The Pittsburgh group is involved in playing the Market-Garden campaign using Battlefront’s campaign system with basic forces of 1750 points. Stephen was defending in the North near Arnhem with Brit Paras and I was tasked to attack with troops from Kampfgruppe Spindler. Two Fearless Veterans going at it!
My list (plus Security platoon added from the campaign):
bridge-by-bridge-german-kampfgruppe_infpdfStephen’s list: HQ with 3 PIATs, 2 7-stand infantry platoons, an assault platoon, 4x 6pdrs, 2x 17pdrs, a 6-jeep recce squadron, 3″ mortar platoon, and a 75mm howitzer battery provided extra from the campaign. His basic list was 1395 points as he was considered out of supply.
Tim on the left is the sucker..ooops….I mean great guy who is the overall campaign manager. Stephen on the right looks over his side of the board after we rolled up Free-for-All for the mission. Crap! I think this is the worst mission I could get. I was supposed to try to crush these paras with my 11 platoons (1750 point army plus an added security platoon of 7 Reluctant Trained riflemen). Stephen’s forces had been cut off so were reduced in size to 1400 points but he did have an added artillery platoon of 75mm guns. I had hoped for an attack where he only had half his units on board, but no such luck. Now everybody is on the table.
This aerial photo shows the Dutch countryside with the Paras defending the top of the map. The middle of the board is pretty open with small woods patches up the right near a village. A large hill dominates the left of the field.
My deployment from top to bottom: Security platoon and light AA (20mm) on the left objective. A pair of 88s in the wheat field near the center
