The U.S. 88th Infantry Division was to take Mount Bracchi in the opening of the offensive to take Rome. The 351st Infantry Regiment was to take the small town of Santa Maria Infante. But to reach it they had to attack over difficult terrain – in the dark. Small knolls known jocularly to the Americans as the Right and Left Tit jutted out on either side of the road to Infante. At 2300 hours, without artillery preparation, Company F stepped off in the darkness for the Left Tit. . .
Attacker: American (Company F, 351st Infantry Regiment)
Defender: German (94th Fusilier Recon Battalion)
7.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:15.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:0
Misc Rules:
Night rules w D: Mines. Wire must be setup on Hill 538 (bd 2)
The Victory Conditions should read: "The American win if at game end they have Exited four Good Order squads (or their equivalent) off the north edge of board 2, and currently have more Good Order squads (or their equivalent) on level 2 hex(es) than the Germans."
MMP
Add a 9-1, two 4-6-7s, and 4 minefield factors to Ihe German OB.
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The Americans prevailed in this (mutual) teaching game to learn the Night rules. Using 7 Cloaking counters as decoys, the American's feinted to the East while the Schwerpunkt moved to the West. Using the speed that Cloaking affords and Searching, the Schwerpunkt accessed the Hill 538 complex relatively unscathed and dispatched 4 squads to speed toward the North exit. Having gained a Level 2 foothold, the American firepower (bolstered by favorable DRs) was too much for the Germans, who conceded on Turn 6. We agreed that among the intricacies of Night Rules, maintaining Cloaking (Scenario Attacker), judicious use of Starshells/IR (both sides), and Set-up (Scenario Defender) are paramount, with Set-up probably being outcome determinative. Even a 10-hex-wide front as presented here must be suffused with "detection/warning" systems to prevent mass infiltration or it can be over very quickly. Great learning/fun.
2022-09-14
(D) Tommi Lehtinen
vs
M T
German win
2022-04-25
(A) Gerard G
vs
vidda
German win
Despite a good start, my americans could not make it to the upper hills, got stuck in the wires and the mine fields, before the germans in their foxholes opened their deadly fires! Lesson learned : don't use the starshells and IR too early in the game and watch out for the staying rules !
2020-05-31
(A) James Lowry
vs
Martin Marquis
American win
2020-02-10
(A) Matias Dahlbäck
vs
Vilis Pavulans
American win
A good scenario for those tricky night rules. Remember to always +1 for attacks during night, no matter the visibility. Kept screwing that up.
2019-11-12
(D) David Ramsey
vs
Martin Barker
American win
A great intro to the night rules. My Germans didn't hold up against the masses of 6FP attacks, but I didn't play the starshells correctly and it was more of a learning scenario.
2019-09-21
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
German win
2018-03-18
(D) Ricardo Garcia
vs
Pablo Garcia
American win
My first night scenario. I didn't make the most of my men, but a good way to start with night rules.
2018-01-04
(D) Martí Cabré
vs
Eoin Corrigan
American win
Duplicate of 2nd Ed. version.
2017-04-27
(D) Dwayne Duval
vs
Kevin Duval
American win
2017-04-27
(A) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
American win
Used errata but failed to add the extra 9-1 & two 467s, and 2 Minefield factors to German OB. Used German balance.
2017-02-15
(D) David Garvin
vs
Logan Stallings
German win
2016-01-13
(A) Bill Brodie
vs
Steven Bond
American win
Won as the Americans pretty easy. His HMG caused some concern, and he placed his wire and mines well, but the American firepower was more than the Germans could stand.
If you get the choice, take the Americans.
2015-02-20
(D) Chuck Dye
vs
patrick palma
American win
2015-02-20
(A) patrick palma
vs
Chuck Dye
American win
2014-11-28
(D) Rami Saarinen
vs
JR
German win
2014-06-27
(A) Russell Dewhurst
vs
Martin Kristensen
American win
2014-01-07
(D) Jeff B
vs
Ted Wilcox
German win
My first foray into night and it is definitely a different animal. Almost everybody was broke by the end of the game.
2013-07-21
(D) mark watson
vs
Luke Sineath
German win
First attempt at a night scenario. Counting this more for record of games I've played than anything else. Americans didn't play with the dummy cloaking counters, which made them easy targets. We still spent a few turns learning rules before brutal German MGs had broken most of the Americans. Really fun -- the night rules are super cool.
2013-03-02
(D) Keith Colins
vs
Brian
American win
2012-08-27
(D) Richard Carter
vs
Lee Thornton
German win
My first foray into night. It was a lot of fun. I think this may be more balanced than ROAR data suggests. Anyway, the American's made a bit of a headlong charge and ran into my HMG and MMG as well as a bunch of wire. Breaking at night is a lot harder to recover from and this really depleted his force.