By Dawn's Early Light WTO (id:#61224)
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Hemroulle, Belgium 1944-12-25 ()
Designer: Philippe Naud
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanAmerican
50%

Overview:

On December 20th, 1944, the Germans encircled the Bastogne garrison and began the siege of the small town in the Ardennes region. The garrison had little chance to defend itself against such a resolute enemy who, eventhough they lacked adequate supply, did receive a massive airdrop on the 23rd and knew that Patton’s 3rd Army vanguard was closing from the south. After the refusal of surrender offered by the Germans, the Germans prepared an attack supported by a kampfgruppe from the 15th Panzer Division. On December 25th the attack began at dawn, in the vicinity of the town of Champs, and was carried out by units of the 26th Volksgrenadier-Division.
Attacker: German (PanzerAbteilung 15 and PanzerGrenadierRegiment 15)
Defender: American (463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion)  
4 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw IVJ x 3
StuG IIIG (L) x 2

AFVs: D:2
M4A3
M18 GMC

Guns: A:0 D:2
M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Ground Snow, Mist. All units have Winter Camo, Prisoner Interrogation
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-28(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Jarkko Autio American win
2024-10-27(A) nathan wegener vs Wes Vaughn German winSimultaneous setup and random first move make this an interesting and unique situation. Only 4 turns for the German so they need to be aggressive. Our game was the last one in a long weekend of ASL so both sides made a few mistakes. My attack was blessed as the early American shots weren't effective allowing the Germans to get a toehold on three close buildings. The Germans need to use their smoke assets and snoogie-power to extend their force capability. Our game went down to the last dice roll of the 4th turn. I was able to get a successful 4:1 CC attack on a sole remaining US leader in the 4th building to secure the win. Definitely replayable for both sides.
2024-10-11(D) Michael Rodgers vs Pete Mudge American win2 hrsThis is the meatiest four turn scenario I have ever seen. I had better than average dice to help me win. Can you believe 3 canister shots from the two guns (having a C4) before they had none?
2023-03-27(A) manzoli andrea vs Galletto German win
2023-03-27(D) Savo Barbero vs Opponent Aanonymous German win[Imported from ROAR]
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CASLO (Canadian ASL Open) XXI - May 2017Michael Dorosh
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PzKpfw IVJs in cold dawn
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.68Votes: 22
Views: 5707
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3 hours
Recorded Games: 22
Archive recorded plays:
German10
American12
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
By Dawn's Early Light [Confirmed]
[A] German 37
[D] American 35
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