End of the Ninth ETO (id:#56041)
Avalon Hill (ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ID: 76)
See Also: End of the Ninth by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Pat Jonke
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Balance:
GermanFrench
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Overview:

The French command reacted slowly to Rommel’s breakthrough at Avesnes. Taking advantage of the sluggish French reaction, the Germans refueled and rearmed their Panzers and on May 18th they advanced toward Le Catelet. Colonel Veron, given the task of defending the indefensible, prepared the small village garrison and the 9th Army’s headquarters staff to meet the expected German thrust. In the middle of the day, French recon units spotted their German counterparts advancing on Le Catelet from the north. A group of Panhard armored cars fought back against the lead units even as German infantry moved into position for an assault on the headquarters in the town hall. . .
Attacker: German (Aufklärungs Abteilung 57 / Kampfgruppe von Ravenstein, Panzer Division 6)
Defender: French (Gardes Mobiles / 9ème Armée HQ / 6ème Cuirassiers, 1ère Division Légère Mécanique)  
9 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: German     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:8
PSW 231(8 rad) x 6
SPW 251/1
SPW 251/sMG

D:4
AMD 35 x 4

Guns: A:0
7.92 PzB 39 ATR x 2
D:1
Canon de 37 mle 16 TR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Ov1. A: No Sniper until Turn 3 w D: may not exit before Turn 8
Map Board(s): 17 41
Overlays: St3
Errata (source)
The French armored cars should not have AAMGs.MMP
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-05-09(A) Rob MacGinley vs Joe Marranca French winI seemed to have a nice beginning and rolled the French armour and inf but unable to deliver on the crossroads at the end and run out of puff
2020-11-16(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval French winUsed German balance. All German AFV's were quickly dispatched with good bore sighting which left their infantry hard pressed to make any real head-way.
2020-11-16(A) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval French winUsed German balance. The Germans stumbled straight into a well placed trap, which left their infantry units forced to try to complete their objective with all of their AFV destroyed behind them. The uncoordinated effort to make up for those early losses just added insult to injury until the attack ran out of manpower by the top of Turn 7 with no real gains by that point. The "End of the ninth" was nowhere to be seen.
2020-07-16(A) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske French win
2020-02-06(D) Jeff B vs Magnus Rimvall French winThis is certainly a strange scenario. A bunch of French leaders assisted by a few green squads and four ACs have to either hold the Germans out of a key building, or make ready for a late-game exit. The French do have a fair amount of MGs (as they typically always seem to), but it is extremely risky giving these to the inexperienced squads. So I chose to fully man them with two leaders apiece and hide out near the goal line, leaving the key building entirely undefended. I would use my ACs to initially slow a bum rush by the German Pumas, and then reposition them to provide cover for my fleeing leaders. Not a lot of action the first four turns, as he mostly just took some RBF shots with his Pumas to try and expose my entirely HIP force. I did manage to double team one of his Pumas on the western hill and knock him out on Turn 2, and then went hunting another sole Puma on Turn 4, knocking him out as well. He finally exposed one of my hidden squads on Turn 6 with a scouting HS. There would be more to shortly follow as the French finally starting shooting, eliminating three German HS that turn. Turn 7 took its toll on the French however as the Germans aggressively VBM froze them to allow their infantry a chance to move up. The Germans lost another Puma and a HT, but the French lost three squads, and had almost half their leaders and the INF crew tied up in melee with a German HT after a completely bungled CC attempt. I thought for sure this would cost the French the game when they lost four leaders due to this botched job, but thankfully they had created another 8-1 in CC. On Turn 8, their first allowed to exit units, the French got four leaders worth 6 VP off the board. They would've exited another two worth 4 VP more, but a French leader worth 2 VP was being held captive and would prevent an exit victory. Thus the remaining two free French leaders, assisted by two of their ACs, made a run for the unoccupied victory building to try and hold out one more turn. They managed to run the gauntlet and survive German OBA, only to see a tremendous onslaught of the Germans the following turn. Thankfully for the French the Germans would first have to deal with the blocking French ACs. This they managed to do, and also pinned the French 9-2. This made the French prospect of breaking one of the leaders and routing back a hex to ensure a victory dicey, having to rely on the 8-0 to rally back the broken 9-2 during the last RPh. But since this was their only real hope of surviving another DFPh they did so. Thankfully for them the 8-0 did his job, rallying back the 9-2 and giving them a final tally of 14 VP. An interesting scenario to play once, but I certainly would not want to play it again.
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Estimated Play time: 8.3 hours
Recorded Games: 12
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ROAR Data: (as of April 2021)
End of the Ninth [Confirmed]
[A] French 63
[D] German 34
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