Bastion Bodange ETO (id:#67232)
Bodange, Belgium 1940-05-10 ()
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (2nd Edition))
A 104: In Front of the Storm (AH:ASL Annual `96)
J39: Indeed! (ASL Journal # 3)
G07: Bring up the Guns (AH:The General # 25.3)
NEWS22: Tricks of War (ASL News # 14)
NEWS68: Art Nouveau (ASL News # 32)
CH133: Group Iron (Critical Hit # 6.2)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Critical Hit # 7.1)
FE 15: Contested Landing (Fanatic Pack 2)
FE 36: Wings of War (Fanatic Enterprises: Internet)
FE 87: Lightning War (Blitzkrieg Pack)
FF14: The Hunted (FireFights! #2)
NFNH 3: The Hatert Bridge (Waffen-SS III: Neither Fear Nor Hope)
: Eben-Emael (Journal du Stratège # 39)
GD 1: La Guerre Finie!! (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
GD 2: Operation NIWI (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
O88.2: The Cupola Smashers of Eben Emael (On All Fronts # 88)
TAC21: L'Infanterie Attaque (Tactiques # 3)
VV27: Pas Savoir (Vae Victis # 37)
SL 25: Resistance at Chabrehez (ASL Digest # 6.10)
: Taking the Bridge (Gamex `91)
GD 1: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Gun Duel 2001)
SFS 9: Appointment With Royalty (Origins `93)
#7: Cracking Fortress Holland (To Battle By Air 2)
FE 152: Millwork (Dutch Pack)
FE 153: Battalion for Special Missions (Dutch Pack)
FE 154: The Hero Maduro (Dutch Pack)
FE 155: Moerdijk Massacre (Dutch Pack)
FE 156: Ypenburg Airfield (Dutch Pack)
FrF28: Luftlandekommando Hedderich (Friendly Fire Pack 4)
U17: Resistance at Chabrehez (Turning the Tide)
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OA26: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Out of the Attic #2)
FrF46: Dutch Courage (Friendly Fire Pack 6)
VHN3: End of Command (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN4: Tentative (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz)
VHN3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz)
VHN4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz)
VHN6: Battling for Belgium (Facing the Blitz)
CH133: Group Iron (A Few Rare Men)
VHN 1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz II)
DB120: Start Fall Gelb (Dispatches from the Bunker #40)
BWN 1: Their Baptism of Fire (Blitzkrieg in the West - Northern Campaign)
S60: Operation NIWI (Special Ops # 7)
FrF85: Junkers Junkyard (Friendly Fire Pack 11)
RP 131: Boot's Scoot and Boogie (Rally Point #14)
RP 132: Probe Toward The Hague (Rally Point #14)
RP 133: The Recapture of Ockenburg (Rally Point #14)
RP 134: Von Sponeck's Woods (Rally Point #14)
PJ3.7: The Unexpected Ambush (OAF Playtester's Journal # 3)
RM-1: Wisembach Roadblock (Race For The Meuse)
RM-2: Prelude to Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
RM-3: Forcing The Sûre (Race For The Meuse)
RM-4: The Final Stand (Race For The Meuse)
RM-5: Battle For Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
#1: The Enemy's Behind Us (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#2: Bridge Blown! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#3: Clearing A Flank (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#4: Snafu! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#5: Enlarging The Bridgehead (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#6: "Resistance Great" (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#7: Group Eisen (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
231: In Front of the Storm (ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre)
BP1 BONUS #1: Code Name "Iron" (Battle of the Bulge I)
RM-TM: Race to the Meuse Tactical Mission (Race For The Meuse)
FRASL: Rebuff at the Paint Factory (Internet)
FRASL: Retaking Ypenburg Airfield (Internet)
CB4SL: Attaque à l'aube (tr: Dawn Attack) (Casus Belli #11)
BC33: Final Destination (Break Contact Issue No. 3)
ASLN22: Tricks Of War (Critical Hit #8.1)
ASLN68: Art Nouveau (Critical Hit #8.2)
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
311: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
AP227: Disaster at Ypenburg (ASL Action Pack #21 Blitzkrieg to Paris)
AP228: First Dance (ASL Action Pack #21 Blitzkrieg to Paris)
FT342: Extra-Muros (Inor Players Guide)
FT343: Manu Militari (Inor Players Guide)
FT344: Ex Cathedra (Inor Players Guide)
FT345: Deus Ex Machina (Inor Players Guide)
DTF-21: Dutch Courage (DTF) (To the Lair of the Fascist Beast)
VV155: La Menace Fantôme (Vae Victis # 183)
Designer: Gary Fortenberry
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Balance:
GermanBelgian
33.333333333333%

Overview:

As part of the German offensive, Panzer-Division 1 advanced through the Ardennes, aiming to bypass the heavily-fortified Maginot Line. The Belgian 1e Chasseurs Ardennais, an elite light infantry unit, was stationed in Bodange to delay the German advance. The defenders occupied machine gun pillboxes and hastily prepared entrenchments to await the German assault. Despite being outnumbered and lacking orders to retreat due to disrupted communications, the Belgians engaged the German troops. The initial engagement consisted of the motorcycle infantry of Kradschützen-Bataillon 1 clashing with two platoons of Belgian soldiers, leading to intense fighting. Other units, especially German, entered into the carnage as the day progressed.
Attacker: German (Bataillon I and III, Schützen-Regiment 1, Kradschützen-Bataillon 1, with Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4, Panzer-Division 1)
Defender: Belgian (Section de Mitrailleuses and 2e and 3e Pelotons, 5e Compagnie, 2e Bataillon, 1e Régiment, 1e Chasseurs Ardennais)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:8
PzKpfw IVD x 2
PSW 231(8 rad) x 2
PSW 221 x 2
SPW 251/1 x 2

AFVs: D:3
T-13 Type III(b) x 3

Guns: A:2
3.7cm PaK 35/36 x 2
D:2
C47 FRC M 32 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Roads: Paved, Bridges: NA, Grain in season. A: Air (E7), Sappers (B28.8)
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-02-07(A) Rich Weiley vs Peter Dunn Belgian winPaddington Bearz - Jan 2026. Fun scenario. Conceded as the Germans as we were running out of time. Might have been a tight finish if we had kept playing but I think the Belgians had the edge. A mistaken air attack (rolled boxcars on the sighting TC) by the Stuka didn't help the German cause.
2026-01-31(A) Andy Goldin vs Rich Summers Belgian winWO2026. Rich and I agreed to try this one as I wanted another crack at playing Germans with light armor on the attack. I was able to take and mostly clear the hill and a few building and bunker positions. Rich's reinforcements came on late in the game and he chose to keep them near the board edge. By Turn 6 it was clear there was no way I would be able to exit anybody or get anywhere close to the victory conditions, so we called it a clear Belgian victory.
As for the scenario itself, although the Stuka was nice and got some good effects, I had little idea how to use the towed 37L ATGs to support the attack. In fact, one got bogged and immobilized crossing the stream, and the other couldn't find a position from which to attack the enemy. A better plan of attack centered on attacking in the south or center may have put me in a better position to seize buildings, but would also necessarily have required clearing the roadblock and getting around the wire obstacles. The victory conditions are tough on the Germans. This scenario requires a very good German player for the Axis to pull off a win; an average player doesn't have much of a chance, in my opinion.
2025-11-23(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Duenskie, Ron Belgian win
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Avg Rating: 5.67Votes: 3
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 7.1 hours
Recorded Games: 3
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Bastion Bodange [Confirmed]
[A] German 3
[D] Belgian 3
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