<![CDATA[PG-HQ Forums - Let's Play PG!]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:27:05 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Fire & Sword scenario 29]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=3095 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:11:16 -0500 leonard]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=3095 Axis reinforcements should enter on the EAST edge (among other changes).
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.jpeg   C9FC10D5-9886-4A91-8AF8-64E38C63D0B8.jpeg (Size: 274.85 KB / Downloads: 134) ]]> <![CDATA[Looking for a game]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=3020 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:57:47 -0600 Cherper]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=3020 <![CDATA[Last Days of May is in the library]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2822 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:45:18 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2822 <![CDATA[Get crack'n]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2771 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:51:09 -0600 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2771 Panzer Grenadier has 132 games. 54 of those games (not counting East Front Artillery) have never been completed, thus no ribbon.
Infantry Attacks has 7 games. For 5 of those no one has a ribbon.
Modern War only has 3 games (I don't count IDF). None of the games have been completed.

You might want to check over on the Tour of Duty page to see where you might add your on bit of color.]]> Panzer Grenadier has 132 games. 54 of those games (not counting East Front Artillery) have never been completed, thus no ribbon.
Infantry Attacks has 7 games. For 5 of those no one has a ribbon.
Modern War only has 3 games (I don't count IDF). None of the games have been completed.

You might want to check over on the Tour of Duty page to see where you might add your on bit of color.]]> <![CDATA[No Silent Night]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2764 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:59:42 -0600 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2764 No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne is good quick read. The events have been done to death in books and wargames, but still, it's a good book.

For Panzer Grenadier, Christmas Eve looks like this:
Battle of the Bulge 33. Rochefort
Battle of the Bulge 49. Heiderscheid
Britain's Bulge 01. Six Kilometers from the Meuse: East of Dinant, Belgium
Winter Soldiers 13. Schnellgruppe Knittel
Battle of the Bulge 41. Grevils-Bresil II
Winter Soldiers 16. First Action

Christmas Day is like this:
Winter Soldiers 14. Christmas Escape
Battle of the Bulge 31. Kampfgruppe Maucke
Battle of the Bulge 32. Champs
Britain's Bulge 02. Festival Day: Foy-Notre-Dame, East of Dinant, Belgium
Winter Soldiers 17. A Manhay Christmas
Elsenborn Ridge 27. Christmas Gift
Battle of the Bulge 46. Relief at Last!
Winter Soldiers 18. Christmas Belle Haye
Winter Soldiers 15. Christmas Eve Surprise

Something of a break from the festivities.
Merry Christmas.]]> No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne is good quick read. The events have been done to death in books and wargames, but still, it's a good book.

For Panzer Grenadier, Christmas Eve looks like this:
Battle of the Bulge 33. Rochefort
Battle of the Bulge 49. Heiderscheid
Britain's Bulge 01. Six Kilometers from the Meuse: East of Dinant, Belgium
Winter Soldiers 13. Schnellgruppe Knittel
Battle of the Bulge 41. Grevils-Bresil II
Winter Soldiers 16. First Action

Christmas Day is like this:
Winter Soldiers 14. Christmas Escape
Battle of the Bulge 31. Kampfgruppe Maucke
Battle of the Bulge 32. Champs
Britain's Bulge 02. Festival Day: Foy-Notre-Dame, East of Dinant, Belgium
Winter Soldiers 17. A Manhay Christmas
Elsenborn Ridge 27. Christmas Gift
Battle of the Bulge 46. Relief at Last!
Winter Soldiers 18. Christmas Belle Haye
Winter Soldiers 15. Christmas Eve Surprise

Something of a break from the festivities.
Merry Christmas.]]> <![CDATA[Guderian’s Folly]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2735 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:14:42 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2735
Mission
The tanks of the division are being withdrawn to begin refitting. Guderian insists that this bridgehead be held and the only troops available are the motorized infantry of 10th Panzer Division. Prevent a Soviet breakthrough at all costs.

Available forces
86th Panzergrenadier Reg with a company from 90th Panzerjäger Batt. Support from the 322nd Flak Reg and 401st Sturmgeschütz Batt.

Anticipated Enemy forces
Your intelligence services suggest a likely immediate counterattack by tanks and infantry of the Soviet 105th Tank Division

Historicity and notes
The battle about to be fought is a PG adaptation of the scenario in Grey Steel, Red Storm by Andrew Rolph. The Yelnya offensive actually began in August. The offensive created the Bryansk pockets, which created the fallacy of being able to support the 6th Army at Stalingrad a year later. The 10th Panzer Div was actually present at the Battle of Yelnya. The 105th Tank Div is a fictitious unit, though it's component formations are real or would become by the end of 1943.]]>
Mission
The tanks of the division are being withdrawn to begin refitting. Guderian insists that this bridgehead be held and the only troops available are the motorized infantry of 10th Panzer Division. Prevent a Soviet breakthrough at all costs.

