Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
Not Enough Good Order Leaders
Author Hugmenot
Method Solo
Victor Draw
Play Date 2012-12-25
Language English
Scenario FiAx005

Played solo in about 4½ hours.

The Hungarians set up almost all of their units in and around the town on board 17, and the remaining units in the town on board 1.

I split the Slovaks into three groups: two groups to attack the town on board 17 (from the North and the West), and one group on the march to seize the town on board 1.

The main problem for the Slovaks in this scenario is they have very few leaders (and of poor quality in my replay) for the number of troops they have. I had the Hungarian focus their fire (direct, opportunity, and bombardment) on Slovak leaders and it worked. The Slovak advance was slowed down tremendously and a sizeable portion of their troops were often stuck just firing at range against troops in good defensive terrain.

The Slovaks do have a powerful OBA and it caused enough casualties, disruption, and demoralization for them to make some progress. But too many of their leaders had their heads down and thus were unable to send troops forward at critical moments.

At the end of the 24 turns, the Slovaks were ahead 28 to 24 in victory points, one point shy of a minor victory.

Draw.

I gave this scenario a “3”. My first thought was to give it a “4” but I took a point off because it’s not as well-balanced as I would like. Recommended for solo play (it’s a fun unbalanced situation).

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