Surprised Gideon E AFR (id:#63550)
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Dembecha, Ethiopia 1941-03-06 ()
Designer: Philippe Naud
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
ItalianAllied
11.111111111111%

Overview:

Gideon Force was a small British and African special force, which acted as a Corps d'Elite amongst the Sudan Defence Force, Ethiopian regular forces and Arbegnoch (Patriots) fighting the Italian occupation in Ethiopia. Gideon Force encountered a vastly superior Italian force under Colonel Natale near the fort at Dembecha on 5 March 1941. Although defeated in the battle, the British force inflicted such heavy casualties that three days later the Italian garrison was forced to withdraw to Debre Marqos. Seizing this fort allowed the British to isolate Debre Marqos from the rest of the Italian forces.
Attacker: Italian (Reinforced III.Brigata Coloniale)
Defender: Allied (Gideon Force - Ethiopian Battalion and Patriots)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:22.0 D:18.5
AFVs: A:4
Fiat 611A x 2
Fiat 611B x 2
Horse x 12

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Ur wz. 35 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All water is Fordable (B21.41). Wooden Bldgs: Huts (G5). A: Air (E7)
Overlays: 1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-14(D) M van Houte vs Sam H. Allied winFun scenario, but heavily favours the Ethiopians. The Italians have to cross a lot of terrain (some woods, some huts, some open ground) to get to a wooded hill-range, which they then have to cross to get to the most valuable VC hexes. They get a crappy FB (which promptly got shot out of the sky, on account of being crappy), and four armored trucks: these pack quite a punch, but are road-bound if they want to get anywhere and are very vulnerable to the six MGs and the ATR the Ethiopians have. It is quite easy for the Ethiopians to slowly withdraw towards the VC hexes, cover the one road leading there with the MGs and ATR, and wait to blast the Italians as they come over the hill. Large map, lots of movement, Air Support, funky trucks, Italian cavalry, Ethiopian partisans: there's a lot of flavour here, but it needs balance.
2021-09-21(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Matias Dahlbäck Allied win
2019-04-09(D) Gordon Jupp vs Neil Brunger Allied winInteresting scenario with some different forces and situation. Seemed a real struggle in our playing for the Italians, but not helped by a mistaken attack by the air support! Highlight for me was capture of Italian a/c by patriot squad!
2019-03-18(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Allied win
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Houtje Added a playing2025-04-16 14:56:46
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-03-27 06:28:41
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-03-27 06:26:35
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-03-27 06:21:34
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2025-03-26 22:26:38
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.60Votes: 5
Views: 3882
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 7.7 hours
Recorded Games: 4
Archive recorded plays:
Italian0
Allied4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Surprised Gideon [Confirmed]
[A] Italian 1
[D] Ethiopian 4
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