The Ring ETO (id:#56223)
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Designer: Pat Jonke
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Balance:
RussianGerman
59.036144578313%

Overview:

With the final Soviet offensive pushing into the German capital, the war in the east was drawing to its conclusion. Soviet attacks in other sectors along the front were designed to keep German units pinned down, preventing them from reinforcing the battle for Berlin. The Red Army made penetrations everywhere along the front, and numerous German units found themselves surrounded and cut off. In the small town of Niesky, a garrison of the once-proud Brandenburg Division was in dire straits. Strong Soviet forces ringed the town, applying steady pressure against the beleaguered Germans. On the 20th of April, the Red Army attempted to take Niesky from its veteran defenders.
Attacker: Russian (1st Guards Cavalry Division, 245th Rifle Division, 82nd Soviet Army, 3rd Guards Tank Army)
Defender: German (Panzerjäger Regiment 1, Sturmpionier Bataillon, Pnzergrenadier Division Brandenburg)  
12 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Russian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:40.0 D:18.5
AFVs: A:9
SU-122 x 3
T-34/85 x 6
Horse x 12

AFVs: D:4
PzKpfw VG
PzA III/IV Hummel SPA
PzA II Wespe SPA x 2
SdKfz 11
Opel Blitz x 3

Guns: A:0
50mm RM obr. 40 x 2
D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: MOL (A22.6), Secret designation of entry points. NQ (A20.3)
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
In line 2 of the Victory Conditions change “3 CVP” to “5 CVP”.MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-02(A) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske German win
2024-12-28(D) S. Slunt vs Tim Osborne German winThe Russians got pinned down from so very accurate HMG fire with the direction of the 10-2. The Russian finally conceded During the German Turn 7 Prep fire when the 5th T-35 was turned into a burning wreck. The Germans were is full control of all of the buildings and were posed to get 20VP off the map edge on Turn 8
2022-08-22(D) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin Duval Russian win
2022-08-21(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval Russian winLots of good action. Germans held out fairly well until Turn 10 entry of the SU-122's that helped break the will of the final defenders.
2022-06-22(A) Scott Sherer vs Jeff B Russian winClassic ASL slugfest with quite a bit of strategy on each side. As Jeff points out, we both made considerable tactical (and rule) mistakes, but my biggest best choice was brining in the infantry group in from the bottom on Turn 4. The Russians lost a lot (and I mean a lot) of men, but in classic Russian style with no CVP they just continued to pound away at the German positions, eventually wearing them down considerably. But to Jeff's point, my incredibly lucky CH to eliminate the Tiger gave the Russians the advantage which the Germans could not overcome. Great fun!
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Danno Added a playing2025-06-03 01:13:49
slunts Added a playing2024-12-28 19:40:37
aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-10-06 12:12:54
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-05 17:13:42
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-07-26 17:45:22
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.60Votes: 25
Views: 10519
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 23.3 hours
Recorded Games: 18
Archive recorded plays:
Russian10
German8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
The Ring [Confirmed]
[A] Russian 39
[D] German 26
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