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John’s well-played game end rush at all three VC objectives was thwarted by my good luck. The reinforcement HS that I had entered on the south side of the Bridge on turn 3 was able to move to the north side and be the human roadblock that a unit under No Quarter can be. Somehow this unit...

The next portion of the game is a bit of a blur for me. What stands out is that my luck increased tremendously while John’s faltered. My TD on the bridge turned into a killing machine. Destroying the Russian assault guns from the front is difficult with 75L AP (TK of 17 vs circled 14 AF)...

I made mistakes in the game, but a biggie was my choice to advance a LMG toting squad into hex 3aN13 at the end of turn 3. I planned to use this little portion of wood to guard the entrance to the bridge. Unfortunately, hex 13aN13 also contained my HIP PSK! Stacking non-hidden units with HIP...

During John’s turn 3, his infantry bumped into my ATG hidden on the hill (pointing the wrong way). Of course, I had planned this gun to wreck a bunch of his AFVs that I imagined parking in the area around the 3aP11 pond, but this was not to be. I pivoted my gun to point in the right direction...

I did leave a few sacrificial units behind to slow John down. The SSR has No Quarter (A20.3) in effect, which helps with routing. As much as possible I used my broken conscript HSs (there seemed to be many) to slow him down as human roadblocks. This photo shows my brave conscript squad trying...

John set up his Russians across a broad front of the two boards, taking advantage of opportunities to bypass obstacles and run down the board 42 path, he ran right down the board. Following the advice of Professor Tracy, I fell back quick, taking few shots. This continued for the first two turns...

John Gorkowski and I gave this gem a run; quite enjoyable. John kindly let me pick sides, something I usually avoid. In this case because I had a set up prepared (and maybe because the scenario seems to favor the defender), I chose the Germans. Friend JR Tracy chatted with me about this scenario...

At that point we ended the game. I had to go get my mother from the airport and Bob graciously let me depart on time. There are many ways to play this enjoyable scenario. One option in Soviet turn 4 would have been for the rare Armor Assault and Human Wave combo (D14.332). The KVs could...

Soviet turn 4 opened with solemn music, perhaps foretelling the rush of attack. The KVs on the hill blasted away against my concealed units spread over the hillside. The squads in 18G2 and 18H2 assaulted forward carefully, hoping to draw fire. Then Bob launched his Human Wave - 6.5 squads...

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German turn 3 found me returning to my shuffling/skulking ways - not giving him too many shots. He did break my LMG 467 in 18K1. I protected my 467 in 18K3 by having him drop down the hill to 18L2 for a moment (this was one of the moments with the Soviet MMG in 18O7 was out of commission)...

Soviet turn 3 featured Bob consolidating his forces just outside my front door while he continued to try to pound with the MAs from his KVs. The tank on the wrong side of the hill failed its radioless TC and so was out of the game for now. He moved two squads forward into 18H2 and 18G2 to get...

I can skulk with the best of them (I have no shame), but I was now presented with a little problem. Fall back too quickly (heck, it is only turn 2!) and Bob can easily climb that hill while his tanks move to the backside and keep me under fire. The stream is shallow and can easily be crossed...

Bob used his Soviet turn 2 to bring his hoard right up onto to the 18J2 hill at the "front door" of the victory condition mound. Using armored assault with one stack and lots of individual squads scurrying around, he was able to get almost 10 squads on or around the jump off hill. I took the pot...

During German turn 1 I used my least favorite phase (prep fire) to hit him on hill 18O7 with my Lt MTR, LMG, and MMG. Lucky rolls knocked back much of his force - disrupting the squad staffing the MMG, killing the 7-0, and breaking those responsible for the Lt MTR. My newly created HS spread...

Bob's turn 1 entry did not play along with my evil plans for slaughter in hexrows S and T. Instead he entered in the middle and on my right. I blasted away as I could at his folks as the moved up to the top of the level 1 hills. My 9-1 MMG meanies found the range in the 18C6 woods. The Lt...

Preparing for next month's Human Wave 2023 (details HERE), Bob S. and I had a fun playing of this gem from HazMo. The action takes place a few days into Barbarossa, my favorite time of war. German landsers, left behind, find themselves threatened by the 3rd Soviet mechanized corps. Ten...

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Hello Everyone, We are a few weeks away from Human Wave 2023 (7-9 July in Tysons Corner VA). Our scenario list is copied below (both as image and file). Message me if you want an excel version or if you have any questions. Registration: https://humanwaveconscripts.com/human-wave-2023/