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Monstir Gap ETO (id:#57953)
Heat of Battle (Waffen-SS II: The Fuhrer's Fireman ID: FF7)
Northern Greece 1941-04-11 (3 others)
NFNH 6: Yugo City (Waffen-SS III: Neither Fear Nor Hope)
DB038: Centauro on a Flank (Dispatches from the Bunker #17)
1: Easter at Tobruk CG (Easter at Tobruk PL 3.0)
Designer: HoB
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Balance:
German (SS)Greek / Australian
45.945945945946%

Overview:

"The failure of the Italians to suppress the Greeks forced Hitler to set loose his dogs, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Pouring through the Greek mountainside like floodwaters, the SS drove the mixed group of Greeks and BEF across the frontier. In a desperate act, General Wilson ordered a detachment to sacrifice themselves in a rear guard fight. Setting up defensive positions in the neck of 3,000 foot peeks bordered by rocky cliffs, the Allies waited for the brazen SS. .and then wrote their families one last time. ." The one and only time Australian soldiers faced SS troops.
Attacker: German (SS) (Aufklarungs Abteilung, 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler")
Defender: Greek / Australian (Rear guard of "Force W" and British reinforcements)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:1
SPW 251/sMG

D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
OML 2-in. Mortar
Wz. 35 7.9mm ATR
Boys ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Ov2. A: May freely Deploy at set up. MC2
Map Board(s): 2 3 15
Overlays: B1 Wd2
Errata (source)
The 447 and 436 SS counters should have an underlined Range indicating Spraying Fire.VFTT24
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-01-03(A) Scott Fischbein vs Oyvind Greek / Australian winOyvind had a solid defensive setup with some brutal firelanes in the valley, which tore up my advancing Germans pretty solidly. I had a couple of HS climb the hills on either side of the valley, but the rest of my units were funneled into the death zone and it didn't go well... Had barely progressed off the middle board by turn 5 and his reinforcements were already setup, and since it seemed impossible to take more ground against a superior force without losing more units, I conceded in turn 5. Solid gameplay and setup by Oyvind! Played this for the GOTM.
2021-01-03(D) Øyvind Jacobsen Bjørkås vs Scott Fischbein Greek / Australian win

(VASL Log)
Scott and I had a great game - thanks! My plan was to cover the valley with firelanes and residual FP, and having two units on the hill tops to try to stop any climbers. If I could get 6-7 CVPs it would be enough to have the British defent the T1 house, so the Greeks would only have to hold until the British arrived around the board edge. Scott didn't get any breaks from the dice - his halftrack immobilised and the firelanes were effective. He was just mopping up the Greek defense when the British reinforcements came to the rescue. The vlog is only from the first half of our game.
2020-12-19(D) walter mcwilliams vs Tom Kerney German (SS) winMy Greeks stood tall and delayed Tom far longer than either of us expected. He managed to get two squads around the allied right which the Australian reinforcements easily sealed off from reaching the VC hexes given the little time which was left. However, the one issue which plagued me the entire scenario was ineffective fire. No matter the negative, I couldn't even force Tom to roll even a lowly PTC. The only German unit KIA was the 1/2 track by the ATR and only two broke the entire game. The end came when the Allied right was wiped out in a single fire phase by ROF in which I failed 4 NMC/1MC in a row. Sadly this was a game I was in position to win but the dice really did me no favors.

Looking at the reviews here it looks like this is a game where if the Greeks stand strong and allow the Australians to enter relatively unmolested then the Allies have a chance of victory. Otherwise, the Australian force has to little leadership to mount an effective counterattack.
2020-12-18(A) Tom Kearney vs Walt McWilliams German (SS) winGreek morale held tough in the early stages of the battle, allowing them to slow the German advance. However, the superior firepower, range, and morale of the SS had them trickling through the gap as the British reinforcements arrived. A small SS flanking force had scaled the cliffs on the German right and got into the rear of the Allied line. The British dispatched a platoon (-) to slow this thrust but the entire element was broken by long range MG fire from the right side hill. The collapse of this British blocking force allowed the SS to complete their move into the Allied rear and secure a victory.
2020-12-08(A) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker Greek / Australian win

(VASL Log)
Tough on the Germans! Our understanding of the VC are that the Germans only get points for the road. Meanwhile they'll 'lose' points for losing the road & losing units. They have to face a fully concealed (poor) set of Greek defenders - who almost match the Germans in number, and they have the benefit of the cliff-side defence, in foxholes, defending open ground. The Germans finally take on the British, who again, have similar numbers to the now depleted Germans and have the luxury of the last turn without the need to worry about CVP losses - they can only gain points by taking the road and CC risks nothing for the Allies.

Tricky! Log file attached for those who want to see my poor attempt with the Germans..
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Stewart Modified the Title2021-01-24 12:43:26
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SGT Mac Added a playing2020-12-19 14:29:18
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Australia soldiers moving up to the mountains in Greece (Aus soldiers in greece.jpg)ImageKing Billy442
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VASL Log file (MonstirGap.vlog)VASL Game LogDave15
VASL Log file (monstir-.vlog)VASL Game Logoybj10
(monstir map.png)Map Imagehoxson1174
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.30Votes: 10
Views: 2182
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 3.7 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)3
Greek / Australian3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Monastir Gap [Confirmed]
[A] German 14
[D] British/Greek (Allied Minor) 17
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