Rocket's Red Glare ETO (id:#62806)
See Also: Rocket's Red Glare by Avalon Hill
Cheneux, Belgium 1944-12-22 ()
Designer: Jon Mishcon
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Balance:
AmericanGerman (SS)
53.846153846154%

Overview:

Colonel Reuben Tucker personally appealed to General Gavin to allow his 504th Regiment to attack Cheneux. Friendly civilians had reported a large column of German vehicles, including tanks, encamped there. Normally an American infantry regiment would request a battalion of armor for support before making such an assault, but Colonel Tucker had an ace up his sleeve. His men had recently captured a whole truckload of panzerfausts, had practiced with them, and now were ready to use them on the enemy. Combined with the early arrival of the latest model of bazooka, Tucker figured his force was strong enough to carry out the assault alone.
Attacker: American (1st and 3rd Battalions, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division)
Defender: German (SS) (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, SS-Panzer-Division 1 "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler")  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:7.5
AFVs: A:1
M36B1 GMC

D:2
StuG IIIG (L)
FlaKPz IV/20

Guns: A:0 D:1
10.5cm leFH 18

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: No vehicle of either side may setup inside a building.
Map Board(s): 3
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-01-11(A) Tony D'Andrea vs Steve Nicewarner American winThis one came down to the last turn. It really could have gone either way but couple of lucky breaks gave the Americans the victory. It seems very well balanced.
2019-06-08(A) David Stoffey vs Paul Washington American win
2019-03-31(A) John Malaska vs Juan Santacruz German (SS) winGot a decent toehold of the village on T1. Lost a MMC in exchange for 1 & half SS MMCs. Even though I "knew" where the gun was emplaced, I brain-farted & ran a stack into its sights. Lost a MMC with the reminders (inc 2 MMGs) retreating to the rear, effectively out of the fight. Adding insult to injury, my M36 fell victim to a sniper & Recalled. Stack led by the 10-2 swept around to the German rear GT-style, but SS blocked that move. Whirbelwind was particularly nasty with IFE!

Another painful lesson learned.


2019-01-19(D) X von Marwitz vs Michael Koch American winI opened my ASL season of 2019 with a game of ASL195 Rocket's Red Glare vs. Michael Koch FtF.


Somehow, I have never played this classic previously published as G6 in an ancient General Magazine before.


One notable tidbit is that one of the entry hexes (3I1) looked remarkably different on the old mounted mapboards compared to the new SK-style boards and VASL boards. This does have an impact with regard to Bypass in that hex, especially for the only American AFV. And there are only two entry hexes overall. So I think one is well advised to convene with the opponent on how to handle the 3I1 hex.


That said, the scenario features an elite SS defending force reinforced with a vicious FlaK-Pz IV, an 105 ART piece and a StuG IIIG L. The US enjoy excellent leadership, high firepower and an abundancy of LATW in the form of BAZ44 and 45 plus some SSR'ed German PF without availability dr or Captured Use penalties.


The game started off with the US rolling snakes to KIA a 658+MMG, the latter being destroyed by Random SW destruction. In the MPh, the US placed WP smoke via a BAZ, which is a nice idea. Catastrophically, in the first MPh the US sniper was triggerd and promptly struck to recall the FlaK-Pz IV, one of the key-units in the game. Meh! If this weren't enough, the German HMG rolled boxcars on its first shot and did not repair until the end of the game.


On the bright side, I managed to break 2 squads + a 8-0 leader upon entry and contrieved to eliminate the 10-2 for FtR.


However, when the Sniper struck again to kill one of the German 8-0 leaders, re-DMing a broken 658 in the process, no one left to rally the two German broken squads and the FlaK-Pz recalled on the flank of the US Schwerpunkt, it became clear that the Germans would not stand any chance. Thus we called it a day in Turn 3.


Losing the Flak-Pz IV, the MMG, the HMG, a 658 and the only 8-0 available on one flank with only two broken squads there so early in the game was too much. I guess, I have to play this one again under more normal circumstances.
2018-11-29(A) Lorenzo Marinaro vs Ulric Schwela German (SS) winScenario that in my view is highly unbalanced in favour of the Germans. The scenario is very static for the German since the VP are very close and no matter what side the US player chooses for the attack the German easily covers the whole town.
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A US officer poses with a captured Panzerschreck in camouflage colours.
 
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Estimated Play time: 3.5 hours
Recorded Games: 13
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