WG101 "Forced Entry"

Scenario Design by Bill Thomson; Updated 130615

January, 1943 : The Russians SU122 assault gun receives its baptism of fire versus the isolated Germans at Stalingrad.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: To win the Soviet must completely occupy two more of the stone buildings initially occupied by the Germans than they lose of their stone buildings the Soviets initially occupied OR have a favorable 3:1 ratio (Russian/German) of unbroken squads at games end. To be completely occupied in your favor, no enemy squad, crew on foot, or leader (AFVs do not qualify) can be in the building at games end and your forces must have been the last to have occupied any hex of the building with a unbroken unit. The German win by avoiding the Soviet victory conditions.

BOARD LAYOUT:

North
1	not used
only rows A-P inclusive are in play

SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

Russians Setup First	1	2	3	4	5	END
Russians Move First

RUSSIAN FORCES:

AT START: Elements of the 308th Rifle Division and 2nd Bn. 37th Guards:

In Building N4: 1x80, 4x447	In Building N2: 1x447
In Building J2: 1x91, 1x447, 1xMMG	In Building F3: 1x10-2, 12x628
M2: 3x447	Any Russian occupied Building(s):PLC (use 8-1 leader if PLCs are not in play), 4xLMG

TURN 1: Enter any east (P0 through P10) edge: 2xSU122

GERMAN FORCES:

Select One Group; all groups total 990 points without the PLC
- FORCE A: 1x9-2, 4x8-1, 2x7-0, 16x467, 2x247, 4xMMG, 6xPF, 1x75ATG
- FORCE B: 1x9-2, 1x9-1, 4x8-1, 18x467, 1xHMG, 1xMMG, 8xLMG, 5xPF
- FORCE C: 1x10-2, 1x9-2, 1x9-1, 2x8-1, 1x7-0, 14x467, 2x838, 4xMMG, 6xLMG, 3xPF

AT START:
- At least two squads must setup in each building: F5, K5, I7, M7, and M9; Only 838's and 467s count as squads.
- All other units including PLC (use 8-1 leader if PLCs are not in play) deploy in any hex of buildings F5, K5, I7, M7, and M9:

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

WG101. 1: Reminder: Second Level buildings rules introduced in Scenario 10 are in effect.
WG101. 2: Reminder: 838's possess smoke making capability
WG101. 3: SIDE SELECTION PROCEDURE: Each player takes one marker of each nationality and simultaneously reveals their choice of side. If opposing sides are selected, those sides are assigned. If the same side is chosen, the players bid for side with the lower rated (seed) player bidding first. Bids may start at '0' and progress in whole numbers only. The bid is the number of dominant AT START squads to be added to the opposing side. The bid continues until one player accepts the opposing side whose force is augmented with that bid. Please report the bid, winning side and comments (i.e. uneven die rolls at key moments) as this data will be used for balance modification the scenario prior to its published form.

PLAYTEST STATUS: This scenario is currently in playtest (Beta Release), please contact Squad Leader Academy to join this effort. The 'final' version will be published as a SQLA/Wargame Academy (WGA) scenario pack.