Grumble Jones November Scenario - GJ063 - Through the Summer Grain

For the November scenario, I returned to the early days of Operation Barbarossa. This will be the second scenario based on information gleaned from the excellent Osprey Combat Series. If you have not checked this series out, I highly recommend it. Each volume provides three combat encounters between a specific pair of combatants such as Japanese Infantry vs. Chindits or German Paras vs. British Paras, etc., etc. 

The September scenario also came from this great book. I've been buying a bunch of volumes of this series as I come across them. They really help energize scenario ideas. And they are just very interesting to read. So...I highly recommend them.

The engagement that I selected for this month's scenario also had the PSW 222 Armored Car, which I have always liked. It's just such an interesting looking vehicle. It also has a modern look that makes you think it would be right at home in some of the current conflicts. 

Creating early Russian Front scenarios is always a bit problematic as it's often difficult to find an engagement that gives the Russian player a fair chance to win. This scenario depicts a situation that quickly became hopeless for the Russians. But a historical situation like this one can create a competitive ASL scenario. The key to this one is the victory conditions and the entry decision the German player will make for his reinforcements. The Russian player also has some tough choices. Holding the farm and inflicting losses on the Germans could bring a win, but exiting a large number of troops may also bring a victory. The German player has to take the farm and stop the Russians from escaping without losing too many squads in the process and giving the Russians the CVP needed to win. 

So, as always, I hope this scenario captures the flavor of the engagement covered so well by Osprey. The December scenario is already in work and will also be on the Eastern Front, but will be a late war engagement.

As always these monthly "Basement Quality" Scenarios are offered for fun only and as a thank you to the readers of this blog.

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And as always, the PDF's for this scenario can be downloaded from The ASL Scenario Archive (just search on Grumble Jones).