I played scenario 19 in the One Hour Wargames book, this time with my 6mm WWII Tank miniatures using a modified Tank War version of the Second World War Rules. This maintained all the rules mechanics of that set with some minor amendments to differentiate tank types and inject some subtle variations.
US Forces were Red and they were to stop the Germans from holding two river crossings - one ford and a bridge. While part of the defending force was still in reserve until Turn 7, half of the Red forces would make a surprise assault from the western flank on Turn 6.
Initially the US commander tried to head for the reserve and knock them out before they became activated but this was intercepted by a couple of Pz IV medium tanks that blunted their assault and took out their force commander in the Firefly. The Red reinforcements came on too late to influence the result and depleted themselves on the stationary Tiger holding the ford itself commanded by a Tank Ace leader. I introduced rules for commanders that could rally surrounding tanks or provide motivational leadership in combat results.
The battle ended on Turn 11 with a complete US defeat and no German losses. The Germans had better equipment and these advantages became evident, however, despite this it was still a fun game with a lot of cross the board activity. The Command Event cards also worked well so overall I was very pleased with how the rules play tested. I only had a few enhancements and refinements to make so a success in my book.
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