Holding The Line ETO (id:#65179)
See Also: Holding the Line by Lone Canuck Publishing
Liege, Belgium 1940-05-11 ()
Designer: George Kelln
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanBelgian
100%

Overview:

Throughout the day, the German spearhead poured out of the Maastricht bottleneck and headed southwest. The Belgian III Corps had withdrawn from the Liège fortifications to avoid being encircled. One regiment, the Régiment de Forteresse de Liège, stayed behind to hold the line and disrupt the German advance.
Attacker: German (4 Panzer Division)
Defender: Belgian (Regiment de Forteresse de Liege)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Belgian     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:4 D:1

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable OoB choices
Map Board(s): 41 66
Overlays: P1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-08-30(A) Dave Mareske vs Dan Best German winI had the Germans in this one and I took all my forces up board 66 confronting only one pillbox which I was able to smoke. Even so, it was a tough one to crack, but when it did the flood gates opened and the Germans poured through. I think Dan had a pretty good defense, but I had a couple of well-timed critical hits which took out one of his flanks. These scenarios have been tough on the Belgians.
2020-08-30(D) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske German win
2020-08-20(D) Indy Lagu vs Rob Oler German winAnother Lone Canuck offering with variable OB.

I would love to hear others' experience with this one.
As the Belgians, I simply could not figure out a good defence.
The Germans do not have an overwhelming majority of numbers
(it's about 2-1), but they do have lots of firepower.

Belgians start with 7 squads + 2 crews and only one (!) leader, and
have to defend a front of 20 hexes (two board widths). They
obviously cannot. To be fair, they get another leader as part of
their additional group. 1/2 of the time, the leader comes with a
field phone and is a spotter for OBA or an off board gun. In either
case, he's not going to be in much help running around and rallying
Belgian brokies.

Perhaps due to my setup, the Belgians really didn't have much of
a chance in this one. The Germans received three PzIIA. The
Belgian AT assets are MG and harsh language.

We might switch sides and play this again...if Rob thinks he can
find a suitable defence.

Give it a try, as I would really like to hear others people's
thoughts.
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Danno Added a playing2020-08-30 22:15:35
dmareske Added a playing2020-08-30 21:28:18
Indy Lagu Added a playing2020-08-21 17:27:44
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2020-07-21 19:09:17
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Avg Rating: 6.33Votes: 3
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Estimated Play time: 4.3 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
German2
Belgian0
Drawn:0

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