Failure to Communicate ETO (id:#64841)
See Also: A Failure to Communicate by Failure to Communicate by Multi-Man Publishing
Onhaye, Belgium 1940-05-14 ()
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanFrench
40.384615384615%

Overview:

In the early hours of May 13, Rommel pushed units of his Panzer-Division 7 across the Meuse River in the vicinity of Dinant, where they clung to a shaky foothold. While infantry were able to cross on boats, Rommel's tanks would have to cross on a ferry until a bridge could be built. That evening, under cover of darkness, Schutzen-Regiment 7 succeeded in reaching Onhaye where it overran several French positions. The next morning Rommel received a wireless transmission which proclaimed Schutzen-Regiment 7 was "encircled". Rommel, fearing for the safety of his tenuous foothold, ordered Panzer-Regiment 25 to take every available tank and race to their aid.
Attacker: German (Schützen-Regiment 7, Panzer-Division 7, and Panzer-Regiment 25)
Defender: French (4ème Division d'Infanterie Nord-Africaine and 1ère Division Légère de Cavalerie)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 3
PzKpfw IIF x 2

AFVs: D:3
AMR 33 x 2
AMD 35

Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36
PzB 39 ATR x 2
D:1
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34
Mortier de 60 mle 35

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable add-on OB
Overlays: St1
Errata (source)
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:

Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-11-15(A) Dave B vs Joseph L DiCamillo German winThe French 10-2 leader went berserk early in the game. This was not good for French discipline and tactics, to say the least. After dispatching the insane Francois in close combat, the Germans proceeded to roll over the town, despite valiant efforts by the North African colonials under Francois' erstwhile command.
2025-07-12(D) Andy Goldin vs Paul Washington German winHuman Wave 2025.
I managed to sufficiently delay Paul’s attack on the southern board but the decisive move for him was an attack on the northern multi hex building where I had only a token force. Because of this he didn’t have to attempt to take my redoubt in the south and I instead had to try to take back a building and had insufficient force and time to do so. Altogether I knocked out two tanks and killed a couple squads, earning not nearly enough CVP. Clear German win.
2025-05-25(D) Andy Goldin vs John Gorkowski German win4 hrsI had difficulty putting together a good defense due to sub-optimal lines of sight for the defending French. Turns out I over-weighted the defense of the lone stone building on Board 42, which meant I didn't have enough AT defense to keep John's Germans at bay. I chose the Mine and ATR option and converted all my mines to AT. While that seemed like a good idea at the time, it would have worked better had I placed the mines somewhere John actually went (Board 59) vs Board 42. Once he got close, John sleeze-freezed my key defensive positions (such as my 10-2/MMG stack) to allow his infantry to close mostly unmolested. I did have some good results with my tankettes which gave his infantry a hard time but it was not enough. I got at least a few good hits with my ATR (including a CH) but couldn't score a single kill due to the low odds and above-average dice roll results.

On Board 59 I had initially managed to trade ground for time, withdrawing in good order, but once John fully committed his Panzers I lost my freedom to maneuver and got ground up by his combined arms assaults. By the beginning of Turn 5 I had lost nearly all of my defenders on Board 59 and, having little other than some concealment markers and an 8-1 with a malf'd LMG, conceded. Next time I'll try the option to buy the second ATG to see how that works.
2025-05-17(A) Jim Liang vs David Wiesenhahn French win

(VASL Log)
2024-11-13(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Pierre ProustA French winNeed the German balance.
View all or balance report
ActionDate
BlitzkriegBeast Added a playing2026-01-04 20:10:17
BlitzkriegBeast Rated the scenario2026-01-04 20:04:01
Agoldin Added a playing2025-05-25 00:58:20
BravoCo Added a playing2025-05-17 20:54:46
Bongiovanni Added a playing2024-11-13 16:57:08
FileDescriptionUserViews
ASL233 Setup File (ASL233 Setup File.vsav)VASL SetupBongiovanni852
(!germ-french.png)Imagehoxson11329
VASL Log file (Failure to Communicate-a.vlog)VASL Game LogBravoCo574
DescriptionUploaded by
TitleAuthorDate

Quick Map View

No Map available yet! Please create one, or upload a map image file...

Location

Not Logged in

Images

 
Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.54Votes: 24
Views: 0
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 19
Archive recorded plays:
German8
French11
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Failure to Communicate [Confirmed]
[A] German 13
[D] French 20
All Rights Reserved. (c)2022 Dave Ramsey.