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A Real Barn Burner ETO (id:#62909)
(ASL Journal #12 ID: J183)   [next]   [previous]
Bois-Du-Seuil Farm near Amagne, France 1940-05-31 (2 others)
CH131: Blood Brothers (Critical Hit # 6.2)
CH131: Blood Brothers (A Few Rare Men)
Designer: Lionel Colin
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
47.963800904977%

Overview:

In contrast to their comrades to the west, the French Aisne River front held firm against the German attacks in May. The 14éme division d’infanterie, one of the best French units, manned the front bear Rethel. On 30 May, a reconnaissance in force was launched by its 35th Regiment toward the village of Amagne held by the Germans. This attack was successful in pushing back the Germans, and afterwards the French retired to their starting positions south of the Aisne River except for a platoon commanded by Lieutenant Gehin, which remained concealed in an isolated farm. The goal was to lure the Germans into thinking the area was empty of French troops and catch them off-guard in an ambush. The plan worked well initially but the German were soon launching an attack on the farm with two infantry companies, supported by a light AT gun. The barn caught fire, and the fight lasted all night. The morning of 31 May found the encircled platoon still stubbornly repulsing German attacks. At noon, the French launched an attack by 3éme Compagnie to try to rescue the last elements of Gehin’s platoon.
Attacker: French (35ème Regiment d'Infanterie, 14ème Division d'Infanterie)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Regiment 184, Infanterie-Division 86)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:9.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Mortier de 60 mle 35
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: Alternating setup. Board 72 Stream: River. A: some units Fanatic (A10.8)
Map Board(s):
43 72 Show/hide map dependencies
PublicationBoard
ASL 10a - Croix de Guerre43
ASL Action Pack # 3 Few Returned43
ASL Action Pack #11 29 Let's Go!72
ASL Action Pack # 143
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-07-08(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Douglas Leslie German win
2025-07-07(D) Douglas Leslie vs Partizan Eric German winAs the defending Germans, I decided against trying to clear the farm held by Lt Gehin’s platoon and, instead, to try to prevent any of the reinforcing units making it to their rescue. The game turned on the German turn 2 PFPh when my defensive line on the German left flank faced a line of mostly concealed French infantry emerging from the woods and opened fire. If they had gacked their shots, they would have been in trouble but they rolled low enough to force morale checks and two casualty MCs shattered the French attack. It would be fair to say that Eric must have offended the dice Gods before this game because they gave him a real kicking during it. This included his best leader going berserk and charging across open ground on his own to attack the German MMG in the stone building in front of the woods. Given the number of failed morale checks the French were experiencing, the last thing that they needed was for any of their leaders to go insane. Add in the fact that, unusually for me, my troops were winning their close combats and the French never got close to reaching the farm.
2025-04-15(D) James Rimmer vs Kyle Weltner German win1.75 hrs
2023-01-21(D) Ryan Dukeman vs David Garvin French win
2023-01-21(A) David Garvin vs Ryan Dukeman French winThis was a fun game. The French were able to reinforce the barn in force, securing the win.
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-07-08 16:32:52
Hutch Modified the unit counts2025-07-08 11:26:22
Dougban Added a playing2025-07-07 21:32:25
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-04-15 11:21:21
A_Lost_Canadian Added a playing2025-04-15 02:22:38
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A Real Barn Burner J183 (A Real Barn Burner J183.png)Map Imagezcrater1425
Note: For aesthetic purposes, on the map the tream is shown as "flooded" to make it more appear like a river. Marsh remains Marsh i.e. remains unchanged for any rules purpose. (J183 A Real Barnburner Scenario Archive.jpg)Map Imagevon Marwitz1149
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.40Votes: 85
Views: 7912
To-Play list count: 12
Estimated Play time: 2.6 hours
Recorded Games: 67
Archive recorded plays:
French40
German27
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
A Real Barn Burner [Confirmed]
[A] German 66
[D] French 88
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