For his part, the French player uses hidden deployment to place a sniper.Īs the scenario progressed, it was a blow-out. The German player can attempt to deceive the French by implying that the objective area is different that what it is. Obviously, these “hidden objectives” leave some leeway for misdirection. Germans first deploy their “trapped” recon force, allow the French to set up their defense, and then position their attacking force across the water. The Germans must secretly record their river crossing point before the game starts and then win by eliminating French units and artillery-spotter line-of-sight from that crossing. There are also convoluted victory conditions which support the historical elements. The scenario models this by giving Rommel his own 10-3 counter enhanced with special-rule moral bonuses. In the end, it was the direct, personal leadership of General Rommel himself that turned the tide of the battle. Armored and infantry elements of the 7th Panzer attempted to reinforce the bridgehead, coming close to failure. A German contingent had crossed the river the night of May 12th and then were cut off and trapped. That setup recreates the German crossing of the Meuse during their blitzkrieg through Belgium in May of 1940. There was this highly-contentious outcome involving the scenario The Dinant Bridgehead. In the handful of classic Squad Leader we played, he crushed me every time. In fact, we may have left for school with the assignment to study up on the “advanced” rules, never to play again. I don’t recall how many of the ASL scenarios we played, if any. At some point during our endevors, he also picked up the Advanced Squad Leader module. A friend from high school had the original Squad Leader (unadvanced) game and two expansions ( Cross of Iron and Crescendo of Doom) and we were both home for the summer, awaiting the trip back to our separate colleges. I began playing right about the time of my peak boardgame fascination. In its heyday, I followed that quest closely because, among other reasons, Squad Leader had a special place in my heart.
I’ve briefly alluded to the quest to bring Advanced Squad Leader to the computer. See here for the previous post in the series or return to the master post. This is the hundred-thirty-sixth in a series of posts on (or at least that mention) the Vietnam War.
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