Ragnarök ETO (id:#61135)
(ASL Journal # 9 ID: J146)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
German (SS)Russian
50.877192982456%

Overview:

Ragnarök (the Norse Armageddon) was upon the SS Division Nordland. The Reichstag had fallen, and most of Berlin was at the mercy of the Red Army. The remains of Nordland seemed doomed, and Hauptsturmführer Hans-Gösta Pehrsson gave his last order as commander of the recon battalion: “The war is over! Everyone, save yourselves.” Most of what was left of the battalion made their way to Weidendammer Brücke, a bridge a few hundred yards east of the Reichstag. The plan was to cross the bridge and break through to join the German forces north of the city. There had been four previous attempts by this route. All four had failed, but the attacks had inflicted some losses on the Russian defense, and the area was littered with burning wrecks and debris. At 0400 the fifth and final attack commenced, led by one of the halftracks belonging to the Swedish SS volunteers.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 11, SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division 11)
Defender: Russian (79th Rifile Corps, 3rd Shock Army)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:2
SPW 250/1
SPW 250/7

AFVs: D:3
SU-76M x 3

Guns: A:0 D:0
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: FFMO is NA (Exc: within 2 hex LOS of burning wrecks)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-11-16(D) nathan wegener vs Matt Evans Russian winCrazy dicy game. Entertaining and close but not really a good tournament choice. I huddled in the middle to swarm the german attack lane of choice. Moved to react and got 2 squads cut down which made it very tough. Unfortunately for my opponent he then struggled get his kill stack off the board and was forced to rout to the board edge. A rally of one of 3 SS squads would allow him to move the leader and squad off. No luck to rally so I squeezed out a win. NrthTexTourney 24
2024-05-25(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German (SS) winThis 'end game' dash has interesting features. Pop up Soviet reinforcements add variability and no FFMO except in blaze zones is like a LV hindrance that's harder to forget. This short game is Nordic desperation vs. Soviet recklessness. The SPW 250/7 drove through a hail of Soviet fire to exit at Y10 which set up the win. The other SPW was picked off by a SU-76. Jim graciously let me reposition one special [?] counter he placed illegally. I tripped 3 [?] counters, but all were 227s. Jim: Once you see where the SS are going, you just throw every squad at them! It was a wild firefight, but the German 9-1 and two MMC refused to break and got off the map. It plays fast and was much more fun than I expected!
2024-04-25(D) Douglas Leslie vs Sandro Coriasco Russian winPlayed this in the second round of the VASLeague . The Russian OB is very unusual with seven concealment counters which could be anything from a 628 to an empty location depending on an activation dr. I decided to set up five of these on the Russian left flank backed up by a couple of squads and the best leader with an LMG. The real units were in the centre and right flank, so Sandro had to choose whether to attack into my known strength or take his chances by charging the dummy locations. He chose the first option and a pretty bloody battle ensued during the course of which all three of my reinforcing assault guns were toasted by German LATW. Where I think the Germans went wrong was by exiting their mortar toting half track early in the game. Although this was worth one out of three of the needed exit VP, I think that it would have been better to use its very powerful smoke laying capability to assist the German efforts to breach the Russian defences and head for the exits. In the final two turns, even the shade that removed FFMO from most of the board was not enough to get his troops through Russian fire and the HT turned out to be the only German unit that made it to safety.
It has to be said the the dice were not kind to the Germans in the last two turns. with Casualty MC galore and units pinning/ breaking as the Russians consistently rolled low. Sandro was a pleasure to play against and took the wrath of the dice Gods with very good grace.
2024-01-10(D) fabio aliprandi vs Alessio Mittiga Russian win
2023-11-15(D) Richard Jenulis vs Brent Morris German (SS) winThe Germans broke free on turn three and were able to exit enough VP on turn 4. All three LMG broke when laying the initial FL. Tense scenario. I agree that it is a bit dicy, but it is enjoyable.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.54Votes: 48
Views: 6136
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3.5 hours
Recorded Games: 40
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)23
Russian17
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Ragnarök (Ragnarok) [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 64
[D] German 67
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