Latecomers MTO (id:#66499)
Séez, France
1940-06-22 (3 others)
RGC 1: Mussolini Makes His Move (Internet)
HG! 6: Corniche Game (High Ground!)
HG-1: Corniche Game (High Ground 2)
HG! 6: Corniche Game (High Ground!)
HG-1: Corniche Game (High Ground 2)
Designer: Paul Seage
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
ItalianFrench
Overview:
Benito Mussolini had declared war on 10 June, but his generals dithered, and no attack had been launched. The French were already beaten, and Paris had been taken a week earlier. Mussolini needed a trophy to boost Italian morale. That trophy was going to be Nice. On 20 June at midday, Mussolini's troops were finally ready, and his best divisions led an attack supported by what little armor he had. French troops knew their country was on the point of collapse but were not prepared to give an inch of ground to the Italians. As the enemy came towards them, they spat on the ground, primed their weapons, and prepared to show that they were not beaten yet.Attacker: Italian (Alpine Army Corps)
Defender: French (French Border Force)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:12.0 D:10.0 |
| AFVs: A:4 L5/30 x 2 L5/21 x 2 |
| AFVs: D:0 Peugeot 202 |
| Guns: A:0 Mortaio da 45 Brixia x 2 D:0 Canon de 37 mle 16 TR |
| Misc Rules: | Bldg 32C1 Ground Level only |
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| Overlays: | O4 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-11-22 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Jonas Borqvist | Italian win (VASL Log) | |||
| 2025-11-21 | (D) Tripp Killin | vs | Stuart Brant | French win (VASL Log) | French set up light west and heavy east, with INF gun in stone building to cover roads Italians came light west and center, and heavier in the east. | ||
| 2025-10-11 | (D) Jon Jaramillo | vs | Scott Thompson | Italian win | 3 hrs | I took the defending French vs Scott's Italians. I had a good set up but made a couple mistakes. First I never really committed to either defending the building or trying to kill the afvs before they exited. Second I set up the inf gun in a spot where it was not very effective and then didn't get a lot of shots with it. Couple those mistakes with some terrible early rolls and I never stood a chance. Last mistake not realizing that the game was over if I didn't do something drastic. Fun game. Better rolls maybe I have a chance. | |
| 2025-07-19 | (A) A Fifteen | vs | Damon Norko | French win | |||
| 2024-09-22 | (A) Vic Lauterbach | vs | TS | French win | This great little game encapsulated a big appeal of ASL: quickly changing fortunes! My Italian LMORs and HMG couldn't miss for three turns, and it looked like a cakewalk for my 447s, but when they closed in on the French, they couldn't pass a Morale Check. My force melted down into stacks of broken 346s and 136s. Despite heavy losses, Trevor's French held out (two leaders were wounded twice), and his 37 INF made short work of the L5 tankettes. The Peugeot quickly broke its AAMG but effectively blocked the 32A6 exit road. I managed to take four buildings (one after winning a 3-turn Melee) but my few remaining GO Italians couldn't reach the back buildings and ended 4 VP short. (Even with morale support from Renato, who observed the game!) |
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| Action | Date |
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| ubertripp Added a playing | 2025-11-22 13:12:14 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2025-11-22 09:31:42 |
| tatumjonj Added a playing | 2025-10-14 19:54:21 |
| gekko_66 Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2025-08-09 00:44:38 |
| A15.4er Added a playing | 2025-07-19 02:54:58 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| OB with Templates (OB.vsav) | After Action Report | Dougban | 1164 |
| (J223 Latecomers.vsav) | VASL Setup | mikegrogan436 | 1389 |
| (ital-french.png) | Image | Hutch | 842 |
| FtF J223 Map at game end (J223 FtF end of game.JPG) | Image | dieneuner25 | 551 |
| VASL Log file (J223 Latecomers Full Game.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Cpl Wright | 954 |
| VASL Log file (J223 Log1.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Bongiovanni | 37 |
| VASL Log file (J223 Latecomers Full Game.vlog) | VASL Game Log | ubertripp | 35 |
| VASL Log file (J223 Latecomers Full Game.vlog) | VASL Game Log | ubertripp | 33 |
| VASL Log file (J223 Latecomers Full Game.vlog) | VASL Game Log | ubertripp | 36 |
| (latecomers map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 826 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.90 | Votes: 29 | Views: | 0 |
| To-Play list count: | 1 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 4.3 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 21 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Italian | 13 | |
| French | 8 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Latecomers [Confirmed] |
| [A] Italian | 27 |
| [D] French | 18 |