Grumble Jones December Scenario

And just like that it was December and the final Grumble Jones Scenario of 2019 is in the can and will give my readers a Baker's Dozen of scenarios this year. Years ago, I set a goal for myself to create a scenario each month as a tangible thank you for the readers of this blog. It's a commitment that I intend to keep in 2020 as well. It's been a labor of love for me to work on these scenarios throughout the year. As I say often, these scenarios are truly for fun only as they do not benefit from the craftsmanship and playtesting that are the hallmarks of the outstanding scenarios produced by MMP, BFP, Lone Canuck, HOB, LFT, Rally Point, etc. We are all of us indebted to the quality scenarios that so many great Publishers have made available to the ASL Community. I hope that the Grumble Jones scenarios add to the community in some small way.

The December scenario is GJ078 - "A Day at the Museum". I decided to end the year with a DASL Scenario and on the exact night that the DASL Board Reprint hit its reorder number at MMP. The stars seemed to align! This month's scenario depicts an action borrowed from Osprey's excellent book, COMBAT Arnhem 1944 British Airborne Soldier versus Waffen-SS Soldier. You may recall an earlier scenario also created from this excellent book. My primary inspiration was the color plate on pages 54-55, which depicts actions on the Utrechtsweg Road in Arnhem on September 19th, 1944. 

There are a great many pictures of the Utrechtsweg fighting. Most of these are from German sources and would presumably come from Waffen-SS Kriegsberichters. 

Any google search on Utrechstweg - Arnhem 1944 will yield a treasure trove of great photographs.

I particularly like this shot as it appears to depict the German 20mm AA Gun, which had been abandoned on the Utrechtsweg and looks like it became the victim of  a Stug overrun.

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, these scenarios can be downloaded from The ASL Scenario Archive 

(just search on Grumble Jones).