| Scenario | Comment | User |
|---|---|---|
| The Only Safe Place | toffee | |
| Good, Lucky, or Both | AlexB | |
| Shouting Into The Storm | Played in Round 2 of the Illuminating Rounds competition. Tim outbid me to play the Germans and I got the balance in the shape of a T34/85 tank which joined 3 IS-2ms in the hope of stopping the German juggernaut. The performance of the Russian armour here could euphemistically be described as disappointing. One IS-2 disappeared into a cellar, another succumbed to a sniper attack and the third managed to kill precisely zero German AFVs or infantry. Tim did a great job of moving his armour and infantry forward and the Russians were overwhelmed with one one player turn to go. | Dougban |
| The Terror of the Castle | Russian win on VPs on Turn 6, though they did lose both of their tanks to PF shots. Interesting lock-up situation in the Postal Palace, with the Hungarians hemmed in by two FT wielding 628s and a Set DC. | ASLSKGwahlur |
| Transylvania 6-5000 | manzoliandrea72 | |
| Sur le Toit de l'Europe (The Roof of Europe) | Danno | |
| Sur le Toit de l'Europe (The Roof of Europe) | A bit of dicey game. The French managed some hard hits on Turn 1 with two German 2-4-8's eliminated. By Turn 4, another two went down and that was game and a French win. The French managed to avoid the German MMG by falling back over the hill as the Germans trudged up the Alpine Hills in the deep snow. | grumblejones |
| Bridge Busters | 2024 Chicago Open (round 7) The first 4 turns were clinical for the Germans. They pushed all the Russians off the hills. It looked grim for the Russians who lost the AT gun and the crew for the HMG. Turn 5 Russian reinforcements scored the first points for the Russians. Turn 6 went poorly for the Germans as the Russians quickly scored more than enough CVP for the win. | RJenulis |
| Contested Settlement | A hard-fought battle by the Polish with great shots from the defenders and not-so-hot rolls when checking for Morale. The reinforcements tried to get on-board without much trouble, but were instantly caught out by some snake eyes, killing the leader instantly. By the end of turn 6, almost all of the Poles had broken, and they'd barely gotten close to any of the multi-hex buildings at all. Fun, quick scenario. Feels like the more inexperienced player should get the balance. | Jobbo_Fett |
| Blood Brothers | I can't pinpoint exactly how I won as the INA. My friend flanked either side and made decent progress. However, as he moved up the hills in open ground vs stone buildings, the casualties began to mount. Strangely, one side of his flank couldn't fail a MC, but the other side seemed to only fail. About halfway through the scenario, he moved a bunch of HS's CX into CC (uphill in a building) on the west flank and lost every one of them (four, I think). That side started to look secure. His eastern flank made slow progress, and some stone buildings began to fall. Unfortunately for him, by then it was too little too late. By that time, there was little chance of the British taking all the stone buildings in the southern hill mass, let alone take one more on the northern one. The British had some bad luck early with the smoke, but they would only be able to mask the initial moves anyway. I think the British player needs to be pretty aggressive because his forces have a lot of buildings to take. My friend started to push harder as the turns slipped away, but how many -2 open ground point blank shots can a person's forces really be expected to survive? I kept my forces in place for the most part and with decent rolls, good use of resid, and strong defensive positions, they were hard to push out. I thought this one was going to be a dog, but both sides need to make some tough decisions. It turned out to be a pretty fun scenario. | Jude |
| Black Day in Hatten | Blaze | |
| Shklov's Labors Lost | mcgallons | |
| Lost Opportunities | toffee | |
| Sink's Encouragement | AlexB | |
| Bunker Burning | VASL | jrwusmc |
| Bertoldo the Brave | Very exciting game, with American victory at the CC of the last turn. A pined crew ambushed a 548 squad and the +1 was enough to survive and prevent the German capture of the last building needed for to win the game | jesuspiebatlle |
