DelP028 
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| Overall Rating, 3 votes |
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3.33
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| Scenario Rank: --- of 1093 |
| Parent Game | Deluge |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1939-09-02 |
| Start Time | 05:00 |
| Turn Count | 36 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 125 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 1 |
| Maps | 2: 102, 4 |
| Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty | 182 |
| AAR Bounty | 168 |
| Total Plays | 2 |
| Total AARs | 1 |
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| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Rural Assault |
| Urban Assault |
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| Off-board Artillery |
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| Broken Axis | Maps |
| Deluge | Base Game |
| Fire in the Steppe | Maps + Counters |
| Introduction |
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Seeking to expand their penetration into the Polish fortified line in front of Katowice, the German VIII Corps concentrated its artillery to pound the defenses in a bombardment more suited to 1918 than 1939. But Army Krakow had its difficult-to-redeploy heavy artillery in place behind this part of the front and responded in kind, shocking the Germans. Their surprise grew when the supposedly-beaten Poles rose from their trenches and foxholes to counter-attack the invaders. |
| Conclusion |
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With the help of Armored Train No. 51 Pierwszy Marszalek (“First Marshal”) and a curtain of artillery fire, the Polish attack made some progress, taking back most of the ground lost on the previous day and disrupting German plans for further advances. The success would ultimately mean little, as the Polish position had been unhinged from the south and the Poles would soon withdraw of their own volition. |
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| Heer |
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| Wojska Lądowe |
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| 3 Errata Items | |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun
on 2012 Jan 30)
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| Not Playtested but Fun - A Decent Introductory Scenario | ||||||||||||||
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This was an 8-session, predictable, and too long, but was fun to play as the Poles with a challenging and undaunted opponent. This one was clearly unplaytested and probably could have been better-designed to be more exciting. An infantry slugfest that still requires considerable luck to win for either side, as published. I give it a rating of 3, and suggest shortening the game length to around 24-25 game turns. |
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| 1 Comment |
I guess that I liked this one better than my distinguished opponent, though it was hard going as the defending German side. I agree that it was too long, and a bit predictable, give the limited tactical choices that the Wehrmacht had. The die rolling in our play-through definitely favored the attacking Poles.