The Fight for France.

[has.been]

Vodkafan & I managed two quick games. In a break from our DBA contests we played What a Tanker.
It was a small side show, probably on the flank of one of the big advances. Vodkafan decides to let
the dice decide his side.  Germans he was to be. Each player was to choose, from available tanks,
no more than 21pts.  If one player chose less than the other he would be defending, which meant
he could deploy up to half way across the board. James (Vodkafan) chose 2xPzll & 1x35t (though
in one of the games he picked up a 38t by mistake. It didn't matter as we used the 35t stats throughout). This came to 21pts.
I chose a Souma & one Hotchkiss, total 17pts. I would be defending.
We start with French supplies arriving, got to love the weird & quirky French equipment.
The Souma reverses into a hide & awaits Les Boches.
The Hotchkiss meanwhile hid in a field.
The Germans arrive, one off to my right & the other two opposite, with one each side of the river.
The Souma moved to the strategic bridge in an effort to deny it to the enemy.

Local rule. EVERY time someone wanted to try & cross the river they had to dice. 1,2,3,= easy to
cross, i.e. no penalty, 4,5 = slows movement & 6 = needs extra drive dice.

[has.been]

The Hotchkiss moves to support the Souma, it then takes on the nearest Pzll.
James quickly moves his flanking tank in behind the small Hotchkiss and... BOOM!!!!
I am down to one tank.

[has.been]

I am down to 6 dice against 18 dice.  I decide to hold the bridge, 'Qu'ils ne passent pas!'
James starts to wear down my dice. soon it is 3 dice against 18dice !!!!
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but reversing my heavier tank into one of his...
has almost no effect (both loose one dice). James can take it, I can't. i decide to go out in a
blaze of glory & charge across the bridge!  The result is never in doubt. Game one is over,
easy victory for the Fatherland. Iron crosses all round.

[has.been]

Game two, & James again lets the dice decide that he is German.
We play it as a second wave of action, so the destroyed & burning French tanks remain in position.
James wants the Tiger from the German box, but settles for a Pz-Jager instead. I get the other
Hotchkiss and... a Char-Bis.  Many French hopes lie on this gargantuan.
We decide that his objective is to get as much as possible across the river.
This could be difficult, what with the burning Souma stuck on the bridge & our river crossing rule.
This time James is coming in, with all three AFVs, from my right flank.
His Pz-jager rushes up the road towards the blocked bridge.
In response I draw the Char-Bis forward.  His other two tanks rush off in the distance towards the river.
The Hotchkiss engages & takes out the Pz-jager.
The mighty Char-Bis starts to pin his Pzll, reducing it down to 3 command dice.
Things are looking fine.

[Digits]

Love the bicycle on the tank roof!

Looks fun.  Is that a Hovels bridge?  I’m trying to decide what to do about rivers and bridges.....I’m interested how wide a vehicle will fit on it please Pete.

[has.been]

I've had that bridge for so long I don't remember who made it.
The tanks on it are 1/76th, so it is not that wide, about 50mm.
Have a chat with James (he should be back on the internet by Tuesday)
he was also taken with the bridge. He is thinking about making one for 28mm.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Sounds like fun.

Nice board by the way.

[Westbury]

Not my thing Pete but looks like you had fun

[has.been]

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

[vodkafan]

Ah yes that crazy Frenchman and the bridge