Bofors Bashing MTO (id:#56059)
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Prior Publication: AH: ASL Annual `89 A 2
See Also: Bofors Bashing by Avalon Hill
Maleme Airfield, Crete 1941-05-20 ()
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
93: Tavronitis Bridge (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
95: Descent into Hell (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
97: A Desperate Affair (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
98: On Silent Wings (ASL 5a - For King and Country)
A 01: Tavronitis Bridge (AH:ASL Annual `89)
A 02: Bofors Bashing (AH:ASL Annual `89)
A 03: Descent into Hell (AH:ASL Annual `89)
A 102: On Silent Wings (AH:ASL Annual `96)
BB04: A Desperate Affair (Backblast # 1)
G39: A Desperate Affair (AH:The General # 31.4)
T15: The Akrotiri Peninsula (AH:The General # 29.1)
NEWS23: Plans Gone Astray (ASL News # 14)
PL G: Cemetery Hill (version 2.0) (Platoon Leader 2.0)
ASL News 23: Plans Gone Astray (Scroungin' ASL News)
O75.1: Crete 1: The Airfield (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.2: Crete 2: The Bridge (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.3: Crete 3: The Hill (On All Fronts # 75)
O75.1: Crete: Riders on the Storm CG (On All Fronts # 75)
DB009: Headhunting for Bloody Huns (Dispatches from the Bunker # 5)
CH 177: Akrotiri Gone Awry (Critical Hit # 7.3)
ASLSK Contest C: Thank Heavens, We Lost (ASL Starter Kit Scenario Designer Contest)
OM-1: Morning's Peril (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-2: Glide Path to Hell (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-3: Hill 107 (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-4: The Umbrella Men (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-5: Stentzler's Wary Reconnoitre (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-6: Waltzing the Matildas (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
AoC01: Rushing Hill A (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
AoC10: Glide Path to Invasion (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
OM-CG: Kreta - Operation Merkur Campaign Game (Kreta - Operation Merkur)
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OB04: Headhunting for Bloody Huns (Out of the Bunker)
SAM 2: A Royal Escape (Swedish ASL Magazine)
RR-15: Koch's Rockets (Russian Rarities 2)
DB126: The Kastelli Thirteen (Dispatches from the Bunker #41)
: Expect the Cretans to be Friendly (View From the Trenches - Brit Pack)
MM 46: Take That Hill (March Madness 2018 Players Pack)
DB150: Fallschirmjäger Graveyard (Dispatches from the Bunker #48)
#1: Hand of Von Richtofen (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#2: Into The Fire (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#3: Befall, The Yellow Flowers (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
#8: Black Watch, Death Watch (The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion Airfield)
D21: Headhunting For Bloody Huns (Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader)
FF20b: The Face of Battle (FireFights: internet releases)
J226: Drawing the Kroh (ASL Journal #14)
ASLN23: Plans Gone Astray (Critical Hit #8.1)
45: Revenge at Kastelli (ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition))
Designer: Steven Swann
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanNew Zealand / British
24%

Overview:

For thirty minutes the Luftwaffe hammered the airfield at Maleme, concentrating on the AA positions near the mouth of the dry Tavronitis. Certainly the Bofors gunners at Maleme had an unenviable task. They had, of necessity, to be sited well forward on the edge of the field where concealment was practically impossible, and now dust and smoke obscured their vision. Thrown into confusion by the furious air attack, the New Zealand troops stationed to protect the guns and the British gunners themselves barely fired upon the descending gliders carrying the 3rd Company under Leutnant von Plessen. At 0715, the first glider touched ground and the first German squad came out firing.
Attacker: German (Abteilung von Plessen, Bataillon I, Sturm Regiment 1)
Defender: New Zealand / British (C Company, 22nd New Zealand Battalion / 156th Light AA Battery)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
D:3
OQF 40mm AA x 3
OML 2-in. Mortar x 3

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Dust LV Turns 1-3 w A: GL12 entry
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Add a 4-6-8 and a glider to the German OB.MMP
Adding the 468 and glider applies to the ASL Scenario A2; it is updated in ASL 94MMP
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-07-25(A) Tommi Lehtinen vs M T New Zealand / British winA wind change forced the gliders to enter from the East. German took light casualties on landing (one glider was destroyed in a crash and two damaged by the final defensive fire). Germans got stuck on wires (note: landing gliders end up _under_ the wire, B26.42, not on top as we played) and ended up being shot to pieces without ever getting even to a hex of a single gun.

This scenario is very hard for Germany if you try to use firepower to dislodge to defenders as they have more than enough firepower to make German advance difficult. If I would be playing this again as Germans, I would land all my gliders on top or next to the guns, damn the casualties on landing, would advance on the gun emplacements to close combat the crews and try to get the possession of the guns before the defenders could react.
2022-07-25(D) M T vs T.L. New Zealand / British winA Wind Change result on the first German turn changed the whole game completely, as the Germans now had to make up new Glider landing plans on the spot. They managed a landing with relatively few casualties, but after that were cut up by defender fire and good ANZAC rolls in close combat, throwing in the towel after their fourth Turn.

All in all this one looks like rough going for the Germans. They must play very aggressively in the first turns to take full advantage of the Dust LV Hindrance. Meanwhile the New Zealanders have almost as much men as the Germans, five leaders, a good amount of SW and the powerful three Bofors guns, while also enjoying an Ambush advantage in being Stealthy. While I think the scenario is interesting, I must say the gameplay experience would probably benefit if the defending force was somehow reduced - quantitatively or quality wise.
2021-04-01(A) manzoli andrea vs Galletto New Zealand / British win
2020-08-18(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval German winGliders landed directly on top of enemy positions and the glider hindrance and TEM gave the Germans enough protection to mass up their forces to storm the final Gun.
2020-08-18(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval German winUsed German balance. Malfunctioned Gun did nothing to stop Germans from swarming over final position for the win.
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Bofors crew - Maleme
May 20, 1941
 
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Avg Rating: 6.69Votes: 29
Views: 21903
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 4 hours
Recorded Games: 16
Archive recorded plays:
German3
New Zealand / British13
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Bofors Bashing [Confirmed]
[A] German 9
[D] British 25
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