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Harvesting Opium PTO (id:#66813)
(Franc-Tireur #16 ID: FT341)   [next]   [previous]
Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina 1946-04-06 (0 others)
Designer: Lionel Colin
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Balance:
FrenchChinese
33.333333333333%

Overview:

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Attacker: French (No more details)
Defender: Chinese (No more details)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Mortier de 60 mle 35
D:0
5cm leGrW 36(g)

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-21(D) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger Chinese win4 hrsReally interesting scenario. When I set up as the Chinese I thought it looked really hard, as the French start close to 4 of the 5 victory buildings they need, with superior forces, and the Chinese setup is quire spread out. But it's a long way through difficult terrain to get the fifth building and it will take the French a bit of time to take the four readily-accessible ones (particularly with concealment creating a bit of deception on their real strength). And the French then have to defend those buildings against the Chinese reinforcements that enter on Turn 3.
So it was a close game that went down to the last turn. In the end, the French couldn't quite make it to that last building, so the Chinese held on.
2024-05-09(D) Patrice Sajkiewicz vs Free French French winI played the scenario another time vs. a different player. I have changed my mind about the scenario, and think it is balanced. I realise I had been too much aggressive on the 1st play, taking too great a risk, leading to handicapping early losses. As a defender, the couple of first turns are a bit limited in action, but things change from turn 3 on where so me interesting options open up.
2024-05-01(A) Patrice Sajkiewicz vs Chinese winI believe the scenario is unbalanced. The Chinese have more troops than the attacker, and the low number of turns forces the French forces to move extremely aggressively. I would suggest to remove the reinforcements on Turn 2 and add 2 extra turns to make it more even.

Beyond these points, I found it nice to play. I am highly interested in everything related to Dien Bien Phu. The scenario offers a nice opportunity to play a light PTO game, with Chinese troops. Very a limited number of turns and troops, the scenario is full of action, and remains fun to play.
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Andy_Bagley Added a playing2025-04-24 16:00:57
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2025-04-08 22:01:07
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's Guns2025-04-08 22:01:07
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns2025-04-08 22:01:07
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker2025-04-08 21:57:13
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.67Votes: 3
Views: 0
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3.5 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
French1
Chinese2
Drawn:0

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Harvesting Opium
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[D] Chinese 2
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