Rage Against the Machine ETO (id:#61661)
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Courland Pocket, Latvia 1944-12-21 ()
KGP 2: Festung St. Edouard (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 3: Panthers in the Mist (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 4: Chapelle Ste. Anne (HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I)
KGP 7: The Bridge at Cheneux (HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II)
T11: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (AH:The General # 28.2)
NEWS20: Trojan Horses (ASL News # 12)
NEWS39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (ASL News # 22)
SC9: Sudden Full Contact (Devils in the Woods)
SC13: At the Crossroads (Devils in the Woods)
SC14: Repulsed (Devils in the Woods)
SC15: Mize Tries Again (Devils in the Woods)
EP20: Trojan Horses (Euro-Pack II - The Bulge)
OAF3: Peiper's Sledgehammer (OAF Pack 1)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Paddington Bears '96 Pack)
RP3-8: Another Damn Bridge (Rout Pak III)
ASL News 39: Sauve Qui Peut! (Lord Help Us) (Scroungin' ASL News)
SC1: Probing for the Bridge (Sudden Full Contact)
SC2: Grabbing Some Houses (Sudden Full Contact)
BdF 2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture)
BdF 3: The Volksgrenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture)
O65.1: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (On All Fronts # 65)
O100.1: A Bridge for Panthers (On All Fronts #100)
PBP 6: Raw Deal (Aussie `96 Pack)
SP2: Holding the Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt # 1)
SP53: Thorne In Your Side (Schwerpunkt # 5: Medal of Honor)
95-1: Holding The Hotton Bridge (Schwerpunkt 1995 Tournament Scenarios)
BdF#2: Parker's Last Stand (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
BdF#3: The Volksgenadiers Try Again (Baraque de Fraiture (2nd Edition))
VB2: Probing for Hotton Bridge (Volfoni Brothers Pack)
RetroPak#3: Vandervoort's Stand (Retro Pak I)
RetroPak#16: East of Trois-Ponts (Retro Pak II)
J142: Penny Packets (ASL Journal # 9)
DD # 1: Sudden Full Contact (Darkest December)
DD # 2: Probing For The Bridge (Darkest December)
DD # 3: At The Crossroads (Darkest December)
DD # 4: Grabbing Some Houses (Darkest December)
DD # 5: Repulsed (Darkest December)
DD # 6: Mize Tries Again (Darkest December)
BP1 #3: Skorzeny's Crossroads (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #9: Hansen's Push (Battle of the Bulge I)
BP1 #11: Warche Tomfoolery (Battle of the Bulge I)
#6: Hitler's Right Hand Man (Major Upham Battle Pack)
S16-6: Dom Butgenbach (Sweet 16 4-Pack 2)
ASL WO17: Poteau Party (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015)
194: The Attempt to Relieve Peiper (ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition))
S16-11: Fog Shrouded Crossroads (Sweet 16 4-Pack 3)
T-TERROR #30: Faux Panthers (Teutonic Terror 4)
T-TERROR #31: East Of Trois Ponts (Teutonic Terror 4)
: Christmas Presents (SAGA 1992)
NY#3: East of Trois-Ponts (Purple Heart)
NY#4: Foggy Notions (Purple Heart)
Designer: Chris Mazzei and Peter Struijf
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
RussianGerman
50.980392156863%

Overview:

For nearly one month, heavy rain and mud had prevented further Russian offensives against the German army trapped in the Courland pocket. When a sudden heavy frost returned the roads to passable conditions in mid-December, a forbidding atmosphere of expectation swept over the defenders. In the front line near Stedini, Leutnant Biderman was part of Kampfgruppe Zoll defending a key road junction towards Liepaja. On 21 December, a massive bombardment swept over their lines, then moved to continue pounding their flanks. Bidermann caught sight of several landsers running past in panic, rasping "Panzer! Panzer!" Near company HQ, he found an anti-tank unit frantically preparing its panzerfausts for close combat. Grabbing one of the long gray-green tubes, he shouted "Come on! Let's go! They're coming!"
Attacker: Russian (Elements of 1st Baltic Front and 19th Tank Corps)
Defender: German (Kampfgruppe Zoll, Infanterie-Division 132 and Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912, Panzer-Division12)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:8
ISU-122 x 3
ISU-152 x 3
T-34/85 x 2

AFVs: D:3
StuG IIIG (L)
JgdPz IV(L) x 2

Guns: A:0 D:1
7.5cm PaK 40

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Treat Grain as Brush
Map Board(s): 3a 40 42
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2021-08-09(D) Indy Lagu vs Alan Hildebrandt German winOur game was like Dave Mareske's. Alan's Russian infantry were a bit too cautious, imho.
His tanks were a bit too aggressive. I was able to get my reinforcements into good positions
before the Russians were close.

Unlike Mr. Mareske, I had good fortune with my PF, and took out 4 AFV with them.
One AFV fell to the PSK, and one to the StuG.

Alan's attack was a bit scattered. The bulk of his force on the northern side, and a
small force on the south.

Alan rated this game lower than I did (he put it at average). We are going to switch sides
and try again.

It's certainly worth a play.
2021-08-02(D) Dave Mareske vs Dennis Dowd German winA cautious advance by the Russians enabled the Germans to fall back in good order with a few delay tactics. None of the PF ever hit (it is one of my curses!), but my SP and AT guns were able to secure many hits and few kills on the superior armored Russian tanks.
2021-06-26(A) Rich Weiley vs Dave Wallace German winI felt I was behind pretty early in this game as the German sniper eliminated the 8-1 in my first movement phase, the two squads stacked with him failed their LLTCs and never got back into the game. I pressed on and made some headway but around turn 4 suffered a further setback when the sniper struck again to eliminate the 7-0 and the 9-1 was wounded following a 12 on a self rally roll. I played through my turn 5 but midway through the German turn it became clear I lacked enough good order infantry to win.
2021-06-02(D) David Ramsey vs Martin Barker Russian winCame down to the last CC but in truth a good start for the Russians meant that even with some lucky dice at the end the Germans couldn't stand up to the onslaught.

As featured on IR 46.
2020-09-01(A) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger German winClose but no cigar. I concentrated my attack in the centre and south, making steady progress and keeping most of my armour intact (less one ISU-122). Germans didn't bother with the bridge so I took that easily, then closed in on their HQ building. My mistake was not keeping in mind that this is a rowhouse, hence that I needed to take both ground level locations before moving upstairs. What I should have done was used my DC to blow holes in the walls ("you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"), which would have made it easier to take. As it was I just fell short - really good scenario though.
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-09-28 13:10:24
Indy Lagu Added a playing2021-08-10 17:08:44
dmareske Added a playing2021-08-02 20:17:28
Rich Weiley Added a playing2021-06-29 09:06:38
Dave Added a playing2021-06-07 19:56:11
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.70Votes: 57
Views: 4744
To-Play list count: 14
Estimated Play time: 7.5 hours
Recorded Games: 44
Archive recorded plays:
Russian13
German30
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Rage Against the Machine [Confirmed]
[A] German 91
[D] Russian 70
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