| Defiance on Hill 30 | A rare FtF game for me at "The Whitmore House," getting together with the Milwaukee-area gang. We settled on this in honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. I took the Germans, even though Zoltan's dad was an Iron Cross-winning Hungarian commander memorialized on cardboard in ASL117-With Tigers on Their Tail. I approached straight up the middle, with an outlying force north of the road/woods mass on the bottom to try and flank. Dealing with the almost-scripted MMG nest and mortar on top of the hill would prove exceedingly difficult, with his mortar breaking a stack behind the wall and me also losing a HS. Meanwhile his boys on the hill shrugged off MC after MC from my kill stacks. Turn 4 saw a drastic turn of events though as my mortar rolled three snake eyes in a row. First a CH on the mortar, then another on the results, then another on the MMG nest. The resulting "5" was almost as good here after Zoltan rolled snakes of his own to have both leader and HS affected equally by the CH. His leader bit it with a mortal wound, and the HS of course was killed outright. Once the hill was clear I was able to storm up quite a few Germans into the hill. Just in time too, because the Ami reinforcements arrived early. It looked to be a tough fight. But when a berzerk Ami was K'd and then boxcarred his MC, and his attempt to take me out in one of the foxholes on the hill in CC met with doom he called it a day. Despite me currently not having a single building, his broken 9-1 and another squad would be sure mop up casualties, and me grabbing a sole building from his sorely pressed five remaining squads would be rather simple. A fun time with a great group of guys! | buser333 |
| The Recapture of Ockenburg | First to play and post. | Danno |
| The Recapture of Ockenburg | Very good scenario. My Dutch started off good, but then faltered. By Turn 5, the Dutch has taken two trenches and a single building, and didn't have the time to get any others, so that was game. Germans did a great job of delaying. | grumblejones |
| The Daring Ones | Very tough for the Italian (at least for me. I am curious about how a better player would attack that barren hill). | strategos |
| Late for Chow | Ric of The LBC | |
| Headhunting For Bloody Huns | A15.4er | |
| Probe Toward The Hague | Germans suffered early breaks to a 47 and then the Dutch on Turn 2 went after the broken stacks and took prisoners and/or casualty reduced the squads. The Germans managed to get into the 71E7 Building but couldn't take it and in the final CC were eliminated. The Dutch managed to hold on for the win. Recommend using the German balance. | grumblejones |
| Probe Toward The Hague | Danno | |
| Panzerpioniere! | Bongiovanni | |
| The Chivres Shivaree | Danno | |
| The Chivres Shivaree | This scenario is very tough for the French and the ROAR STATS bear that out. Germans lost both Armored Cars and did nothing with them. The Germans on the southside were reduced to a single half-squad that survived the entire game and took a French half-squad in the final CC. The German MMG was on the hill and broke up the French moving across the causeway. The French tanks all got across when I rolled a 10 on the DC which was set on the bridge. Dice sucketh majorly. The French tanks didn't have enough movement to overrun the German 4-6-8 on the hill with the MMG. They did get a 75 hit in Advancing fire with a K3 result. But the half-squad passed the MC and that was game. A very improbable German win. And again, very tough on the French, when the Germans are able to win with just a single half-squad. It is a fun scenario though and I would recommend playing it if the opportunity arises. | grumblejones |
| Raff's Dilemma | VASL | jrwusmc |
| Mai Phu | Went to the last turn. | wwillow |
| The Paw of the Tiger | antro | |
| Rescuing the Pocket | Great fun used on the LFT boards! | von Garvin |
| Regalbuto Ridge | A15.4er | |
| Bridge Busters | A15.4er | |
| Battle for the Warta Line | The German attack concentrated on the Polish left and center, with a sole HS flanker on the right to strip concealment/block rout paths. Polish OBA harassing fire/picket forces slowed the center and wire on the left hill mass significantly hampered progress there. With fortunate DRs when needed - including ATR- and CC Reaction Fire-destruction of both Panzer 1s - the Poles managed to stop the center and severely attrit the left board edge exit run with a 9-2/MMG stack in 3F5 laying down a hail of fire. With 15 EVP tallied, the last DFF DR of the game broke the HS and pinned the 8-0 that represented the German margin of victory or defeat. Great fun and well-played. A fun classic that offers several options for defense/OBA utilization. | Thompsonmg(MGT) |
