The Overlook WTO (id:#66929)
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Westerbouwing, The Netherlands 1944-09-21 ()
Designer: Jens Thomander
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanBritish
41.176470588235%

Overview:

SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich was determined to encircle the British in Oosterbeek and prevent the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade from reinforcing the British north of the Neder Rijn. At 0800, near Westerbouwing, Oberleutnant Artur Wossowski's men were mostly new recruits with little training but had the support of converted French flamethrowing tanks. Their objective was a steep hill with a café at its summit, overlooking the ferry crossing at Driel. The new recruits were about to meet up with the Red Devils, perhaps not the ideal opponents for their first fight. The battle was fierce and just when the Germans seemed to gain the upper hand, the Red Devils counterattacked.
Attacker: German (Wossowski Bataillon, Hermann-Göring Division Schule, and Panzer-Kompanie 224)
Defender: British (B Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:2
B1-bis x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
OML 2-in. Mortar Airborne

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: FTV (D3.6)
Overlays: Wd2 Wd5 X7
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-05(A) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger British winSorry, don't rate this one. Unless I'm missing something, I can't see how the Germans can defeat a competent defence without an extraordinary amount of luck. My opponents defence was certainly competent: he sat back one hex from the hilltop, which meant that I couldn't see anything from lower levels and got blasted at point-blank range as soon as I moved up to level 2. He also covered my attempt to outflank him by sending units round to the west side of the hill.
I managed to flame a couple of British squads but then it just took two PIAT shots to wreck both of my tanks (hero firing a PIAT at a large-target tank can hardly miss). The Brits also have higher morale, are stealthy, and can win by having a MMC (doesn't even have to be good order) on any hill hex on/south of row N, not just level 2.
I eventually managed to reach the hilltop in the south, but then lost two CCs where the odds were slightly in my favour, at which point the defenders considerably outnumbered my forces, so I conceded. Not a scenario I can recommend.
2025-03-03(A) Jon Jaramillo vs David C British win3 hrsGood scenario. My attacking Germans tried to sneak the AFVs and a few high quality troops around to the east edge to take advantage of the cover provided by the woods. The rest attacked from the southwest and south with no cover. Big mistake on my part as I ended up getting everybody broken and then lost half of them to CR and FTR. So, in the end, my attack came completely from the East. One flametank got taken out by a piat shot. On the last turn, I needed on of those turns where everything went perfectly. I ended up breaking most of his forces but I missed against a concealed full squad that I would have had to eliminate in CC with him having concealment and a 6:4 advantage and then another full squad passed a NMC with nobody being able to reach him for CC or even put anymore fire on him. That was the ballgame, he was going to have at least 1 unbroken squad equivalent on a hill hex. Good game.
2025-03-03(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Toby Pilling British winASO 2025
2025-02-17(D) Larry Rohlfing vs Fen Yan British win
2025-01-30(D) Claus Jakobsen vs Peter Albrechtsen German win
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.43Votes: 14
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To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3.7 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
German5
British7
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Overlook [Confirmed]
[A] German 9
[D] British 13
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