War of the Rats ETO (id:#56658)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Starter Kit #1 ID: S2)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: War of the Rats by Critical Hit
Designer: Ken Dunn & Brian Youse
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanRussian
51.158301158301%

Overview:

German tactics failed inside the confines of Stalingrad as the Russians were able to dig in and fight from every building. The confines of the city stifled manoeuvre, and German superiority in artillery, air power, and armor were rendered ineffective as the infantry of both sides intermingled while fighting for each block of the city. This was Rattenkrieg – the war of the rats.
Attacker: German (94th Infantry Division)
Defender: Russian (62nd Army/Ad Hoc "Shock Group")  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
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: German 5-4-8s have +2 Smoke Exponent; make smoke on dr of 4 or less.
Map Board(s): z
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-01-28(A) Irisson Olivier vs Noemie Russian winVery tense game, Russian victory thanks to a last turn counterattack after a bold German assault
2023-01-28(A) Irisson Olivier vs Noemie Russian winVery tense game, Russian victory thanks to a last turn counterattack after a bold German assault
2022-11-12(A) Jack Wilson vs Matt L. German winMatt played well for a new player. He had several terrible DRs that did not help.
2022-10-15(A) Bob McKenna vs Pierre Charboneau German winRussian set up defending the 3 victory locations. Germans swung right and left and took buildings. Rest of force burst up the middle. Finally took.the middle building after wounding a leader 2 times. Russians rallied and got relief force in turn 4. Took back right side building. Germans bum rushed the final building in the find part of Turn 6 and surrounded the relief column. Almost a Russian come back. Crazy extreme dice rolls made a see saw battle. Great game right up to the end. Never gave up..
2022-10-13(D) Patrick Bonner vs Self German winThe first time I played this, the Germans smeared the Russians. I did not use fire groups very wisely, and I was too hesitant to through the Russians into the German meat-grinder, which cost the Russians the game.

I played this one twice more, with one more German and finally a Russian victory. It was very close all play throughs.
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Olivier Added a playing2023-01-28 18:31:36
nephrendus Added a playing2023-01-02 00:07:04
Jwil2020 Added a playing2022-11-14 07:43:32
BobMcKenna1966 Added a playing2022-10-16 03:04:01
Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-10-10 11:54:34
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.79Votes: 282
Views: 24855
To-Play list count: 19
Estimated Play time: 3.3 hours
Recorded Games: 203
Archive recorded plays:
German103
Russian94
Drawn:3

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
War of the Rats [Confirmed]
[A] German 162
[D] Russian 159
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