Pössl’s Posse ETO (id:#65409)
Designer: Andrew Rogers
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Balance:
RussianGerman
50.549450549451%

Overview:

The Soviet advance during their summer offensive was rapid and, combined with Hitler's "No Retreat" order, led to many German units becoming trapped inside cities. At Vilnius, remnants of two German regiments under the command of Luftwaffe Major-General Rainer Stahel battled encircling forces from the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. In response, two German Kampfgruppen were formed primarily from Panzer-Division 6 and Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland." After rounding up the Lithuanian partisans, one of the Kampfgruppen, led by Major Walter Pössl, began to open a 50-kilometer escape route for the Germans in Vilnius. As the Germans began to pull out of Vilnius, the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps counterattacked.
Attacker: Russian (35th Guards Tank Brigade, 3rd Mechanized Corps)
Defender: German (Panzer-Abteilung 1, Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland" Panzer-Division "Großdeutschland" and Bataillon II, Panzer-Regiment 114, Panzer-Division 6, Kampfgruppe Pössli)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.5 D:13.0
AFVs: A:6
T-34/85 x 2
M4/76(a) x 2
SU-76M x 2

AFVs: D:3
PzKpfw IVJ x 2
Marder III(t)H

Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Russian vehicles get +1 on their Special Ammo availability
Overlays: O5
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-01-29(D) Michel Bongiovanni vs Jean Galantini German win
2026-01-02(A) Stefan Fiedler vs Håkan Nilsson Russian win6.67 hrs
2025-11-01(A) David Garvin vs Zebulon TingleyD German winFor Tussle in the Tundra
2025-11-01(D) Tripp Killin vs Kedge Russian winI set up a bit too far forward, and didn't arrange my rout paths correctly. The Russians can gang up on the little buildings at the foot of the hill, and I should not have put 3 squads down there to delay the advance. I had to break to extract, and they never rallied, dying to casualty rallies and subsequent breaks.
Kedge's attack was well formed and relentless, and as my Marder missed his shots and was burned in AFPh, the Russians were on the hill in force by Turn 3 and I had lost 6 of my initial 8 squads.
2025-10-25(A) Jon Jaramillo vs Honus Russian win3 hrsPlayed at the annual Burning Wreck BBQ. I got the attacking Russians versus Dave's Germans.

Dave set up very light forward but in Los so I was able to make a very successful opening turn human wave. I also found Dave's pak gun in the woods in the middle of the board. That gun did a little damage, taking out three Russian afvs before I eliminated the crew. Aggressively, I started claiming buildings, quickly grabbing five by turn three and pushing the Germans out.

It got tight towards the end with Dave's reinforcements coming on from the east and cutting off any big advances. I eliminated the all but one German afv thereby making the needed buildings 10. By the end of turn 5 the Russians had 9 but that tenth was proving to be difficult.

In the m last turn, a needed Russians squad missed rallying on a 9, which was a huge blow. During movement I decided that one lone building to the east could be reached by an afv and a few infantry units but this building was occupied by a German full squad. I froze the location with a t34/85. Several shots to eliminate it failed. I then ran a 628, 8-1 and 9-1 leader cx adjacent. Facing an ambush roll of +3 I took an advancing fire 6 +2, rolled a pair of 2 for a 1mc and the squad failed. Facing routing away, the 10th location was mine and the game was halted.

Great scenario.
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Michel Bongiovanni Added a playing2026-01-29 20:45:53
Fiedler Added a playing2026-01-02 16:18:37
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ubertripp Added a playing2025-11-03 02:32:39
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Avg Rating: 7.46Votes: 46
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To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 5.4 hours
Recorded Games: 34
Archive recorded plays:
Russian15
German17
Drawn:2

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Pössl's Posse [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 31
[D] German 28
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