Village of the Damned ETO (id:#65724)
See Also: Village of the Damned by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Mark Pitcavage
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Balance:
RussianAxis
45.454545454545%

Overview:

Many Axis soldiers in Arbuzov arose on a bitterly cold Christmas Day to discover that they had been abandoned. The main force had apparently continued on their retreat without rounding up all the soldiers in the column from their scattered nighttime resting places. The abandoned soldiers, about 1500 in number, mostly Italians, believed they were doomed and decided to sell their lives dearly. Soon they heard the sounds of approaching Soviet troops. . .
Attacker: Russian (44th Rifle Division)
Defender: Axis ((Italian) Divisioni Fanteria "Ravenna," "Pasubio," and "Torino" and (German) remnants of Infanterie-Division 298)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:9.5
AFVs: A:1
T-60 M42

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS (E3.72), 2 random building Blaze locations. WC (E3.712)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-29(D) Jim Thompson vs Jay Dragonetti Russian win
2024-12-09(D) rene cote vs mrosberg Axis win
2023-12-11(A) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna Axis winWhat a banger of a game! I came in from two sides with an aim of forcing his forces into a place where they could not rout. That didn't turn out how things went, but they went well enough for me to start. I used my T 60 to sleaze freeze guys, allowing me to get into CC. In the end, I was fortunate to have the wind change and put the smoke into the Germans' faces and allowed me to run in. That said, the Italians and Germans were remarkably resilient for a bit. I did capture some disrupted Italians (massacred them later).
In the end, Nick's Germans held out in CC and got snakes on the final turn to guarantee the win. What a fun match!
2023-10-14(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Cusick, John Axis win
2023-05-07(A) Indy Lagu vs Rob Oler Russian winA tough one for the defender, I think. My Russians
seemed to inexorably push the Italian/German defenders
around.

The Russian tank is almost invulnerable. I used it
to cut off rout paths. I think my opponent lost two
squads because of it. Of course, I lost my invulnerable
tank...I used it to overrun an Italian elite squad in OG,
succeeded in making the squad go berserk, and lost
the vehicle to a CC DR of 2!

There must be a trick to defending this one: one
that neither my opponent nor I saw.

Having said all of this, it came down to the last
turn, but the end had an air of inevitability to it.

I might play it again as the Axis, just to see if I
could figure out what to do.
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JimT1277 Added a playing2025-05-02 23:10:25
rangercote Added a playing2024-12-09 20:07:29
Bongiovanni Uploaded a VASL file2024-11-12 17:50:48
Augie Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-09-28 14:01:29
von Garvin Added a playing2023-12-12 01:30:02
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ASL275 Setup File (ASL275 Setup File.vsav)VASL SetupBongiovanni190
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(AP18_Village_of_the_Damned.png)Map Imagehoxson1754
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.50Votes: 14
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 2.5 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
Russian4
Axis5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Village of the Damned [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 6
[D] Italian 7
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