Author	Blackcloud6
Method	Solo
Victor	Draw
Play Date	2023-12-31
Language	English
Scenario	BBoB003

This is a clever little scenario depicting a UK reconnaissance action and I think it pulls it off well. I did use hidden units picking two spots for each possible hidden unit and would roll and odd or even to determine if it was actually in the spot when it could be spotted.

The Germans focused their defense on Bure and had the mines covering the approach to the town from the east. They defended Chapel Hill with one Grenadier platoon dug-in and a leader with the possibility that the HMG would be there too. Overwatching the hill was the possibility of the ATG on the high ground to the east.

The Belgian SAS decided to just go for Chapel Hill, thinking that it would be easy to brush aside one grenadier platoon, capturing five VPs for the Hill and then proceed to recon other areas. This at least should get a Minor Victory. But alas, it was not so as when the attack went I, the Germans popped up the HMG with the grenadiers and rolled a 12 on an opfire against a moving Para platoon killing a step. The SAS then spend most of the scenario trudging through the snow to outflank the hill while a firefight proceeded with the defenders. This got all but one hex of the hill, and the SAS had to close with the Germans to take the hill. They did so taking another step loss and went into a risky last-two-turns assault. They broke the entire German force on the last turn and killed the HMG which gave them three more VPs for a total of eight. But they couldn’t rally the 1 step Para platoon which remained demoralized, which gave the Germans one more VP for a total of five and this ended in a draw.

I like this scenario as there are many ways it could be played.