Monty's Gamble WTO (id:#59884)
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Oosterbeek, Holland 1944-09-20 ()
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Designer: Ken Dunn & Brian Youse
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Balance:
German (SS)British
26.5625%

Overview:

The British perimeter outside the city of Arnhem was steadily shrinking. Four days after dropping north of the Rhine, the paratroops and glidermen of the 1st Airbourne Division were running critically short of supplies and men. The Germans were massing their forces, and it seemed that they would crush the perimeter before 30 Corps, the ground portion of the market-Garden offensive, could reach them. With nowhere to go, the airborne troops did what they had been trained to do, defend the airhead. . . . A small group of British infantry, with two anti-tank guns, must hold off a German force supported by three armored assault guns. All of the British units may use hidden setup, so the German player will see nothing but a empty map as he begins his attack.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Kampfgruppe Harder)
Defender: British (2nd Batt., South Staffordshire Regiment)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.5 D:5.0
AFVs: A:3
StuH 42
StuG IIIG (L) x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
OQF 6-Pounder 7-cwt x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: 9-1 leader can apply leadership to AT guns, Elite and 1st line do not cower.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-10-25(A) Nicolas Leste-Lasserre vs German (SS) win
2024-06-25(D) Matt Quinton vs James British winThe HIP for the British makes all the difference, and taking out the AFVs is key to stopping the Germans getting the CVP off the board. I covered the north and the south with one of the 57Ls, but my opponent only really approached the north with his vehicles. An early shot got 1 out, then my gun was tied up in melee for several turns. As he was exiting my South gun managed to turn and fire taking out a second AFV, but it was a very slim line of sight that was only just successful. With 2 tanks out of the game, his chances to get infantry off board slowly whittled down to nothing.
2024-04-15(D) Alejandro Barreiro vs PabloB British win
2024-02-26(A) Justin DiSabatino vs A German (SS) winThe initial British HIP set-up really makes the German choose a measured approach, particularly if you want your AFVs to stay around. The British established a broad line with an AT gun at either flank to handle a German push in either direction. T1 had the German infantry probing forward with the StuGs coming on slowly, letting the infantry find the British troops. On T3, when the southern AT gun took out one of the StuGs, but the German attack shifted south to focus all efforts on eliminating the gun and punching a hole. Over T4 and T5, the British scrambled to adjust to the southern attack while the Germans used their infantry to take out the gun crew and tie up the PIAT in CC. This let the Germans run 18 EVP off the board on T6 for the win.

The HIP SSR helps the British in the initial contact, but the placement of the two AT guns really impacts the scenario. The northern British gun had great LOS across the northern approach but could not easily shift to provide any support for the south, allowing the Germans to take the win.
2024-01-13(D) Louis Langdeau vs Wesley GA British winWes had a good plan. He smashed a tank through my line and left it in motion on T1, with the other two hanging back. When I revealed an AT gun and skunked the shot, he then peeled the first tank through, and channeled the others down the same area. By T2 he had moved two tanks off, and had a third sitting on top of the hill behind my AT gun, which malfed. I got an ungodly lucky shot on my T2, repairing the AT gun, spinning on a dime, and plunking a round right into the the StuH42 behind me, lighting it up and killing the crew. At that point Wes was sitting on 14 points, with all his infantry around mid map. He pushed forward, and the rest of my troops revealed, breaking a lot of his squads. The end of the game came down to two fantastically lucky pins on a squad and leader about to run off the board, followed by my back AT gun going on a horrific ROF HE tear, breaking the remaining squads. He made a last ditch push with an 8-1 and half squad, but they couldn't get through the remaining fire.

The game was fun, but this scenario is only okay. It feels like there's not actually that many options on where to put the AT guns if you want them to be HIP. It also feels like a lot of the game does break down to whether you can rush the AFVs off of not. I do think you could increase the German chances by moving a bit slower and using the tanks to break a hole, but there's not much time to work. Either way, probably not one I'll be playing again, though it was a really good intro to AFVs.
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Estimated Play time: 2.1 hours
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