Date | Reporter | | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Comments |
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2023-11-23 | (D) Andy Bagley | vs | Mike Grogan | | French win | The Germans launched their infantry towards the north with their tanks further south, but quickly ran into trouble with two tanks malf'ing their MA early on, then rolled 6's on subsequent repair attempts. I brought my Armoured Cars on to the south behind his tanks, but thought the luck had evened out when both were Shocked by lucky hits. Fortunately however they recovered, which left two remaining German tanks caught between these armoured cars and my crew with the 37mm Inf gun which refused to break despite numerous shots against it. Meanwhile the German infantry was unable to make sufficient headway against my line of defenders in hexrow J, and the Germans surrendered on turn 3 when it was evident their losses were too great. |
2023-11-05 | (A) X von Marwitz | vs | Georges Tournemire | | French win | Played this as the Germans in Round 5 and the Final of GRENADIER 2023.
My opponent was Georges Tournemire, ranking 8th in the world and some 500 points above me in the ASL player-ratings...
The initial approach to the village was already hazardous for my Germans. I did one stupid move which was promptly punished by a KIA on a squad. The nefarious 37 SW-Gun killed one of the Pz Is, and it looked for a while that I would fail even reaching the village.
I figured, as I got punished outside the village with my armor, the 'safest' place for it might be within it. So on the German right, I moved one Pz II and two Pz Is into the village pressing the French hard, where they had no AT assets. On my left, my Germans were held up, but at least they could hinder the French from shifting Infantry from left to right without taking risks.
Both sides had some good and bad rolls, the French malfing their most dangerous 37 SW-Gun just as my tanks were passing into the village and my Germans despatching one of his scout cars with an LMG firing to kill. On the other hand, I malfed the MA of one of my Pz IIs and did not manage to break one very important French 457 squads within the village until with the 5th (!) 16FP attack.
My tanks had cornered a French squad in the village, eliminating it for FtR and were about to do the same to another one + Leader, when the said squad rolled HoB on its MC and turned Berserk. Gah! At this point, the game begin to turn, as the Berserker was very hard to stop in a scenario with not too much firepower around. The French created a Hero in another HoB roll, just when I thought I had broken another important squad.
These 'new' French assets now began wreaking havoc where I had no forces within the village to spare, as Georges had diligently kept a broken German 467+LMG under DM. His Berserker counterattacked and eliminated a Germans HS in CC, taking back control of a captured building while I had shortly before hoped that very HS to be the Guard of that surrendering French squad turned Berserk. His hero messed up my broken 467+LMG. The game was decided, when his remaining AC (with the AL) used non-platoon movement, circled around one of my Pz I (which managed to SMOKE itself), carried on and stopped to fire at and kill the other Pz I turning it into a Burning Wreck while threatening the SMOKEed Pz I in my upcoming turn.
Said remaining Pz I tried to extricate itself by driving through the French AC hex and then exiting to the rear. To no avail, as the AC turned the turret to hit and burn it nevertheless.
At that point, the VP gained by the French were boosted by the German AFV losses and my position within the village weakened so much that a German success was all but impossible.
It was a fun game and I was content as I did not get walked over by my most capable opponent.
So I conceded to gratulate Georges to the win of the tournament. |
2023-10-06 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | | | French win | |
2023-09-30 | (A) Pascal Boileau | vs | Alex Rouslac | | German win | A pleasant scenario. Initially, the German lost 2 AFV and 2 were malfunctioned giving an edge to the French. At mid-game, The 2 French AC were (luckily) destroyed and the issue became clearly uncertain. During the two last turns, a German breakthrough in the North gave them a slight advantage over the French. The issue was finally decided by a small margin of 2 VP giving the victory to the Germans. Overall, it was really a close game... |
2022-03-25 | (D) Michael Rodgers | vs | Ron Duenskie | | German win | Germans didn't need all the turns. |
2021-10-24 | (D) Simon Staniforth | vs | | | German win | Not helped by malfing the 37mm and AMD MA / CMG Germans proved too strong with zero AFV casualties which the French really need to help swing the CVP in their favour |
2021-01-30 | (D) Stephen dedier | vs | Andrew Shuck | | French win | Andrew attempted to push hard through the grain field on the French Left while positioning his PzIIAs and some infantry along the road to guard against the oncoming French AC's
This presented a rear shot on a PzII to the 37* which took it out and one of the IIAs and one of the IIBs malfed its MA. This let the French AC's do a charge on the IIBs risking frontal shots with their 2AF. At the end of Turn 1 the Germans had lost 1x IIA, 1x IIB and both other IIB had malfed MA. This stalled the German assault for a critical turn and at the end of turn 2, the Germans only had one operational IIA and it had malfed MA. This let the French basically harass with the ACs and absorb the attack with a smaller number of units while the rest held concealment. My dummies also did their job much better than expected stalling Germans in 2 areas (well because Andrew's IFT rolls were terrible).
