The Forester's Lodge ETO (id:#67249)
Christishcher Forest, Mayaki, Russia
1942-05-15 (0 others)
Designer: Matt Zajac
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
RussianGerman
Overview:
On 15 May, a heavy weapons platoon of Infanterie-Regiment 477, Infanterie-Division 257 held a defensive position around a forester's lodge in the vast Christishcher Forest. For several days, the ominous sounds of tank engines had been heard coming from the forest to the north. As dawn broke, four Soviet tanks lurched out of the forest followed by a small group of Soviet infantry. As a KV tank collapsed a forward bunker, the German soldiers panicked and raced away.Attacker: Russian (15th Tank Brigade)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Regiment 477, Infanterie-Division 257)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:6.5 D:8.5 |
| AFVs: A:4 KV-1 M39 T-34 M41 x 3 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 PTRD-41 ATR D:3 3.7cm PaK 35/36 x 3 5cm leGrW 36 |
| Misc Rules: | Roads: NA, Grain: OG |
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| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-12-24 | (A) Dan Best | vs | Dave Marekse | German win | 2 hrs | ||
| 2025-12-24 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Dan Best | German win | The 37Ls served well as they took out two tanks with HEAT and got a CH on a building with their HEAT rounds. AP shots from them in buildings were effective as well with multiple ROF. The Russians got held up in Melee and were down a couple of squads for the game which got called at the end of Turn 3. | ||
| 2025-12-13 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Tripp Killin | Russian win (VASL Log) | Pro Russian - Need the German balance. | ||
| 2025-12-12 | (D) Tripp Killin | vs | Eric Bongiovanni | Russian win | 1.25 hrs | Friday Night Fight Eric's bold tank move through the valley to command the German entry area was effective. First 37L didn't have H6 or AP5 and was destroyed in CC. The 2nd 37L didn't have H6 or AP 5 either, and took out on T-34. He lasted until DFF on German Turn 1. But the KV and 2 T-34s were more than enough for the German Turn 1 reinforcements. Russian infantry spent the scenario capturing a searching the buildings. After that effective opening move, I didn't really have a chance. | |
| 2025-12-12 | (A) Douglas Leslie | vs | Gregg Patrick | Russian win | FFN game. This one looks tough on the Germans. My Russians had captured every building in the village by the end of turn one as they laughed in the face of HE fire from the German AT guns. The dice were very much in my favour and the Germans never looked like recapturing anything. I think that the Germans need to set up AT guns with a view to supporting a counter attack against the village when the reinforcements arrive but it is tough sledding for the defence IMHO. |
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| Action | Date |
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| dmareske Added a playing | 2025-12-24 19:10:28 |
| Danno Added a playing | 2025-12-24 18:59:49 |
| hoxson1 Uploaded the Board image | 2025-12-17 18:40:13 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2025-12-13 08:13:18 |
| Paul Legg Added a playing | 2025-12-13 00:30:20 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| AP215 Setup File 671 (AP215 Setup File.vsav) | VASL Setup | Bongiovanni | 75 |
| (soviet-german.png) | Image | Hutch | 245 |
| VASL Log file (AP215 Play.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Paul Legg | 35 |
| VASL Log file (AP215 Log1.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Bongiovanni | 36 |
| (foresters lodge map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 13 |
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| Avg Rating: 5.00 | Votes: 6 | Views: | 0 |
| To-Play list count: | 0 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 3.4 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 4 | |
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| Russian | 3 | |
| German | 1 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) The Forester's Lodge [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Russian | 5 |
| [D] German | 1 |