Kordiyak's Woods WTO (id:#67020)
Designer: Andy Goldin
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
35.294117647059%

Overview:

Having suffered severely from a German counterattack on 11 July, 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Reg­iment, 29th Infantry Division had been unable to participate effectively in the Di­vision's attack towards St. Lô that day. Four days later, the Regiment's other two Battalions were exhausted from their attacks, and now it was the turn of the Battal­ion commanded by Major Glover S. Johns, Jr. While Company C engaged on the right flank, Lieutenant Peter Kordiyak's Company B, attacking on the left flank, faced a ravine to cross on the other side of which the Germans defended from dug-­in positions in a large, wooded area. With Division commander General Charles Gerhardt demanding immediate results from the 115th commander, Colonel Godwin Ordway, Jr., Johns was ordered to attack over open ground.
Attacker: American (Company B, 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 352)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:1
8cm GrW 34

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Hedges: Bocage (B9.5), D: BS (C6.4), PB (B30), HIP: 1 MMC
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-07-21(A) Andy Bagley vs Josh Kalman American winThe Germans opted to defend the woods line rather than setting up forward behind bocage, which allowed me to move up concealed behind bocage on my first turn. From there it became more difficult, particularly as the pillbox was set up in B4 to fire across the valley, and I took heavy losses including two of my leaders who both fell to sniper shots. However, I managed to knock out the German mortar, and also took the pillbox after approaching it from behind. By turn 3 I had reached the woods and the Germans were struggling with few troops left, so they conceded at that point. Possibly prematurely? They still had their 9-1 leader and squad with HMG, so I didn't feel victory was guaranteed,
2025-07-13(D) Nate Gregg vs John Barkoviak German win
2025-07-05(D) Fred Bnl vs PatpatD German win0.07 hrsReally tense scenario. A lot of fun.
2025-06-06(D) Steven Cummings vs Richard Marks German win

(VASL Log)		The Americans started strong, but after losing their kill stack their attack petered out.
2025-04-24(D) Will Willow vs Mike Gravinese German winBitter Ender 2025
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Andy_Bagley Added a playing2025-08-20 10:30:42
Agoldin Posted a comment2025-08-17 01:38:14
CWO_19 Added a playing2025-08-03 02:02:06
gekko_66 Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-07-20 11:19:05
prevot Added a playing2025-07-12 19:41:37
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About WO51_T1 (view)Agoldin2025-08-17 01:38:14
@usmcwo1 -- I enjoyed stepping through your log file. The German player invoking No Quarter by capping those Americans was a cruel shot but I have to admit to doing the same in playtesting. I see the German sniper got his pound of flesh as well. Overall I'd say you're right, the American attack definitely ran out of gas once the HMG went down, which is why I like to assign two squads to the job -- 18FP with the -1 leader (Kordiyak) is tough to beat. Thanks for posting!

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Avg Rating: 6.38Votes: 13
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 2.4 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
American3
German7
Drawn:0

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Kordiyak's Woods [Confirmed]
[A] American 3
[D] German 4
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