Forest Devil ETO (id:#60628)
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Designer: Mattias Rönnblom
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Balance:
BulgarianGerman
47.619047619048%

Overview:

In early March 1945 German forces assembled for Operation Forest Devil. On 6 March the operation began as the 297. Infanterie-Division and the 104. Jäger-Division crossed the Drava river from Croatia into Hungary. The Bulgarian 3rd Infantry Division was thrown back, and soon a pontoon bridge had been erected over which supplies and a small number of light tanks and assault guns could get across the river. The next day the infantry was augmented with a Bulgarian tank battalion from the Bulgarian 1st Armored Brigade. On 7 March, the Bulgarians set out to reclaim ground lost the previous day and expel the devils in the forest. The panzers spearheaded the attack.
Attacker: Bulgarian (Elements of 24th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division and 1st Armored Brigade, Bulgarian First Army)
Defender: German (Elements of Jager-Regiment 734, 104th Jager Division)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:7.5
AFVs: A:3
PzKpfw IVH x 2
LT vz 38(t)E

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36
D:1
5cm PaK 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Good Order German Personnel are Stealthy (A11.17) unless Inexperienced
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-07-11(A) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Bulgarian win2.5 hrsGermans managed some good infantry kills early, but then the 8-0 went Berserk and took a squad with LMG with him. They held up the Bulgarians for a turn before falling in CC. The 50L AT Gun never got a hit, then the crew broke and rolled boxcars in Rally to die. German 4-6-7 took out two tanks with Panzerfausts. The last MKIV went around the horn and broke the reinforcing 8-1 and 8-3-8, who were taken prisoner by a 3-4-7. The Bulgarians ground forward and managed to get the win.
2025-07-11(D) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Bulgarian win2.5 hrs
2023-07-07(D) Mark Thompson vs Steven Cook (Bulgarians) Bulgarian winThe Bulgarians successfully turned the German left flank by breaking their point squad with a 4+1 shot and eliminated a 8-0 in the same hex in CC. They then boldly pushed a Mk IV around the German's right flank and through the woods with 2 successful Bog Check DRs. The German 50L guarding the forest road then unwisely held fire on the second Mk IV in favor of maintaining HIP, was unmasked when hit by fire on a unit traversing the hex, and fell in CC. With the 50L gone, the second Mk IV and 38t crashed through the woods adjacent to my killer stack that could not find or shoot a PF accurately. By turn 5, only the 8-3-8/8-1 remained at south end of the forest road. They briefly held off the Bulgarian infantry, but succumbed to 2 OVRs. Another case of a fighting withdraw executed a turn too late - drat! A better set-up for the Germans would be a hedgehog along the forest road and the 50L guarding the entrance, with only a minimal screening force to protect the gun. Well played by Steve.
2020-06-29(A) Matias Dahlbäck vs Tuomo Lukkari German winWhat the Bulgarians lacked in skill they made up for with numbers. Trees and roads were conquered while paying the iron price for every hex. The German AT was quickly discovered and its crew killed at the cost of one Bulgarian tank. The other two tanks perished on the victory hexes, one to CC and the other to a panzerfaust.

It eventually came down to the last CC where the Bulgarians needed a 5 or lower to secure a win (which could be cancelled by a German 6 or lower if memory serves).

The dice showed 11 and 12. So it goes. That German 8-3-8 ruined my day.
2020-06-29(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Matias Dahlbäck German win
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Michel Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-10-01 05:37:05
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Avg Rating: 6.24Votes: 25
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Estimated Play time: 4 hours
Recorded Games: 20
Archive recorded plays:
Bulgarian16
German4
Drawn:0

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Forest Devil [Confirmed]
[A] German 24
[D] Bulgarian 40
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