The Attempt to Relieve Peiper WTO (id:#56632)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 28.2 ID: T11)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: AH: The General #17-2: SL H
See Also: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper by On All Fronts The Attempt to Relieve Peiper by Multi-Man Publishing
South of Trois Ponts, Belgium 1944-12-21 ()
KGP02: Festung St. Edouard (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP03: Panthers in the Mist (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP04: Chapelle Ste. Anne (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP07: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
NEWS20: Trojan Horses (ASL News # 12)
NEWS39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (ASL News # 22)
SC9: Sudden Full Contact (Devils in the Woods)
SC13: At the Crossroads (Devils in the Woods)
SC14: Repulsed (Devils in the Woods)
SC15: Mize Tries Again (Devils in the Woods)
EP20: Trojan Horses (Euro-Pack II - The Bulge)
OAF3: Peiper's Sledgehammer (OAF Pack 1)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
RP3-8: Another Damn Bridge (Rout Pak III)
ASL News 38: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Scroungin' ASL News)
SC1: Probing for the Bridge (Sudden Full Contact)
SC2: Grabbing Some Houses (Sudden Full Contact)
BdF 2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture)
BdF 3: The Volksgrenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture)
O65.1: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (On All Fronts # 65)
O100.1: A Bridge for Panthers (On All Fronts #100)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Aussie `96 Pack)
SP2: Holding the Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt # 1)
SP53: Thorne In Your Side (Schwerpunkt # 5: Medal of Honor)
95-1: Holding The Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt 1995 Tournament Scenarios)
BdF#2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
BdF#3: The Volksgenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
VB02: Probing for Hotton Bridge (Volfoni Brothers Scenarios)
RetroPak#3: Vandervoort's Stand (Retro Pak I)
RetroPak#16: East of Trois-Ponts (Retro Pak II)
J142: Penny Packets (ASL Journal # 9)
J157: Rage Against the Machine (ASL Journal #10)
DD # 1: Sudden Full Contact (Darkest December)
DD # 2: Probing For The Bridge (Darkest December)
DD # 3: At The Crossroads (Darkest December)
DD # 4: Grabbing Some Houses (Darkest December)
DD # 5: Repulsed (Darkest December)
DD # 6: Mize Tries Again (Darkest December)
BP1 #3: Skorzeny's Crossroads (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #9: Hansen's Push (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #11: Warche Tomfoolery (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: Hitler's Right Hand Man (Major Upham Battle Pack)
S16-6: Dom Butgenbach (Sweet 16 4-Pack 2)
ASL WO17: Poteau Party (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015)
194: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
S16-11: Fog Shrouded Crossroads (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #30: Faux Panthers (Teutonic Terror 4)
T-TERROR #31: East Of Trois Ponts (Teutonic Terror 4)
: Christmas Presents (SAGA 1992)
NY#3: East of Trois-Ponts (Purple Heart)
NY#4: Foggy Notions (Purple Heart)
ASLN20: Trojan Horses (Critical Hit #8.1)
ASLN39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Critical Hit #8.2)
Designer: Adaptation by Jim Stahler
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Balance:
German (SS)American
39.130434782609%

Overview:

During the German Ardennes offensive, Colonel Peiper’s kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Panzer Division had quick victories which had taken them close to the Meuse River bridges but they had completely run out of fuel. The remaining assault elements of the SS Panzer Division launched an attack to reach Peiper’s stalled kampfgruppe. The main German thrust came at a point south of Trois Ponts on the Salm River. There, a company of the 82nd Airborne Division had established a small bridgehead on the cliffs across the river.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 2, 1st SS-Panzer Division)
Defender: American (Company E, 2nd Battalion, 505th PIR)  
9.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: American     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:10.0
AFVs: A:2
StuH 42 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: GS. Treat Hill 538 as Woods. A: all German AFVs have Schuerzen (D11.2), Boresighting is NA
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-12-03(A) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. American winMaybe I'm not seeing this one right, but against a competent American opponent, and mine is way more than competent, I'm not sure how the Germans can pull this one off. Their entry area is atrocious, the terrain to get to the exit is restrictive, the Americans can easily play a fallback defense to the exit area, the exit area small and confining, the Americans have more troops (and HIP and OBA), and the Germans pretty much have to exit at least one of two AFV's to have a prayer of winning (one should bite it at some point). Needless to say, I got totally hung up in the hill that is transformed into woods. My guys were popped for 7 or 14 FP PB shots and crumbled. Not many scenarios I say skip on, but this is one of them - at least as the Germans!
2021-08-27(D) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger American winAny scenario with OBA can be a bit hit-and-miss, and in this game my American 100mm OBA definitely HIT! After losing access a couple of times I managed to land a concentration in the middle of four German stacks on the edge of the Board 5 woods, with devastating results. I had also pulled my guys back from the woods on Board 5 without losing any of them, forcing him to cross the road and then either try to climb the hill or go through the woods (overlay) on board 2.
So I was well-placed, while the Germans had already taken heavy losses. Combined with having one StuG malf’d and the other out of smoke, the Germans called enough and raised the white flag on turn 5. So Peiper remains unrelieved, although with less accurate American OBA the result could have been very different.
2017-05-08(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval American winUsed German balance.
2017-05-08(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval American win
2016-12-10(A) Richard Jenulis vs Brent Morris American win
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Pte Parts Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-07-18 23:39:03
Jude Added a playing2023-12-03 22:44:42
Jude Rated the scenario2023-12-03 22:29:55
mtrodgers99 Added a playing2021-10-23 13:43:21
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StuH 42: based upon the StuG IIIF chassis with the difference being addition of an L/28 howitzer for its main gun. An effective combat support unit against infantry.
 
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Avg Rating: 5.93Votes: 14
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To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 5.4 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)1
American9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper [Confirmed]
[A] German 26
[D] American 33
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