Hot Toddy WTO (id:#66379)
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Designer: Ken Dunn
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanBritish/American
43.75%

Overview:

The British effort to cross the Rhine in September had fallen a bridge short and was now bogged down in "the Island" between the Rhine and Waal Rivers. The Germans had bottled up the Allies and casualties on both sides were mounting. The Wessex Division was scheduled to be pulled out of the line and replaced by the American 101st Airborne Division in Opheusden, a town not far from the Rhine, near the railroad line that served this part of the Netherlands.
Attacker: German (Volksgrenadier-Division 363)
Defender: British/American ((British) 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, (American) 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:2
StuG IIIG (L) x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
OQF 6-Pounder 7-cwt

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Elite (C8.2)
Map Board(s): On Card
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-11-05(D) Camille Garek vs Jean-Pascal PAOLI German winOriginal for the allied.
2023-08-16(A) Martí Cabré vs Josep Maria Cassani German winThe Germans have overwhelming force and massive firepower. Even tough the first two player turns the British broke about 6 German squads by good rolling, there are so many German squads that they managed to fire several 20+ attacks on the British until they broke. Then the vehicles enter and cut retreat paths. We even had the fun situation that a German prisoner attacked its guard creating a Melee in the entry hex for the Americans, forcing them to enter on Open Ground under German fire. On Turn 3 there were no GO Allied units and they conceded.
2023-05-24(D) Paolo Cariolato vs Federico Corso German winOne of the worst scenario I ever played, basically the Allied have no choice on executing the fighting retreat, trying slowing down the attacking germans, no choice on Reinforcement that can come from one place and the changing mechanism is horrible and makes no sense. On top of that the germans have overwhelming forces and this scenario got not enough playtest. I loved the idea of small scenarios on a card, but they should have done more playtest (it was not that difficult to understand that it was unbalanced)
2023-04-26(D) Richard Jenulis vs David Wolfe German winThe railroad is undefined in the SSR. We played it as an ElRR. Too many Germans. It seems like it would be a tighter scenario if the Americans reenforced the British, rather than replaced them. I love the idea of the small scenario, but have doubts about the execution.
2023-03-26(A) Fred Jordan vs German winPlayed solo but found it quite difficult for the American / British side to hold the line and still have enough strength to keep control of the victory building. Fun but I am not sure this small scenario will bear repeated playings.
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GOUREAU Added a playing2023-11-05 18:05:58
GOUREAU Rated the scenario2023-11-05 18:04:51
hoxson1 Modified the gps location2023-09-20 22:28:00
esparver73 Added a playing2023-08-16 19:56:20
ACTterrier Added a playing2023-07-04 19:35:31
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Avg Rating: 6.06Votes: 17
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Estimated Play time: 3.4 hours
Recorded Games: 12
Archive recorded plays:
German9
British/American3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
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[A] American/British 5
[D] German 15
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