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Assault on Round Top ETO (id:#62893)

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North of Riga, Russia 1900-01-01 (0 others)

Designer: Charles Kibler

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Balance:

RussianGerman

40%

Overview:

Fictitious battle incorporating geography from Gettysburg, PA. SEE PDF BELOW in User Files FOR SCENARIO INFORMATION. A Vassal version of the Devil's Den map can be found in the Resources section on GameSquad Forum.

Attacker: Russian (112794 Rifle Regiment)

Defender: German (der Scherz Panzer Division)

20 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

Misc Rules:

SEE PDF BELOW in User Files

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Bal.	Result	Time	Comments
2023-06-14	(D) Ron Garcia	vs	Darryl M.		Russian win		I wanted to play this scenario since I first saw it in The General 40ish years ago. So much so, that I even ordered the board for Devil's Den from Avalon Hill even though I already had that game as well (still unpunched and unplayed, BTW). Fast forward to the present and - disappointment. There are two major problems with the scenario. First, the opposing forces start SO far apart that it took almost 10 turns for the Russians to get to "Little Round Top"; the Germans around five. Second, other than the number and type of squads, everything is random. That sounds cool on paper, but in reality, one side or the other can dominate based on how their leaders/support weapons/AFV's are rolled. As it was, playing as the Germans, I received mostly LMG's and a few other odd assortment of weapons. My friend ended up with one 82mm MTR and it dominated the playing field since I had no weapons with enough range to do anything about it. This forced me do a reverse slope defense (after my guys took forever to get to the hill). Just to emphasize my second point, had I rolled a few better MG's and he not gotten that MTR, I would have decimated any units trying to traverse the open ground, or forced the Russians to stick to the woods which would have even taken longer for him to get to the base of the hill. Once the Russians were in position, they assaulted my forces with everything they had. I didn't roll bad, but my friend blew off every MC no matter how severe it was like it was nothing. Then his return fire, even lowly 4 +1 shots, were effective. A successful Human Wave and more incredible MC's had my men reeling. After another snake eyes on another Russian 3MC, I had seen enough and called it. Bummer of way to end a scenario I waited forever to play.
2021-06-17	(D) John Garlic	vs	James Ferrell		German win		[Imported from ROAR]
2005-09-10	(A) Paolo Cariolato	vs	Alessandro Cunego		In progress

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Jude Added a playing	2023-06-15 16:36:32
Jude Rated the scenario	2023-06-15 16:13:54
hoxson1 Modified the overview	2023-05-08 22:42:10
hoxson1 Uploaded the Board image	2022-04-07 18:20:03
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules	2022-04-07 17:58:20

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To-Play list count:	2
Estimated Play time:	0 hours
Recorded Games:	3

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German	1
Drawn:	0

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Assault on Round Top
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[A] Russian	1
[D] German	2