My first chance for a Bulge game so far. The US have to hold out in Stavelot, the big town on board 12, with SS already in the western 3 hexes, a large mix of SS and FJs in the woods and hills to their east, and SS reinforcements waiting to enter from the west. My roll for German reinforcements brought them in immediatly. The US set up with a wall of infantry and HMGs facing the SS in the town, the Major and 2 more infantry in the central town hex with another infantry and an engineer in the north and south central hexes waiting to assist in assaults, and the 3in guns and mortars in the eastern town hexes, with an outpost accross the river holding that single hex of town to prevent a larger force of Germans from the north heading for the bridge. The German Mk IVs made a dash for the bridge and accross into assaul after taking a single step loss to the 3in guns but the US major brought his troops in and in 3 turns, wiped out the German tanks, while SS infantry got stalled on the bridge by US OBA and mortars. In the west, the initial SS troops in town were killed by adjacent hex fire just in time for the SS reinforcements to arrive and move into assaults, the Armored cars faring much better with their infantry support. Assaults bogged down, but overall, Germans took step losses while the US troops took morale losses. At the end of 11 turns, the Germans had lost 26 steps to 9 US, and the Germans just couldnt get a strong force accross the bridge. Even then, the Germans controlled the 3 western town hexes, and 4 more town hexes were contested, the bridge firmly in German hands but not of much value with all the SS troops hunkering down under constant arty fire there. Time to call it a game, 39 points to the US to 20 for the Germans. Great game.