Designed for the participants of the 2024 West Coast Rumble, these six scenarios are designed for minimum set up time, resulting in maximum playing time.
Q37 – VRATARNICA, YUGOSLAVIA, 1 October 1944: In the shadow of the Danube's Iron Gates, as WWII's tides turn in the Balkans, the 7th SS-Mountain Division Prinz Eugen faces a critical confrontation. On October 1, 1944, amidst fierce combat at Vratarnica, its desperate attempt to secure a vital bridgehead against Bulgarian forces becomes a brutal test of strategy and endurance.
- Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 22, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 2 minutes.
- Bulgarian Forces: 9x Squads, 2x Leaders, 2x MG, 50mm Mortar, ATR, & 2x 50mm PaK 38 AT Gun.
- German Forces: 10x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x MG, DC, & 3x StuG IIIG.
Q38 – Northwest of LIÈGE, BELGIUM, 11 May 1940: As dawn broke on May 11, the German 4th Panzer Division, invigorated by the fall of Fort Eben-Emael and key Albert Canal crossings, launched a relentless advance northwest of Liège, Belgium. With Belgian forces in disarray and the strategic route to Liège compromised, the stage was set for a dramatic German push that would reshape the battle lines of Western Europe.
- Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 41, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
- Belgian Forces: 9½ x Squads, 2x Leaders, MG, 50mm Mortar, 76mm INF Gun.
- German Forces: 13x Squads, 4x Leaders, 3x MG, 2x ATR, 2x 50mm Mortar, FT, 3x DC, & 3x Panzer II tanks.
Q39 – MARNACH, LUXEMBOURG, 16 December 1944: On a frozen morning in Luxembourg, the 38th Panzer-Pionier Battalion and the 304th Panzergrenadier Regiment clashed with the steadfast defenders of Company B, 110th Regiment, U.S. 28th Infantry Division, in a battle for control of Marnach. With both sides entrenched, the Germans' attempt to break through with flamethrowers and explosives met fierce resistance, setting the stage for a pivotal confrontation on the road to Bastogne.
Designed for the participants of the 2024 West Coast Rumble, these six scenarios are designed for minimum set up time, resulting in maximum playing time.
Q43 – TELESE, ITALY, 11 October 1943: Monte Acero looms over the Volturno valley—a razor’s edge of terrain where every ridge is a battlefield. Elite German scouts and assault guns brace against relentless U.S. artillery and armour. Ambushes, counterattacks, and shattered units clash in a desperate race to hold the line one more day. The clock is ticking.
Game Length: 6 Turns, Board: 2a, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 39 minutes.
American Force: 10x Squads, 3x Leaders, MMG, 60mm Mortar, Baz 43, & 3x M4A1 Sherman Tanks.
German Force: 7x Squads, HS, 3x Leaders, 3x MG, Psk, & 2x StuG IIIG.
Q44 – VIMOUTIERS, FRANCE, 21 August 1944: The chase to the Seine is on. German rearguards fight desperately to buy time, but Canadian infantry strikes fast—Black Watch under fire, Maisonneuve joining the push, and Calgary Highlanders smashing a bridge demolition attempt with a single, brutal PIAT shot. Prisoners pile up. Momentum grows. The retreat is turning into a rout.
Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 59, Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 27 minutes
Canadian Force: 9½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, MG, 2x PIAT, 2" Mtr.
German Force: 6x Squads, 2x Leaders, 2x MG, DC, & Panzer IV tank.
Q45 – LE PARC DE BOISLONDE, FRANCE, 16 June 1944: Normandy’s green fields hide steel, fire, and death. The Polar Bears push toward Tilly-sur-Seulles, and the Dukes face a fortress of bocage, machine guns, and mortar fire. Inch by inch, hedge by hedge, they claw forward. Two days of brutal fighting decide everything—and Le Parc de Boislonde will not fall quietly.
Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 6,t, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
British Force: 12 x Squads, 3x Leaders, 2x MG, 2x PIAT, 2x 2" Mtr, & 4x Sherman Tanks.
