Lenin's Sons ETO (id:#59651)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 7 ID: J103)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Lenin's Sons by Le Franc Tireur
Designer: Xavier Vitry
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)Russian
48.795180722892%

Overview:

To the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize the village of Yudinki, whose forward defense consisted of some of the finest Russian youth - the Lenin Cadets.
Attacker: German (SS) (Panzergrenadier Regiment Der Führer, Das Reich Division)
Defender: Russian (II Battalion, Lenin Cadets)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.5 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
50mm RM obr. 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Grain NOT in season; all buildings are wooden
Map Board(s): 42
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Hexes D-Z are playable LFT
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-04-22(D) Richard Jenulis vs Dave Ginned German (SS) winBitter Ender 2022 (Round 1).
2022-02-17(A) Dmitry Klyuykov vs Fedor Melnikov German (SS) winExcellent scenario for teaching basics of ASL infantry.

Germans slowly advanced through the woods milling Soviets squad by squad to reach the final shoot-out against Russian machinegunners in the last building. DC and flamethrower made the day.
2022-01-31(D) Alex Ashton vs Martin Barker German (SS) winExcellent Scenario for a newbie.
Germans came through the woods but made slow progress against a retreating Russian defence.
Game turned in German favour on a Russian heat of battle roll of 12. Loss of the squad to disruption resulted in the defensive line being overwhelmed by the Germans
Game went to the wire and was eventually won by the Germans on the last three close combat rolls all of which they won.
Despite losing I came away thinking this is why ASL is so great!
2021-09-26(A) Vic Lauterbach vs Ben Lootens German (SS) winBen's German juggernaut proved irresistible in this one. I needed some low DR kill shots from my MGs and didn't get them. Once the Germans exited the woods and pushed through the grain to close on the buildings, the 9-2 directed fire, DCs and FT were too much. CC was bloody but Germans can afford to trade MMC. In retrospect, I needed to place more fire lanes and do more skulking in the woods to keep a larger force in being that could fall back and hold out longer in the last building. Still a fun game!
2021-09-06(D) patrick palma vs Jay Dragonetti German (SS) win
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King Billy's AAR (view)Dave2006-10-07 09:22:09
The game past night was J103 Lenin's Sons, against Scott. I had, you guessed it, the Russians. I did not pick the Russians once. Three times out of four we rolled for sides, and one time my opponent asked if he could play the Germans. I am on holidays this week, and the games were at my house, so I could set up the scenario (taking the time to read all of the SSRs and victory conditions) and think about my setup, particularly the placement of the two half squads and the hero HIP. Scott attacked aggressively down the south edge, with some forces coming down the right. The hero and a half squad popped up in U1 on the first turn, and engaged three squads for most of the game, securing the north flank. The other half squad hid in T5 as hundreds of heavily armed SS troops rushed by. I revealed it later when two broken desperate squads stopped their rout in S6. Despite this interference Scott pushed on, and by the last turn had captured four of the victory buildings. I had fallen back to my last defence line, but it was very solid. Scott had no choice but to charge into a wall of fire and residual. Squad after squad broke, and in the end he had very little. He conceded before the advancing fire phase, but I pointed out that he could still obtain victory, so we played on. His advancing fire broke the only MMC in one building, allowing his 9-2 to advance in to close combat my commissar. The fanatic SS leader ambushed, and sent the commissar on his way. Unfortunately leaders cannot take possession of buildings by themselves. A half squad got into I3, but could not kill the contents. A CX squad got into D5, and was locked in melee. A wounded hero went CX to get into F3 against my squad and 8-1 leader, was ambushed, and killed.

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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.96Votes: 79
Views: 12551
To-Play list count: 12
Estimated Play time: 3.2 hours
Recorded Games: 55
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)26
Russian29
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Lenin's Sons [Confirmed]
[A] German 136
[D] Russian 141
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