VaeVictis Special Game Issue #179 - March-April 2025

SYNOPSIS

NEWS HEXAGONS

Berestchko 1651
OP Isabella
Holland 44 2e edition
Virtu,
Caporetto 1917
BOARDGAMES

1943-1945
1812
OP Bollebanck
Tarawa
I, Napoleon
Old School Tactical
Robin Hood
7 Empires
Wolfpack
In a Dark Wood
Red Dust Rebellion
HOBBY

Débuter à l’OCS
Des étudiants s’invitent au combat : La représentation de la 3e dimension dans les wargames aériens
Construire une ferme grecque – technique
FIGURINES

Bolt Action v3 : Sword Beach
Les batailles du Téméraire 2e partie
Clash of Steel : Comment y jouer
Midgard
Silver Bayonet Italy
Once and Future King
The Road to Carentan
Monty v Rommel
Nam 68Napoleon BBB
SCENARIOS

ASL
M44
ART OF WAR

the battle of Lauban 1945
WARGAME with die-cut counters : the battle of Lauban.

Launched on January 12, 1945, the Vistula-Oder offensive turned into an overwhelming victory in a few days. After a 600 km ride, the first Soviet armored points reached the Oder, the last major natural obstacle before Berlin... From the end of January, in order to cover Zhukov in charge of the main effort towards Berlin, Koniev's 1st Ukrainian Front began its offensive in Silesia. After the encirclement of Breslau, Rybalko and his 3rd Guards Tank Army advanced westward on February 16 with the objectives of taking Görlitz and Lauban, but were held in check by local forces. From February 25, the German high command considered counterattacking. The objective is twofold. First, on the military level, re-establish the defense of the Oder by striking the enemy's flanks and on the political level, the sector seemed conducive to a welcome success in the catastrophic context of February 1945. Operation Gemse – a classic pincer movement around Lauban – engaged two Panzerkorps and began on March 1.
Operation Gemse 1945 simulates the Soviet attack on Lauban and the subsequent German counterattack.

Game turn: 2 days
Units : batalion, regiments and brigades
One hexagon = 2 km
Complexity: 5/10
Solitaire: 7/10
Length of a game: approximately 3-4 hours