Available forces
86th Panzergrenadier Reg with a company from 90th Panzerjäger Batt. Support from the 322nd Flak Reg and 401st Sturmgeschütz Batt.

Anticipated Enemy forces
Your intelligence services suggest a likely immediate counterattack by tanks and infantry of the Soviet 105th Tank Division

Historicity and notes
The battle about to be fought is a PG adaptation of the scenario in Grey Steel, Red Storm by Andrew Rolph. The Yelnya offensive actually began in August. The offensive created the Bryansk pockets, which created the fallacy of being able to support the 6th Army at Stalingrad a year later. The 10th Panzer Div was actually present at the Battle of Yelnya. The 105th Tank Div is a fictitious unit, though it's component formations are real or would become by the end of 1943.]]> <![CDATA[Heroes of the Soviet Union Playthrough]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2727 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:29:21 -0500 Grumm]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2727
Game 1, Scenario #16
Red Parachutes: Grigorovka
  • I played this scenario solo. This was my very first full scenario that I have ever played with the rules (I've owned the box set for 20 odd years but never given it a proper play until recently, you can read about that experience elsewhere). I used Map #4 as I didn't have Map #2 yet. In the ensuing battle, the German motorcycle troops raced ahead into the small village, taking up defensive positions before the Soviets could reach them. The T-34's roared their engines and swooped around the north and south of the village. To the north, the German 75mm PaK40 (which I had hoped to tow into the village) was forced to unlimber in the open when a company of T-34's came into sight. For the rest of the battle, three platoons of T-34's would fight a protracted gun battle with this lone ATG platoon, which caused two of the T-34 platoons to retreat demoralized and reduced. In the south, a lone T-34 platoon advanced on the Panzer IV F2 in the woodline below the village. Initially, the Panzer platoon caused the southern T-34 to recoil with damage, but the Soviet tank soon returned the favour and the Panzers were retreated deeper into the woods to lick their wounds. Meanwhile, the Soviet infantry attempted a direct assault on the German Kradschützen in the village, but it was to no avail... the Germans had simply gotten the upper hand by taking the village first, and the similar numbers of attackers and defenders decided the outcome of the assault before it had even gotten underway. The Soviet infantry ended up fleeing on foot, alongside several shocked and damaged T-34 platoons. German victory.

