The Ostfront Tourney-FINAL Results

[TheBigRedOne]

First Place

tallin 130
Dog Soldier 130

Second Place

FroBodine 125

Third Place

Laza 110
Rabbit 110

The Rest:

Outlaw Josey Wales 105
Dog829 105
Mad_Dog 105
gabeeg 105
Kritterpaw 100
jomni 80
fastphil 75
Landser 75
Nikb 70
flynavy 55
Richie61 30

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

You MUST use these two rules and nothing else for all scenarios.

[TheBigRedOne]

The Ostfront Tourney Round One:

Little Stalingrad at Ponyri

(021.Ponyri.scn)

07 JULY 1943, PONYRI STATION, 60 KM NORTH OF KURSK:

The Northern thrust of the German attack on the Kursk salient was undertaken by the 9th Army. The main axis of the advance was the railway linked Orel and Kursk. The village of Ponyri was a particularly important objective on this axis. Naturally, the Ponyri village and its surroundings were heavily fortified. The area was defended with the well entrenched divisions of the Soviet 13rd Army under General Pukhov. The Ponyri village itself was defended by the elements of the 307th Rifle Division commanded by General Enshin. The 307th Rifle Divisions strong defense line was bolstered by well placed AT guns and dug-in T-34s from the 27th Tank Regiment.

The German spearheads reached the Ponyri line on 5 July. The German attacks of the 292nd, 86th and 78th Infantry Divisions slowly carved into the Russian defenses. On 7 July, forward elements of the 292nd Division (V.Kluge) reached the town center of Ponyri. Kluge ordered an immediate attack on the railway station which seemed to be the cornerstone of the Russian resistance. German infantry, supported by sturmpioneers and tanks including Ferdinands from the PanzerJager Abteilung 653, launched a heavy assault on the station.

Optional Rules to Use:

Vehicle Fire Over
Quality Loss Modifier

You MUST use these two rules and nothing else for all scenarios.

Matchups:

(USSR v Axis)

Ironwulf (5) v tallin (25 Major Win)
tallin (25 Major Win) v Ironwulf (5)

Rabbit (20 Minor Win) v Archijerej (10)
Archijerej (10) v Rabbit (20 Minor Win)

flynavy (5) v fastphil (25 Major Win)
fastphil (20 Minor Win) v flynavy (10)

jomni (25 Major Win) v Checkmate King (5)
Checkmate King (25 Major Win) v jomni (5)

Laza (25 Major Win) v BluntF (5)
BluntF (5) v Laza (25 Major Win)

Kritterpaw (5) v NikB (25 Major Win)
Nikb (5) v Kritterpaw (25 Major Win)

FroBodine (5) v Dog829 (25 Major Win)
Dog829 (20 Minor Win) v FroBodine (10)

Outlaw Josey Wales (20 Minor Win) v Landser (10)
Landser34 (25 Major Win) v Outlaw Josey Wales (5)

Mad_Dog (20 Minor Win) v gabeeg (10)
gabeeg (25 Major Win) v Mad_Dog (5)

arnold75 (5) v Dog Soldier (25 Major Win)
Dog Soldier (25 Major Win) v arnold75 (5)

[TheBigRedOne]

The Ostfront Tourney Round Two:

Get the Ball Rolling

(064.Mniszek.scn)

16 JANUARY 1945, MNISZEK, 20 KM WEST OF RADOM, POLAND:

Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front opened its attack on the German Ninth Army from the Magnuszew and Pulawy bridgeheads at 08:30 on January 14 after a heavy bombardment. At Pulawy, The 33rd and 69th Armies gained a 30 km breakthrough in the direction of Radom. 69th Army's attack was particularly successful and the defending LVI Panzer Korps disintegrated under heavy pressure on its flanks. Limited counterattacks by the 19th Panzer Division were repulsed and by the end of the day Soviet infantry captured Radom. At this point, Zhukov released the 11th Tank Corps, the exploitation force of the 69th Army, which rolled on towards the Radomka and Pilica Rivers.

On 16 January, spearheading tanks from the 65th Tank Brigade reached the Radomka River and engaged in a fight against the elements of the 19th Panzer Division. At noon, an armored probe aimed at the bridge at Mniszek was stopped by a German anti-tank screen. The Soviet commander sent a detachment of tanks southwards to outflank the German positions. At 13:00, with the help of some sappers, an armored detachment managed to cross the river and outflanked the German garrison Mniszek. The local German command reacted by sending elements of the 27th Panzer Regiment to counter this threat.

Optional Rules to Use:

Vehicle Fire Over
Quality Loss Modifier

You MUST use these two rules and nothing else for all scenarios.

