217 The Assault at Brecourt Manor

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Written by: Wei-Cheng Cheng
Category: Western Front
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Record a victory for BOTTOM ARMY  0 %
Total plays 1 - Last reported by pino on 2023-09-02 01:03:44

On June 6th 1944, 1stLt Richard Winters and 2ndLt Lynn D. Compton led a paratroopers of 13 soldiers to assault a German battery position defended by approximately 60 German soldiers in Brécourt Manor.
With the reinforcement of 2ndLt Ronald Spiers, they finally accomplished the mission of destroying four 105 mm guns.
This successful assault contributed the easy troops landing at Utah Beach on D-day.

 

  American German
Division 1

4 Squad Bases
- 10 Elite Infantry
- 2 Officer
- 2 Machine Gun Crew

4x Medic
4x Concealed Concealed

 7 Squad Bases
- 19 Regular Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 4 Machine Gun Crew
Division 2

1 Squad Bases
- 1 Regular Infantry
- 2 Elite Infantry
- 1 Officer

1x Medic

 8 Squad Bases
- 31 Regular Infantry
- 1 Officer
Strategy Decks - -
Starting Strategy Cards - -
Operations Cards - Merciless Assualt
- Double Time
- Inspiring Leadership		 - Massive Confusion
Deployment Zone Div. 1: Any hex on maps 8B
Div. 2: The hex with green "R" (during the Status Phase of round 2)

Div. 1: deploy 4 Machine gun crews in hexes as the description in the map deploy 3 Infantry squads in any hex with entrenchment.
Div. 2: deploy 4 Infantry squads in any hex on Map 11B

Reinforcement - Any hex with grey "R" (2 Infantry squads during the Status Phase of round 1)

Special Rules
All Machince Gun crews should keep in OP fire mode all the time.
Starting Initiative Initiative Token Germans setup first
Objective The nation with more victory points at the end of round 5 wins.
Rounds 5
Actions per turn 2 2
Reinforcements

Status phase of round 2
Division 2

Status phase of round 1
2 Infantry squads reinforcement

Status phase of round 2
2 Infantry squads reinforcement
Special Rules

There is no command phase in this scenario.
Each side rolls one die to determine the initiative in the following rounds.
If there is a tie, roll the die again.

Solitaire Play
1. Rolling two dice (one red and one black) together to determine the initiative (red represents American, black represents German).
2. Control both side with the best way.

 

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Posts in discussion: 217 The Assault at Brecourt Manor
alecrespi replied the topic:
#1184
7 months 2 weeks ago
I'll post here a game session report by the author (from BGG).
boardgamegeek.com/thread/356431/assault-brecourt-manor

From what I can see the victory points (objectives conquered) are awarded in all rounds, but in the original PDF file there is no trace of them.
Should we consider this special rule as valid?

Moreover during the deployment the Germans could place units on any hex on Map 11B.
I can't understand why they didn't exploit the "half hexagons" bordering board 5A, since they are valid hexes as per the rules. (this would allow Germans to save at least one full turn during the advance)
Maybe German deployment should clearly specify the hexes "behind" razor wire line?
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