Game 2, Scenario #9
Gauntlet
  • I played this scenario with my daughter. The German infantry battalion deployed around the village with heavier weapons on the hill and the southern edge of the forest, back behind the village. The Soviet cavalry made a concerted push south of the village, causing the Germans to hastily redeploy to catch the cavalry in their net. The 2cm Flak 38 gun rattled from the forest edge along with mortars and HMGs, slowing the enemy cavalry, but even with the heavy snow the Soviets slowly but surely pushed their way closer and closer to their exit on the Western map edge. The scenario ended with five Red Cavalry sneaking off the map edge, with an entire squadron (3 units) stuck by the closing German infantry. Interestingly, the scenario stipulated 5 Soviet Cavalry units escaping as a victory condition, but did not mention steps. Thus there were several reduced cavalry units that propelled the Soviets to victory when they escaped. Despite the death of one of the Soviet leaders, there was no way to stop the Cavalry once they were at the edge of the board, since even troops without leaders could legally move off the board as this was "away from" enemy units. Soviet victory.
Game 3, Scenario #5
Kaeter's Counterattack
  • I played this scenario solo. I tried to make every use of the Germans mobility (with four trucks) and the diminished visibility in the early morning darkness to get the German infantry into position for an all out assault on the town. The Soviets had deployed infantry in the village and woods with the 45mm ATG in the village and the 76.2mm divisional gun on the road west of the village. The Germans ignored the forest entirely and flanked to the west, despite the danger of the divisional gun. A mobile combat team made up of the Panzer IV F2, the motorcycle platoon and a lorried infantry platoon assaulted the divisional gun position while the remaining German infantry pushed towards the village. A vicious battle in the village ensued, with the German infantry rather miraculously avoiding casualties or demoralization. The Soviets fed forest-based infantry into the village fight and there was a back and forth running assault for several turns. Eventually, an entire Soviet infantry company with HMG platoon and wagon-drawn 45mm ATG arrived and made their way across the snowy ground towards the village (I counted the wagon as a foot unit for the snow movement factor, reasoning that a horse is not really a motorized or mechanized thing). By the end of the battle, the Germans had been finally starting to wear down from considerable casualties and the influx of a stack of fresh Soviet infantry into the village meant that the attack was untenable. Soviet victory.
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Game 1, Scenario #16
Red Parachutes: Grigorovka
  • I played this scenario solo. This was my very first full scenario that I have ever played with the rules (I've owned the box set for 20 odd years but never given it a proper play until recently, you can read about that experience elsewhere). I used Map #4 as I didn't have Map #2 yet. In the ensuing battle, the German motorcycle troops raced ahead into the small village, taking up defensive positions before the Soviets could reach them. The T-34's roared their engines and swooped around the north and south of the village. To the north, the German 75mm PaK40 (which I had hoped to tow into the village) was forced to unlimber in the open when a company of T-34's came into sight. For the rest of the battle, three platoons of T-34's would fight a protracted gun battle with this lone ATG platoon, which caused two of the T-34 platoons to retreat demoralized and reduced. In the south, a lone T-34 platoon advanced on the Panzer IV F2 in the woodline below the village. Initially, the Panzer platoon caused the southern T-34 to recoil with damage, but the Soviet tank soon returned the favour and the Panzers were retreated deeper into the woods to lick their wounds. Meanwhile, the Soviet infantry attempted a direct assault on the German Kradschützen in the village, but it was to no avail... the Germans had simply gotten the upper hand by taking the village first, and the similar numbers of attackers and defenders decided the outcome of the assault before it had even gotten underway. The Soviet infantry ended up fleeing on foot, alongside several shocked and damaged T-34 platoons. German victory.

Game 2, Scenario #9
Gauntlet
  • I played this scenario with my daughter. The German infantry battalion deployed around the village with heavier weapons on the hill and the southern edge of the forest, back behind the village. The Soviet cavalry made a concerted push south of the village, causing the Germans to hastily redeploy to catch the cavalry in their net. The 2cm Flak 38 gun rattled from the forest edge along with mortars and HMGs, slowing the enemy cavalry, but even with the heavy snow the Soviets slowly but surely pushed their way closer and closer to their exit on the Western map edge. The scenario ended with five Red Cavalry sneaking off the map edge, with an entire squadron (3 units) stuck by the closing German infantry. Interestingly, the scenario stipulated 5 Soviet Cavalry units escaping as a victory condition, but did not mention steps. Thus there were several reduced cavalry units that propelled the Soviets to victory when they escaped. Despite the death of one of the Soviet leaders, there was no way to stop the Cavalry once they were at the edge of the board, since even troops without leaders could legally move off the board as this was "away from" enemy units. Soviet victory.
Game 3, Scenario #5
Kaeter's Counterattack
  • I played this scenario solo. I tried to make every use of the Germans mobility (with four trucks) and the diminished visibility in the early morning darkness to get the German infantry into position for an all out assault on the town. The Soviets had deployed infantry in the village and woods with the 45mm ATG in the village and the 76.2mm divisional gun on the road west of the village. The Germans ignored the forest entirely and flanked to the west, despite the danger of the divisional gun. A mobile combat team made up of the Panzer IV F2, the motorcycle platoon and a lorried infantry platoon assaulted the divisional gun position while the remaining German infantry pushed towards the village. A vicious battle in the village ensued, with the German infantry rather miraculously avoiding casualties or demoralization. The Soviets fed forest-based infantry into the village fight and there was a back and forth running assault for several turns. Eventually, an entire Soviet infantry company with HMG platoon and wagon-drawn 45mm ATG arrived and made their way across the snowy ground towards the village (I counted the wagon as a foot unit for the snow movement factor, reasoning that a horse is not really a motorized or mechanized thing). By the end of the battle, the Germans had been finally starting to wear down from considerable casualties and the influx of a stack of fresh Soviet infantry into the village meant that the attack was untenable. Soviet victory.
]]> <![CDATA[Looking for FTF opponent in the Chicago area]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2521 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:21:17 -0500 bishopse5a]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2521
THANKS !!!     Bishop]]>
THANKS !!!     Bishop]]> <![CDATA[The first challenge is resolved]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2511 Fri, 21 May 2021 10:17:27 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2511 Craig and I won a major victory against each other. That means my challenging his position was unsuccessful. Not that I really mind, the farther down the ladder you are, the more potential victims there are.

