Vaagso Venture ETO (id:#56602)
Vaagso, Vaagso Island, Norway
1941-12-27 (6 others)
Designer: Steven C Swann
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
BritishGerman
Overview:
In October of 1941, Lord Louis Mountbatten took command of the Special Service Brigade. In accordance with a directive from Churchill, Mountbatten was to begin a “programme of raids in ever increasing intensity”. The first, a raid on the Lofoten Islands would be diversionary, covering the primary target of Vaagso Island. Arriving offshore, in the grey twilight of the scandinavian winter, the Commandos were divided into five groups for the assault. Group 1 would land south of Vaagso, moving inland to guard the southern flank of the direct seaborne assault of Group 2. At 0850 hours, the Commandos of Group 2 began their run-in to shore under a protective naval bombardment.Attacker: British (2, 3, and 6 Commandos)
Defender: German (Infanterie Division 181/Reinforcements)
9 turns
Players: 2 OBA: British Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:26.5 D:17.5 |
| AFVs: A:8 LCA x 8 |
| AFVs: D:1 PzKpfw 38(t) A |
| Guns: A:1 OML 3-in. Mortar D:1 2cm FlaK 30 5cm leGrW 36 x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | GS, Wooden bldgs, +1 LV Hindrance w A: Seaborne Assault, LC8, NOBA |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | NONE |
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Last Played:
| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2021-05-07 | (A) Shane Pask | vs | German win | Interesting scenario with replay potential. Poms may have won with the British Balance (1 extra turn). As it was, the German resistance was practically overcome but the commandos still needed to reach 11 buildings on the last turn. With the added MP for elevation changes during snow this was out of reach (also still had to burn one building on board 8 - the other 3 were well alight). The MMG squad was a menace generating 2 heroes before falling to CC on turn 8. I found it difficult to find a spot for the NOBA and Stokes mortar with reasonable fields of view – the multi story buildings on board 8 are an effective screen for the NOBA and the minimum range of 6 for the mortar was a pain. I never assembled it and finally abandoned it as too heavy to lug up hill. | |||
| 2020-05-24 | (D) Michael Rodgers | vs | Magnus Rimvall | German win | Meaty scenario best played over VASL because of the terrain changes. | ||
| 2020-05-07 | (D) patrick palma | vs | Ulrik Danker | German win | |||
| 2013-06-22 | (D) Dan Best | vs | Roy Connelly | British win | Texas ASL Tournament 2013. | ||
| 2011-08-13 | (A) Steffen Knippel | vs | Josh Gilbert | British win | You don't often see seaborne assaults in Norway. This one is fun! |
| Action | Date |
|---|---|
| aokigaryou Modified the misc. rules | 2025-02-04 11:26:22 |
| Pete Palmer Posted a comment | 2025-01-22 06:25:22 |
| hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2021-11-17 22:45:27 |
| Pte Parts Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2021-05-09 23:46:02 |
| Pte Parts Added a playing | 2021-05-09 23:44:01 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| Raid on Vaagso (Vaagso raid.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1280 |
| Operation Archery (Vaagso Op Archery.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1324 |
| (britgerm.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1239 |
| Map_with_transformations (G27 Map.png) | Map Image | mtrodgers99 | 1315 |
| (vaagso_map_Batisse N correct.jpg) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 1168 |
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| Title | Author | Date |
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| Needs errata (view) | Pete Palmer | 2025-01-22 06:25:22 |
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| AAR (opens in new window) | mtrodgers99 |
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| Avg Rating: 7.14 | Votes: 7 |
| Views: | 9653 |
| To-Play list count: | 5 |
| Estimated Play time: | 13.3 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 6 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| British | 2 | |
| German | 4 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Vaagso Venture [Confirmed] |
| [A] British | 14 |
| [D] German | 13 |