German Force: 7½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x MG, Psk, 7.5cm A-T Gun, & 8cm Mtr.
Q46 – Two-miles east of LEBIAZH’E, RUSSIA, 21 July 1942: Dawn erupts in fire as Soviet guns hammer German lines. The 284th Rifle Division surges forward with T-70s in support—only to meet merciless machine gun fire and a killing crossfire on Hill 188.5. Confusion, blame, and burning steel mark the field. Bridges failed, tanks stalled, and bodies paid for every meter gained.
Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 61,69, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 35 minutes
Russian Force: 17½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, 3x MG, 50mm Mtr, 5x T-70 Tanks.
German Force: 8 x Squads, 2x Leaders, 2x MG, ATR, 2x 3.7cm A-T Guns, 8cm Mtr, & Fortifications.
Q47 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 11 April 1945: Vienna burns in the war’s final hours. The shattered veterans of Das Reich dig in along the Danube, clinging to bridges vital for escape. Soviet assaults crash through streets, sewers, and rubble. Snipers, tanks, and desperation rule the day. The question isn’t victory—only how long the defenders can still hold.
Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 18a, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 26 minutes
German Force: 7x Squads, 3x Leaders, 3x MG, Psk, Panzer IV, & Fortifications.
Russian Force: 12x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x MG, FT, 2x DC, & 3 M4/76(a) Sherman Tanks.
Q48 – MEDNOYE, RUSSIA, 19 October 1941: Fog, snow, and rain cloak Mednoye as Soviet troops and tanks surge from the woods in a sudden assault. Visibility drops. Nerves tighten. The Lehr Brigade fights hard, but surprise and steel break their line. By mid-afternoon, Mednoye is free—and 500 prisoners walk into daylight.
Game Length: 5½, Board: 56,72, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 42 minutes.
Russian Force: 12x Squads, 3x Leaders, 2x MG, 50mm Mtr, 5x T-60 M40
German Force: 7½ x Squads, 2x Leaders, MG, ATR, 50mm Mtr, 2x 3.7cm A-T Gun, & 8cm Mtr.
- Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 2a, Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 46 minutes
- American Forces: 7½ x Squads, 2x Leaders, MG, 60mm Mortar, & Bazooka.
- German Forces: 11½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x MG, FT, & 2x DC.
Q40 – SAINT POUÇIN SUR SIOULE, FRANCE, 19 June 1940: In a daring blitz towards the Loire on a June morning in 1940, the elite SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler regiment led a surprise assault on the French-defended town of Saint Pouçin. Racing through mortar fire and armoured cars, the Germans surged into the town, but a fierce French stand and the destruction of a vital bridge turned the tide, setting the stage for a brutal, close-quarters fight.
- Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 12, Estimated Playing Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
- British Forces: 9x Squads, 2x Leaders, MG, & 75mm ART Gun.
- Germans Forces: 8½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, 2x MG, 50mm Mortar, 8½ x Mortorcycle w/Sidecars, & 2x PSW 232(8R).
Q41 – TRÉVIÈRES, FRANCE, 9 June 1944: During the heated Normandy campaign, the US 9th and 38th Infantry Regiments faced a daunting task: capture the strategically positioned village of Trévières. Hindered by rugged bocage and fierce German resistance, the battle turned into a desperate fight against both nature and machine-gun nests, with heroic leadership keeping the American advance alive as they pushed toward their crucial objective before dawn.
- Game Length: 5½ Turns, Board: 59, Estimated Playing Time: 2 hours 57 minutes
- German Forces: 9½ x Squads, 3x Leaders, & 3x MG.
- American Forces: 15x Squads, 3x Leaders, 4x MG, 2x 60mm Mortar & 3x Bazookas.
Q42 – BREST-LITOVSK, POLAND, 26 June 1941: At the heart of the northern island conflict, Major Gavrilov's East Fort stood as a bastion of Soviet defiance, enduring relentless German artillery and air bombardment. As the fort's walls crumbled under the weight of Stuka bombs, the beleaguered defenders mounted a valiant last stand, highlighting extraordinary courage in the face of
