Failure to Communicate ETO (id:#64841)
See Also: A Failure to Communicate by Failure to Communicate by Multi-Man Publishing
Onhaye, Belgium 1940-05-14 ()
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanFrench
38.775510204082%

Overview:

In the early hours of May 13, Rommel pushed units of his Panzer-Division 7 across the Meuse River in the vicinity of Dinant, where they clung to a shaky foothold. While infantry were able to cross on boats, Rommel's tanks would have to cross on a ferry until a bridge could be built. That evening, under cover of darkness, Schutzen-Regiment 7 succeeded in reaching Onhaye where it overran several French positions. The next morning Rommel received a wireless transmission which proclaimed Schutzen-Regiment 7 was "encircled". Rommel, fearing for the safety of his tenuous foothold, ordered Panzer-Regiment 25 to take every available tank and race to their aid.
Attacker: German (Schützen-Regiment 7, Panzer-Division 7, and Panzer-Regiment 25)
Defender: French (4ème Division d'Infanterie Nord-Africaine and 1ère Division Légère de Cavalerie)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.0 D:12.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 3
PzKpfw IIF x 2

AFVs: D:3
AMR 33 x 2
AMD 35

Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36
PzB 39 ATR x 2
D:1
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34
Mortier de 60 mle 35

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable add-on OB
Overlays: St1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-25(D) Andy Goldin vs John Gorkowski German win4 hrsI had difficulty putting together a good defense due to sub-optimal lines of sight for the defending French. Turns out I over-weighted the defense of the lone stone building on Board 42, which meant I didn't have enough AT defense to keep John's Germans at bay. I chose the Mine and ATR option and converted all my mines to AT. While that seemed like a good idea at the time, it would have worked better had I placed the mines somewhere John actually went (Board 59) vs Board 42. Once he got close, John sleeze-freezed my key defensive positions (such as my 10-2/MMG stack) to allow his infantry to close mostly unmolested. I did have some good results with my tankettes which gave his infantry a hard time but it was not enough. I got at least a few good hits with my ATR (including a CH) but couldn't score a single kill due to the low odds and above-average dice roll results.

On Board 59 I had initially managed to trade ground for time, withdrawing in good order, but once John fully committed his Panzers I lost my freedom to maneuver and got ground up by his combined arms assaults. By the beginning of Turn 5 I had lost nearly all of my defenders on Board 59 and, having little other than some concealment markers and an 8-1 with a malf'd LMG, conceded. Next time I'll try the option to buy the second ATG to see how that works.
2025-05-17(A) Jim Liang vs David Wiesenhahn French win

(VASL Log)
2024-11-13(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Pierre ProustA French winNeed the German balance.
2024-06-23(D) Daniel Soukup vs Patrick French win
2023-11-12(A) Shane Pask vs French winI managed to burn 2 of the French AFVs but nothing else went my way. I lost 2 cc to smaller defenders and when the 10-2 battle hardened to a 10-3, I conceded. All over by the end of French turn 4 with 0 buildings and 12 CVP against me (all infantry losses).
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Avg Rating: 6.67Votes: 21
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To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.1 hours
Recorded Games: 17
Archive recorded plays:
German6
French11
Drawn:0

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Failure to Communicate [Confirmed]
[A] German 13
[D] French 19
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