Sons of Son – Battlegroup Market-Garden
We played the historical scenario from the new supplement and it proved to be and interesting game for both sides. The Germans have to balance moving fast and hard, against their low BR, while the US player has to tough it out against an enemy with some serious firepower. This would be the first game in a mini campaign between my German forces and the US Airborne of our playtester Vincent.
As it was, the Germans played it too cautious and the early arrival, and escape, of the British supply column hit them very hard on their BR. The Germans did manage to push forward in a very precise and well supported two-pronged assault that captured the ruined warehouse, with very few casualties while inflicting quite a few on the US Airborne defence, but the BR loss from the escaping trucks cost them very dear, and as they finally got to engage the second line of US defenders, they broke their BR and retreated.
Having pulled all high numbered chits, the Germans simply couldnt breakthrough, although all game the US had felt that it was them on the losing side, especially with both 57mm AT guns were quickly silenced, but the eventual halt and retreat of the germans was of great surprise to them.
Really good fun scenario, very different for both sides, and one we will have to play again.
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shows an easy and quick technique for British tanks in North Africa.
