Description

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.