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<\/a><\/p>\nGeneral Roy Urquhart, Brigadier Lathbury, and Capt Jim Cummings are holed up in a house in the town. Brig Lathbury was shot and being cared for by a family. Jim and Roy are in an attic avoiding capture by Germans searching house to house. \u00a0An Elite British Para squad is tank hunting a couple of rows down from General Urquhart.\u00a0 This squad has no idea the general is there.<\/p>\n
The scenario is 10 turns. \u00a0The objective is to get General Urquhart out and back to his HQ \u201cBefore we have a bloody disaster on our hands!\u201d \u00a0The Germans have a regular infantry platoon in the town.\u00a0 There is 1 PZ IV with a squad of Elite Panzer grenadiers.\u00a0 Located at the crossroads to the West, is a Green training unit with a Pak 38 ATG. \u00a0There are two teams supporting it with an MG 42.<\/p>\n
The British have a scratch platoon of Regular Glider pilots, 3 teams; there is 1 team of Elite Paras and two jeeps carrying a 6 lb gun with Elite glider infantry.<\/p>\n
The Germans move randomly with the bayonet symbol on their cards, until they hear firing. \u00a0(On the Action Deck cards in Combat Patrol, there is a bayonet symbol that points in one of eight directions. \u00a0This is used to scatter indirect fire, grenades, etc. \u00a0In this case, Brian is a also using the bayonet to randomize German movement.) \u00a0The General will activate on blue numbered cards, once a card is drawn a dice is thrown if it matches the blue card the general activates.<\/p>\n
The Game Master card is\u00a0shuffled into the Activation Deck. \u00a0When the Game Master card is drawn, the game master will roll for reinforcements, doubles needed on 2d6. \u00a0The Random Events card is also shuffled into the Activation Deck. \u00a0When this card is drawn, random reinforcements are\u00a0generated \u00a0 There are only two which synch with reinforcement card. Odd number dice roll = German, Even = British.<\/p>\n
The training squad of Germans is just setting up their gun because there is some rumor of British paratroopers landing nearby. \u00a0Sgt Hans Gruddelmann thinks it\u2019s a drill of some kind.<\/p>\n Two teams of regular German infantry are searching house to house for British paratroopers. \u00a0Lt Wolfgang Dinkle is at the town center, talking with the PZ IV leader, Sgt Fritz Bayer, directing him to get a move on to the road junction to support those green Hitler youth kids.<\/p>\n Fritz pushes down the road at a slow speed; his SS Panzer Grenadiers stay behind in the town.<\/p>\n Capt \u201cGinger Megs\u201d Porter is in the lead jeep pushing towards the outskirts of the town. He was ordered to get in contact with the lead unit moving towards the bridge and see if they have seen General Urquhart.<\/p>\n Cpl \u201cTubby \u201cDawson has a flame thrower and PIAT team with him, and he is looking for trouble.<\/p>\n The Jerries are rounding the corner and are about to discover the Paras. Pvt. Dolcie Blankfetty readies his flame thrower as his mate “Jacko” turns on the regulator.<\/p>\n Dolcie lets fly and sends a jet of flame towards the German patrol, “Jacko you knocked my arm, you stupid bastard.\u201d \u00a0(Note: \u00a0The yellow die indicates the number of charges left in the flame thrower.) (Also note the clear plastic flame thrower template available from Sally 4th<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n Two advancing Germans erupt in flame as their screams warn their comrades behind the hedge.<\/p>\n Meanwhile back at the cross roads, Ginger has his hands full with a MK IV heading his way.<\/p>\n \u201cOut of bloody ammo!\u201d Lt Harry Liles swears. \u00a0The green bands indicate an out-of-ammunition result, as he attempts to kill the crew trying to man their anti tank gun.<\/p>\n Tubby assaults through the hedge and runs into another team of Jerries — half of the first team he had just fried with the flamethrower. \u00a0The black dice indicates the German team to his left is pinned because it lost its leader.<\/p>\n At the cross road, the Para team flanks to the left of the tank crossing the road. They all throw grenades and get lucky as fritz and his crew bails out losing three crew members.<\/p>\n Liles team captures Fritz. \u00a0Two green team of Germans catch him in a crossfire: one holding a farm house and the other a pig sty.<\/p>\n The team loses one Para dead and another wounded. \u00a0A Glider pilot team pushes to the MG 42 Pig Sty position and hocks Mills bombs into it. They miss, and the MG eats up the Paras in front of them.<\/p>\n Meanwhile Liles draws cards to get rid of morale pipes, indicated by the green die, and ends up having to charge the MG42. \u00a0He loses a man immediately, and another is wounded. \u00a0The next wave of grenades kills the MG.<\/p>\n Tubby sent the PIAT team to the end row house, and they engaged another team of regular Germans pushing towards the sound of the guns.<\/p>\n General Urquhart and Capt Cummings draw the right card and decide to make a move.<\/p>\n He runs into Tubbies team. \u201cWell done laddy!\u201d says the general to Tubby. \u201cWe thought you were dead, Sir,\u201d he replies.\u00a0 \u201cI can assure you it was an error… Corporal, I need a Jeep,” The general responds. (Six turns have passed, and the general needs to exit the western map edge.)<\/p>\n Lt. Dinkle has a team of regular German infantry, which a Game Master card gifted him the turn before. \u00a0He commits it to where the sound of fighting is coming. \u00a0There is a German MG42 team in a house where the “?” is located. \u00a0There Germans open fire on the British as they head to cross the road with the general.<\/p>\n A brief fire fight ensues, with the Germans getting the worst of it.<\/p>\n A jeep arrived from Ginger’s team and picks the general up. \u201cWe\u2019ve only got two bloody turns to get off the map. \u00a0For heaven sake, put your foot down Ginger!\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s left of the Paras and mixed glider troops keep the Germans busy near the cross roads, mopping up the trainees.<\/p>\n The Jeep carrying the general makes it off the map with a turn to spare.<\/p>\n Post script. This scenario was based on the scenes in the movie. We had a great time with this and a lot of fun things happened. \u00a0The assault by Tubbies\u2019 team on the closing Germans was spectacular; the flame thrower was very entertaining. The British player was super aggressive. \u00a0This was the difference in the game. The Germans had bad luck with morale cards, but it seemed like the British were always pulling the out-of-ammo result when they fired.\u00a0 The fighting in the city was ferocious, and multiple melees made it a close run thing. Being able to pin and suppress the German forces was a key factor in getting the Jeep in and out to save the general.<\/p>\n The close assault on the tank was one of the coolest things we have seen since playing the game, as was Liles assault on the MG42, which was successful. \u00a0Combat Patrol(TM) by Buck Surdu is an amazingly adaptable rule system, where individual actions are easily transferred into game play by the use of the cards. \u00a0I highly recommend this rules system.<\/p>\n Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n Brian.<\/p>\n Brian Ivers recently sent me another battle report of a WWII game he ran using Combat Patrol(TM). \u00a0It is posted here with his permission. \u00a0Thanks for an entertaining read, Brian, and thanks for the kind words about the rules. \u00a0Enjoy! The game is set on the outskirts of Arnhem on 17 September. 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