Kempf at Melikhovo (On Top Scenarios)
SP12: Piano Lupo (Schwerpunkt # 1)
MT 5: SI1 version 1.0 (ASL Digest # 7.08)
S22: Another Summer's Day (ASL Starter Kit #3)
26: Diabolical Shrapnel (Dezign Pak 3)
S31: Going to New York! (Operations Special Issue #1)
ASSKB2: Hill Sweet Blues (Battles Magazine #2)
Ponyri #12: Little Katy (Kursk - Devil's Domain)
S47: Not So Disposed (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 1st Edition)
BFP-97: Renewed Pressure (BFP 4: Crucible of Steel)
HB3 #1: Last Line Before Oboyan (Hell's Bridgehead 3)
VV 76: X-Men (Vae Victis # 101)
Ponyri #12: Little Katy (Devil's Domain : Metalgods of Ponyri)
24: Pressured and Pinned (Devil's Domain Upgrade Kit)
#10: Big Trouble in Little Stalingrad (Major Upham Battle Pack)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit Retro Magazine 2)
WO18: A Quick Strike (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016)
WO19: Through the Dragon's Teeth (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016)
178: The Niscemi-Biscari Highway (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
MM 37: Ninety Night (March Madness 2017 Hollis Partisans Pack)
FT240: Commando Beach 1 (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT241: Commando Beach 2 (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT242: That Bridge Again! (Franc-Tireur #14)
FT243: Send More Pigeons II (Franc-Tireur #14)
ASL GCA 2: Tra Le Spighe Dorate (A25.6 Issue 1)
BR1: Ponte Drillo Taking (Biazza Ridge)
BR2: Gorham Assault (Biazza Ridge)
BR3: Hunting the Wolf (Biazza Ridge)
BR CG: Biazza Ridge (Biazza Ridge)
SF-Rng2c: Special Forces-Ranger Beach (Internet: Steven Swann)
S47: Not So Disposed (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 2nd Edition)
PRK1: 10 July (PROKHOROVKA!)
CH 18: Raging Furnace (Critical Hit #2 2022 reprint)
GD25: Berezovka Storehouse (Großdeutschland Pack 3: High Tide at Kursk)
BR11: Fields of Golden Wheat (ECZ Tournament Director's Pack)
53: A High Price To Pay (ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (1st Edition))
S96: Good, Lucky, or Both (ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #3)
SaP11: The 11th Hour (HASL 13 - Slaughter at Ponyri)
Designer: Rick Troha
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
ItalianBritish
52.173913043478%

Overview:

Under the codename Operation Ladbroke, the British 1st Airlanding Brigade was to capture the Ponte Grande bridge spanning the Anapo River in eastern Sicily to allow for a quick march on Syracuse by the 5th Infantry Division. 144 gliders set off from Kairouan but only 54 actually landed in Sicily; the rest got lost or were shot down. A reduced force attacked the bridge before midnight and captured it. They removed the demolitions and prepared for the inevitable counterattack. The Italians advanced with armored cars and infantry. . .
Attacker: Italian (Army and Marine elements of Piazza Militaire Marittima di Augusta-Siracusa)
Defender: British (1st Borders and 2nd South Staffords)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:7.5
AFVs: A:2
AB 41 x 2
Autocarretta

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:2
Cannone da 65/17
Mortaio da 81/14
Mortaio da 45 Brixia
D:1
OML 3-in. Mortar
OML 2-in. Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Olive Groves (B14.8) D: AS (A19.131), PB (B30)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-11-29(D) rene cote vs mrosberg British win
2024-11-23(D) Seumas Hoskins vs Klara Italian winVery close game and came down to a single Italian crew advancing onto the bridge on the last turn.
2022-11-24(D) Jeff B vs Magnus Rimvall Italian win2.75 hrsI knew going into this I stood no chance. If the Brits don't have ammo shortage I think they might have a small chance, but being outnumbered 2:1 by troops, facing two tanks, a big mortar, two small mortars, a MMG, a HMG, and possibly even an INF gun (though I highly doubt it gets to that point), and a whopping eight Turns for the Italians to complete their easy objective they just stand no chance. Besides being the worst scenario I've ever played, it also was possibly the most boring, as the Brits are going to sit in their FHs and retain concealment until pushed not to. A blind baby could win this as the Italians. Horrible and embarrassing that this ever made it to be a core scenario.
2018-03-23(A) Andy Hershey vs Dave Johannsen British win[Imported from ROAR]
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Avg Rating: 4.33Votes: 3
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Estimated Play time: 5.3 hours
Recorded Games: 4
Archive recorded plays:
Italian2
British2
Drawn:0

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A High Price to Pay [Confirmed]
[A] Italian 58
[D] British 53
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