Surprised Gideon E AFR (id:#63550)
Dembecha, Ethiopia
1941-03-06 (0 others)
Designer: Philippe Naud
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
ItalianAllied
Overview:
Gideon Force was a small British and African special force, which acted as a Corps d'Elite amongst the Sudan Defence Force, Ethiopian regular forces and Arbegnoch (Patriots) fighting the Italian occupation in Ethiopia. Gideon Force encountered a vastly superior Italian force under Colonel Natale near the fort at Dembecha on 5 March 1941. Although defeated in the battle, the British force inflicted such heavy casualties that three days later the Italian garrison was forced to withdraw to Debre Marqos. Seizing this fort allowed the British to isolate Debre Marqos from the rest of the Italian forces.Attacker: Italian (Reinforced III.Brigata Coloniale)
Defender: Allied (Gideon Force - Ethiopian Battalion and Patriots)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:22.0 D:18.5 |
| AFVs: A:4 Fiat 611A x 2 Fiat 611B x 2 Horse x 12 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 D:0 Ur wz. 35 ATR |
| Misc Rules: | All water is Fordable (B21.41). Wooden Bldgs: Huts (G5). A: Air (E7) |
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| Overlays: | 1 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-04-14 | (D) M van Houte | vs | Sam H. | Allied win | Fun scenario, but heavily favours the Ethiopians. The Italians have to cross a lot of terrain (some woods, some huts, some open ground) to get to a wooded hill-range, which they then have to cross to get to the most valuable VC hexes. They get a crappy FB (which promptly got shot out of the sky, on account of being crappy), and four armored trucks: these pack quite a punch, but are road-bound if they want to get anywhere and are very vulnerable to the six MGs and the ATR the Ethiopians have. It is quite easy for the Ethiopians to slowly withdraw towards the VC hexes, cover the one road leading there with the MGs and ATR, and wait to blast the Italians as they come over the hill. Large map, lots of movement, Air Support, funky trucks, Italian cavalry, Ethiopian partisans: there's a lot of flavour here, but it needs balance. | ||
| 2021-09-21 | (D) Tuomo Lukkari | vs | Matias Dahlbäck | Allied win | |||
| 2019-04-09 | (D) Gordon Jupp | vs | Neil Brunger | Allied win | Interesting scenario with some different forces and situation. Seemed a real struggle in our playing for the Italians, but not helped by a mistaken attack by the air support! Highlight for me was capture of Italian a/c by patriot squad! | ||
| 2019-03-18 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Allied win |
| Action | Date |
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| Houtje Added a playing | 2025-04-16 14:56:46 |
| Hutch Modified the Unit Elements | 2025-03-27 06:28:41 |
| Hutch Modified the gps location | 2025-03-27 06:26:35 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-03-27 06:21:34 |
| hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2025-03-26 22:26:38 |
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| (ital-ethiopian.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 865 |
| Fiat 611 armored car (Fiat_611_cannone.jpg) | Image | hoxson1 | 851 |
| (surprised gid map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 886 |
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| Avg Rating: 5.60 | Votes: 5 |
| Views: | 3867 |
| To-Play list count: | 2 |
| Estimated Play time: | 7.7 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 4 |
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| Italian | 0 | |
| Allied | 4 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Surprised Gideon [Confirmed] |
| [A] Italian | 1 |
| [D] Ethiopian | 4 |