| Onwards! | toffee | |
| Second Crack at Caumont | Bongiovanni | |
| KNIL Before The Emperor | Gamer72 | |
| Road Kill | In the very first turn, the soldiers I got from the balance were dead, via Snipers and his on board mortars. In the end, I was able to force my way into the building. The 10-2 AL was a boss and his gyro stabilizer really made the difference. Mid way, most of my force was broken and out of position. I ended up getting some key rallies and that sealed the deal with some final heroics. | von Garvin |
| Raid Into The Reich | A very close game that came down to the last roll in Close Combat Phase and, although the Polish side managed a casualty reduction, it was not enough to eliminate the last German units from the last building hex CC. It was a tense back and forth affair, and I can easily suggest this one for some entertaining early war Polish aggression. More balanced than "First Invasion Into Germany" | Jobbo_Fett |
| Intimate War | Tough victory conditions for the Americans. As the Japanese, I kept shuffling and skulking squads around to slow the American advance. Once they got a foothold in the building, I advanced units up the stairwells to further impede their movement. More fun for the Americans as they have a lot of tactical decisions to make, but the Japanese defender also needs to make choices (basically, who to sacrifice and when) as they skulk around the sole victory building. Decent scenario, but nothing special. | Jude |
| KNIL Before The Emperor | A Japanese win in their final half turn with too few KNIL troops left to hold enough buildings in the village. I was well in the game through T4 but the Japanese advantages of for example Stealth and a well executed Banzai turned the tide | Simonstan |
| Shouting Into The Storm | Great game with Martin that came down to the last CC. Lots of 2s and 12s in the game that made everything interesting which eventually swung to the German favor. The Russian FT ran out of gas on its first shot, which was both late in the game and started the slow decline of the Russian defense. Played as part of the Illuminating Rounds Tournament. | dmareske |
| Dutch Courage | Some badly timed CC for the Germans left them unable to capture enough buildings for the win. Well-played by Paul who had some low rolls in the middle part of the game breaking the German morale. | dmareske |
| Dutch Courage | worksp2018 | |
| Borodino Train Station | Rich Weiley | |
| Borodino Train Station | Laate game counterattack saw a German HS weave through fire to recapture the railway station. Russian 9-2 surrendered via HOB! | Minedog |
| The Paw of the Tiger | antro | |
| The Guards Counterattack | My sniper was decisive, killing the German 9-1 and 9-2 early in the match. | von Garvin |
| Terroristen!! | Danno | |
| Terroristen!! | ROAR STATS paint an ugly picture. But our playing came down to German 8-0 surviving a 16 -2 shot to help surround the Partisan 9-2 with a 5-2-7 and 3-3-7. Then everyone else swarmed the 9-2 who rolled a 10 on a final protective fire and broke the stack. Unable to rout, they were eliminated and the Germans won with 15 CVP. But had the 9-2 survived, the Germans would have been unable to take the last two buildings with only a single turn remaining. So...the Partisans can win this one. Really, they can. Think like Partisans and make it happen. | grumblejones |
| Raff's Dilemma | I took the low-ELR, ML6/7 Osttruppen to face Robert's armor and Trevor's glidermen. My plan was to stop the Amis from crossing the T6-U21 road and form a last-ditch defense around building Q15. The US attack hit my left flank except one platoon that came at W10-11 and was turned back by the AA gun. My MMCs around the pillbox could not stop the gildermen. Once the Amis were on the hill north of the road, my defense crumbled. The 50L missed its first shot and its crew was broken by tank fire. The 75* got a tank with H7 and later a 436 got one with a PF but mostly the Shermans blasted away with impunity. My big mistake was putting the 8-1 in the pillbox. He got trapped and killed in CC leaving me without a leader with a negative modifier making rallying broken conscripts almost impossible. A good attack plan won this one. It's fun but the German defense has a very small margin for error. Hiding in the NE corner orchards on the hill might work but it would be very boring. As played, it was fun for all! | dieneuner25 |
