6x6 Challenge Round 1 / Game 1 : Meeting Engagement

Thank you to everyone who has expressed support for my attempt at the coveted 6 x 6 Challenge.  I will be tracking all of my games here. 

So, what is more important in the 6 x 6 challenge, playing games or blogging about them?  I am going to select playing the games, so I regret that my battle report will not be incredibly detailed.  But suffice it to say that I had a fun solo game in about 45 minutes and so far I am happy with how the rules are turning out.

This is a meeting engagement between two small task forces, both with the objective of seizing an industrial town.  The forces consisted of: (fort force descriptions, see my last post)

125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

• 3 x Armor Platoons
• 1 x Mechanized Infantry platoon
• 1 x Panzer Jaeger Platoon (heavy rail guns)
• 1 x MLR Battery

Battalion Chassuers

• 3 x Armor Platoons
• 2 x Light Mechanized Infantry platoons
• 1 x Calliope AA Battery

 The table layout.  The 125th PG is entering from the right-hand side, the Frenchies from the left.

 The 125th PG at the line of departure.  The Heavy Rail guns would do sterling service when positioned on the hill to the left and could dominate most of the battlefield

The Chaussures roll into action. 

The Germans draw first blood

The endgame.  The arrows show the rough axis of maneuver.  The Chaussures lost all but 2 infantry platoons, who did gain some measure of revenge with buzz bombs against tanks at close range.  The Callaiopes tried to counter the 125th's flanking movement unsuccessfully, although they did take a tank platoon with them.  With the loss of the air defense unit, the 125th could bombard the remaining Chaussures with impunity, so this ended as a solid win for the 125th.

In the next game, we will see if the 125th can hold on to what they have taken.

Good gaming!