Victory Results:
 75 %
Record a victory for BOTTOM ARMY  25 %
Total plays 4 - Last reported by pino on 2022-12-23 00:37:28

As part of Operation Battleaxe, the British attempted to relieve the siege of Tobruk, by advancing the 4th Royal Tank Regiment and 2nd Cameron Highlanders on what they thought was undefended Halfaya Pass. On June 14 1941, after stumbling into a minefield, British tanks were introduced to the German 88mm gun. The bloody encounter resulted in a new name for the pass: Hellfire.

The 88s were tearing my tanks apart.
C Squadron Commander Major Miles

 

  British German
Division 1

1 Matilda Mk. II

3 Squad Bases
- 7 Regular Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 1 Machine Gun Crew
- 1 Mortar Crew

1 Flak 36 AT Gun

1x Concealed Concealed

Division 2

1 Crusader Mk. II

3 Squad Bases
- 2 Elite Inthntry
- 7 Regular Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 1 Machine Gun Crew

1 Flak 36 AT Gun

1x Concealed Concealed

Strategy Decks Artillery 1
Desert Tactics 1 (Shared)
Morale 2 (remove 2x "Sticky Bombs" cards)
Desert Tactics 1 (Shared)
Starting Strategy Cards 2 2
Operations Cards - -
Deployment Zone Any hex with an orange border. Any of the hexes on maps 14A, 17A, and 20A.
One Flak 36 must be placed on each of the hexes with a grey border.
Starting Initiative   Initiative Token
Objective The British immediately win if they control both hexes containing the German Flak 36 AT Guns. The Germans win if the British are unable to fulfill their objective by the end of round 6.
Rounds 6
Actions per turn 3 3
Reinforcements

Status Phase 1
• 2 Matilda Mk. IIs (placed on the road "R" hexes on map 16B)
• 5 Squad Bases (placed on the "R" hexes on map 19B)
- 13 Regular Infantry
- 4 Elite Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 1 Mortar Crew

Status Phase 2 (placed on the road "R" hexes on map 13B)
• 5 Squad Bases
- 11 Regular Infantry
- 4 Elite Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 1 Mortar Crew
- 1 Machine Gun Crew

Status Phase 3 (placed on the road "R" hexes on map 16B)
• 1 Matilda Mk. II
• 1 Crusader Mk. II

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Special Rules - The German Flak 36 AT guns are dug in and gain +2 cover.
They may not move.

 

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alecrespi replied the topic:
1 year 2 months ago
Posting here some comments found online.
www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/43255/tid...layer-comments-balan
  • Quick and tense scenerio. German player won mainly thanks to good mortar rolls. British player was short of only few movement points to win.
  • It seems that first rolls in a game (shooting at tanks in first and second round) can be crucial. 
joeyama replied the topic:
1 year 4 months ago
Hi there,
Thx again for your tireless works. As a professional translator, I own commercial OCR software which is way better than Adobe DC. The intro of this scenario might be following:

As part of Operation Battleaxe, the British attempted to relieve the siege of Tobruk, by advancing the 4th Royal Tank Regiment and 2nd Cameron Highlanders on what they thought was undefended Halfaya Pass. On June 14 1941, after stumbling into a minefield, British tanks were introduced to the German 88mm gun. The bloody encounter resulted in a new name for the pass: Hellfire.

(Objective here)

The 88s were tearing my tanks apart.
-C Squadron Commander Major Miles

Thx again!

- joe