In the wake of the astonishing gains of the German armored spearheads, the infantry had to mop up bypassed strongpoints. Taking the ancient fortress of Brest-Litovsk fell to the 45th Infantry. Moats, river branches and canals divided the Citadel effectively into four separate islands. The Soviets had to withdrawal from the Central Island but 70 men were cut off and remained in an ancient church. To their rescue came the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry Regiment. . .
What a slug fest. It took me nine turns, but I finally wrested control of that Citadel from Loic. Great battle!
2022-01-26
(A) David Garvin
vs
Loic Gourdon
German win
2021-08-01
(D) Martí Cabré
vs
Fermín Retamero
German win
My setup was very bad with not enough weight on the Eastern side, which the Germans took advantage by crossing the canal in force and reaching the Citadel in turn 3. The Russians were already inside fighting, but it was hopeless to hold the German units while also fighting inside so I conceded.
2020-08-28
(D) wayne baumber
vs
Russian win
The Russians eliminated the German isolated Citadel units fairly quickly while slowing the relieving the units enough to ensure that the German player had not enough time to recapture the Citadel. Seems to be slightly pro Russian.
2019-01-10
(A) Tom Abromaitis
vs
Russian win
2018-11-02
(A) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås
vs
Nils
Russian win
2018-07-13
(D) Jason White
vs
Owen
Russian win
2018-07-13
(D) Jason White
vs
Owen
Russian win
2018-05-30
(A) Juan Garrido
vs
Jorbetbal
German win
Early German victory probably due to a not very satisfactory setup by the Russians.
2018-02-19
(A) David Garvin
vs
Christian Knudsen
Russian win
2018-02-19
(D) Christian Knudsen
vs
David Garvin
Russian win
I set up to take the building, and just delay elsewhere, and that's pretty much what happened. I would rate this, however, as a minor dicing, with David as the victim as he showed a real talent for blowing MCs. Heroes of the Soviet Union to the cupolas, which not only smashed up his building defenders, but managed to repair immediately twice to stay in the action and keep those lovely DM counters on David's hapless landsers. A super fun scenario against a great opponent
2017-10-20
(D) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
Russian win
Used German balance.
2017-10-20
(A) Dwayne Duval
vs
Kevin Duval
Russian win
2017-10-09
(D) Dave Mareske
vs
Scott Martin
Russian win
High movement roll early get the Russians into the victory building.
2017-09-23
(A) Jeff B
vs
Shaun Andrews
German win
I feel I have yet to get a true feel for this scenario as both times I've played this they effectively ended very early. Thankfully I was on the delivering end of both games. The first time I played this back in 2014 my Russians rolled a "6" their first turn and made an aggressive push on the Citadel, managing to get two squads into stone cover. The Germans had setup about 40% of their force south of the church and the rest started in the west. Despite the rather weakly protected front in the south the Germans were tentative in crossing the canal early. Meanwhile the Citadel continued to get barraged and by the end of Turn 4 only a single encircled German squad was left holed up in the upper level. With reinforcements still a good ways off the game was all but over. In this playing I took what my previous opponent had shown me to be a good route of attack in the south and went all-in in my push across the canal. The Citadel was surrounded by some heavy firepower, the biggest threat being a dual MMG nest led by the 9-2. The door was opened for the Russians on Turn one already when they had some great attacks but, unfortunately for them, they had rolled a "1" on their move roll so they couldn't capitalize. The Germans and Russians traded blow for blow, both sides breaking the other, only to rally back and return the favor. Eventually the MMG nest was busted up, allowing the ground level to be the safe haven the Germans had initially hoped it would be. Meanwhile the Germans had stormed across the canal in force. They were probably only a couple turns away without enough resistance in their path so the Russians conceded.
2017-09-23
(D) Shaun Andrews
vs
Jeff Buser
German win
2017-07-08
(D) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
Russian win
Bloody game from start to finish. Russian delaying forces on Board 23 were able to stall the primary German Schwerpunkt trying to get to the H3 Building. Meanwhile the Russians were able to drive quickly into the H3 building and take control. Great, hard fought game.
2017-07-08
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
Russian win
2017-06-30
(D) Dan Best
vs
Mike Bistodeau
German win
2016-10-21
(D) Jeremy Busby
vs
Scott Hasson
German win
2016-06-25
(D) Dave Mareske
vs
Ryan Ellett
Russian win
Germans split their forces and ended up conceding by turn 5. The victory building was soon to fall. All the tanks fell to the Russian 45Ls with some good rolls.
2015-02-15
(A) Seumas Hoskins
vs
German win
2014-09-01
(D) Dan Best
vs
Dave Mareske
Russian win
2014-09-01
(A) Dave Mareske
vs
Dan Best
Russian win
2014-07-20
(D) Jeff B
vs
Luke Sineath
Russian win
2014-06-06
(D) Michal Bonaventura
vs
German win
2013-04-29
(D) Martí Cabré
vs
Eloi Soler
German win
Eloi surprised me concentrating all his infantry in the edge of the map, directly towards the Citadel, so my outer defenses were useless. He crossed the channel without taking losses and all went good for him. I could not break a single German unit in six turns, all my leaders were wounded by German sniper, the Russian sniper did nothing, I fired twenty gun shots against the Citadel building and all were misses, etc. etc. I even faild PBF shots against Open Ground hexes. In turn six or seven I conceded when all the German reinforcement units were entering the Citadel to join their brothers in the party there.
2012-11-19
(A) Luke Sineath
vs
Ryan Dukeman
German win
2012-10-04
(A) Richard Carter
vs
David Langer
German win
He concentrated a lot of firepower on keeping my troops at bay, but this made it difficult for him to take the victory building. The lesson we learned is that the russians probably need to set up their cupolas in los of the victory building.
I was able to keep guys out of line of fire for much of the game denying him a real foothold in the building til the last turn really. By then I was too spread out for him to gain control.
2012-09-01
(D) Shane Pask
vs
German win
Russian set up was highly successful in stopping the reinforcements at the bridge from reaching the church. However, it failed in two ways: it did not stop the Germans from crossing the canal, and it did not put enough pressure on the church.