This 40 page PDF takes four of the 1942 Western Desert scenarios from our Monty’s Desert Battles book and adapts them for the popular 4’ x 6’ table size. With re-worked forces represented by easy to replicate graphic orbats, it allows players to recreate some of the key clashes between Rommels’ Panzer Army Afrika and 8th Army, under its new commander...
Barbarossa Border Battles takes you inside the opening battles of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. This 40 page PDF provides four scenarios for wargaming actions that took place in the first five days of the war on the Eastern Front. Pit Pz 38ts against early T-34s and vulnerable T-26s against German anti-tank guns. Encompassing a wide range...
Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Arras - Crisis at Wailly is a scenario for France 21st May 1940. The right hand prong of the Arras counterattack is the subject of this scenario. It focuses on the village of Wailly where Rommel personally directed the German defence against the BEF’s seemingly invincible Matilda Is and lIs. Also includes details for combining this...
A scenario for France 21st May 1940. For a fleeting moment the allies had an opportunity to cut the narrow corridor feeding supporting units and supplies to the panzer spearhead. Unfortunately, the British attack at Arras was launched alone and in much diminished strength from what had originally been planned. This scenario depicts the right hand thrust of...
A French v German encounter for 16th May 1940. Distracted by the battle at Stonne the French High Command belatedly realised that 1st Panzer Division was heading west after crossing the Meuse at Sedan. All that could initially be flung in its path were the mechanised and horsed cavalry of 5th DLC. Defending amongst the wooded and hilly terrain near...
A scenario for France 23rd May 1940. More famously known as the scene of an epic siege, Calais was initially defended on its outskirts by a mixture of units hastily conveyed across the Channel, including motorcyclists with no motorcycles! This scenario bends history slightly to give the British more tactical options as they pit armour and infantry against...
A BEF v Germans scenario for France 27th May 1940. Ordered to hold the hill-top town of Cassel to protect the troops nearing Dunkirk, 145th Brigade faced the full force of 6th Panzer Division. But a tenacious defence by two infantry battalions and their supporting guns meant this was no walkover for the German armour. Includes all the info you need to play...
A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. The delay at Hannut bought by 3rd DLM’s sacrifice gave time for an infantry-manned defence line to be established near Gembloux. This scenario depicts 3rd Panzer Division’s attempt to break through the defences manned by the redoubtable Moroccan infantry of 1st DIM near Cortil-Noirment. Includes all the info...
A scenario for France 27th May 1940. With three German infantry Divisions poised to cut the BEF’s corridor to Dunkirk, only three brigades stood in their way along the line of the mostly dried-up Ypres-Comines Canal. This scenario depicts the northern sector and the sacrifice of 17th Brigade from 5th Infantry Division in attempting to block the advance of...
A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. Having smashed through French defences along the River Meuse, Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division drove on to encounter determined North African infantry and, at Flavion, the heavy Char B 1bis tanks of 1st DCR (1st Armoured Division). With Rommel eager to press on to Philippeville this scenario pits his Pz 38ts...
A BEF v German scenario for France 27th May 1940. Not scaled down at all at 1:1 this scenario first featured in the original Rapid Fire rule book. Now freshly researched it depicts the famous defence of the village of Hondeghem, just outside Cassel, by a troop of British artillery that took on the infantry and Pz 35ts of 6th Panzer Division. Includes all...
A French v German encounter on 13th May 1940. This scenario depicts the northern sector of the battlefield near Hannut, where units of 3rd DLM (3rd Armoured Cavalry Division) stood their ground to slow the advance of German armour. At Orp Le Grand the French defenders used the little Petite Gette River as an obstacle to prevent 3rd Panzer Division breaking...