Loser Takes All ETO (id:#66519)
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Designer: Richard Weiley
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Balance:
German (SS)Russian
45.454545454545%

Overview:

Since early March 6, Panzer-Armee had struggled to overcome the defenses of Marshal Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukrainian Front between Lake Balaton and the Danube. While other units had made little progress towards the initial objective, the Sió Canal, a successful night attack by SS-Panzer-Division 12 "Hitlerjugend" had cleared the strongly held junction of Pinkocz-Puszta. This in turn left the lynchpin of the current defensive belt-the town of Dég-isolated and vulnerable to assault. Taking advantage of the early morning mist, SS-Hauptsturmführer Has Siegel launched his armored group towards the town.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Panzer-Division 12 "Hitlerjugend")
Defender: Russian (233rd Rifle Division and 208th Assault Gun Brigade)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:9
JgdPz V
JgdPz IV/70
PzKpfw IVJ x 3
FlakPz IV/37 x 2
sIG 38(t)M
SPW 251/21

AFVs: D:3
SU-100 x 3

Guns: A:0 D:2
76.2mm P obr. 39 x 2
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Soft Ground (D8.21), All roads are dirt, Vech. Road Rate (B3.41) N/A, Rowhouse Bars do not exist.
Overlays: Wd4
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-29(D) Daniel Soukup vs Patrick Russian win3 hrs
2025-04-20(A) Jason Wert vs Jeff Wasserman Russian win
2025-04-09(A) O Ramaille vs Lionel Colin Russian winThe Germans attacked from both the West and the East the small village held by Russian infantry supported by a few assault guns. They lack however coordination with lots of panzers and few infantry coming from the East and the bulk of infantry arriving from the opposite side with a pair of AFVs. On the east side, The Germans advance was difficult facing heavy resistance. On the west side, the German infantry had to progress through woods and gullies to reach the village. The Russian defenders skillfully used evasive tactics to avoid fire while covering with their fire the few yards in front of the village. A Russian artillery gun placed on the hill covered the North of the village. Germans eventually decided to sacrifice most of their panzers to fix Russian infantry. This helped the German to enter the village at long last and try to eliminate the Russians in close combat. A lone Russian half-squad was able to evade CC and resist German incoming fires for victory. A very good scenario offering lots of opportunities with a powerful but uncoordinated German force and a Russian defense that can fully exploit terrain to evade fire.
2025-03-06(D) Ian Morris vs Ian Ainsworth German (SS) win
2025-02-17(A) Andy Bagley vs Josh Kalman German (SS) winThis looked really tough for the Germans, but I got a few lucky breaks: a misplaced SU100 got shot on my first PFPh, and a second fell to a lucky AFPh PSK shot. One of the Russian AT Guns, positioned well forward in brush, did better however, and took out two of my AFVs before I was finally able to break the crew. My JgPzV also stepped on AT-mines and was immobilised.
Things turned round on turn 3 however, when the last SU100 fell to another PSK, and the second Russian AT Gun was overwhelmed without firing a shot. With the powerful German infantry all intact, and Russian defences on the eastern side of the village collapsing, my opponent conceded.
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dsoukup Added a playing2025-06-29 02:40:56
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Avg Rating: 7.17Votes: 12
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To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.4 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)4
Russian7
Drawn:0

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Loser Takes All
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[A] German 16
[D] Russian 17
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