Matchups:

(USSR v Axis)

Dog Soldier (5) v Laza (25 Major Win)
Laza (5) v Dog Soldier (25 Major Win)

tallin (25 Major Win) v fastphil (5)
fastphil (5) v tallin (25 Major Win)

Dog829 (5) v Rabbit (25 Major Win)
Rabbit (5) v Dog829 (Major Win)

Landser (5) v gabeeg (25 Major Win)
gabeeg (25 Major Win) v Landser (5)

jomni (5) v Kirtterpaw (25 Major Win)
Kritterpaw (15 Draw) v jomni (15 Draw)

Nikb (5) v Outlaw Josey Wales (25 Major Win)
Outlaw Josey Wales (25 Major Win) v NikB (5)

Mad_Dog (25 Major Win) v Archijerej (5)
Archijerej (5) v Mad_Dog (25 Major Win)

flynavy (5) v FroBodine (25 Major Win)
FroBodine (25 Major Win) v flynavy (5)

Ironwulf (25 Major Win) v arnold 75 (5)
arnold75 (5) v Ironwulf (25 Major Win)

[TheBigRedOne]

The Ostfront Tourney Round Three:

The Dieppe of the Blacksea

(005.Ozereika.scn)

04 FEBRUARY 1943, OZEREIKA BAY, 12KM SOUTHWEST OF NOVOROSSIISK:

After surrounding the German forces at Stalingrad, STAVKA planned another smaller operation codenamed "Operation Sea". The aim of the operation was to capture the Black Sea harbor town of Novorossiisk and block the 17th Army's path of retreat from the Caucasus into the Crimea. The assault was to be a combined one that included amphibious and airborne landings. The amphibious operation was directed against Novorossiisk while airborne troops delayed the reinforcements. The location of the beach landings was the bay of Ozereika which is a couple of kilometers southwest of Novorossiisk. The Ozereika Bay provided a suitable landscape for landings and advance inland.

The Axis defenses in the area consisted of the 38th Rumanian Infantry Regiment which was defending the beaches and the German 789th Coastal Artillery Battalion with its 105mm howitzers emplaced in the heights dominating the bay and the village of Yuzhnaye Ozereika.

The Soviet plan was to push through the defense in order to reach a line between Yuzhnaye Ozereika and Stanichka; then turn right and envelop Novorossiisk from the West. The mission was undertaken by the elements of the 255th Naval Brigade, a stubborn and crack unit which was supported by lend lease Stuart tanks from the 563rd Tank Battalion. Soviet command used every vessel for naval transportation; patrol boats, rubber boats, fishing boats and barges. The destroyer "Minsk" provided artillery support on pre-assigned targets. At 02:00 hours the first wave of the assault force closed in on the beach. The landing forces found trenches, mines and obstacles intact after the artillery preparation and engaged in a heavy fight with the Rumanian infantry.

Optional Rules to Use:

Vehicle Fire Over
Quality Loss Modifier

You MUST use these two rules and nothing else for all scenarios.

Matchups:

(USSR v Axis)

tallin (25 Major Win) v FroBodine (5)
FroBodine (25 Major Win) v Tallin (5)

gabeeg (5) v Dog Soldier (25 Major Win)
Dog Soldier (25 Major win) v gabeeg (5)

Laza (25 Major Win) v Outlaw Josey Wales (5)
Outlaw Josey Wales (25 Major Win) v Laza (5)

Dog829 (15 Draw) v Mad_Dog (15 Draw)
Mad_Dog (15 Draw) v Dog829 (15 Draw)

Rabbit (25 Major Win) v fastphil (5)
fastphil (15 Draw) v Rabbit (15 Draw)

jomni (25 Major Win) v Landser34 (5)
Landser (25 Major Win) v jomni (5)

Kritterpaw (25 Major Win) v Nikb (5)
Nikb (25 Major Win) v Kritterpaw (5)

flynavy (25 Major win) v Richie61 (5)
Richie61 (25 Major win) v flynavy (5)

[TheBigRedOne]

Gents,

Posted above are the final results of The Ostfront Tourney. A hearty congrats goes to tallin and Dog Soldier for finishing in a tie for first place. Since both of them had a copy of Winter War, FroBodine was the winner of the game donated by scenario designer and SB legend, Ozgur Budak.

Points and medals will be awarded in due course.

Thanks again to all the participants! Looking forward to the next tourney!

[Mad_Dog]

You picked some good scenarios Alan, thanks for putting it together. Lots of fun! :)

[Dog Soldier]

Congratulations to tallin.

The tournament was a lot of fun. Thank you to those who I played. It was good to get to begin to know the SB community better.

Dog Soldier