Dubrovka and Tigoda: these two villages were one of the Spanish objectives in order to strengthen their beachhead around the Volkhov River. Osés Battalion from 269th Infantry Regiment would hit Dubrovka, while Suarez Rosello’s would fall on Tigoda. After a fifteen minute artillery barrage, Major Osés led off. First Company of Mobile Reserve 250 formed the vanguard in the fields between the river and the road.
Attacker: Spanish Blue (Elements of 2a Cia de Zapadores and 3a Cia, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment and reserve bataillon "Tia Bernarda", all of the 250. Infanterie-Division "Blaue Division")
Defender: Russian (Elements of 1000th Infantry Regiment, 267th Infantry Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.0 D:20.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
GS. A: -2 DRM on leader creation, FT2 w D: Roadblocks2
Great game, was undone by the last HIP unit. A conscript squad that emerged in the last Soviet turn in Hex K6, practically the only eligible hex on the map that I hadn't searched or moved through, and advanced into building K7. Most of my force had been committed to overcoming the last Soviet resistance in R2, R3 and S3. My opponent's final fire shot down one stack that got adjacent, including a flame thrower armed squad and my remaining advancing fire shots were ineffective. So could only get two squad equivalents into CC and they were CX, not surprisingly I whiffed the 2-1 +1 CC roll and that was it.
2020-06-21
(D) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
Spanish Blue win
Dan and I played this one to the final turn, but my Russians were hammered and completely wiped out at the end. A Spanish victory from the git go.
2020-06-20
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
Spanish Blue win
2020-05-08
(D) Andrea Noia
vs
Andrea Mozzati
Russian win
Great resistance on the NE woods by 2 HIP squads. German lost too much time for the approach and never used smoke to get near the first houses. If he is not in the first houses by turn 3, no chance for German player.
Essential to lay down firelanes and place well machine guns.
2018-11-22
(D) X von Marwitz
vs
David Wallace
Spanish Blue win
This time I played the scenario as the Russian Defenders. Again, a blast to play with spectacular changes of fortune. A more thorough AAR can be found at Gamesquad forum. It came down to the last CC roll.
2018-11-02
(A) X von Marwitz
vs
Francois Boudrenghien
Russian win
Grenadier 2018. Played as the Spanish attackers. Two HIP squads and a 1-Sniper hitting the same hex with the sole leader and a FT one one flank slowed initial progress in the area for which I paid dearly in the end. More fun to play that it appears looking at the scenario card. Russians won because the Spanish ran out of time.
2018-10-20
(D) Lawrence Spangler
vs
Joe Vennarucci
Russian win
2018-07-10
(D) Jeff B
vs
Magnus Rimvall
Russian win
The Russians are clearly outmatched here, facing the crack Spanish Blue forces and sporting a 2 ELR. Expect many disrupted Russians. And, as we know, disrupted units do not prevent enemy entry. The opening turn did not go very well for the defenders, as one of their HIP MG traps malf'd their gun, while another squad with a FL mission was broken by the Spanish sniper. But the Russians still gave more than they took, helped out by a couple KIA results. By the end of Turn 2 however all HIP traps had been sprung. Thankfully the commissar was able to maintain order in the middle of the board, while a mass of conscripts kept the Spaniards at bay in the eastern woods. Turn 3 was a devastating one for the defenders however, as the eastern woods fell, the commissar strongpoint was busted to a man, and 4.5 squads were either captured or killed. Thankfully the western shield was holding, or it would have been absolute doom. Turn 4 saw the bleeding somewhat stemmed, but Turn 5 was another bloody turn for the Russians, losing another 5.5 squads, and things were once again looking forlorn for the defenders. A big commissar-led rally on Turn 6, along with a conscript turning berserk, and a leader manning the MMG, were just enough to stave off the Spanish hoard, who finally chose this moment to fail almost every MC thrown their way. In the end the leader held on to the last outpost and preserved a Russian victory. Great game!
2018-07-01
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Luis Del Castillo
Russian win
2018-04-12
(D) B-E Karlsson
vs
Spanish
Russian win
2016-03-08
(D) JP Laurio
vs
Ron
Russian win
2014-02-19
(D) Aaron Sibley
vs
Rosta
Russian win
2011-09-01
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
shulze
Spanish Blue win
The dice differential was to much to bear.
mine was 6,40 my opponent was 8,00.
The scenario is fun, our game wasn't.