Bite of the Bassotto MTO (id:#61080)
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See Also: Bite of the Bassotto by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Peter Struijf and Chris Mazzei
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Balance:
New ZealandGerman
58%

Overview:

During six months of static mountain warfare around Cassino, the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry had found little use for their lumbering Staghound armored cars. This changed after Rome fell. In hot pursuit of the retreating enemy in the Liri valley, the Cavalry were often in the lead, receiving a liberator's welcome from the Italian population. This did not last long: at the end of July they ran into the outposts of the Gothic Line, defended by the hardened veterans and Bassotto (Dachshund) assault guns of 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division.
Attacker: New Zealand (23 Battalion and A Squadron, Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Division)
Defender: German (II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 12, 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:8.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:3
Staghound I(a) x 2
Staghound II(a)

AFVs: D:2
StuG 105/25(i)
StuG 75/34(i)

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: StuG 105/25 may set up HIP
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-11-10(A) Fabian Schuster vs Kris Koch New Zealand winGrenadier 2025
2025-11-09(D) X von Marwitz vs Marten Jan Ringers New Zealand winGRENADIER 2025 - Round 5

Alas, the opening moves of the New Zealanders caught me on the wrong foot and compromised the position of my Bassotto with its HIP 238+BAZ escort. The former had to abandon its position and its attack opportunity on the main enemy stack in a bore-sighted position in an attempt to escape and survive (which it somehow contrived to do...), the latter was eliminated. This greatly reduced the danger for the Allied AFV (of which the Bassotto still got one) and opened the way into the village.

After that, the Germans where beaten about and had lost 10 out of 13 buildings by the end of Allied Turn 3. Even with the pending arrival of the German reinforcements the recapture of 4 of these buildings seemed nothing but a fantasy given the allied disposition, and with time drawing near the end, I conceded.
2025-10-09(A) Hennie van der Salm vs Albrecht Dekker German win[Imported from ROAR]
2024-07-23(D) Diane Spangler vs Lawrence SpanglerD New Zealand win
2023-12-11(A) manzoli andrea vs Galletto New Zealand win
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Avg Rating: 6.91Votes: 57
Views: 7235
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 2.7 hours
Recorded Games: 51
Archive recorded plays:
New Zealand29
German21
Drawn:1

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