"Road to Bremen : A Surprise" Topic

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Tango01

18 Feb 2025 4:01 p.m. PST

" Might have mentioned this before, but my old wargaming mate from Scotland travels this far south of the border on business and we mentioned that at some point I could put a game on. Robert is a big fan of Chain of Command so we decided on one of the easier campaigns due to the infrequency of managing to get a full game in. Hence we started 'The Road to Bremen' which takes place in the dying moments of the war as the British head for said town. In their way is a mish mash of German units, Fallschirmjager, Heer and Volksturm along with some Hitler Youth, however the Germans cannot afford to defend every table, there are eight and they must choose where to fight, but even then the chosen defenders may instead simply surrender when the British turn up, so they can only hope for the best and delay the British enough to get a win of sorts…"