I ran my Cruisin' for a Bruisin' scenario at Sand Wars in Mesa, AZ on May 18th. My opponent, Mike P. came all the way from California to play in my game.
The scenario pitted a reduced German Panzer Company against a reduced British Crusader II squadron. We used 1/285th scale vehicles and the Mein Panzer rules. This was Mike's first time playing and I wanted to keep things simple. Overall, the 2 sides were fairly evenly matched as well. Mike chose the British side and I took the Germans.
The main objectives for both sides was the crossroads in the village, the hill tops on the opposing sides map area, and of course knocking out enemy tanks.
The game went for 6 turns and had a lot of good action in that amount of time. Mike won the initiative rolls 5 out of 6 times but had less luck getting hits on my tanks. I had a bit better luck hitting his tanks but seemed to roll a lot of misfires in this game.
At the end, neither side had uncontested control of the crossroads but I was able to get more kills. Ultimately, we both had a great time and Mike plans to come back next year for another game. That is definitely a win in my book.
Here are a few pictures of the action.
The calm before the storm.
This shows an overview of the action around Turn 6.
A view from the British side.
From the German side.
I had a platoon on the hill covering the advance of the rest of the Company.
Another German Platoon on the left flank of the village.
A view from the ground.