Part 1 - Remote Commanders WWII D-day Game

Hello, I'm back,

Ive been working on a new idea, after the fun and the great feedback I got from the One Man War-game articles I started work on the next thing.

Remote Commanders! [mad "doc brown" gesture]

This is the premise; I set up a game, write the scenario, have the forces and take pictures. Draw maps, send emails and keep them in the loop. allowing two of my friends to be safe at home and in some way act and feel like high up commanders in WWII. At our local club we have done this before with the separate commanders in different rooms but this will be done in different houses! Nice and Safe, in lock down. In a way this is more ambitious project than just a battle report. I will be sticking with the way I write the report going for a more historical documentary approach. The scenario is one I have made up, the area and commanders will be fictitious but I hop to capture the feel of the day after D-Day (D-Day+1). I may well throw the odd historical curve-ball but will be bending the rules too much.
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So that in mind this will be a game set "somewhere" in the American sector of D-Day, one day after they landed. As such this game will be American forces pushing outwards and forming a beachhead. German opposition will be scattered and most likely disorganized. But rest assured the German commanders will be ready to offer stiff resistance to the Americans.

I am sure this sort of thing has been done before and maybe even you have been involved. Either way I invite you to keep on ready and see how this game unfolds. I will be completely unbiased and only do what instruction come through to me. No matter how insane they appear, I'm sure they have a plan and much like the commanders they are seeking to emulate will have a slowly clearing view of the battle as it continues.

As before all of the miniatures are from pendraken, the terrain is a mix of stuff I have made and N gauge railway things.
https://pendraken.co.uk/world-war-ii/

Before I continue its worth mentioning that their will be Nazi symbols visible in some of the pictures. these are included from a historical perspective and I in no way endorse Nazisim or any other national socialist ideals.

The Scenario

D-Day+1. After the initial landing the allied command was very aware they need to push inland. This battle represents a small portion of that advance as it starts to meet more organised resistance. The forces used are not entirely accurate but have been selected for our "based on historical events". I have made up some themed objectives that I think will keep the game interesting.

Objectives:

American -

1. As stated before the big part of the Allied strategy was to push inland and this will be represented by awarding the American commander 1vpt for every unit that ends the game more past the imagined halfway point on the table (65cm).    
2. The Airfield near the town of Murs Blancs is also an objective, although long abandoned by German fighter aircraft the dirt runways are still intact and could prove useful in later days and weeks as an airfield for allies. - 5vpts
3. An additional Objective to Capture enemy HQs and COs. This will naturally cause great disruption to the German fighting efficiency if their command and control structure is destroyed. Bonus 5vpts for every German CO or HQ knocked out. 

German -

1. As chaos reigns in German high command as to the fact of D-Day, the field commanders are left to organise the defense as best they can. The German command will follow their standing orders and Hold the Airfield +5vpts
2. Commanders on the ground will have to make the best of what they have, facing an unknown number of enemy troops and vehicles. +2vpts for every American unit Knocked out
3. The Village of Arret de Chaval has been designated vital by German inelegance and must held. if this village is taken it must be re-captured +10vpts of holding/re-capturing the village.

Scenario Rules

• Hedgerows - hedgerows block LOS, are impassable to vehicles but counts as an obstacle Infantry.
• Barbed Wire - barbed wire is impassable to wheeled vehicles, it counts as an obstacle for infantry. Tracked vehicles and Engineer can breach barbed wire by making contact with it during their move.
• Fields block LOS for infantry units but are counted as clear for moving
• Forests block LOS. with a -1 to hit units inside them
• Village blocks LOS. with a -1 to hit units inside its perimeter and gives infantry units a 6+ save from all attacks.
• Town uses standard build up area rules for Infantry shooing in and out of. If both Infantry units are inside the town perimeter: score hits on a 5+ with a 6+ cover save. Vehicles in built up areas are -1 to hit from shooting outside the town and increase their save by +1
• Bunkers - These are Counted as a fix MG platoon with 360° arc of fire, 4 hits and a save of 3+. They may only fire during the command phase and are only Pinned on a 6+. In close assault bunkers have no attacks but may not be driven back or Pinned. Engineers ignore the bunkers save in close assault.

The town of Murs Blanc in the south, Village of Arret de Cheval in the North west and the Airfield to the to the east.

 Part 2 coming soon
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