le Haut du Bosq
Played 05/04/2008
Date:
27 June 1944, 11:30 hours
Location: Just
south of Cheux, Normandy.
History: The 9th Cameronians of
the 46th Highland Brigade were ordered to assault le Haut du Bosq, a
hamlet South of Cheux that had been developed into a strongpoint with
batteries of guns of I/12th SS and the Regimental HQ of 26 SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
Taking fire from their unprotected flank the Cameronians were supported by Churchill tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, including crocodile flame tanks.
This wargame provides a snapshot of this engagement using the NUTS rules for the first time.
German Orders:
Prevent British Victory Conditions
German Decisive
Victory:
Prevent British Victory Conditions and destroy both Churchill Tanks.
British Orders: Control two buildings in the hamlet.
British Decisive
Victory: Control four buildings in the hamlet.
German Player: Tom
British Players: Ed and John W
A summary account of the battle, with rolling presentation, is available on the slideshow link immediately below.
Notes
This was our first use of the NUTS! wargame rules, and a very
successful an outing it was too! The rules are very simple and quick to
play. The use of Reputation and rolling for reaction checks soon became
second nature. We all thought the rules produced reasonable
results and whilst being fun to play.
I PVA glued the Rep and attribute to each of the figure bases, which worked well. Only one fell off at the beginning of the game.
A firefight that erupted in the middle of the table created some confusion as to how we should order the 'act' and 'react' for each of the figures. As it turned out we didn't get it quite right, but I think it will play more quickly next time. The tank HE into buildings felt much more effective than under DH/CF7B. Indeed tanks were more effective all round particularly against infantry.
A good first outing for the rules. Tom has printed the counter set in colour and they will be used next time.