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THE INTRODUCTION AND EARY YEARS
General Comments
My purpose was to write up the Tiger scenarios but due to delays in that article I thought I would explore what turned up at my Desk over the year in a strategic way of what was available to play. “Re – Release” is the same as release in this article as it is what turned up this year – I buy all reprints.
Unable to do the Pusan Pack from the Kansas City Gamers (too hard to get) or Scott Holts SS pack as not printed yet. There are others missing here as well eg VaeVictis etc and any internet scenarios – I only stuck to the easy ones I could get a hold of – See Mark Pitcavage excellent Desperation Morale Website for a more detailed list
What the Scenario Prefixes are?
Action Pack 3 – AP
Starter Kit - S
Total Axis Pack – TAP
STONE – ST
Roman Glory – RG
Berlin Fall of The Third Reich – BFTR
Busting The Bocage – BtB
Arnhem Third Bridge – ATB
Witches Cauldron - WitC
Baraque de Fraiture - BdF
Recon By Fire – RBF
Furhers Fireman – FF
No Quarter- No Glory – NQNG
SAS Pack - SF
East Side Gamers – ESG
Friendly Fire Pack – FrF
To Battle by Air (1 and 2) – BBA
Schwerpunkt – SP
Rally Point – RPT
Break Contact – BC
Dispatches from the Bunker - DB
A lot To Play – Total Number of Turns
Turns – 1570 Turns
Cool Maps Released This Year
Maps
The Maps released this year were of variety of Historical maps from CH, MMP boards and FE producing boards
MMP (in AP3)
Bd 24,42 and 43
Critical Hit
Map- Parkers Crossroads
Map – Point Du Hoc Map
Map - Arnehem Bridge
Map – Town of Stone
Map CH – MC1, MC2, MC 5
Map – Nikitovka
Map – Oosterbeek Holland x2 up to the Rhine
Fanatic Enterprises
Map – FE 1 Country Board
FE2 Hills with a town
What we Did and Didn’t See
The new areas explored was the “Few Returned Pack- a big Italian Rout” from MMP, the Spaniards from Xavier in Le Ft, Budapest from FE, Captured Vehicles and Special Forces from HOB ( a very hard concept and well introdcued), and CH explored Italians in Russia, and the Famous Oosterbeek Perimeter as new areas. (Stone offensive, Parkers Cross Roads, Berlin and Arhnem is re-explored with better maps)
Also I think the Tampa chaps should be congratulated on the first attempt to integrate SK and ASL with one set of scenarios that can be used on both
I thought that the lack of PTO (even in 1945!) and particularly the Desert was obvious
A Chronological Walk through the Scenarios
1939
Two early ballets of the war in Poland in September –
ESG33 10 poles vs 15 Russians and
RBF39 16 poles and 4 tanks versus 15 SS and 6 Tanks.
We then journey to Finland
TAP 2 before 39 ends where 14 Fins vs 14 Russian and 12 Tanks
1940
We Begin again in Finland with
TAP 6 in Feburary 1940 with 3 Fin Squads and 6 Finish Tanks vs 9 Russians +10 Tanks an d continues with
FrF 18 with 8 Fins and an ATG vs 14 Russians, 5 Tanks and 6 Armoured Cars.
Before going to the battle of France, in April 1940, we have
BBA 1 in Norway where 13 German paras take on 9 Norwegians ,
RBF 40 in Denmrk 6 Danes vs 7 Germans,
BBA 7 in Holland with 8 G vs 11 Dutch. Finally in May 40,
SP149, we have in Belgium 9.5 Belgium Squads and 3 Tanks versus 13 Germans plus 5 Panzers.
The French Battles were expanded by CH Historical Module of STONNE but firstly we have
FT69 with 10 German Sq and 2ATG’s vs 9 French Sqs and 7 Tanks
The we have in the village of STONNE the French Counteroffensive with a mixture of battles with infantry and combined arms battles – with
ST1 12 Fv 16G;
ST2 14 F v’s 20G +Mtr;
ST3 2F +11 Tks vs 16G, 2 mtrs and 3x ATG;
ST4 24 F + 15 Tks vs 26 G +3 ATG +2 inF + 6 Tks;
ST5 2 F +3 Tks vs 14 G + 1ATG;
ST6 22F + 7 Tks vs 24 G + 20 Tks;
ST7 18 F + 2 Tks vs 16 G + 8 ATG + 14 Tks;
ST8 18 F vs 15 G;
ST9 9 F vs 6 G + 2 Tks;
ST10 4F vs 11G +1Tk;
ST11 10 Tks (F) vs 11G + 1 ATG;
ST12 4 F + 3Tk vs 10 G;
ST 13 2 Tks(F) vs 7 G + 2 Tks;
ST 14 13 F vs 19 G;
ST 15 10 F vs 13 G + 1 AC;
ST16 5 F vs 12 G.
