Second Hand News MTO (id:#65278)
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Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)Italian / Partisan (French)
47.222222222222%

Overview:

Once Italy was invaded on 3 September and the armistice signed, the liberation of Corsica began with an uprising ordered by the local Resistance. Initially, Allied High Command considered this a potential distraction given the invasion of Italy, but once it had been revealed how many German troops were in Corsica-and that many Italian army units under a somewhat reticent General Giovanni Magli were defecting en masse-Operation Vesuvius was approved. This guaranteed that more arms would be shipped to the French resistance via submarine even as German units retreating from Sicily and mainland Italy were funneling from southern Corsica to the northern port of Bastia. By the time the armistice was made public on 9 September the Resistance, along with the Italian Cremona and Friuli Infantry Divisions, were ready to engage in combat with the German SS-Sturmbrigade "Reichsführer" moving north.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Sturmbrigade "Reichsführer" and assault guns of Panzergrenadier-Division 90)
Defender: Italian / Partisan (French) (20th Infantry Division "Friuli" and French partisans)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:19.0
AFVs: A:2
StuG IIIG x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Mortaio da 45 Brixia

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Sequential Set Up, Olive Groves (B14.8) D: MOL (A22.6), No Firegroups, No Bldg Control
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-10-30(A) Tim Reade vs Dave Shannon German (SS) winThe Partisans were relatively easily pushed aside and the Italians struggled to catch up with the German advance.

Interesting situation, but failed to live up to the anticipated excitement levels.

Germans had some decent luck early on which allowed them to keep up the momentun and stay ahead of the chasing Italians.

The game was called at the end of T3 when it was clear there was little or nothing stopping the Germans escapting off the board en-masse.

A different early game outcome might have made this much closer.

Played as a 3P game, with 2P going the allies ... perhaps not so much fun for the Italian player in that arrangement, unless they can catch up to the Germans.

Worth a play and relatively quick, especially with 3P.
2025-03-08(D) X von Marwitz vs Gerrit Gericke Italian / Partisan (French) winInteresting scenario situation in which tough Germans must move to exit while "sandwiched" between Molotov Cocktail toting Partisans in front of them and Italians in their back.

After the Germans killed two Partisan HS and one Partisan SQD in CC (Ambushing those would-be stealthies two out of three times), I was awfully thin within the village. I rolled 8x Boxcars malfing the MTR twice, an LMG, and the MMG, and was going nuts, as this was complemented by definitively more 11s, and numerous 10s for good measure.

Yet, through forces not yet fully understood, I somehow managed to catch two German squads in the middle of the board, capturing one and reducing another in CC. My opponent was quite intimidated by the MOLs, albeit my frequency of finding them was not striking nor was their effect. Maybe for this reason, he moved somewhat hesitant within the village, which made him ultimately lack the time to attempt the exit of the StuGs and less Infantry than he could have.

In the end, he managed to exit two squads, two HS, and his 9-1 for 8 EVP. I was able to capture 1 squad for 4 CVP, eliminate 1.5 squad equivalents for another 3 CVP, and was able to sneak in an Italian squad into 1 stone buiding location to match his 8 VP. However, in my last MPh, he would not have been able to prevent that said squad in the stone building to Assault Move upstairs for grabbing the 9th VP and with that the win.
2025-01-13(A) M T vs V.K. German (SS) winVery interesting scenario, we really liked it. The Germans took the win, but it was close - one successful Molotov roll against a StuG could have changed the game. Recommended!
2024-10-11(A) Camille Garek vs Paul WASHINGTON Italian / Partisan (French) win4 hrs
2024-10-10(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins German (SS) win4 hrs
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.49Votes: 37
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To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 3.7 hours
Recorded Games: 38
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)16
Italian / Partisan (French)22
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Second Hand News [Confirmed]
[A] Italian 35
[D] German 35
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