The Golden Mountain E-AFR (id:#65705)
Prior Publication: ELR Soldiers of the Negus
See Also: The Golden Mountain by Critical Hit
The Tembien, Ethiopia 1936-02-27 ()
Designer: Rick Thomas
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Balance:
EthiopianItalian/Eritrean
63.888888888889%

Overview:

In February, the formidable positions of Amba Aradum was encircled and captured, the Ethiopians losing some 8,000 dead. Ras Kassa's army, west of Amba Aradum, was firmly ensconced on another strong defensive position, Amba Wrok, the "Mountain of Gold". The Italians appreciated the near impregnable nature of Amba Work and decided on a daring commando-style raid under cover of darkness. They found the Ethiopian guards asleep and within minutes, the Italians owned the peak. Now they had to hold it against counterattacks.
Attacker: Ethiopian (Army of Gondar)
Defender: Italian/Eritrean (Divisione XXVII Ottobre, XXII Battaglione Eritreo, and Battaglione Complementi, 7ยบ Reggimento Alpini)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1
Cannone da 75/27
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Many wadis do not exist. D: Fanatic (A10.8)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-08-18(A) Vic Lauterbach vs RV Ethiopian winI got the Ethiopians in this one which is very tough on a small, fanatic Italian/Eritrean force. The 75* broke on its first shot, but the crew fixed it and got a key hit on the MMG in the sanger. Renato's MGs didn't get ROF enough before I locked his MMCs in melee. My 237s hung on in CC until the mountain was swarming with Ethiopians. Just a few low CC rolls would have won this one for Renato. The margin for error is very small with such an outnumbered force and being Fanatic doesn't help in CC. This one was fun, but luck more than my attack plan got me the win.
2022-11-28(A) Jeff B vs Steve Etzelmueller Italian/Eritrean winI just got done playing the worst scenario I ever played from the original HL, but this one isn't too far behind. Even Italians are tough when they're fanatic in good defensive position against rock throwers. Without fire grouping the Ethiopians simply couldn't muster anything to even sniff at cracking the Italians. When I broke my gun on Turn 3 I had enough.
2022-05-31(A) Eric Topp vs Al Palazzo Ethiopian winThe captured Italian Gun K-ed a HS and broke a 9-1 (10 morale because the Italians/Eritreans were Fanatic) with the first shot. My Ethiopians did a Human Wave up the hill and only lost a squad. CC was a different story and I lost two squads to an Italian HS. When Al rolled snakes to generate another Italian leader I wanted to throw in the towel but Al convinced me to play on. Eventually the sheer numbers of Ethiopian squads were enough to break the defenders and take the "Golden Mountain".

Having played this twice now I think the Italians have to keep a reserve force behind the front-line level 4 hill hexes and try to Entrench despite the +2 DRM (F.1B)
2022-05-17(A) neal ekengren vs solo Ethiopian winEthiopians have enough mobs to take the hill unless dice were to go terribly badly. Even with zero gun results I managed to amoeba up the hill. The Italian hilltop Sanger MMG held out to the end and could not be taken until close combat.
2022-05-14(A) Jobbo Fett vs Gary Bartlett Italian/Eritrean winItalians took the early lead, plastering every Ethiopian squad they could see, breaking some 5 squads on the first mph/dfph. The Artillery piece got one shot before the crew broke. Turns 2 and 3 were looking better for the Ethiopians, using the terrain and reinforcements to get the Italians to reshuffle their line, on top of breaking a squad or two. Gary had incredibly hot dice, nearly a half-dozen snake eyes, with an extra dozen 3's and 4's. By Italian Turn 3, the MMG on the hill decided to just casually break everyone (3 stacks - 2 leaders and 6 squads) while just about everyone else was broken, dead, or dying.

Making ALL Italians and Eritreans Fanatic is pretty dumb when it gives the Italians a 10-1 / 10-2, and we both felt it should apply to MMC only.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.08Votes: 13
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 2.7 hours
Recorded Games: 7
Archive recorded plays:
Ethiopian4
Italian/Eritrean3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Golden Mountain [Confirmed]
[A] Ethiopian 19
[D] Italian 10
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