Currie's Favor WTO (id:#64037)
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
CanadianGerman
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Overview:

The pincers around Falaise were closing on Paul Hausser’s 7. Armee and by the third week of August there were very few routes of escape left. One such possible route was at the village of St. Lambert along the Dives river, which was little more than a stream. Nonetheless, the few bridges capable of carrying vehicular traffic became very strategic, and one of the last was located at St. Lambert. A small but speedy mixed force from the Canadian 4th Armoured Division under command of Major David Vivian Currie was dispatched on 18 August to seize the bridge – if they could.
Attacker: Canadian (South Alberta Regiment and 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, 4th Armoured Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 353 and Panzer-Division 2)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:5.5
AFVs: A:5
Sherman V(a) x 2
Stuart V(a) x 3

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
8.8cm FlaK 18
8cm GrW 34

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: Germans purchase additional SW OoB items
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
change the British entry to South/East rather than the South/West printed Bret Hildebran on Gamesquad thread "ASLOK XXXIV - Official TD AAR"
change the British entry to South/East rather than the South/West printed Bret Hildebran on Gamesquad thread "ASLOK XXXIV - Official TD AAR"
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-16(D) Jason Wert vs Larry Rohlfing German win
2024-05-10(A) Jack Wilson vs Gary Fortenberry German winAnother FnF loss. I opted for a mass attack from the south. Got my infantry force in position to assault the VC buildings by turn 3 (hopefully under the cover of vehicle smoke). Unfortunately, I was a little too sloppy with my armor and gave up some unnecessary shots. I lost two to his 88, one to a PF, and one to his MTR. CVP reached- game over on T4. In hindsight, the better attack plan would have been to attack from at least two directions. Another lesson learned too late.
Gary is a great player and a real gentleman. I enjoyed the beatdown!
2024-03-12(A) Rob Schmitt vs Mitch Davis Canadian winI was Canadian attacker vs German defender. Canadian attacks from the south and east to take 6 buildings around a town square. German has an 88mm gun and handful infantry defending against 5 Canadian tanks and infantry. I was able to keep my tanks out of the way of the AT gun for most of the game. Lost 1 Stuart to the gun. Another Sherman was lucky as it survived a couple shots by being hull down. I was able to get enough IFT checks on the crew manning the gun that it was finally reduced when he rolled a 12 one of his morale checks. I kept my tanks at a good enough distance from his infantry that he was not able to effective with Panzerfausts. He had a good successful counter attack turn 3, but I was able to recover and close in and take 5 buildings on turn 5.
2023-07-14(D) Andy Beaton vs James Rimmer Canadian winDicey scenario, Canadians won but came within a pip on a captured PIAT shot of losing a Sherman and armour leader which would have put them over the CVP cap. Fun scenario though.
2023-05-19(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Antti Westerlund Canadian win[Imported from ROAR]
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Major David Currie won the Victoria Cross for his actions at St. Lambert-sur-Dives
 
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Avg Rating: 7.24Votes: 25
Views: 7076
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 2.7 hours
Recorded Games: 20
Archive recorded plays:
Canadian9
German11
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Currie's Favor [Confirmed]
[A] British 31
[D] German 24
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