This 15-turn scenario has the Germans attacking to try to take the tow in the middle of board 40, with the goal of taking the town and/or exiting 20 steps off the south edge of the board. Soviet guards enter randomly after turn 2. I made a bad assumption from the start that the Guards would be a while in getting there, so worked to envelop the town, which required taking 2 of the 3 entrenched 45mm AT guns and supporting infantry north of the town to give the German armor freedom of maneuver. Instead, the leading Mk IVF2 lost a step to the long range fire of the 76.2 AT gun in the town and assaults for the two outer entrenchments bogged down after the central entrenchment fell so easily. With Germans starting to push past the entrenchments to start their serious attack on the town itself, the Soviet guard entered on turn 5. I had used the limited German airpower early on to try to take out the central entrenchment, so there was little I could do to interfere with the guard coming up to reinforce the town. Available playing time and German morale was starting to slip away and they still had not actively started assaulting the town. In hind sight, it might have been better to head the tanks and towed guns off the south side of the board and let the infantry try to bypass the Russian outposts and assault the town on their own, given their great engineer support, and that would have assured one of the two objectives taken with a chance of fair luck and early destruction of the town's defences. German lost, Soviet minor victory as they had not eliminated 10 or more steps when time ran out. Great game, and another I look forward to in future face to face play.

Ther Germans do pretty well, as in many scenarios in KBT. But once again the Soviets have enough to keep the Germans from a major victory. The Germans push through and control Bobrik, but Soviet reinforcements on turn 4 are enough to keep the Germans from exiting off 20 steps. The germans gain the tactical advantage, but total victory is unreachable. The Soviet Guards do very well, especially against the already bloodied Germans.

This was not a pretty game. I'm relatively sure that I set up rather conservatively as the Russian: an entrenchment on either flank of the town, and another just behind it where I placed the 76.2mm gun. The German advance was rather well-orchestrated if a bit slowed by some Soviet artillery. They ground forward, taking reasonable losses and not losing the initiative advantage.

But the Russians did have a surprise- my opponent hadn't read the scenario information and thought that the reinforcements were coming up from the southern edge instead of from the east edge. So as the Germans crept forward, I was getting ready to spring the trap. But the Russians came too late to make the most of it. The Germans were already all over the eastern flank of the town and instead of getting assaulted by my troops, they assaulted me after I moved the Guards onto the board. I couldn't get sufficient men into the town to hold it. I could only feed men piecemeal into the town. By turn 8 or 9, the writing was on the wall. The Soviets couldn't hold the town.

Like scenario 10, there are only 3.5 hours to get the victory for the Hitlerites. This, along with four very short fog rolls forced them to start advancing in at a breakneck pace that usually doesn't end well. It didn't.

The Russians made an unbroken defensive line across the map along the road and front of Bobrik. All units were dug in that could be. 2 entrenchments were side by side 800 meters out of town to the west and one was 1000 meters to the east. The mines were placed directly in front of Bobrik 400 meters away. A pretty strong defensive line.

The Germans decided to try and break the far western side of the line with the panzers leading the way as this could open up 400 meter hole to allow 20 steps through. There was also a sizable push up to the center towards Bobrik directly so the Russians couldn't move all of their units west to defend once they saw what was happening.

The Guards reinforcements from the east edge were going to be a key in the victory. Right on queue at turn 2 they showed up. This allowed them enough time to go all the way to the west and reinforce as necessary. The panzers mowed down several platoons, but another group or 2 would step in the breach. Towards noon it looked like the Hitlerites were finally going to break through. However, an AT roll of 12 from a 45mm AT gun right next to a PZIVE stalled that momentum, and that was all she wrote. The Germans didn't have enough heavy firepower to deal with all of the fortified units plus the Guards. The 2 turns of airpower were totally ineffective and the OBA was not strong enought to keep the entrenchments disrupted.This one was called an hour early as there was no hope for the Germans. Soviet major victory.

En este escenario una fuerza combinada alemana de infantería y tanques ataca unas posiciones soviéticas en torno a una población. Los soviéticos establecen una débil línea defensiva a base de trincheras y campos de minas. La población ocupa el centro del dispositivo y está especialmente defendida. Los defensores son unidades del RKKA. A partir del segundo turno y mediante una tirada de dados puede entrar en el mapa una reducida fuerza de infantería (Guardia Roja). Los alemanes tienen dos objetivos: controlar toda la población y sacar al menos 20 steps (los tanques valen el doble) por el borde sur del mapa. Consiguen la victoria (menor) con la obtención de uno sólo de los objetivos.

La estrategia para los alemanes es clara: hacer pasar a toda velocidad las seis secciones de tanques a lo largo del tablero sin detenerse y salir por el borde sur al menos cinco de ellas. Esta es la decisión adoptada, que se ve facilitada por el retraso en entrar en el mapa las unidades de la Guardia (turno 7), ya demasiado tarde para impedir el paseo militar germano.

Es el peor escenario jugado hasta ahora en KBT.