French were significantly aided by a large # of 4s on IFT, TH and TK rolls. |
2021-01-26 | (D) Jeff Waldon | vs | Rich Jenulis | | German win | VASL- Atlanta ASL |
2021-01-26 | (A) Richard Jenulis | vs | Jeff Waldon | | German win | The Germans suffered three AFV kills and another under recall, but took all the buildings and 18VP of French prisoners for the win. At the end game the only French unit still in play was an immobilized armored car. The French 37* INF broke on its first shot and never repair for a bit of luck for the Germans. |
2017-11-02 | (A) X von Marwitz | vs | Bruno Nitrosso | | German win | The first scenario of two of a themed mini tournament of early war Germans vs. the French, this time, I played the attacking Germans.
The early moves of my Infantry & Motorcyclists were met with fierce resistance by the French which led to some losses and breaks. This proved to be the theme of the game: My Germans were always short of infantry. I moved the tanks with caution rather than dash to preserve them as good as I could, especially, since the lack of infantry would not have sufficed to cover armored exploits.
The French ACs moved in from the back and took up a good position centrally in the village. Generally, the French infantry succeeded pretty well falling back in good order in the beginning. While my original plan was to set my Schwerpunkt on the German right side, I turned out to concentrate in the center. From there, I gained the first foothold in the middle outskirts of it. Because the French ACs were within the village, I was able to shift my tanks to the left in an effort to take out the French flank there and to seperate that part of the village from the rest. Again, there were some setbacks of my infantry which did not appear to manage anything.
The tanks firing Point Blank did begin to tell, though. And in the center of the village, I was slowly making some progress. Then the French ACs managed to take out two Germans tanks. At this point, I had not much confidence in bringing this home. But at long last, on the German left, the French infantry was cleared and Landsers grinding forward from house to house. Meanwhile the French had successfully retreated behind the road within the village.
The 4th German turn brought about the change. I was able to corner two French squads freezing them and afterwards to close in with German Infantry. Both French squads broke and the chivalrous Germans happily accepted the Prisoners as a welcome CVP increase. At long last, a German hero with the ATR succeeded in taking out one of the AC's after something like half a dozen attempts. During the French turn 4, the French retaliated in eliminating a PzI, but the could not harm the German infantry.
The last German half-turn allowed me to grab four more buildings and to extract one PzI by reverse moving out of harm's way. Still, CVP & buildings were in French favor. In preparation for the last CCPh, I had to dash some German infantry across a road hoping to have some reserves to attempt their PAATCs vs. the surviving French AC. The outcome would hinge on its survival or demise. The German squad broke, the Prisoners were CR'ed which luckily counts still in favor of the Germans.
Fortunately, that AC had been shocked before. A 9-1, 467+Prisoners, and a HS+Prisoners (IIRC) all made their PAATCs. They just managed to kill the AC, which also held the French AL. At first we calculated that both the French and the Germans would have 27VP. Then, we remembered, that eliminated own Prisoners by the French still count double for the Germans, turning it into a German win for me by the barest of margins. A hell of a game! |
2017-11-01 | (D) X von Marwitz | vs | Sebastian Hummel | | French win | Set in 1940, the Germans need to inflict more CVP than the French while each captured buildings also earn VP. The Germans have a quick force of some early PzII's and PzI's that are supported by Kradschützen on Motorcycles and Sidecars. The terrain arcoss which they have to approach gives some cover by grain and brush but there are not many places of Rally terrain. The French only have modest AT capabilites consisting of an LMG, an ATR, and a not to be underestimated 37* SW INF Gun. As best the German AFV have to offer is an AF of 1, they cannot be careless because losing tanks ist costly. The French on top will receive two radioless AMD 35 Armored Cars with one 8-1AL which are quite potent in the given context. As a special balance, the French were given a 6th 4-5-7 Squad.
I played the French in this one in a friendly game as a preparation for a mini tournament the following day. All in all the resume is that I diced the living hell out of my poor opponent. 3's and 4's abound which are, of course, hard to digest in a 4.5 Turn scenario.
The result was a French win for me. |
2016-12-27 | (D) Paolo Cariolato | vs | Gaetano Girelli | | French win | |
2016-10-06 | (D) patrick palma | vs | Jonathon Kay | | German win | |
2016-10-06 | (A) Michael Rodgers | vs | Matt Zajac | | German win | We gave the French their balance. The French defence seemed stronger on the German left, so I came strong on the German right. I felt that I had a bit of time, so I was not reckless attacking the French on that one side. Matt had some bad dice to help me take the buildings that I needed. |
2016-10-06 | (D) Andy Beaton | vs | Kevin Killean | | German win | ASLOK 2016 |
2016-10-01 | (D) Michael Rodgers | vs | Aaron Cleavin | | German win | My French MG and 37 had taken out two German tanks early, so I tried to press my advantage on one side with the two French AC. They died, however, and my chance of winning died soon after. |
2016-09-03 | (A) Paul Works | vs | Lee Conner | | French win | 2016 Sioux City ASL Tournament; round one. I was off my game this weekend. Lee's motorcycle troops swept forward and dodged all my gunfire! |