| Battle for the Warta Line | The Germans attacked in force on the south side of the battlefield with a small force moving through the woods in the center. The Poles placed a majority of the wire in the woods which severely slowed the German advance. However, the major thrust on the South moved quickly while the Poles struggled to shift their forces from the North and center to the South. The Poles were able to break a number of German squads on turns 2 and 3. But the 9 broken morale allowed the German units to rally quickly. By the end of Turn 4 the Germans were on Hill 547 in force with two MMGs and the 9-2 leader. This position blocked the Poles from being able to reinforce the south side leaving the door open for the Germans to exit. The German gun was never unhooked and OBA played no roll. | Heloanjin |
| Escape to the Elbe | Danno | |
| Escape to the Elbe | Rough battle as the terrain is maddening to move through. Russians need to defend the choke points and placing rubble prior to play is key. Danls Germans came in and fought the terrain for the first two turns. By Turn 3, we were fighting it out. By the end of Turn 5, The Germans had exited three full half-tracks, but all three STUG's were knocked out along with several of the halftracks. Turn 4 had been devastating as two STUGS and two full half-tracks were destroyed in that turn alone. Scenario looks to be very challenging for the German player. | grumblejones |
| It's a Battlefield | Fairly straight-forward scenario won with a fairly straight-forward attack. The Germans seem strong in this one. As featured on IR103. | Dave |
| What Doesn’t Kill You | Bongiovanni | |
| Panzer Graveyard | Bongiovanni | |
| The Fifth's Rearguard | Danno | |
| The Fifth's Rearguard | My Russians couldn't get across the fortified MLR. My reinforcements got clobbered by the HIP 75 with both SU-76's knocked out and two squads and the 8-1 broken. Unable to get through the mines and wire, I was forced to give it up and concede. My PREP Fire and D-Fire rolls with 12 and 16 factor shots were not landing. Gotta get some results or you ain't going anywhere...movement only gets you so far... | grumblejones |
| Show of Force | The German tanks moved aggressively to the Russian right flank in Turn 1, peppering likely hide-outs for Russian Gun with AFPH MG and MA shots. The Ht-borne infantry followed suit on Turn 2 after the German tanks VBM'd the Russians main positions (including the stumbled-upon Gun in 70L6 which improbably missed a same hex shot) and things unraveled very quickly for the Russians thereafter, who conceded in Turn 3. Everything went right for the Germans, and the Russians - who had a good set-up - were dogged by poor DRs (including failed PAATCs), but this one seems hard on the Russians absent a strong intervention of fate. The Russian 76Ls are not a very compelling weapon against the German tank force without more side-shot opportunities. Allowing some Russian set-up on Board 69 and/or adding the T-34 as HIP might make this more interesting. | Thompsonmg(MGT) |
| Used and Abused | My GI's started out hot and really put it to the attacking Japaneese however, after malfing a Baz and 50 cal which, disabled on the next turn. They fought on bravely but by turn 5 were surrounded. Roar currently has this at 17 to 4 in favor of the japaneese. Suggestions after 2 playing to even that up would to be have the Japaneese enter from off board and allow bore sighting | SGT Mac |
| In the Vanguard | Bongiovanni | |
| Race for the Berezina | Tigers knocked out 5 Shermans and then MALF'd one in Intensive Fire and then it was RECALLED. Another Tiger would be knocked out in a Bounding Fire Rear Shot. The remaining Tiger moved to cut off the exit and then Boxcar'd the First Fire Roll and the Russians exited off for the win. Bad dice afflicted the Germans. With decent dice, the Russians would probably not stand a chance in this one. | grumblejones |