General Comments
My purpose was to write up the Tiger scenarios but due to delays in that article I thought I would explore what turned up at my Desk over the year in a strategic way of what was available to play. “Re – Release” is the same as release in this article as it is what turned up this year – I buy all reprints.
Unable to do the Pusan Pack from the Kansas City Gamers (too hard to get) or Scott Holts SS pack as not printed yet. There are others missing here as well eg VaeVictis etc and any internet scenarios – I only stuck to the easy ones I could get a hold of – See Mark Pitcavage excellent Desperation Morale Website for a more detailed list
What the Scenario Prefixes are?
Action Pack 3 – AP
Starter Kit - S
Total Axis Pack – TAP
STONE – ST
Roman Glory – RG
Berlin Fall of The Third Reich – BFTR
Busting The Bocage – BtB
Arnhem Third Bridge – ATB
Witches Cauldron - WitC
Baraque de Fraiture - BdF
Recon By Fire – RBF
Furhers Fireman – FF
No Quarter- No Glory – NQNG
SAS Pack - SF
East Side Gamers – ESG
Friendly Fire Pack – FrF
To Battle by Air (1 and 2) – BBA
Schwerpunkt – SP
Rally Point – RPT
Break Contact – BC
Dispatches from the Bunker - DB
A lot To Play – Total Number of Turns
Turns – 1570 Turns
Cool Maps Released This Year
Maps
The Maps released this year were of variety of Historical maps from CH, MMP boards and FE producing boards
MMP (in AP3)
Bd 24,42 and 43
Critical Hit
Map- Parkers Crossroads
Map – Point Du Hoc Map
Map - Arnehem Bridge
Map – Town of Stone
Map CH – MC1, MC2, MC 5
Map – Nikitovka
Map – Oosterbeek Holland x2 up to the Rhine
Fanatic Enterprises
Map – FE 1 Country Board
FE2 Hills with a town
What we Did and Didn’t See
The new areas explored was the “Few Returned Pack- a big Italian Rout” from MMP, the Spaniards from Xavier in Le Ft, Budapest from FE, Captured Vehicles and Special Forces from HOB ( a very hard concept and well introdcued), and CH explored Italians in Russia, and the Famous Oosterbeek Perimeter as new areas. (Stone offensive, Parkers Cross Roads, Berlin and Arhnem is re-explored with better maps)
Also I think the Tampa chaps should be congratulated on the first attempt to integrate SK and ASL with one set of scenarios that can be used on both
I thought that the lack of PTO (even in 1945!) and particularly the Desert was obvious
A Chronological Walk through the Scenarios
1939
Two early ballets of the war in Poland in September –
ESG33 10 poles vs 15 Russians and
RBF39 16 poles and 4 tanks versus 15 SS and 6 Tanks.
We then journey to Finland
TAP 2 before 39 ends where 14 Fins vs 14 Russian and 12 Tanks
1940
We Begin again in Finland with
TAP 6 in Feburary 1940 with 3 Fin Squads and 6 Finish Tanks vs 9 Russians +10 Tanks an d continues with
FrF 18 with 8 Fins and an ATG vs 14 Russians, 5 Tanks and 6 Armoured Cars.
Before going to the battle of France, in April 1940, we have
BBA 1 in Norway where 13 German paras take on 9 Norwegians ,
RBF 40 in Denmrk 6 Danes vs 7 Germans,
BBA 7 in Holland with 8 G vs 11 Dutch. Finally in May 40,
SP149, we have in Belgium 9.5 Belgium Squads and 3 Tanks versus 13 Germans plus 5 Panzers.
The French Battles were expanded by CH Historical Module of STONNE but firstly we have
FT69 with 10 German Sq and 2ATG’s vs 9 French Sqs and 7 Tanks
The we have in the village of STONNE the French Counteroffensive with a mixture of battles with infantry and combined arms battles – with
ST1 12 Fv 16G;
ST2 14 F v’s 20G +Mtr;
ST3 2F +11 Tks vs 16G, 2 mtrs and 3x ATG;
ST4 24 F + 15 Tks vs 26 G +3 ATG +2 inF + 6 Tks;
ST5 2 F +3 Tks vs 14 G + 1ATG;
ST6 22F + 7 Tks vs 24 G + 20 Tks;
ST7 18 F + 2 Tks vs 16 G + 8 ATG + 14 Tks;
ST8 18 F vs 15 G;
ST9 9 F vs 6 G + 2 Tks;
ST10 4F vs 11G +1Tk;
ST11 10 Tks (F) vs 11G + 1 ATG;
ST12 4 F + 3Tk vs 10 G;
ST 13 2 Tks(F) vs 7 G + 2 Tks;
ST 14 13 F vs 19 G;
ST 15 10 F vs 13 G + 1 AC;
ST16 5 F vs 12 G.
