Twisted Knickers DTO (id:#56484)
Multi-Man Publishing (ASL Journal # 5 ID: J81)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Twisted Knickers by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Pete Shelling
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Balance:
GermanBritish
43.589743589744%

Overview:

Panzer-Regiment 5 and Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 104 swung further east to Point 102 in an attempt to find the weak spots that DAK intelligence told them existed. They hoped to break through to the British supply lines and force the 22nd Armored Brigade between the hammer and the anvil of the 21st Panzer Division. This would at least force the 22nd's "Pip" Roberts to react, and bring the battle into the open desert. -- Scenario 3 of 3 in the Line In The Sand mini-campaign.
Attacker: German (15th Panzer Division)
Defender: British (3rd Royal Tank Regiment and Staffordshire Yeomanry)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:0.0 D:3.0
AFVs: A:7
PzKpfw IIIJ x 3
Marder III(t)H
PzJg I x 2
SPW 251/10

AFVs: D:7
Crusader III x 2
Grant(a) x 2
Stuart III(a) x 3

Guns: A:0 D:0
Boys ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: EC Dry, Light Dust. Line In The Sand SRs. Variable OBs
Overlays: H2 W2 W3 W4
Errata (source)
Replace the 3 on-board Stuart IIIs with 3 Stuart Is (5 DVP each).MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-09-12(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM German winThis was the tie breaker for our LitS mini campaign, so I had DAK and made a dash for the eastern wadi after calculating my numerical advantage in DVP. My plan was to put Panzers HD in the wadi and hang on. It's a bit sleazy but driving across the board to kill Grants looked suicidal. It turned out the smoke, dust and FFEs made hitting anything difficult, so Jim's tanks closed in unscathed. OBA drove my Panzers out of the wadi, so I tried a flank attack. That triggered a huge fight around the central hillock. We both drew red chits early, but the OBA came in late with a vengence. This one was a brawl in a sandstorm, but I ended up with a comfortable edge in DVP. It was exciting but shows why many players avoid the desert.
2023-04-04(D) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna British win
2022-10-05(A) Michael Rodgers vs Doug Sheppard British winMy attack plan was bad. Doug's defence plan was good. Interesting match-up. I would play it again.
2021-11-04(D) Richard Jenulis vs Dennis Hess German winBritish hid and waited for the Germans to come to me. The Germans calculated what they could afford to loose and still win and hid behind the burning wreck smoke, forcing the British on the offensive near games end. We did not play with the errata, but it would not have made a difference in the end. Rommel outwitted Montgomery.
2021-09-19(D) Shane Pask vs German winPlayed as a single scenario so Force composition was randomly drawn. Both sides received FB/Stukas with bombs. Stukas arrived first and took out a moving Grant with MG (fortunately during a predesignated bomb run so the bomb was wasted). The other bomb was a near miss that had no effect on the tank. My FBs did not arrive until the last turn, missed a halftrack with both bombs but shot down 1 Stuka with dog fighting. The halftrack was the decider with Germans winning 48 to 44 VP. I also had one Crusader recalled with disabled MA which could have given me the win if he was still on board.
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Estimated Play time: 3.7 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
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Twisted Knickers [Confirmed]
[A] British 13
[D] German 18
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