Savoia! ETO (id:#65717)
See Also: Savoia! by Avalon Hill Avanti Savoia! by Critical Hit Avanti Savoia! by Critical Hit
Izbushensky, Russia 1942-08-23 ()
Designer: Unknown
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Balance:
ItalianRussian
40%

Overview:

As the Italian 8th Army took up positions along the west bank of the River Don, a Russian counterattack opened a gap between it and the German 6th Army advancing on Stalingrad. As part of the effort to seal this breach, the Savoy Cavalry and Novara Lancers were sent to aid the hard-pressed 3rd Celere Division. With the dawn of 23 August, elements of the Soviet 304th Rifle Division advanced expecting no opposition, but immediately ran into the Savoy regiment. Unprepared for suddenly finding themselves on top of the enemy, the overextended Russians began to withdraw -- only to be met by a squadron of Italian cavalry charging headlong at them from the rear
Attacker: Italian (2° and 4° Squadrone, 3° Reggimento "Savoia Cavalleria")
Defender: Russian (812th Rifle Regiment)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Italian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:25.0 D:18.0
AFVs: A:0
Horse x 14

AFVs: D:0
Wagon

Guns: A:0 D:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Early Morning Sun Blindness (F11.611), Steppe terrain (F13.2)
Overlays: S2 S6
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-01-28(A) rene cote vs mrosberg Russian winThe savoia charge was a complete disaster with only 3 or 4 suqads of cavalry left unbroken after turn 1 and inflicting only 3 CVP and few brokies to the Russians.
2023-06-25(A) Dave Mareske vs Dan Best Italian winA unique scenario. The Italians lost all but 3 squads in the initial charge, but inflicted enough casualties to make a game of it. The Italian reinforcements came on strong taking the right amount of entrenchments and keeping the Russians away. With only 3 CVP to go Dan called it on Turn 6 as the Italians were preventing exiting and there were a number of broken Russians on the board.
2023-06-25(D) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske Italian win
2022-06-09(D) Jeff B vs John Fedoriw Russian win4.25 hrsA really bizarre scenario that can easily be decided on the 1st MPh - one way or another. I hid all my SWs and gun in the very few woods hexes available, planning to lay FLs with the MGs and assemble the mortars. The rest of my men would wait and shoot until I saw the whites of the enemy's eyes, and hope and pray for the best. My FLs were a failure, as all but one of them pinned on their first shots. At least they weren't breaks. My men standing their ground were much more successful. Rolling lots of 6's, I broke numerous Italian cavalry while maintaining my own good order. By the end of the first half turn there were 7 dead Italian squads vs only 3 Russian. I had further good fortune during my half of the turn as my two mortars kept their good order and wreaked a bit of havoc. By the end of Turn 2 all but one Italian squad and an accompanying 9-1 were good order, and they were encircled. They were broken attempting to move on the following turn. This put all hope on the Italian reinforcements. With the Russians having repositioned to many of the western foxholes, forced to cross lots of open ground, and facing sun blindness with their return shots, it was really only a matter of time before my opponent called it a day. He decided to do so at the end of Turn 5, not even close to taking a single entrenchment, and only accumulating 8CVP. An interesting scenasrio to play once for the experience, but a complete dice fest on Turn 1 will most likely decide the outcome early.
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rangercote Added a playing2025-01-31 22:40:00
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-05 17:24:24
aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-07-30 14:11:09
Hutch Modified the Defender's AFVs2024-07-24 15:47:50
Hutch Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-07-24 15:47:50
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Savoy take up position behind a prone horse (savoia cav.png)Imagehoxson1680
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Avg Rating: 6.25Votes: 4
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Estimated Play time: 10.7 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
Italian1
Russian2
Drawn:0

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Savoia! [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 1
[D] Italian 1
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