I'm on holiday again, so have kicked off with a solo game of Tank on Tank Westfront. I set up Scenario 8: Break In from the main rulebook, with a US armoured spearhead attempting to break through the German defensive front lines to re-supply a surrounded garrison. A scratch German Kampfgruppe had to stop them getting the supplies through while holding on to as many towns as possible.
I won't go through all ten turns in detail but it didn't go well for the Americans, who lost an entire tank company, a SPAT platoon and a couple of Armoured Infantry platoons, while the Germans only lost an AT gun platoon and a couple of Panzer IV platoons. The German AT guns were well sited in improved defensive positions and also rolled some impressively high dice, especially against the Shermans which went up in flames before they could break through the defensive PaK screen.
I enjoyed the game and will run some more over the holiday period including some new scenarios from the Defenders of the Rhine expansion.
I got Eastfront after having read your posts on Tank on Tank & am looking forward to trying it out
ReplyDeleteAm toying with theidea of sticking 1/600th tanks on the counters as well ...
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting idea. I'd use the 2mm tanks and have three or so on the counter as they are really troops / platoons.
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