Forest Fighting in Latvia ETO (id:#58726)
Sherry Enterprises (Schwerpunkt # 2 ID: SP24)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Randy Thompson
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Balance:
GermanRussian
33.333333333333%

Overview:

During the first weeks of Operation Barbarossa, the German 8th Army was moving across Latvia towards Leningrad. After crossing the Dvina, the movement of a division was being interfered with by a Russian artillery position near a village. Instead of a frontal assault, a company of about 100 men moved through the woods to attack the positions guarding the guns. The Russian garrison commander had ordered a withdrawal into positions guarding the guns and were awaiting the Germans. . . .
Attacker: German (Elements of the 8th Army)
Defender: Russian (Elements of the 16th Army)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
PzB 39 ATR
D:2
76.2mm P obr. 02/30 x 2
50mm RM obr. 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All roads are Paths (G.1 applies)
Overlays: OG3
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-10-19(D) fabio aliprandi vs Jacopo Zemella Russian win
2023-07-14(A) JP Laurio vs ArttuD German win
2023-01-31(A) Jack Wilson vs Com. Piotr Russian winPeter is a veteran player and well out of my league, and the game played out as one would expect. Nevertheless, I did have a longshot (ok, VERY longshot) chance to pull out a win on the last turn. Alas, counting on several lucky DRs to bail one out is a poor substitute for sound tactics.

I find the balance statistics a little confusing. ROAR has it tilted in favor of the Germans. The Archive, admittedly with fewer postings, has it lopsided for the Russians.

Taking the required FH/entrenchments was easily accomplished very early. It was going up against those two artillery pieces at PBR that was more than I could pull off.

Still, it was a win for me. Peter was very patient, and I picked up a new tactic or two, not to mention some shortcuts for maneuvering the VASL mechanics.

The scenario is obviously an old classic that is uncomplicated and quick to play. Worth considering for those reasons alone.
2022-05-24(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs German win
2021-12-30(D) Jacob Elmqvist vs Ingemar Gardell German win
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Avg Rating: 5.68Votes: 28
Views: 7526
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 2.4 hours
Recorded Games: 25
Archive recorded plays:
German8
Russian16
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Forest Fighting in Latvia
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[A] German 64
[D] Russian 48
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