Our battle had a German force attempting to force an opening in the lines of the US Paratroopers. You will notice in the first few shots below that the game board is loaded with seperate terrain features. These features are how you move around the board.
View from behind the American lines. The tape measure is how far forward they can deploy.
A look at the American forces.
A view from behind the German lines.
A look at the German forces.
The left flank of the Americans deployed for action.
American center.
American Right flank.
The Germans flowing onto the game board. They massed all of there forces on the American right flank. Lucky my game partner Sam was in charge of that sector or we would have been in real trouble if I was in command!
American center and right preparing for the onslaught.
Germans trying to press forward on the left flank but have already have been "Pinned" by accurate American fire, the red pipe cleaners standing up.
Behind the American right with a Panther tank leading the charge. Not good!
One American unit has attempted to shot in response to German movement and has scored no hits and has been marked "No Fire" with bullet casing standing up.
Panicked is seen in the American ranks as more units are marked "No Fire" and one squad has been "Suppressed" bullet casing on its side. The Panther was joined by a Stug III who machine gunned the US units.
Some of the center American units have redeployed heading for the cover of the hedge line. Attempting to form a defensive pocket.
A shot from behind the German lines which shows the German Panther has been hit by bazooka fire and is suppressed and American units are lining the hedges to form a Crossfire!
The Panther has been destroyed and the American squads have stormed the tree's wiping out the German units that had been suppressed in the woods.
The Stug III was assaulted by a squad of Americans after it had been suppressed and was destroyed. Suddenly the Germans are in trouble.
The final blow that overwhelmed the Germans.
The Germans had rolled the dice for one concentrated blow on the Americans right but it was stopped up in real style by partner Sam.
In the second game, I did not take any pictures, the Germans spread out and were able to squash both of our flanks and grabbed the center ground. These rules are very fluid and if your opponent has no line of sight on your units and cannot fire on them they can move clear across the board. This happened in both games and really requires you to think about your postion and deployment. We will be playing many more of these Crossfire games. In two gaming sessions around 4 hours each we played two games to conclusions in both sessions. Great fun!!
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