Eviscerating Vienna ETO (id:#62699)
(ASL Journal #11 ID: SB6)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Bret Hildebran
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Balance:
GermanRussian
76.923076923077%

Overview:

None.
Attacker: German (No more details)
Defender: Russian (No more details)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:0.0 D:0.0
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: "fog of war" - Attacker/Defender could switch
Overlays:
Errata (source)
In Setup Direction 2, third bullet, replace "boards 46" with "boards 45; in the "Vehicles/Ordnance" section of the Russian Purchase Charts, replace "GAZ-MM ZIS-5" with "GAZ-MM; ZIS-5".J12
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2020-08-03(D) patrick palma vs Ulrik DanKer German win
2019-05-21(A) Lorenzo Marinaro vs Ruben Rigillo German win
2017-11-01(A) Jeff B vs Scott Sherer German win13.75 hrsNeither of us spent anything on initiative, but I do agree that moving first is very important, and I was lucky enough to get it for free. Establishing a firm hold on the factory is obviously of vital interest. Playing this will give you somewhat of a feel of playing a RB CG. The most fun was all in the preparatory stage: determining boards, placing rubble, and allocating purchase points. Once gameplay began though the weaknesses of design were exposed, foremost of which was the VC concerning building location control. This immediately puts the Russians at a huge disadvantage since they do not have the ability to deploy. If they get stuck with the rowhouse side it would magnify it even more (thankfully our game did not). It also makes for somewhat of a gamey feel, running up and down stairs to establish control. Another glaring weakness was not desnignating rubble as rout and rally terrain. The sheer amount of rubble made routing problematic without facing interdiction. In a city fight of this nature that's inexcusable. So, while the concept is certainly interesting, ultimately this one felt poorly executed.
2017-11-01(D) Scott Sherer vs Jeff B German winAgree with Jeff on this one...liked the concept better than the execution. Spent the 12 PP to buy Russian FB's, more for the experience/practice of using them rather than their value. Learned with the myriad of blind hexes in the city and the difficulty in passing the sighting TC vs concealed units in buildings makes aircraft marginally useful in these types of fights.
2017-03-11(D) fabrizio da pra vs Giancarlo Dell'Aquila Russian winThe decisive strategy was spending 3 point in going first.
I got to the big building first and it was very tough for the German getting me off from it.

He had to attack to get it and I was in a nice stone builidng.

Also I had bought the FB'44 and those were deadly in killing two PzVI and a PZV, the fist two with direct hit from bombs the PzV with the MG (I rolled a 2 on TK).

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ppalma Added a playing2020-08-04 11:46:18
Lorenzo Added a playing2019-05-31 05:58:59
sherersc Added a playing2017-11-02 21:51:46
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Soviet SU-100 Tank Destroyers roll into the Austrian capital of Vienna, April 1945
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.17Votes: 6
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Estimated Play time: 0 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
German5
Russian1
Drawn:0

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Eviscerating Vienna
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[A] German 5
[D] Russian 2
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