A Good Party DTO (id:#56306)
Southeast of Mareth, Tunisia
1943-03-16 (2 others)
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
BritishGerman
Overview:
Before the 8th Army could launch its assault on the Mareth Line, it had to clear the Axis outposts between the Wadi Zeuss and the Wadi Zigzaou. One of these, held by veterans of the 90th Light Division, encompassed a group of small hills appropriately named the "Horseshoe" by the British. Pilots reported that the Horseshoe was not heavily fortified, with few mines evident. Montgomery felt it a fine opportunity to safely blood the untested 201st Guards Motor Brigade before the heavy fight to break the Mareth Line. At a meeting of the brigade's officers, he quipped, "When I give a party it is a good party, and this is going to be a good party." The plan was to launch a two-battalion night attack behind a creeping barrage. After the Horseshoe was seized, MGs and AT guns would be brought forward to bolster the Guards against the inevitable counterattack.Attacker: British (6th Grenadier Guards Motor Battalion)
Defender: German (Leichte Afrika-Division 90)
9.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: Both Night: Yes| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:18.5 D:10.5 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 OML 2-in. Mortar x 5 D:1 7.5cm leIG 18 5cm leGrW 36 |
| Misc Rules: | Night (E1), Base NVR: 3. A: Creeping Barrage (E12.7), Sappers (B28.8) |
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| Overlays: | D6 | H1 | W3 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-05-07 | (A) John Garlic | vs | Ed Barnes | British win | A nice night desert scenario which provides good learning opportunities in both areas. British got lucky with creeping barrage preceding their advance and providing cover as they infiltrated the minefields. I had barrage continue until T7, mainly to hinder fire while British advanced. Between mopping up and creeping barrage, British were able to push Germans over the CVP cap. | ||
| 2023-04-18 | (A) Kevin Duval | vs | Dwayne Duval | British win | British were caught early in the Minefield with many broken units. OBA helped to suppress the defenders long enough to make it out with half their forces rallied. Brits managed to accumulate the needed CVP by Turn 6 for the win. | ||
| 2023-04-18 | (D) Dwayne Duval | vs | Kevin Duval | British win | |||
| 2020-12-30 | (D) Michael Rodgers | vs | Bruno L'Archeveque | British win | Germans held tough for six turns, then lost OBA as British got through second line of mines. Many Germans broke soon after and were taken prisoner to help the Brits reach 16 CVP. | ||
| 2018-08-11 | (A) Richard Jenulis | vs | Brent Morris | German win | Creeping Barrage drifted towards the British for three turns before lifting slowing progress. |
| Action | Date |
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| jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing | 2025-05-07 17:55:28 |
| asloser Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2025-03-16 16:53:40 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-03-16 09:15:49 |
| 7-0 duval Added a playing | 2023-05-31 04:03:45 |
| Kydder Added a playing | 2023-04-19 23:37:51 |
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| For v661: map, turn track, overlays (A56_MapPlus_v661.vsav) | VASL Setup | mtrodgers99 | 1048 |
| (night brit-germ.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1071 |
| (A56 A Good Party.png) | Map Image | hipsu | 1207 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.33 | Votes: 6 |
| Views: | 6866 |
| To-Play list count: | 3 |
| Estimated Play time: | 11.4 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 4 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| British | 3 | |
| German | 1 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) A Good Party [Confirmed] |
| [A] British | 7 |
| [D] German | 7 |