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The Butcher's Bill ETO (id:#62499)
(ASLUG Singles ID: ASLUG20)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: The Butcher's Bill by ASL Union of Gamers The Butcher's Bill by Critical Hit
Béthune, France 1940-05-24 (10 others)
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FT INOR24: Trial of Will (Inor Players Guide)
Designer: Mark Hatfield
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Balance:
German (SS)British
31.578947368421%

Overview:

With the failure of the Allied counterattack at Arras three days previously, the German steamroller gathered momentum across France. The SS Totenkopf Division, led by Theodor Eicke, was transferred to Panzer Korps XVI, to which fell the task of spearheading the armored drive to crush the Allied pocket in the north. Following light contact of 22nd of May, a full scale attack across the line of the La Bassee Canal was planned to prevent the British from digging in there. The Totenkopf Division was assigned the limited objective of advancing to Béthune, a small town lying across the canal, and probing for a suitable place to cross. Eicke moved his artillery up for support and ordered his engineers to build a pontoon bridge. On the morning of May 24th, with pistol in hand, Eicke led the attack.
Attacker: German (SS) (Company 14, SS Infanterie Regiment 1, SS Division Totenkopf)
Defender: British (Mixed Elements 2nd, 44th, and 48th Division)  
8 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
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: Streams and Canal: Deep
Map Board(s):
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ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition)40
ASL 3a - Yanks (2nd Edition)41
ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre40
ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre41
Overlays: Wd1
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-03-07(A) Jobbo Fett vs RootinPutin German (SS) winThe Germans nabbed a victory thanks more to good luck on a few specific rolls, while all the rest were simply terrible for both sides. The SS never managed to survive Morale Check rolls whenever the British managed to inflict them, but a Red card for the brits and a defensive setup that is hard to shift made the defense all the harder when artillery managed to break a few critical squads.

I'm sure this one is more fun than our experience would lead us to believe, but it is odd to have a scenario that is 8 turns and doesn't discourage attacking on the left flank of the river and grabbing 80% of the required objectives by turn 2.
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Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2026-03-11 02:41:39
Hutch Modified the location2025-05-24 18:16:06
Hutch Modified the overview2025-05-24 18:15:16
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-05-24 18:14:12
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-05-24 18:09:07
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Avg Rating: 6.00Votes: 1
Views: 5398
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 4.3 hours
Recorded Games: 0
Archive recorded plays:
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The Butcher's Bill
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[A] German 6
[D] British 13
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