Bolt Action Carentan Battle Report

Had a great game of bolt action this evening.  We tried out a homemade scenario for an assault on a town by an infantry force.  Used U.S. airborne against veteran Germans.  Was a thrilling game.  Will post the scenario when I neaten the presentation up (it is scribbled on my iPad at the moment).

So without further waffling, here are the army lists:-

U.S. Airborne

Richard Winters (rules from Battleground: Europe) with one Veteran soldier

2nd Lieutenant 

Sniper Team

2 Bazooka Teams

Medium Mortar

Eugene the Medic

3 Paratrooper Squads(11 men plus NCO with SMG, 1 SMG, 1 LMG, Anti-Tank Grenades)

German Forces

Hauptmann

Oberleutnant 

Medic

Sniper Team

MMG Team

Panzershreck Team

Flammenwerfer Team

Medium Mortar

Pak 40

2 Veteran Grenadier Squads (9 men plus NCO with Assault Rifle, 2 LMGs, 5 Assault Rifles)

2 Veteran Grenadier Squads (9 men plus NCO with Rifle, 2 LMGs)

Veteran Grenadier Squad (9 men plus NCO with SMG, LMG, 7 SMGs)

Inexperienced Panther

Of course both sides could rely on intermittent support(hindrance) from Beelzebubbles the hobby cat

The scenario would see a desperate infantry assault on the town.  Due to the rules of the scenario, the defenders may be more or less prepared to deal with the attack.  However, due to the Veteran status of the German troops, it was more than likely that they would put up a hard fight and be organised in defence.  As it happens, the only unit to not come of when and where they wanted from reserve was the Hauptmann!  He actually rolled a FUBAR!  We reasoned that he must have been served improperly prepared strudel and coffee, so executed his pastry chef before joining the defence.

As usual, I will edit the video then post a link here and on the Battle Reports list.  It does seem to take a huge amount of time to upload the video to YouTube in 720p though,  last video took hours!  The files are massive it would seem.