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Shock defeat for the SS
Author waynebaumber (Germany)
Method Dual Table Setup + Voice Chat
Victor United States
Participants tlangston28 (AAR)
Play Date 2013-02-10
Language English
Scenario BlSS034

Played against Tony Langston over Skype in two short sessions this is an entertaining and balanced small scenario. A US combined arms force has to take control of a small village, from determined SS defenders. Myset up could have been better, as I made a error placing the sole German A/T gun, instead of hiding it away in the village I tried to put it to one flank hoping for at least one easy kill. I find in PG that A/T guns are often one shot weapons anyway even using our house rule of keeping them hidden until seen under normal LOS rules. Anyway an advancing American leader saw the barrel sticking out of the hedgerows and the US artillery did the rest. As the US assault casualties were heavy for both sides, but numbers began to tell and slowly the German defenders were stretched thin leaving gaps which the US Shermans were able to exploit in the end game, the sole German tank took out one M4 but then demoralized with an unlucky die roll and that was when the surviving Shermans pounced, instead of going for the tank kill Tony wisely moved his tanks through the empty village hexes getting easy VP's, this was the game winning move as by now all my ground units were embroiled in assaults and could not counter the US armour. A well balanced scenario with a good variety of units. Well worth playing.

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