Assault on Fort IX ETO (id:#60916)
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Designer: Paul Kenny
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Balance:
GermanPolish
100%

Overview:

The Polish city of Szack was defended by a number of fortified strong points. The German 10th Infantry Regiment was assigned the task of assaulting and reducing Fort number IX. The fort was assaulted from several directions at once. From the north the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Company, 88th Pioneer Battalion assaulted across a causeway but were stopped with heavy losses. The 1st Platoon attempted to cross the water filled AT Ditch on pneumatic boats supported by machine gun and mortar fire. During the first assault the first boat didn’t even reach the water before it was destroyed and the assault stopped. The boats were moved to a different location and the assault carried over the water obstacle. Supporting machine guns suppressed the defenders fire allowing the pioneers to cross the ditch. This was the beginning of the end for the defenders of Fort IX.
Attacker: German (2nd Company, Pioneer Battalion 88)
Defender: Polish (15th Cavalry Brigade)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
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: A: Boats9, Assault Engineers w D: Pillbox2 (VC targets), Polish Elite and 1st Line have Assault Fire
Overlays: Rv1
Errata (source)
All Fortifications must be set up on board revealed prior to German set up. Pillboxes cannot be set up on board in hexes numbered >3. Fanatic website
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-08-19(D) Jobbo Fett vs Rob W. German winA poorly designed scenario rears its ugly head; beware to those who attempt to play this clunker.

To start, the Germans are loaded to the gills with gear, machine guns and a flamethrower, and all AE and Sappers, making them formidable foes sporting deadly Assault Fire capabilities. The Poles split half their force into Green troops that will never recover in the Rally phase. The Germans have 3 leaders with Negative modifiers.

In our game, I was dismayed to learn that units in rafts can't be targeted, only their rafts (they dont take MC/TC) and rafts are attacked at half FP. Because of this (and usual LOS shenanigans) you either won't see the rafts or won't have the FP necessary to eliminate the Germans in the water. There's no exciting alternative setup option for the Poles that isn't "dont do anything for 3 turns and watch the Germans do a river crossing unopposed."

And, if you hated your opponent, or decided that having friends is a thing only kids can enjoy, you could set up your troops in a corner of the map and force extremely tedious +7 TEM shots to try for the win.

I would avoid this one unless a solid rework changes things up. There must be better river crossing scenarios out there!
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Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2024-08-20 10:34:49
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-12-12 14:05:17
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