Post date: Jun 07, 2013 11:51:45 AM
The Beech Tree of Chaumont
Too many of my links include historical information on tactics, position, unit and objectives but fail to capture the human element...the duty, bravery, sacrifice and loss... that SL captures so well. This living monument to The Battle of the Bulge and The Greatest Generation captured the human element nicely. It is included here as a Memorial Day tribute to all those who have served.
How to find it in the scenario archive:
Click on Advanced menu. Start Date enter ‘1944-12-16’, End Date enter ‘1945-01-25’ and Theater click ‘ETO:W’, these are the dates of The Battle of the Bulge. Click Search (window will close when finished). Scroll down to Mud Madness and click it. History 2 in details has the link. Additionally, you can open a map to see all the Battle of the Bulge scenarios in the SL system, its also a good way to see any campaign or operation. Those not entertained by Easter Eggs may google it.
https://sites.google.com/site/2012squadleadertourny/scenarios
Additions to the Scenario Archive
* JC II adds 8 scenarios covering Operations Barbarossa and Typhoon.
* JC III adds 9 scenarios covering Operations Fridericus and Blau
Find: Publisher menu and click JC II and/or JC III in Publication. I have posted all in my possession and thats less then half of them. If you have and contribute, i will post them in the archive.
* One scenario contains new counters for M-113 and Hueys. can you find it?
* new items include Japanese, Chinese & North Vietnamese and the database now has over 320 scenarios, some in unexpected places.
New AAR
Possibly our first Face-to-Face game in the tournament. See two happy players delight in firing 122 HE and 75L AP shells at each other in “Block Busting in Bokruisk.” See the link on the home page:
https://sites.google.com/site/2012squadleadertourny/
WBC
WBC, in Lancaster PA, is only 7 weeks away. I’ll be GMing this year because Bill T is uncertain he can attend. I’ll include new scenarios i discovered while working on the archive.. Usually 10 to 15 players participate with about 50 games completed over the course of the week.
http://www.boardgamers.org/#wbc
Tournament Summary
May of 2013 leaves the Tournament with 52 players and 90 games. Twenty-four of these players have returned for more than one game. They have 20 games in progress, have completed 59 games and 12 games have gone incomplete. This May seven games were started and five games were completed of which one was incomplete.
Player ranking and popular scenarios are available on the web page.
https://sites.google.com/site/2012squadleadertourny/
best,
Scott