The Commissar's Folly ETO (id:#62685)
(BFP 5: Poland in Flames ID: BFP-147)   [next]   [previous]
Milanow, Poland 1939-09-30 ()
Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
RussianPolish
20%

Overview:

Poland’s 60th Infantry Division completed its mobilization on 19 September and was assigned to Group Polesie. The Soviet invasion was threatening the Romanian Bridgehead, where the Poles, determined to keep it open, still expected French support to arrive the Romanian ports and where Polish forces were trying to escape the Germans. The Soviet 12th Army pushed into Poland threatening the bridgehead. The 60th Infantry Division fought several successful delaying actions against the Soviets on 29 September, but came under heavy attack on the 30th. Milanow was defended by the 79th Battalion, reinforced with a company from the 83rd Infantry Regiment, and a heavy machine-gun company. Two battalions of the 99th Rifle Division attacked Milanow.
Attacker: Russian (99th Rifle Division)
Defender: Polish (Elements 79th Btn, 179th Infantry Regt., 60th Infantry Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1
76.2mm PP obr. 27
50mm RM obr. 40
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Poles may designate up to 5 squads as Dare Death.
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Clarification: the PP obr. 27 INF Gun should be the BFP versionGamesquad post
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2023-10-02(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni Polish win
2021-07-24(D) Steven Swann vs Chris Brackney Polish winHeavily favors the Polish player even though it went the full 5 turns. I would recommend that the Russian player receives the Balance provision. Poles never used the Dare Death squads.
2021-01-20(D) Paolo Cariolato vs Alessandro Levorato Polish winIn order to win in the short time span of the scenario the russians need to control 2 multilocation buildings, the only way to go is set up multiple human waves, my opponent managed just one (quite succesfull) in the second turn, afterward he grew confident, and this led to some mistakes that consolidated polish position. Nice scenario.
2020-08-09(D) walter mcwilliams vs Tom Kerney Polish winBFP147 The Commissar's Folly: After a short break for vacations and family visits Tom and I finally got this scenario, third from the last of our PiF play through complete. It was a polish victory as early on everything went right for me. The 1/2 squad scouts set up to deny early concealment inflicted heavier casualties than they should have and this knocked Tom off his time table which in a 5 turn game can't afford much of a delay. There were a lot of ups and downs throughout, but the Poles hung tough and when the cow bell rang; denied the Russian hordes the victory. This scenario is balanced on a knife edge and I liked the DD squad option, which I used once to retake, just for a moment one of the outer ring buildings.
2020-08-09(A) Tom Kearney vs Walt McWilliams Polish winPoland in Flames play through.
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Bongiovanni Uploaded a VASL file2024-09-23 18:01:07
Bongiovanni Added a playing2023-10-02 14:31:11
sswann Added a playing2021-08-07 03:45:47
Stone Added a playing2021-02-18 18:41:17
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2021-01-26 00:48:08
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.30Votes: 10
Views: 3762
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 3.4 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
Russian2
Polish9
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Commissar's Folly [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 4
[D] Polish 15
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