Morgan's Stand WTO (id:#56605)
Avalon Hill (AH:The General # 30.4 ID: G30)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: ASL Union of Gamers #7: ASLUG14
See Also: Morgan's Stand by ASL Union of Gamers Morgan's Stand by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Dave Sisler
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Balance:
GermanAmerican
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Overview:

Lt. Allen Morgan's 2nd Platoon had orders to hold an important crossroads west of the Moselle River. On September 10th the Germans counterattacked the junction, but were repulsed in a furious fight, falling back to the village of Bar-le-Duc with Lt. Morgan's unit in close pursuit. Morgan's audacity captured the village, but only after suffering heavy casualties. With the prospects of reinforcement slim for at least two days, Morgan could muster only seventy-one men and two tanks -- low on ammunition -- for the defense of the village, and he knew that the Germans would be back.
Attacker: German (Fusilier Regiment 312)
Defender: American (53rd Armored Infantry Battalion)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:8.5
AFVs: A:4
PzKpfw IVH
StuG IIIG
StuPz IV
SPW 250/10

AFVs: D:3
M4A1
M10 GMC
M8 HMC

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: AS (A19.131) for M4A1 and M10 GMC; Germans may FIRE only three PF (C13.3)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-09-23(D) Jonathan Plott vs Bill Ryder German winA solid performance by the German attackers. In spite of some serious infantry losses on Turn 2, the Bosche got their HT on board during Turn 3 and it ran straight through town, surviving a couple of BAZ attacks (darn boxcars!) and wound up sitting on the victory bridgehead hex by mid-game! Three turns later, the Germans had a tight grip on the bridgehead with a leader, LMG, two full squads, a Pz IV and a Stug. At turn six, I rolled for reinforcements and got a 6 when I needed a 5, so I conceded the game at that point. The American reinforcements never got on the board. Great game, Bill!
2024-07-19(D) Mark Thompson vs German (Peter Rogneholt) American winThe Americans had luck on their side with a “1” dr on Turn 2 and the M8 and reinforcements in the Victory hex blocking position shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, the Germans failed to seriously attrit the American’s by mid-game and we decided that a German victory was highly improbable after one BAZ took out the Ht and another was poised to kill the StuG. A very good scenario that might be improved by allowing the Germans some degree of selection over the type of reinforcements entering and/or delaying the American reinforcements until Turn 4 (perhaps on a 4 or less then). With the American firepower largely intact and reinforcements in place by Turn 2, a very tough job for the 7 morale German squads to evict them and/or reach the Victory hex. Nonetheless, definitely worth a play or two!
2023-10-01(A) Vic Lauterbach vs Trevor S. American winFun classic from the General. My attack initally pressed Trevor's GIs hard and took out the M10 and Sherman but timely HEAT shots from the M5 and the 9-1 led kill stack in Z6 were too much for my second line Germans. Good game that was in doubt until turn six.
2023-06-25(A) Jeff Wright vs Joe Armold German win
2023-03-04(D) David Ramsey vs John Tait American winThe Germans pretty much did enough to win but missed taking control of the bridge hex due to a rules mistake where they thought the tank wasn't enough to secure the hex - so the final turn descended into the much tougher option of an all-out push to break the remaining 2.5 squads on board 10. Surviving a 4+1 I won the game on the last DR.
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Hutch Modified the gps location2024-09-24 14:11:13
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-09-24 14:09:24
Jplott94 Added a playing2024-09-24 12:59:11
Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing2024-08-01 17:41:55
Turuk Uploaded a VASL file2024-06-21 16:49:21
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Bridge (view)Fre207412012-08-13 12:38:19
Remember the weight limit for the bridge. Send the infantry across first so the tank does not collapse the bridge before they can cross

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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.09Votes: 33
Views: 10414
To-Play list count: 6
Estimated Play time: 5.6 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
German12
American15
Drawn:0

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Morgan's Stand
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