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BoF16 Saluting A General - AAR A while ago I came into contact with a nice guy in this forum who offered me to play a game of the BoF16 version of 'Saluting A General'. I dimly remembered having played that scenario seven years ago in its original FrF56 version, so I searched my stuff and...

J154 Cradle To Grave - AAR This scenario looks very promising as the attacking Germans have an interesting mix of vehicles and an Infantry force with a punch to obtain its objectives. The Allies are a mix of Americans and Partisans that do receive some further reinforcements by US troops with...

J152 Messenger Boys - AAR Set in August 1944, this scenario has some 'Bocage' feeling to it, but it is nevertheless not one of the 'full-scale' Bocage scenarios. Basically, an Elite British force supported by tanks and halftracks has to push back and root out a smaller German SS force to and...

FrF68 A Hasty Farewell - AAR When leafing through my Friendly Fire scenario collection, I came across this one which looked quite appealing. Neither board 53 nor board q were too familiar to me. Set in the last days of the war - 28. April 1945 - it pits the Yugoslav army (represented by...

J188 Grab And Go - AAR I selected this scenario because I thought it would be just a big all-infantry slugfest with not much to think about and with mistakes made being able to compensated due to the number of units involved on both sides. With hindsight I have to admit that I underestimated...

SP204 Yankee Pride - AAR This scenario looked quite interesting with regard to the terrain, the tactical situation, and the units at hand on both sides. As per December 2020, ROAR had it with 42 American wins against 44 German wins at an Excitement Rating of 6.64, which is pretty good. I...

FrF88 Panzer Shield - AAR This scenario is set on 13. July 1941 in Belarus, shortly after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. It represents a situation, where the forward German leading Panzer elements, their supporting infantry trailing far behind, are checked by the Russians. In this...

FrF97 Wrecking The Rentals - AAR When I was browsing through the Friendly Fire scenarios, I came across this one which looked quite interesting featuring a motorized Russian infantry force supported by no less than eight Lend&Lease Shermans and Valentines. The action is set on boards v and x...

FT230 Italian Behemoth - AAR This scenario was in the offering of GRENADIER 2019, but then I did not have the chance to play it. As I had created a VASL file for it back then and now VASL allows the easy updating of counters to the current version, I did this to v6.6.1 and gave it a shot. What...

FrF12 The Fields of Black Gold - AAR I wanted to play this scenario for a long time because it looks quite interesting and ROAR gives it an excellent Excitement Rating of 7.25 (out of 9) based on 73 playings. On the other hand, ROAR also lists 47 Russian wins vs. only 26 Germans. As this seemed...

FrF58 Order 831 - AAR This very late war action pits a tough Kompanie of SS-Fallschirmjägers with one recoilless Leichtgeschütz against a Guards Russian force supported by T-34/85s and lend-lease M4/76(a) Shermans. The objective of the Russians is to eliminate a bridgehead on the east bank of...

FrF95 Blood Red Snow - AAR Set in December 1942 in Russia, this is a short 5-Turn, single half-board winter action. Looking at the source for this scenario, I recognized the name of Günter Koschorrek, who has lived through this action. I could remember having read a book of him, so I checked...

J183 A Real Barn Burner - AAR This one appeared interesting and poplular as well, so I gave it a shot playing the French. The alternating setup makes it a bit fussy to get it started on VASL, but of course this is easily surmountable. Basically, there are some French fanatics holding out in...

O10 City On The Edge - AAR This scenario has interesting setup instructions which allow you to keep your SW and Leaders noted on a side record for some extra fog of war. The Germans need to cross some unfavorable ground to get into the built up area, and this is when they need to be delayed...

FrF51 Bite of the Bassotto - AAR (same as BoF19) Interesting little scenario that gives both sides some unusual things to play with: Big Armored Cars for the ANZAC (remember, these are Stealthy), equipped with sM, Canister and SMOKE and two pre-recoreded PF and one 6 Factor A-P Minefield for...

AP143 Late For Chow - AAR Edit: I was made aware that we have used incorrect setup areas for the Americans in our game: SSR 2 forces the Americans to set up in hexes numbered => 4, not =< 4 In this 1944 Bocage action, a dozen of tough 548 Fallschirmjäger squads lead by four leaders with...

SP253 De Zwarte Duivels - AAR Early war west-front action which pits German defenders vs. Dutch elite attackers. The Germans have to gain more VP basically by holding building(s) on the 'dutch' side of a canal while remaining Good Order and in LOS to it. They can attempt to reinforce their...

Q6 Per l'Honore di Roma - AAR This is a scenario from Lone Canuck's "Quick 6" pack set in June 1941 in Russia setting up a small Russian infantry force with a single 9-1 leader, 2x 127 Crew, 2x MMG, and 2x 50mm MTRs to defend village from an Italian infantry attack. The attacking Italians need...

A74 Valhalla Bound - AAR This action is set on 1. April 1945 in wintery Hungary pitting a massive armored Russian Guards force of 14 T-34/45, SU-85, IS-2, and ISU-122 with Riders and a Truck against an initial dispersed force of 6x 658 SS squads with three leaders and a Hero supported by two...

DB099 The Gin Drinker's Line - AAR Set in December 1941 close to Hong Kong, this scenario pits a Japanese Infantry force against British (Indian) Infantry defenders. At this time, No Quarter is not in effect per default as we are normally used to in PTO. PTO Terrain is not in effect in this...