Blazin' Chariots DTO (id:#56000)
Avalon Hill (ASL 5 - West of Alamein ID: 35)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Blazin' Chariots by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Brian Martuzas
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
BritishGerman
55.251141552511%

Overview:

The 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate the reports of the British tanks. The Kampfgruppe located the tail-end regiment of the 4th’s and attacked. Cries for help brought the 5th RTR which arrived before dark and immediately counterattacked. . .
Attacker: British (5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment)
Defender: German (Panzer Regiment 5)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:0.0 D:0.0
AFVs: A:12
Stuart I(a) x 12

AFVs: D:9
PzKpfw IVE x 2
PzKpfw IIIH x 2
PzKpfw IIIG x 3
PzKpfw IIF x 2

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Simultaneous setup. Late Afternoon Sun Blindness (F11.612)
Map Board(s): 26 27 28
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-06-04(D) Don Nordloff vs Don Petros British winStarted out as a long rang duel. Then after the field was thinned on both sides we ended up swirling around, four of the remaining six tanks has malfed MA. German lost a certain victory earlier by rolling a dud on a side shot. Mark IV with HEAT was a highlight. Good introductory scenario for DTO
2023-03-19(A) Jonathan Plott vs Steve B Draw
2022-07-26(D) Stephen dedier vs Jim Holt German winBritish pushed hard on the German right flank with units that entered on that board and other units moving down the edge of the bord toward the flank or pulling in and stopping for shots.
German managed on only shock 1 tank in the British 1 but knocked out 3 Honey's in German 1.
Start of British 2 saw them take out 2 PzIII including the 9-1 leader in prep and then Jim gambled that he could swarm the Germans and take out 2-3 more tanks.
British took out 1 PzIV but the Germans went on a run of 5's and using intensive fire managed to take out 5 Honey's and shock a 6th in the swarm while losing another tank.
Opening of German 2 saw the stunned Honey go to UK and then the Germans killed it in Prep to reach needed victory points
The German dice got very hot to get the quick victory but the lure of the quick win for the British pushed Jim to risk it all in the turn.
Fun scenario with a number of play options.
2021-08-16(A) David Garvin vs Alain Chabot British win
2020-12-02(A) rene cote vs mrosberg German winPlayed this 3 times in a row trying different approach with British. All three times ended in almost total annihilation of British force by end of turn 2( trying to make it behind the Germans). With red to hit and sun blindness, the Brits have a tough go.
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ActionDate
cinnabar Added a playing2023-06-04 00:28:06
Jplott94 Added a playing2023-04-21 16:26:56
tommyl Modified the gps location2022-08-22 02:13:21
sdedier Added a playing2022-07-30 19:28:09
Hutch Set the designer field2021-12-28 12:47:57
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.52Votes: 46
Views: 9871
To-Play list count: 9
Estimated Play time: 5 hours
Recorded Games: 32
Archive recorded plays:
British19
German12
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Blazin' Chariots [Confirmed]
[A] German 102
[D] British 86
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