| Race for the Berezina | First to play and post. | Danno |
| Light 'em Up | Another static Manila defensive scenario for my Japanese. The low American morale isn't much of a problem with good cover. With US HS's the same strength as a 2nd line Japanese squad, most CC's - and there were a lot - went to the Americans. The Japanese don't have much incentive to fire as retaining concealment and skulking might buy enough time for the them. In my game it almost worked, but the sheer amount of firepower the Americans have was too much. My friend's slow and steady pressure melted my forces before him. The game was effectively over with one turn to go, but I decided to see if some miracle would happen with my last leader, squad, and crew on the first level of the last building that hadn't fallen. The US flamethrower sealed their fate, and I lost every single unit in my OB. Having played the first four M:S&F scenarios as the Japanese has not been exciting so far. They are put in pretty static positions and have to hope for the best. Not the most exciting way to play. | Jude |
| Kampfgruppe at Karachev | It took me 3 turns to get into the right position, On the forth turn I let loose the dogs of war. My tanks freezed german stacks (3 of them) his GUN did nothing, then the infantry pushed, 1 DC placed and I was able to send I squad in his backyard. He quickly lost 3,5 squads to Failure to rout. On his 4th turn he broke the GUN while the Stug try to get into position. Unfortunately for him on my 5th turn I CH his GUN and vaporizede it getting to 19 CVP while one of mine T34 got into the back of his TD and dispatched it with a CH. The scenario ended here but the situation was not so bright at the beginning of my 4th turn, mine was a desperate move because if I had played it safely he would have put into better position his infantry and the reinforcement would have closed any possible exit strategy. VC are very hard on Russian that cannot risk his precious tanks (he need them to exit) but the terrain is horrible and the exit area easily defended. Basically you cannot plan to win on CVP if the German doesn't stand and fight because you basically need to wipe our almost his entire OOB. So you need to exit those points but it's really hard. Plan accordingly. Remember that ground and level -1 hex adjacent to a marsh are BOG hexes for AFVs. This is a classic on forest warfare and it's highly advised to be played. | cosarara |
| Defiance on Hill 30 | came to the last round, German HS in one building location broke and American could advance and prevent German win | SimonPz |
| Uncles and Pups | johan.vrijdaghs@gmail.com | |
| Friday the 13th | Bongiovanni | |
| Bridge at Remagen | Lorenzoknight | |
| Shouting Into The Storm | Went down to the last CC when the russian where not able to snatch one building hex from my Germans. One Tiger rolled 12 on the start and another broke MA on its second shot. Those IS survived 2 frontal PFs and 2 88LL shots. In the end they all went down. The Russian FT had a field day, killed 2 AFVs and vaporized many MMCs stayed in the game till the very end. Those 122 hit everything they shot at. It was a wild scenario. Highly reccomended. | cosarara |
| Hot Tigers | On setup, the Russians failed to consider Deliberate Immobilization resulting in poor placement for most of the guns. The Russians did get a couple good opportunities to wreck or immobilize the advancing German Tigers, but the TH rolls for the first two turns were well above average and, despite ROF of 3 on the guns, rate was seldom rolled. At turn 4, 3 Tigers and 1 Stug were wrecked/immobilized. But with only 1 gun, 2 squads and no leaders remaining, the Russians conceded. | Heloanjin |
| Bridge at Remagen | Dispang12 | |
| Bidermann's Escape | manzoliandrea72 | |
| HKL 259 | A15.4er | |
| Hedgehog | Fun scenario ! The Russian attackers were able to gather their forces and mauled the German defenders with kill stacks and hot dices. The German gave ground but began to cause heavy casualties on the Russian attackers. However, they were not able to withstand the Russian firepower who ended with 16 CVP on the last turn. | lt_steiner |
| Hot Tigers | A15.4er | |
| The Hatefulness of War | AlexB | |
