Raff's Orders WTO (id:#66368)
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Diersfordt, Germany 1945-03-24 ()
Designer: Michael Koch
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
58.333333333333%

Overview:

After a short but intense fight against German artillery and anti-aircraft positions, Colonel Edson Raff gathered his men and resumed the advance toward their main objective-Castle Diersfordt. His column of paratroopers moved fast, ready to engage any threat presented by scattered troops. Along the way, troopers from the 3rd Battalion, 507th PIR joined Raff's column. Finally they reached their destination. Serving as HQ for LXXXVI Korps under General Erich Straube, the medieval castle was made of several solid stone buildings and dominated by a large manor house. After a quick reconnaissance, Raff ordered Lieutenant Colonel Smith's 3rd Battalion to execute an attack on the castle. Knowing that the headquarters was defended by a mixed but determined force, Smith decided to crack the castle and the surrounding buildings with a pincher attack. Meanwhile, Raff and the rest of the 1st Battalion moved on to keep up the momentum and link up with British forces. After a short fire mission from the division 75mm howitzers, Smith's men attacked.
Attacker: American (3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Division 84 and LXXXVI Korps Headquarters)  
3-6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
SdKfz 7/1

Guns: A:0
M2 60mm Mortar x 2
D:1
5cm leGrW 36
2cm FlaK 38

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Variable OB purchase, Blgs: Ground Level only, D: Fortified Bldg.
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-10-08(A) Andy Goldin vs Mike Rogers A German winI bought the East entry area option along with the 50 cal, DCs and extra bazookas. My main effort was on the Turn 3 VCs with a supporting attack on the chateau itself. Although supported by both mortars and the WP mission, my main attack was brutalized by Mike’s HMG, AA gun and 75mm, all of which were positioned to defeat the attack. I found I could cross only at the bridge itself as the stream crossing was an Omaha beach like bloodbath.
My supporting attack made some headway but wasn’t big enough to do the job by itself.
In hindsight, probably would have been better to make the eastern attack my main effort and drive for the chateau instead, as a frontal attack was just too costly.
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2024-10-07(D) Michael Rodgers vs Andy Goldin German winASLOK
2024-06-29(D) Andy Hershey vs Chris Trout German win[Imported from ROAR]
2023-11-27(D) g db vs German winLooking to play American
2023-05-31(A) Jeff B vs Steve Etzelmueller German winI probably split my force 60/40 north/east, buying lots of smoke-making equipment to assist the northern assault. I laid a fair amount on Turn 1, but all but one mortar and one bazooka either didn't have any or ran out. One mortar outright broke. I managed to get a toehold across the bridge, and even take building R4, but Steve did a nice job of positioning his guns, and another nice job of leaving much in reserve to enter where needed on Turn 1. Between the two he covered a lot of chokepoints, and my lack of future smoke would make things extremely difficult. At this point I realized crossing the stream was a fool's errand, and wished I had entered my entire force east to make directly for the chateau. Of course this would allow him to simply converge all his men on this area rather than perform the masterful fighting withdrawal he ended up accomplishing, but would've put all my bazookas in more optimal positions. Turn 2 didn't see my northern force make much more progress, and with all the smoke cover gone and his guns and tank watching the streets they would pretty much be stuck in this position until after the possible game end positions passed. Meanwhile his meatchopper (and my lack of bazookas) diverted my path in the east north to the safety of the stone building overlay. I flamed up the tank at the end of Turn 4, freeing up my northern force to finally try and make the fight, but the rest of the game was mostly spent just positioning myself for the assault on the chateau. I had 1.5 squads safely standing at the gates, but with the building being fortified that's where they would stay. As mentioned above, a unified assault in the east would be what I'd try the next time,
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Avg Rating: 6.00Votes: 11
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Estimated Play time: 3.4 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
American1
German8
Drawn:0

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Raff's Orders [Confirmed]
[A] German 13
[D] American 2
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