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Harvesting Opium PTO (id:#66813)

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Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina 1946-04-06 (0 others)

Designer: Lionel Colin

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Balance:

FrenchChinese

50%

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Attacker: French (No more details)

Defender: Chinese (No more details)

5.5 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:13.0 D:15.0

AFVs: A:0

AFVs: D:0

Guns: A:0

Mortier de 60 mle 35

D:0

5cm leGrW 36(g)

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Bal.	Result	Time	Comments
2026-02-14	(A) Herve Duval	vs			In progress
2025-04-21	(D) Andy Bagley	vs	Neil Brunger		Chinese win	4 hrs	Really interesting scenario. When I set up as the Chinese I thought it looked really hard, as the French start close to 4 of the 5 victory buildings they need, with superior forces, and the Chinese setup is quire spread out. But it's a long way through difficult terrain to get the fifth building and it will take the French a bit of time to take the four readily-accessible ones (particularly with concealment creating a bit of deception on their real strength). And the French then have to defend those buildings against the Chinese reinforcements that enter on Turn 3. So it was a close game that went down to the last turn. In the end, the French couldn't quite make it to that last building, so the Chinese held on.
2024-05-09	(D) Patrice Sajkiewicz	vs	Free French		French win		I played the scenario another time vs. a different player. I have changed my mind about the scenario, and think it is balanced. I realise I had been too much aggressive on the 1st play, taking too great a risk, leading to handicapping early losses. As a defender, the couple of first turns are a bit limited in action, but things change from turn 3 on where so me interesting options open up.
2024-05-01	(A) Patrice Sajkiewicz	vs			Chinese win		I believe the scenario is unbalanced. The Chinese have more troops than the attacker, and the low number of turns forces the French forces to move extremely aggressively. I would suggest to remove the reinforcements on Turn 2 and add 2 extra turns to make it more even. Beyond these points, I found it nice to play. I am highly interested in everything related to Dien Bien Phu. The scenario offers a nice opportunity to play a light PTO game, with Chinese troops. Very a limited number of turns and troops, the scenario is full of action, and remains fun to play.

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Action	Date
strategos Added a playing	2026-02-14 16:49:28
Andy_Bagley Added a playing	2025-04-24 16:00:57
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts	2025-04-08 22:01:07
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's Guns	2025-04-08 22:01:07
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns	2025-04-08 22:01:07

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Avg Rating: 7.50	Votes: 4
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Estimated Play time:	3.5 hours
Recorded Games:	4

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Harvesting Opium
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[A] Chinese	2
[D] Free French	1