Hi all
As you may be aware, War games Illustrated 297 (July 2012) has a really cool article in about Jochen Peiper's Kampfgruppe in the Ardennes forest. It come with a 3 nice maps and special rules for playing the scenario. It is designed for Flames of War :'(, BUT us lot being BKCII fans, couldn't let the FOW people have all the fun! ;D
SO us at Section 8 club, could not let this ready made excuse to knock the dice out of each other pass without trying it! ;)
The Scenario itself plays over three tables, this is good because it lets you decide the pace of play. If for example you only get a few hours to play your games at friends house or if you go to a grate war games club (Like me at SECTION 8 :D) you can use it as a three week campaign. The idea is that a tank heavy :d SS kampfgruppe has to plough through three tables of steadily stiffening American Resistance. Then by Table 3 its a full blown battle with American reinforcements pouring in.
I will be posting a Battle report with pictures as soon as I get it made!
Dave (im always the bad guys) Fairlamb
Look forward to the pics etc Dave :).
Sounds great Dave - looking forward to seeing this one :)
is there any way you could send me the details as we have a lot of the younger guys thinking of not going FoW but to rapid fire which is what we play. a smallish campaign would allow everyonr to participate and hopefully get a few converts
as i went to the news agents and they dont stock that mag.
even if you could scan the outline i could send you my email - sounds too good to miss
jon
Hi Jon
I dont have a scanner, But what I can do is send you the stuff Ive made for this (maps and etc).
Table 1 USA = road block in the town of Lanzerath, normal Infantry platoon. In the town of Bullingen another platoon. and as back up 3 Sherman 76mm and 2 M10s
Table 2 USA = road block at the first bridge, normal Infantry platoon. Near to the town of Stavelot, full strenght veteran platoon mounted in half tracks. 3 76mm AT guns (towed) and 2 engineer platoons near the two other bridges (for blowing them up)
Table 3 USA = 2 engineer platoons in the town of Habiemont. Scrapyard tanks in Taragon, 2 Sherman 75mm, 1 M10, 1 M36 and 1 chaffee. Veteran platoon in Stoumont
Reserve USA, 2 Paratrooper platoons, and 1 large tank formation or 6 Sherman 75mm and 4 Sherman 76mm. oh and (some, its up to you but I will use three) P47 fighter bombers with rockets.
Peiper's Kampfgrupp. Peiper (in a panther), 8 Panthers, 2 Tiger IIs, 8 Panzer IVs, 1 Platoon of SS grenadiers (in half tracks) 1 platoon of fallschirmjager, 6 Grille SPG and 4 Wirbelwind AA tanks.
Enjoy, If you send me your E-mail with the personal massager I'll post you the maps Ive made.
Though Not free, Battleground WWII has a sceanrio book called Keys to the West. There are many lovely interlocking maps. Several large maps with 3-4, 4x6 tables all connected together. I always liked the maps felt they were worth the price but they used points to buid forces for each side.
Duane