Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm

This summer I finally sold off the last of my 15mm WW2 collection – a large American army. All I kept was a small force which I’d based in snow and mud – ideal for the Battle of the Bulge. Well, my wargame buddy Kevan Gunn has Germans done the same way, and terrain to match. Given the proximity to the anniversary of the campaign we decided to do a Bulge game, set around the fighting at “Parker’s Crossroads” a few miles north of Bastogne.I’m sorry for the picture quality, but I forgot my camera again, and so these were taken by a mobile phone. Still, you get the idea. A hastily-formed American blocking force set up in the crossroads hamlet, where it was assaulted on all sides by the beastly Huns. Within the first few turns most of the American armour had turned into smoking wrecks, but it proved harder to winkle out the infantry, who were still grimly holding on when the time came to pack things up.Although there’s little doubt the Germans would have won in a few more turns, merely surviving until the end of the night gave the Americans something of a moral victory! As usual the rules were Dave Brown’s excellent Battlegroup Panzer Grenadier system.

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