Melting Pot MTO (id:#67013)
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Campoleone, Italy 1944-01-31 ()
Designer: Darrell Andersen
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
Allied (British/American)German
45%

Overview:

On 22 January, VI Corps landed at Anzio to outflank the Gustav Line. The Allies spent the first few days consolidating their bridgehead. By the 29th, VI Corps commander, Major General John Porter Lucas, was finally ready to break out. The Germans had used the intervening time wisely, and were able to contest the Allied advance. The British on the right had taken the town of Aprilia and continued to drive to the north. At 0630 on 31 January, the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards-with the support of American tank destroyers-headed to Campoleone to take the town.
Attacker: Allied (British/American) ((British) 1st Battalion, Irish Guards and (American) Company C, 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion)
Defender: German (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 15)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:3
M10 GMC x 3

AFVs: D:1
PzKpfw IVJ
Kfz 1

Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2
D:1
7.5cm PaK 40
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Gusts (B25.651): N/A on Turn 1.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-03-22(A) Michael Rodgers vs German win4.5 hrsI believe that I bid for the defending Germans and Peter bid for the attacking Allies. I set up dummies in a woods line at the back of the entry board, including one dummy tank on my left. The real tank was on the right, but behind the woods line that the dummies shared. I decided to use the AT gun to fight infantry in the town center. I bore sighted one multi-hex building across the street from it. I had the MMG in the steeple and a unit on level one to see over some center hedges. There was only one good spot I could find for the German light mortar. There is a few hexes of road on the German right with woods in sight at both ends.

I had forgotten that the Allies received four smoke counters on turn one that they could put anywhere. Two went on dummy stacks and two went on my level one and level two units. Peter took advantage of the smoke to move big stacks with armoured assault. He even moved one TD in front of the dummy tank. In the AFPh, however, disaster struck. He rolled the German sniper which recalled one TD. During the German turns, I deployed often. The Allied thrust on the German right had problems with the German light mortar. Its TD moved into the one hex where the mortar could see it. I sighed to myself when I realized I forgot to bore sight it. By luck I hit the TD and shocked it. The shock went to UK and later to eliminated. That mortar also later rolled a CH against a squad that ran in front of it. The other two Allied thrusts had more average success. They worked their way into the town and the German units pulled back. Some of the HS survived longer than expected, so the British were running out of time when Peter decided to concede.
2026-02-27(D) Will Willow vs Daniel Alm German winASO 2026
2026-02-27(A) Michel Bongiovanni vs Rich DomovicD German winASO 2026
2026-02-16(A) Will Willow vs Randy Shurtz Allied (British/American) win
2026-02-07(A) Douglas Leslie vs Jonas Bjorkqvist Allied (British/American) winFNF Game. This is a very tense scenario with good chances for both sides. Jonas played an aggressive defence that broke the right flank of the British attack. They made better progress up the middle but it was still touch and go when the German PzIV was taken down while attempting an attack against an American TD, at which point Jonas , perhaps prematurely, conceded.
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mtrodgers99 Added a playing2026-03-25 00:31:21
Michel Bongiovanni Added a playing2026-03-02 13:53:58
wwillow Added a playing2026-02-28 15:02:34
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Avg Rating: 6.69Votes: 32
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 4 hours
Recorded Games: 29
Archive recorded plays:
Allied (British/American)14
German15
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Melting Pot [Confirmed]
[A] American/British 22
[D] German 29
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