The First and Fourth Rangers, under the command of Bill Darby, landed at
Maiori, west of Salerno on 9 September 1943. They then moved 10km inland to
block the road to Naples. Once established in the hills, they became the major
obstacle to German moves to retake Salerno from the west. Knowing that the
Rangers lacked armor and heavy weapons, the XIV Panzer Corps was ordered to
dislodge them... . Epilogue: German reports at the time spoke highly of the combat prowess of the Ranger Division, unaware that there were never more than three Ranger battalions involved!
One of the games I played at Winter Offensive 2023!
2020-10-13
(A) manzoli andrea
vs
Raffaele Di Ianni
German win
2020-04-01
(D) Tim Wiegmann
vs
Mike Grogan
American win
Germans left H5 unguarded at the end of T6, allowing the last remaining US HS to advance in and claim the victory.
2020-02-11
(A) davide galloni
vs
Raffaele Ianni
German win
2019-07-24
(A) Jeff Waldon
vs
Paul Qualtieri
German win
VASL - Teaching game w/US Balance
2019-04-09
(A) David Garvin
vs
Jared Alexander
German win
2019-01-19
(A) Max Malm
vs
Eldrad
German win
Came down to last turn when the last American MMC got pinned and so couldnt advance into hexrow 5
2018-11-25
(D) Allen Evenson
vs
Glen Aro
German win
Took out one tank but couldn't hold off infantry long enough.
2017-04-22
(A) Stephen dedier
vs
Holt, Jim
German win
Tough scenario with all of the hills and line of sight difficulties. This one came down to the end and a last CC to determine the winner.
2017-03-04
(A) Alan Krause
vs
Bill Jenkins
German win
2017-03-04
(D) Glen Taylor
vs
Dennis
German win
Went right down to the last turn.
2017-03-02
(A) Kermit Mullins
vs
Tom Abromaitis
German win
Exciting game from start to finish. Tom's Rangers had an upfront defense and then slowly fell back until the final Turn 6 German Prep Fire, that brought down the final US half-squad. Tom's 10-3 was a force to be reckoned with until he got wounded. Great scenario!
2017-02-26
(A) David Garvin
vs
Logan Stallings
German win
2017-01-12
(A) David Garvin
vs
Gary Bartlett
German win
2016-07-05
(A) Jeff B
vs
Ryan Ellett
German win
Germans just had too many units, overwhelming the defending Americans. Initial smoke placement on the 10-2 MG stack was crucial.
2016-03-15
(D) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
German win
Did not use errata, used original American balance.
2016-03-15
(A) Dwayne Duval
vs
Kevin Duval
German win
2016-01-10
(A) JP Laurio
vs
Arttu
German win
2015-02-09
(A) leo zhu
vs
John Knowles
American win
It's the 2nd time to play the scenario.Erwin teach me a lot to oppose John. While John is a master.
2014-09-22
(A) leo zhu
vs
Erwin Lau
American win
It's the first time to play this scenario. One tank was destroied too early.
2014-08-29
(D) B-E Karlsson
vs
German
German win
Lost due to rookie misstakes. Americans where overun by turn 3 and then it was all over
2012-11-13
(A) Russell Dewhurst
vs
Gordon
American win
Turn one, the American sniper took out my best German leader! I advanced as quickly as I could, mostly eschewing Prep Fire. In the second half there were wild swings of luck back and forth, but ended up pretty balanced. I took most of the territory I needed, but there were two entrenched stacks left several hexes from my units, and only one turn to take them, I didn't get the luck I needed.
2012-05-19
(A) nathan wegener
vs
Mike G
German win
Newly minted American officer misread the compass and put troops on the wrong side of the hill. They counterattacked but were cut down by the Germans who had already taken the ridge.
2010-12-15
(A) Kermit Mullins
vs
Scott Waites
German win
German IFT rolls averaged around 5.9.
2010-05-28
(A) Simon Staniforth
vs
German win
2010-04-26
(D) John Shingara
vs
cliff Smith
German win
Wow. Took a real beating here. I learned all kinds of new rules tonight.
2009-08-10
(D) Luke Sineath
vs
Mike Weiss
German win
2009-04-18
(A) Jeff Waldon
vs
Frank Tozier
German win
FtF
2009-03-01
(D) Ian Willey
vs
James Short
German win
Gave the German balance as he was a new(ish) player and paid for my vanity
2009-03-01
(D) Ian Willey
vs
James Short
German win
Gave the German balance as he was a new(ish) player and paid for my vanity
2008-10-11
(D) Fred Schwarz
vs
Dave Wardzala
German win
A clever scenario.
2008-09-17
(D) Rami Saarinen
vs
MH
German win
Learning full ASL. Evil Tank overrun my newborn Hero, Zatopek. Not nice at all. :(