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Dien Bien Phu Tourney - TheBigRedOne - 09-29-2009 Standings cazart! 125 Yorick 125 tallin 100 Barnacle Bob 100 Rabbit 100 kolc 95 --- Nikb 90 Paulinski 90 Laza 80 rahamy 75 Glyn 75 TheBigRedOne 70 StEvremond 65 Landser34 60 billk1 55 Alpha Two 20 Scenario Scoring: 25 = Major Victory 20 = Minor Victory 15 = Draw 10 = Minor Loss 5 = Major loss Tourney Bonus Points: 1st Place -- 100 points 2nd Place -- 75 points 3rd Place -- 50 points All Others -- 25 points The tourney, ideally, should be played as a simultaneous mirror in order to 1) aid in getting the scenarios finished in a timely fashion and 2) avoid potential advantages given if the games are played back-to-back. It's up to each pairing as to how to play, of course. Timeliness is the crucial part here. I'm hoping for a 6 week turnaround on the games, which is around 3 turns a week. This is more than reasonable for most players. Optional Rules to Use: Vehicle Fire Over Quality Loss Modifier Use only these two rules for all scenarios. Some light reading to whet your appetite for this conflict. Round One: 040 Ban Kho Lai - TheBigRedOne - 10-21-2009 DBP Tourney Round One: Roadblock At Ban Kho Lai 22 March, 1954 S of main DBP Fortified Camp Size: Company (+) Vehicles Side: Best as French or PBEM The French positions at Dien Bien Phu included one called Isabelle which was several kilometers south of the main French fortifications. The road between the main positions and Isabelle was vulnerable to Viet-Minh occupation. Regiment 57 had thrown up two rows of trenches, cutting RP41 and isolating Isabelle. Moving south from the main position, Legion paratroopers supported by Ney's tank platoon ran up against the entrenched Viet Minh. Attempts to break through or flank the position were thwarted and so from the Isabelle position, Algerians from II/RTA as well as another platoon of Bisons moved north in support. Not until an additional platoon of tanks from Claudine was committed would the village be cleared and the road opened. The fighting was fierce, but the French forces joined hands, giving them their first real victory in the fighting. Optional Rules to Use: Quality Loss Modifier, Vehicle Fire Over Matchups: (Viet Minh v French) Laza (15 Draw) v Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) v Laza (15 Draw) Landser34 (15 Draw) v Alpha Two (15 Draw) Alpha Two (5) v Landser34 (25 Major Win) Nikb (15 Draw) v Paulinski (15 Draw) Paulinski (25 Major Win) v Nikb (5) kolc (25 Major Win) v Rabbit (5) Rabbitt (25 Major Win) v kolc (5) tallin (15 Draw) v Yorick (15 Draw) Yorick (25 Major Win) v tallin (5) rahamy (25 major win) v Glyn (5) Glyn (25 major win) v rahamy (5) billk1 (25 Major Win) v StEvremond (5) StEvremond (25 Major Win) v billk1 (5) TheBigRedOne (15 Draw) v cazart! (15 Draw) cazart! (20 Minor Win) v TheBigRedOne (10) RE: Dien Bien Phu Tourney - TheBigRedOne - 12-07-2009 DBP Tourney Round Two: 032 Ban Him Lam 5 December 1953 NE of DBP Fortified Camp Size: Company Side: French or best as PBEM As per General Cogny's Directive 739 on 30 November 1953, the Colonial Parachute battalions (BPCs) were to begin their sorties outward from Dien Bien Phu to secure the outlying villages. Major Souquet's 1st BPC took the lead patrol on Route 41 to clear the road. A bare 3 miles northeast of the center of Dien Bien Phu itself, the road twisted through a narrow valley overshadowed between two hills that led to the T'ai tribal village called Ban Him Lam. Major Souquet was to push forward to the village and did not expect any enemy force to be operating that close to home. Optional Rules to Use: Quality Loss Modifier, Vehicle Fire Over Matchups: (Viet Minh v French) Paulinski (5) v cazart! (25 Major Win) cazart! (15 Draw) v Paulinski (15 Draw) Landser34 (5) v Yorick (25 Major Win) Yorick (15 Draw) v Landser34 (15 Draw) Laza (20 minor win) v StEvremond (10) StEvremond (10) v Laza (20 Minor Win) kolc (25 Major Win) v billk1 (5) billk1 (5) v kolc (25 Major Win) rahamy (10) v Rabbit (20 Minor Win) Rabbit (15 Draw) v rahamy (15 Draw) Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) v Glyn (15 Draw) Glyn (15 Draw) v Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) Nikb (15 Draw) v tallin (15 Draw) tallin (20 Minor Win) v Nikb (10) RE: Dien Bien Phu Tourney - TheBigRedOne - 02-24-2010 DBP Tourney Round Three: Retaking of Huguette 1 060/Huguette 1 23 April 1954 Western Sector of main DBP Fortified Camp Size: Company (+) Vehicles Side: Best as French or PBEM After taking both Huguette 6 and 7, the Viet-Minh attacked the length of the runway and overran the next French strong point of Huguette 1. A counterattack by 2 BEP was ordered to retake the position. The mission was plagued by snafus. The 6th Company became lost in the maze of tunnels and trenches and arrived late at the jump off; the commander of the battalion, Maj Liesenfelt, was tuned to the wrong frequency; the artillery was unfocused; all leading to a disaster. In disarray, the French forces fell back to their lines. The operation was a disaster for the French - an elite paratroop battalion had been defeated in a stand up fight, their operational reserves no longer existed, artillery ammunition expenditure was far above the allotted amount, and they failed to retake any ground whatsoever. The noose tightened again. Optional Rules to Use: Quality Loss Modifier, Vehicle Fire Over Matchups: (Viet Minh v French) Yorick (20 Minor Win) v kolc (10) kolc (5) v Yorick (25 Major Win) cazart! (25 Major Win) v Laza (5) Laza (5) v cazart! (25 Major Win) Rabbit (10) v Paulinski (20 Minor Win) Paulinski (5) v Rabbit (25 Major Win) Glyn (5) v TheBigRedOne (25 Major Win) TheBigRedOne (20 Minor Win) v Glyn (10) Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) v rahamy (15 Draw) rahamy (5) v Barnacle Bob (25 Major Win) tallin (20 Minor Win) v StEvremond (10) StEvremond (5) v tallin (25 Major Win) Nikb (20 Minor Win) v billk1 (10) billk1 (5) v Nikb (25 Major Win) RE: Dien Bien Phu Tourney - TheBigRedOne - 06-18-2010 The tourney is FINALLY complete! I'd like to congratulate our winners: 1st Place (tie) cazart! (Mike Cox) and Yorick Congrats on a hard-fought title. Not bad to share the spotlight with the main scenario designer, eh, Yorick! Good work, both of you. 2nd Place (3-way tie) Barnacle Bob tallin rabbit 3rd Place kolc I will be giving everyone their bonus points shortly, the medals have been awarded. I'd like to thank all of you for participating in this tourney, I hope you enjoyed it!