Castles on the Horizon DTO (id:#62913)
Bir Bu Meliha, Libya
1941-11-20 (3 others)
RPII 10: The King's Dash (Rout Pak II)
Z 6: The King's Dash (Rout Report # 4.3)
LASSH 16: A Grim Day at Krasny Krim (Leibstandarte Pack 2 - Barbarossa)
Z 6: The King's Dash (Rout Report # 4.3)
LASSH 16: A Grim Day at Krasny Krim (Leibstandarte Pack 2 - Barbarossa)
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanBritish
Overview:
Panzer-Division 15 was moving in the direction of Gabr Saleh. Late in the day they came upon the 4th Armoured Brigade’s Honeys which were this time “…in good defensive terrain with the sun behind them and their ammunition racks full”. 22nd Armoured Brigade was on the way to help, but until then 4th Armoured would have to hold alone.Attacker: German (Schützen-Brigade 15 and Panzer Regiment 8, Panzer-Division 15)
Defender: British (2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, and 8th Hussars, 4th Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:8.0 D:8.0 |
| AFVs: A:19 PzKpfw IVE PzKpfw IVD PzKpfw IIIH x 2 PzKpfw IIIG x 4 PzKpfw IIF x 3 SPW 251/1 x 8 |
| AFVs: D:5 Stuart I(a) x 2 Crusader I x 3 |
| Guns: A:0 D:1 OML 2-in. Mortar OQF 2-Pounder |
| Misc Rules: | Sunblindness. D: 2-Pdr may setup emplaced in scrub; is turreted, does *not* lose ROF on CA change |
| Map Board(s): | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Overlays: | H1 | H2 | H3 | H6 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Comments | |
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| 2022-12-11 | (A) Jeff B | vs | Steve Etzelmueller | British win | A poorly conceived assault that should only be won by the Germans if the Brits have poor dice or they have hot ones. Attacking a heavily-fortified far-ranging position into the sun with little time and no dust will call for a quick lucky strike, and you'd better guess right on where that strike should be because otherwise the Germans will lose a lot of vehicles. And if they lose a lot of vehicles they'll have to take a lot of land. I figured staying in motion and armored assaulting would provide at least some protection but I was wrong, losing at least a vehicle every half turn. When that's matched with infantry losses I just didn't have enough muscle. When I did stop my tanks to get ready for a gunfight with the reinforcing Crusaders I promptly broke a gun. When I broke another during Turn 4 PFPh, failed to connect with a CH, and lost my last full squad to a "1" sniper I figured I had enough. I was sort of exited to play this, but now I remember why DTO is far down on my list of wants to play. | |
| 2021-10-06 | (D) David Ramsey | vs | Martin Barker | British win (VASL Log) | As featured on IR #55. Not a bad game - might be dicey if the German player decides to duke it out with the Stuarts early on. In our game the Brits held on thanks to the AT gun shoring up the centre and the Germans were slow to flank the positions. A few lucky RoFs helped with the tank battle, too. | |
| 2021-08-17 | (D) Rob MacGinley | vs | James Short | German win | Excellent game for those who want to battle in the desert - probably slightly pro all the Germans as they have a very effective force - the Brits need both early kills and to be very flexible as they fall back - those hillocks are tough to hold | |
| 2020-04-30 | (A) Eric Topp | vs | John Fedirow | German win | British had poor luck with shots against the German AFVs. In particular, they malf-ed the 2-pdr AT allowing the Germans to encircle the British line. The Crusader reinforcements couldn't stop the Germans from mounting a strong attack on both the north and south hillocks. | |
| 2020-02-29 | (A) Bob Schaaf | vs | James Mehl | British win | Held the HTs and Inf offboard until second turn, which may have turned out to be my undoing. With the balance of AFV losses for both sides, needed two Hillocks for the win. Almost managed to grab the second one on the north side with a last turn infantry charge, but long range fire and ROF from an unsurpressed MMG on the central hillock put paid to that effort. Great scenario. Would play again as either side. |
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| Action | Date |
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| Jude Added a playing | 2023-02-23 01:16:29 |
| Jude Rated the scenario | 2023-02-23 01:15:50 |
| buser333 Added a playing | 2022-12-07 11:53:44 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2022-10-07 10:45:06 |
| macrobosanta Added a playing | 2022-04-18 03:54:40 |
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| (!germ-brit.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 788 |
| (panzers desert column.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 575 |
| VASL Log file (castles-full.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Dave | 375 |
| (castles on horizon by JRV.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 601 |
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| Avg Rating: 6.83 | Votes: 18 | Views: | 3565 |
| To-Play list count: | 0 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 7.4 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 10 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 5 | |
| British | 5 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of October 2023) Castles on the Horizon [Confirmed] |
| [A] British | 23 |
| [D] German | 12 |