Aiding the Local Constabulary (3 player) DTO (id:#62614)
(ASL Journal #11 ID: J164)
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia 1941-03-29 ()
Designer: Martin Hubley and Peter Struijf
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The days of Africa Orientale Italiana were finally coming to a close in Abyssinia, as South African and Nigerian forces continued a now largely-unopposed advance to Addis Ababa. Italian colonial forces were deserting and surrendering en masse, in embarrassing numbers. On the evening of 28 March, elements of two battalions of the XVII Colonial Brigade began to mutiny.
Attacker: Italian / South African (Dire Dawa Colonial police Garrison with Assistant Governor and Escorting Police and 1st Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, 1st South African Infantry Brigade Group)
Defender: Italian (Mutineers) (XL Battaglione Fanteria Coloniale, XVII Brigata Coloniale, Africa Orientale Italiana)  
5 turns
    Players: 3     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:21.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:6
Fiat 611B x 2
Marmon-Herr. II ME
Carrier A
Carrier C
Carrier 2" MTR
Fiat 508 MC
Autocarro Leggero
15-cwt Truck x 3
30-cwt Lorry x 2

D:0
Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar
D:0
LG de 50 mle 37(f)
Fucile-cc 35(P)

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Treat river as Level -1 OG. Grain is in Season. Three player
Map Board(s): 3a 40
Overlays: O2 X8 X13 X15
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DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-01-16(D) Dave Mareske vs Paul Works/Dan Best Italian (Mutineers) winGreat 3-Player game, which came down to the last turn, but flames and SMOKE prevented the South Africans from getting into the needed buildings. The Italians were whittled down to a good order half squad which ended up holding onto a building. Dave won as the Mutineers, Paul lost as the South Africans, Dan lost as the Italians.
2021-04-10(D) Ric Hammond vs Jim Aikens/Fen Yan Italian / South African winFrom Jim Aikens report:
And at Fen Yan's suggestion, he, Ric Hammond and I teamed up for "Aiding the Local Constabulary", one of only a couple official 3-player scenarios.

This scenario shows the Italians significantly disadvantaged in the 3-player version. So much so, we decided to forego the regular balance (add a Hero), and bumped the Italian reinforcement group by a full elite squad. The dice gave me the Italians, Ric the Mutineers and Fen the South Africans. I've played this one a couple of times, and thought it was a hoot. This playing did not disappoint. The revised balance seemed to do the trick: our game was razor close from beginning to end. On the final player turn, all three sides were within 1 VP. In the end, my Italians pulled out a win, but it took rolling snakes, and ace-duce on my last two CC's in the final player turn to pull it out. This game really could have gone to any of us, depending on a single change to any number of dice rolls. My dice were red hot for the first 3 turns, particularly in CC; I won all eight CC's I went into during the game, mostly at 1-1 or 1-2 odds.

We all had a good time with this one. Just give the Italians our enhanced balanced, and it will be a great game for all.
2020-01-18(A) walter mcwilliams vs Italian / South African winPlayed this a WO20 with some friends and it was great fun.
2019-10-19(D) Vic Lauterbach vs Ben Lootens & Renato Ventura Italian / South African winThis one was a hoot! I took the weakest side but enjoyed every minute of it. Carriers and armored cars driving around, and lots of LR and low FP shots make for a wild little battle. If you're looking for a truly innovative and unusual ASL experience, play this one!
2019-09-28(D) Richard Jenulis vs Ryan Wolk Italian / South African winWith Charles Watson as the South Africans.
Italians evicted the mutineers out of the town early and held for the win.
Mutineers held the railroad station and obliterated Italian reinforcements for a second place finish.
SA pushed hard agains the rail station and became bogged down, token attack against the village made no headway.
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RandyT0001 Modified the misc. rules2022-01-18 17:26:46
dmareske Added a playing2022-01-16 22:41:16
Hutch Modified the unit counts2022-01-04 12:52:44
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2022-01-04 12:52:44
Hutch Modified the unit counts2021-12-30 17:35:15
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Estimated Play time: 5.6 hours
Recorded Games: 15
Archive recorded plays:
Italian / South African 11
Italian (Mutineers)2
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