Ejected From Éloi ETO (id:#65389)
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Designer: Brook White
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
31.578947368421%

Overview:

The 1ère Division Légère Mécanique is attacking with three S35 tanks and ten squads (including some truckmounted infantry) to clear the village of St Éloi of Battailon 1, Schutzen-Regiment 14, 5th Panzer Division 5’s seven German squads and a 37mm anti-tank gun. This is fast-playing 4.5 turn, tournament action set on boards 19 and 57.
Attacker: French (1ère Division Légère Mécanique)
Defender: German (Battailon 1, Schutzen-Regiment 14, Panzer Division 5)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:3
S35 x 3
Laffly S20TL x 5

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
3.7cm PaK 35/36
PzB 39 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: May not Boresight (C6.4)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-12-09(D) X von Marwitz vs Chris Hofland German winPlayed the defending Germans.

Hard to stop the French tanks, which can be used as a powerful tool to VBM freeze Germans and thereby creating opportunities for French infantry to quicken their approach.
Likely a scenario, that will be affected by the new Journal 16 rules on VBM - we played by the "old" VBM rules. The S-35's have that "morse radio", which will allow them non-platoon movement provided that thay pass a TC of less or equal to 9. Should work most of the time, but we all know what can happen in ASL. So this option has to be weighed carefully.

As the Germans, I did not succeed in killing a single French tank, but I was able to delay their infantry long enough that the French needed to take risks in the end and had uphill-chances to fight against. The French conceded after a 5FP @+4 did not break a German HS, which would have been a prerequisite for a French win if they would have won or maintained several CCs / Melees.
2025-11-09(D) Will Willow vs John Tait French winRound 5 Grenadier 2025
2025-09-20(A) Herve Duval vs Georges T German win
2025-07-12(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs French win
2023-01-26(D) Indy Lagu vs Rob Oler German winWhat a wild ride this one was...

The Germans brewed up a truck/AC and eliminated a French squad
on turn 1. Then, Rob's methodical play took over and his relentless attack seemed to be on the road to victory.

On turn 4, Rob said "Sorry, I'm just dicing you" when I lost a
dashing squad on a 2(-2) shot. In his player turn, I had a 2MC
on his remaining leader with one elite squad. Both rolled HOB,
with the leader being promoted to a 9-1 and the squad going
Berserk.

I ended up getting very lucky in CC on the last French turn to
get a victory. I thought of resigning on the second-last turn,
but decided to continue as I had almost nobody left.

My win was not deserved at all. I still feel like I lost!

I would love to try this one again. Neither of us felt as though
our playing was indicative of anything since the dice seemed
constantly high or low, with little in between.

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von Marwitz Added a playing2025-12-10 19:57:14
wwillow Added a playing2025-11-10 03:57:54
strategos Added a playing2025-09-20 19:21:30
Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-07-12 16:31:26
von Marwitz Uploaded a VASL file2025-06-08 15:13:11
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.11Votes: 9
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Estimated Play time: 2.6 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
French2
German4
Drawn:0

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[A] German 4
[D] French 9
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