Clash at Borisovka ETO (id:#59882)
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Designer: Kevin Meyer
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Balance:
RussianGerman
55.665024630542%

Overview:

The German offensive to retake Kharkov put the Russian Voronezh Front in disarray. Shortages of fuel and ammo hampered the Russians. The siutation got worse on March 13th when the Grossdeutschland Division attacked north of Kharkov along the seam between the 40th and 69th Armies. Penetrating deep into the Russian lines, the armored elements, including a company of Tigers, turned northeast in the direction of Tomarovka. The Russian command committed the 3rd Guards Tank Corps to slow down the German advance.
Attacker: Russian (3rd Guards Tank Corps)
Defender: German (Panzer Regiment, Grossdeutschland Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:0.0 D:0.0
AFVs: A:10
T-34 M43 x 4
T-34 M41 x 6

D:6
PzKpfw VIE x 2
PzKpfw IVF2 x 4

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: None.
Map Board(s): t v
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-06-25(D) Jim Liang vs Craig Renier Russian win
2022-05-18(D) Jack Wilson vs Ken Walsh German winKen and I switched sides and played again. Having learned a little from my failed effort with the Russians, Ken tried to move rapidly and avoid getting into a slugfest. Halfway through turn two it looked like he was going to pull it off: I had one PzIV wrecked, one immobile, and another under UK. Add to that his almost impossible shot that immobilized one of my Tigers., and the German tank force was almost kaput. On my side of the leger, I had knocked out only one T-34.
However, in my half of turn two, I was able to knock out three more T-34s, followed by two more in his half of turn three. By that point, he had exited three T-34s, and knocked out two of my PZIVs, while I had knocked out six T-34s. That left him with one functioning T-34 still on the board that would have needed to kill at least one tank and survive to exit the board. Chances: slim to none.
I wish I could say it was my superior tank maneuvers that was the key to victory, but actually my deadliest tank was the Tiger that got immobilized on turn two: it went onto singlehandedly destroy four tanks on its own. Behold the power of the Big Cat!
Though the armor rules are certainly involved (read: complicated), they do an excellent job of giving a fairly accurate representation of WW2 armor combat.
Fun scenario. Highly recommend any new player NOT to skip this one.
2022-05-11(A) Jack Wilson vs Ken Walsh German winExcellent armor training scenario. With an all-AFV OB it allows both players to focus exclusively on the armor rules. The Archive says this is an almost perfectly balanced scenario, but Ken and I found it to be tilted toward the Germans. Which, btw, is confirmed by ROAR.
The Russians have a 10-6 edge in tanks, but the Germans have two Tigers. The Russians have the burden of attack, and they win by killing more tanks than they lose- with each tank exited being counted as a destroyed German tank.
So, the Russian is faced with either hoping to win a stand-up tank duel (doable vs. the PzIVF2s, but ill-advised vs. the Tigers); or running the gauntlet of fire to exit more vehicles than the Germans can kill; or a combination of both.
I attempted the third option: I tried exchanging some fire with the PzIVs, while avoiding the Tigers, then made a run for the exit when it looked like there was an opening.
End result: by the end of turn three I had so many wrecked tanks that meeting the VC was pretty much impossible.
More comments on the next play above.
2021-11-30(D) Dan Grabski vs Jean-Yves Tessier German winFinished in two turns thanks to a lot of good rolls on the German side. Scenario seems very "brittle" - there doesn't seem to be much chance for the Russians if the Germans get a few good rolls. Between the Germans getting to all try for APCR and the Russians not having smoke, it's really tough going for the Russians.
2021-11-27(D) David Garvin vs Gary Olson In progress
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Estimated Play time: 3.2 hours
Recorded Games: 86
Archive recorded plays:
Russian41
German43
Drawn:1

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Clash at Borisovka [Confirmed]
[A] German 72
[D] Russian 47
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