The Last Roadblock ETO (id:#56444)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 3 ID: J 45)
See Also: The Last Roadblock by Multi-Man Publishing
Near Orneset, Norway 1940-05-28 ()
Designer: Philippe Naud
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanFrench / Norwegian
51.041666666667%

Overview:

On 24 May, faced with the deteriorating situation in France, the Allies decided to evacuate Norway. However, before the evacuation, the Anglo-French commanders wanted to retake Narvik. For that operation, the main attack would come from the north and be conducted by Lt.-Col. Magrin-Vernerrey's 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion. The unit was landed on Orneset Beach shortly before midnight on 28 May, achieving total surprise, overwhelming initial German resistance. The Franco-Norwegian second wave, however, landed under enemy gunfire. This delayed until 0430 the deployment of the detachment ordered to take Hill 457. The Legionnaires were to cover the attack by their allies. A company of Gebirgsjager launched a violent counterattack against the 2nd Company of the 13th Demi Brigade.
Attacker: German (1st Kompanie, 137th Gerbirgsjäger Regiment/Marine Kompanie Diest)
Defender: French / Norwegian (2ème Company, 13ème Demi-Brigade de la Légion Etrangère/ 11/15th Infantry Regiment/3ème Company, 13ème Demi-Brigade de la Légion Etrangère)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: French / Norwegian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:21.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:1
8cm GrW 34
5cm leGrW 36
D:1
Mortier de 81 mle 27/31

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Alpine Hills, Mud, Building 9EE3-EE4 does not exist.
Map Board(s): 9 18
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-03-27(D) Shane Pask vs French / Norwegian winGermans conceded turn 3. The dice were against them and their tactics were wrong. Their turn 1 reinforcements are the key and they sent their best leader to board 18 after the buildings. By turn 3 they had only 1 second line squad left on the hill.
2017-09-11(A) Jeff B vs Tom Arnold French / Norwegian winPlayed Tom for the CyberVASL VI tournament final and Tom suggested this gem. Even though the league is generally played PBEM we decided to play it live. Things went quite smoothly for me in the early going as I had the high ground and took very few shots, opting to try and keep as much concealment as possible. The only hiccup was a French squad/MMG in U9, who continued to be a major PITA for me the remainder of the game. I had chosen to set my mortar up back on the Level 4 hill out of LOS of his deadly mortar, while the rest of my men used the alpine hills to their advantage and stayed out of sight as well. This relegated it to nothing more than a smoke machine, which neither of us realized was possible in the muddy conditions until later. Thankfully I caught this nuance after only one smoke charge had been laid and we promptly removed it with little effect on the gameplay. His OBA proved to be a major turning point in the battle. Not having to roll for radio access was a big plus. It devastated my eastern flank. Unfortunately we had also forgotten about the +1 TEM afforded by the mud for this, but the only change that would've made would've been a pinned HS rather than a broken one; not a huge deal. Once it wreaked its havoc there he shifted it over to the big hill and it continued its destruction. Meanwhile his men were making their way up the western side and were about to end my days of skulking freely. I had a small force in the northeast whose task was to take some buildings if they could, but the Allies kept just enough of a guarding force to prevent that from happening. I also didn't realize until late in the game that the 5 Level 3 hill hexes in the east didn't count. Read those VCs and SSRs! Although Tom played well as usual, what really failed me in the end were the dice. My men failed MCs left and right while the Allies shrugged off 1 MCs without a problem. I don't believe either my mortar or HMG had ROF once, and if they did it was with no effect. I made a desperate last push to try and retake a little ground on my last turn but was unable to grab even one more hill. So the final tally going into the last half turn was 14:12. Great scenario that I would gladly play again.
2017-06-24(A) Paul Works vs John Garlic French / Norwegian win2017 Texas ASL Tournament. I set an MMG stack up where it was out of LOS from the Norwegians; problem was it could not inhibit their advance either... He got a tight LOS shot vs. one of my stacks moving in the open to attempt to reinforce my hilltop defense; broke the stack that never really recovered - that will teach me.
2016-06-25(A) Paul Works vs Chris Kubick In progress2016 Texas ASL Tournament.
2013-08-27(A) Andy Beaton vs Will Willow German winHad some very good dice, and managed to roll up the left flank of the Allied attack. A few mortar critical hits and HMG KIAs got me to 23 CVP by turn 4, when Will conceded.
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Estimated Play time: 5.6 hours
Recorded Games: 10
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The Last Roadblock [Confirmed]
[A] German 44
[D] French/Norwegian 43
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