We are going to go at it again. This time with a scenario that is better balanced.]]> Craig and I won a major victory against each other. That means my challenging his position was unsuccessful. Not that I really mind, the farther down the ladder you are, the more potential victims there are.

We are going to go at it again. This time with a scenario that is better balanced.]]> <![CDATA[The challenge is on]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2453 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:34:12 -0600 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2453
We play it twice (the scenario we decide on), it is the fairest method. Almost everything else it pretty optional with me.
  1. One of us chooses a game, the other chooses the scenario. The opponent search tool can find commonly owned games, and filter scenarios.
    1. I would likely choose my portion randomly. Google has a random 1 to X generator. So once I have a list...
    2. My only insistence here be that the game be supported in Vassal, because I lack table space. You can table setup on your end if you like.
  2. We agree on a rules set. I presume 4th Edition.
  3. We mutually choose our optional rules.
  4. We decide a regular session time. Not that this can't be changed, it just helps move things along.
  5. Make a list everything we have agreed upon. It prevents arguments later.
  6. I kick your butt. (Twice)
If you like we could arrange our first session to to get all that worked out.

Apart from the last point, cjsiam is agreeable. We start later this week or mid next week.]]>
We play it twice (the scenario we decide on), it is the fairest method. Almost everything else it pretty optional with me.
  1. One of us chooses a game, the other chooses the scenario. The opponent search tool can find commonly owned games, and filter scenarios.
    1. I would likely choose my portion randomly. Google has a random 1 to X generator. So once I have a list...
    2. My only insistence here be that the game be supported in Vassal, because I lack table space. You can table setup on your end if you like.
  2. We agree on a rules set. I presume 4th Edition.
  3. We mutually choose our optional rules.
  4. We decide a regular session time. Not that this can't be changed, it just helps move things along.
  5. Make a list everything we have agreed upon. It prevents arguments later.
  6. I kick your butt. (Twice)
If you like we could arrange our first session to to get all that worked out.

Apart from the last point, cjsiam is agreeable. We start later this week or mid next week.]]> <![CDATA[Who's up for round 2?]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2417 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:23:52 -0600 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2417
You get a pass Tony, since we already played one, but I wouldn't refuse a 2nd.

http://pg-hq.com/search.php?opponentID[]...ion=search

Click on this link to see our library overlaps.]]>
You get a pass Tony, since we already played one, but I wouldn't refuse a 2nd.

http://pg-hq.com/search.php?opponentID[]...ion=search

Click on this link to see our library overlaps.]]> <![CDATA[Cassino Campaign]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2400 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:24:44 -0500 Niinivaara]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2400
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10435]]>
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10435]]> <![CDATA[WW2 Campaign Game]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2349 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:29:33 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2349
A poor reboot of my post last week, here is his contact information: ww2globalconflict@gmail.com
I have put his game manual/plan on my cloud drive. I'll be putting in for Fall of France and Dunkirk games via Vassal. Vassal isn't required for his campaign, just a report of the game played.]]>
A poor reboot of my post last week, here is his contact information: ww2globalconflict@gmail.com
I have put his game manual/plan on my cloud drive. I'll be putting in for Fall of France and Dunkirk games via Vassal. Vassal isn't required for his campaign, just a report of the game played.]]> <![CDATA[Challenging tlangston28]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2314 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 18:08:26 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2314
I used the random scenario link until I hit upon a scenario in our mutual libraries and supported by Vassal.
That scenario is Seelow Heights.

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I used the random scenario link until I hit upon a scenario in our mutual libraries and supported by Vassal.
That scenario is Seelow Heights.

[Image: tenor.gif?itemid=11190804]]]> <![CDATA[The Panzer Grenadier League]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2195 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:18:20 -0500 plloyd1010]]> https://www.pg-hq.com/comms/showthread.php?tid=2195 Panzer Grenadier HQ League over on Braaket.com. For said league, I have created a tournament called PG-HQ Ladder.

With online play, we have the opportunity to expand shared play between members. So let's get to it.

The ladder rules are very basic, and I expect they will be modified and expanded. People with suggestions or experience should contact me, especially since I never setup something like this.]]> Panzer Grenadier HQ League over on Braaket.com. For said league, I have created a tournament called PG-HQ Ladder.

With online play, we have the opportunity to expand shared play between members. So let's get to it.

The ladder rules are very basic, and I expect they will be modified and expanded. People with suggestions or experience should contact me, especially since I never setup something like this.]]>