Gavin's Gamble WTO (id:#62787)
See Also: Gavin's Gamble by Avalon Hill
Nijmegen, The Netherlands 1944-09-20 ()
25: Gavin's Gamble (ASL 3 - Yanks)
ABtF07: Among the Bravest (HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far)
ABtF08: God Save the King! (HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far)
U04: Climax at Nijmegen Bridge (G.I.'s Dozen)
TB 6: Grinding Forward (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (1st Ed.))
TB 7: Damn and Blast (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (1st Ed.))
TB 8: The End? (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (1st Ed.))
CH 51: The Sonnenburg Hotel (Critical Hit # 3.1)
Z23: Setting the Woods on Fire (Rout Report # 5.2)
AL01: It's Hardly Fair (Fanatic Enterprises: Internet)
GSTK 2: House G (God Save the King)
GSTK 6: Block by Bloody Block (God Save the King)
RBF 8: Germeter by Meter (Recon by Fire! #1)
TOT 40: Ring of Fire (Time on Target # 3)
O74.1: Running a Mook (On All Fronts # 74)
SP131: Pocket Panzers (Schwerpunkt #11)
TAC9: Stutzpunkt Lezongar (Tactiques # 1)
SC12: Climax at Nijmegen Bridge (ASL Digest # 3.07)
JF 9: Among the Bravest of the Brave (Jitter Fire III)
NEV1: Making a Break for It (Nor'easter V)
SP141: Broken Beek (Schwerpunkt #12)
S23: Monty's Gamble (ASL Starter Kit #3)
3: Piercing the Veil (Witches Cauldron: Oosterbeek Perimeter)
4: Stand and Die (Witches Cauldron: Oosterbeek Perimeter)
5: Till the Woods Run Red (Witches Cauldron: Oosterbeek Perimeter)
WO04: I Don't Like Retreating (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2011)
ATB6: Grinding Forward (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (4th Ed.))
ATB7: Damn and Blast (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (4th Ed.))
ATB8: The End of the 2nd Battalion (Arnhem: The Third Bridge (4th Ed.))
FT173: A Misstep in Lorraine (From The Cellar Pack # 7)
J155: It's Hardly Fair (ASL Journal #10)
BBD # 3: Piercing The Veil (Brave But Doomed)
BBD # 4: Stand And Die (Brave But Doomed)
BBD # 5: Until The Woods Run Red (Brave But Doomed)
GJ101: Van Lennepweg’s Garden (Grumble Jones)
GJ104: Brothers at the Crossroad (Grumble Jones)
OO11: Hill 235 (Operation Olive - Gothic Line 1944)
OO13: Counter-Attack at Montecieco (Operation Olive - Gothic Line 1944)
OO14: Back and Forth (Operation Olive - Gothic Line 1944)
OO15: The Charge of the Queen's Bays (Operation Olive - Gothic Line 1944)
OO16: Riposte (Operation Olive - Gothic Line 1944)
YASL#7: Making a Break for It (Nor'easter XX)
GS10K: Gunapalooza (ASLOK 2012)
TD 2: Ommeray: Duel of Commandos (Trench of Death #1)
S70: A Sideshow Affair (ASL Starter Kit #4)
S87: Straight and Fast (ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2)
DTF-16: Panther Cull (Not One Step Back)
CH 51: The Sonnenburg Hotel (Critical Hit #3.1 2022 Reprint)
J210: Moment of Truth (ASL Journal #13)
292: Four Stars of Valor (ASL 16 - Twilight of the Reich)
FT INOR19: “Pointed Stone” Broken (Inor Players Guide)
Designer: George Bates and David Olie
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American / BritishGerman
76.470588235294%

Overview:

Operation Market Garden was in full swing and encountering unexpectedly heavy resistance. Attempts to wrest control of the Waal Bridge by head-on assaults were repulsed. General Gavin decided on a daring river assault to outflank the center of resistance. A mile to the west, the 504th Parachute Regiment was to cross in broad daylight behind a massive smokescreen, advance along the north bank, ad link up with other elements attacking across the bridge. . .
Attacker: American / British ((American) H, I and HQ Companies 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment with C Company, 307th Combat Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division and (British) 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards Regiment, Guards Armoured Division)
Defender: German (Kampfgruppe Henke, Fallschirmjäger-Lehr-Regiment 1 and Kampfgruppe Reinhold, SS-Panzer-Division)  
9.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:26.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:3
Sherman V(a) x 2
Sherman VC(a)

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:3
8cm GrW 34
2cm FlaK 38 x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bds 16 & 7 have Level 4 smokescreen Turn 1, dissipates each turn by 1 level w A: Boats26
Overlays: B5 OG2
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-02-02(D) Lee Hyde vs Grant Hewitt German winBig scenario with a River crossing proving troublesome as drifting as well as the possibility of slow progress with loss of MP depending on die rolls a plenty, which probably worked in my favour. The Americans had spasmodic progress across the River and that may have gained me a turn or two before they were fully able to advance before the Dyke. Despite suffering heavy losses near the GG row, which gives the Americans 150% of the exit points, I kept enough behind the Dyke to get lucky with Pins or better. My Mortar and HMG were effective, and the AA Guns less so, although the crew of one were prone to breaking before being despatched by the Allied Sniper. The Americans conceded in T9 when Defensive fire drove my opponent to misjudge MF Gavin himself needed to exit, against seeking to avoid DF from my HMG. T'was a close run result though, and whilst the Germans got a good number of Sniper Activations very few progressed to 1 or 2 to generate a result.
2024-08-12(D) Will Willow vs Nate Gregg American / British win
2024-03-31(D) Jeff Waldon vs Will Willow German winVASL
2023-03-15(A) David Garvin vs Loic Gourdon American / British win20.5 EVP got off! On the final turn!
2020-10-22(D) Pascal Boileau vs Cilluffo Pierre-Jean American / British winA very nice scenario with many twist and turns. In spite of American losses during the river crossing, after landing, and even in the last meters before the exit, it was not enough to stop them. It was only in the last turn that it was obvious the Germans have lost...
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Tigernaut Added a playing2026-02-02 23:50:52
Tigernaut Rated the scenario2026-02-02 23:35:21
wwillow Added a playing2024-08-12 12:27:23
Pte Parts Linked the scenario to ROAR2024-07-15 02:23:42
Turuk Modified the gps location2024-06-05 17:36:44
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Avg Rating: 7.13Votes: 15
Views: 7497
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 12.2 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
American / British7
German3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Gavin's Gamble [Confirmed]
[A] American/British 6
[D] German 1
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