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
51.485148514851%

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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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-06-06(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Gregg Patrick German win

(VASL Log)		FNF
2026-06-05(A) Douglas Leslie vs Neil Brunger German win

(VASL Log)		FNF game. I set up German tanks to the rear in case of a forward set up by the American coupled with their getting to fire first. As things transpired, the Germans got to move first. Early US fire was pretty demoralising but the Germans managed to get a foothold in the village and clear out the defenders to control four multi-hex buildings by turn three for the loss of one AFV. Fun game whose premise gives it replay value
2026-06-05(A) Michel Bongiovanni vs Paul Legg German winFriday night fight
2026-06-05(D) Paul Legg vs Michel Bongiovanni German win

(VASL Log)		Friday Night Fight - A fun scenario despite some poor dice rolling on my part. Michel gained control of 4 multihex buildings on turn 3 and set up to defend them well, leaving no holes.
2025-06-28(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Jarkko Autio American win
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2026-06-06 06:49:38
Paul Legg Added a playing2026-06-05 22:43:53
Michel Bongiovanni Added a playing2026-06-05 22:07:16
Dougban Added a playing2026-06-05 20:48:27
asloser Added a playing2025-06-29 16:04:32
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CASLO (Canadian ASL Open) XXI - May 2017Michael Dorosh
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PzKpfw IVJs in cold dawn
 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.81Votes: 26
Views: 7019
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 3 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
German14
American13
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
By Dawn's Early Light [Confirmed]
[A] German 38
[D] American 36
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