| Renewed Pressure | Crossing the open ground did not go well, though by turn 3 they did have a foothold in the village with the help of three Berserk squads (2 were created in the rally phase). With the level of casualties and the German AE coming on, the game was called with the commitment to try again. The Russian reinforcements came on the south on board 44 under cover, but late getting into the fight. | dmareske |
| Aiding the Local Constabulary (2 player) | Interesting scenario with a simultaneous setup. | ASLSKGwahlur |
| Rise of the Viet Minh | Danno | |
| Rise of the Viet Minh | Game ended very prematurely when a Viet Minh LMG hit the three Pack Mules with a snakes. Game over before it began. | grumblejones |
| Pascuccio | Our second go at an Orsogna scenario, and one that to begin with I didn't enjoy. The Maoris have a tough time making progress in mud against a German force which, though small, has mines, trenches, wire, PFZs, a HMG and a 50mm AT Gun, all in potentially dominating positions. Rain starting immediately and poor MC rolls from the Maoris made my job even harder. However, things improved when the German AT Gun malf'ed and I started breaking a few of his units, so that by the start of my final turn I controlled two buildings and had a chance (albeit a remote one) of clearing the Germans from the other three. At this point though the dice failed me, and I conceded when it became clear I couldn't clear the first of these buildings. Like other Orsogna scenarios, this felt different from the usual ASL, undoubtedly reflecting the realities of this battle. I ended up liking it, though I suspect Orsogna scenarios in general will get a "Marmite" reaction from people. | Andy_Bagley |
| Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | TiltingAtCthulhu | |
| Magnificent Beasts of Prey | One of the Russian ISU 152's got several critical hits which tipped the scales for a Russian victory. | Lorenzoknight |
| The Grim Reaper's Lair | As the Japanese, I decided to put everything in the cemetery and totally forfeit the two buildings. I figured I should be able to inflict some casualties at some point to make the doubling of the Japanese CVP tough. Plus, I just wanted to see if it could be done. The major drawback to my strategy was that if the Americans inflicted even one CVP before I did any damage, the game was lost because they could just pull out of LOS and tear up any Japanese units that exited the cemetery. That very situation happened when I rolled a 12 on a MC on turn three giving the Americans one point to my none. Fortunately for me, there were units in my narrow LOS, and I was able to get one CVP for myself in the DFPh. After that, the Americans had a very difficult time storming the cemetery gates and the casualties piled up. My friend called it down eight CVP on the bottom of turn six. Neither of us had fun with this scenario as we played it. My forces just sat in the cemetery waiting for the Americans to try and storm the gates. I rolled pretty terribly and broke way more weapons than I should have. My friend was frustrated with the half FP vs my defenders and a +3 DRM. All the adjacent locations next to the gates are open ground (except for one with shellholes - which I of course put wire on it) so that made it even tougher. He used smoke, but with a six ML, the Americans are just too brittle. Other than the unique cemetery terrain to try out, this scenario wasn't very fun. | Jude |
| Torment at Tormua | The Finns tried an "in out" defence with one ATG near the village and the other further up the road. I sent a platoon from the Western group towards the road to cut off any HIP Finnish units on the road and to harass any attempt to move the ATGs back into the village. This proved successful and every Finnish unit guarding the road ended up being eliminated while both ATGs were captured. This put the Finns into a CVP hole from which it proved impossible to recover. At game end, the Russians controlled seven out of twelve buildings and had a substantial edge in casualty points. | Dougban |
| Anhalt Pandemonium | Blaze | |
| The Daring Ones | First to play and post. | Danno |
