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Total plays 1 - Last reported by pino on 2022-02-16 00:09:15

Late in the night of June 5, 1944, the men of the light infantry Oxford and Buckinghamshire go up aboard six Horsa gliders on the secret airfield at Dorset. Their mission: launch the first assault D-day airport and capture two bridges.
A few minutes after midnight, the 6th June 1944, the gliders land in a small square of fields between a pond and the canal of caen, a few tens of meters only their goal! Major Howard and his troops take completely by surprise the forces German. Despite the opposition fierce of a machine gun nest protected by sand bags in end of the bridge, now famous under the name of "pegasus bridge ", the commandos capture their goal in a few moments
This scenario is based on Pegasus Memory Bridge 44.

 

  British German
Division 1

5 Squad Bases
- 7 Regular Infantry
- 12 Elite Infantry
- 1 Officer

3x Engineer

4 Squad Bases
- 11 Regular Infantry
- 2 Elite Infantry
- 1 Officer
- 1 Machine Gun Crew
Division 2

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Strategy Decks Command 1 Morale 1 (remove both "take down the beast" cards)
Starting Strategy Cards 2 1
Operations Cards - 012 Massive Confusion
Deployment Zone Any orange hex.

Any grey hex.
One squad MUST be deployed in the blue hex.

Starting Initiative Initiative Token  
Objective

The British must occupy the bridge (have at least one squad in l, hex.) at the end of a game turn to win.

Rounds 4
Actions per turn 2 2
Reinforcements - -
Special Rules You can play with or without the stategy cards.
Terrain Features The river cannot be crossed, exept by the bridge.
HINTS This scenario is not too balanced, so it is recommended to play it 2 times, change sides, and determine the winner according to the how quickly the bridge was taken.

 

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alecrespi replied the topic:
2 years 2 months ago
We played it in nearly 15 minutes with Vassal... it's a fast scenario, good to introduce new players.
Clearly in favor of the British side (so many Elite units that can "fire at will" ).

Due to impassable river rule and initial deployment, I think it could be a 2 map scenario.

 

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