| The Daring Ones | Very...very tough on the Italian infantry. ELR of 2 is devastating with no Rally bonus terrain and moving in the open. By Turn 3, 5 Italian squads were KIA'd along with the 8-1. The 9-1 had ELR'd and only two 4-4-7's were not ELR'd. Every Italian was broken at the end of Turn 3. Only the Italian tanks were still in play as the Italians conceded. Italians need a decent MG or a MTR. Greeks need an ATR at the very minimum. Scenario is dicey and will likely produce a blowout for either side. | grumblejones |
| Magnificent Beasts of Prey | Dispang12 | |
| Death to Fascism | I bought the .50 HMG and placed in the obvious lvl 1, it rarely did anything but at least my opponent was scared for some time to stay on his lvl 1. I was able attacking in the center en masse to get to the hill and run down the road with the help of some smoke. The Rumanians were a tough nut to crack, passing multiple 1MC end even a couple of 3MC. My tanks went mainly to the hill, to help get into the main village. The gun was behind the village to guard it from encirclement. Little by little i crept forward and neutralized most fire points with mass and tank fire. on turn 5 I got into 5-6 houses and manages to destroy one of the stugs by flanking it, and the other one broke the main armament. My tank also suffered terrible 3 MA break but with no stug functioning left and his desperate attempt to destroy one of my tanks failed my opponent conceded. It is a fun scenario for the Russian, but a static defence for the Rumanian. | fdapra |
| Balkan-Kessel | Danno | |
| Balkan-Kessel | Way tough on the Partisans. My Germans held the line and broke up all the assaults and lost only one of the victory buildings before the Partisans had to concede. Partisan balance should be used. | grumblejones |
| Stuka Wave - The Second Day | The Stukas mostly failed to deliver their payloads on target, although the massive number of attacks, especially point attacks, caused me no end of worry. We played it where neither side was allowed to move or shoot. Three of the 10 Stukas performed mistaken attacks. Ultimately, even with the CVP requirements halved, the Germans just couldnt get the kills they needed. | Jobbo_Fett |
| Hell's Bells - The Third Day | The Poles conceded to cut down on the movement the Germans could still make. A decidedly harsh day for anyone coming under fire from mortars or heavy machine guns, with critical hits affecting both sides. The Germans have been holding back in order to gather their troops on the hill south of the old barracks. As well as having to defend from marines landing in the west, the Poles have an extended line that is only being pressured harder and harder. Special shout out to the 3 boxcars rolled on rallies, and 25+ sniper checks and never rolling a 1. | Jobbo_Fett |
| Smashing the Hook | This one saw the Brits haul butt, pay along the way, kill the 1st roadblock (set demo charge), and then run tight on time reaching the 2nd road block on the last turn. Action broke down to a lot of CC with the Brits winning all but a heavily wieght ambush CC vs. the concealed defender. Tight one down to the last die roll. Brits really need to move quick to have a chance. | Boogaboo |
| Ragnarök | This 'end game' dash has interesting features. Pop up Soviet reinforcements add variability and no FFMO except in blaze zones is like a LV hindrance that's harder to forget. This short game is Nordic desperation vs. Soviet recklessness. The SPW 250/7 drove through a hail of Soviet fire to exit at Y10 which set up the win. The other SPW was picked off by a SU-76. Jim graciously let me reposition one special [?] counter he placed illegally. I tripped 3 [?] counters, but all were 227s. Jim: Once you see where the SS are going, you just throw every squad at them! It was a wild firefight, but the German 9-1 and two MMC refused to break and got off the map. It plays fast and was much more fun than I expected! | dieneuner25 |
| 20 Years Later | Danno | |
| 20 Years Later | My French went with two squads and both LMG's setup as a blocking force. The 7-0 and 8-0 each took 3 squads and made a run for it. Good use of bypass movement has my two escape stacks well on their way. The Germans suffered from terrible MC rolls with a squad KIA'd and another captured. On Turn 2, the German 8-1 would break and two more 4-4-7s's would break and ELR. At the end of two, the Germans conceded as the French were going to exit 14 points and the Germans has been broken in the center. | grumblejones |
