Battle of The Bulge: SS Assault Battle Weary US Forces. Flames of War V4 Late War Battle Report 

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Ben’s analysis was correct methinks. Before any game I recommend you need to plan. Take ten minutes with a pen and paper. What is his likely COA and what response do you have. Consider the terrain and where he will likely be deployed. Identify yours and his GOG and again have a contingency for this. Then execute your plan and stick with it. FOW puts too much focus into lists and not into tactics partly because you are so limited with tactical options in the system but you have smoke, although again, it is ridiculously limited in this system. There is the old saying if you are always reacting to the enemy moves you are losing. Bon chance and best wishes

Great game, guys. It turned out to be a very accurate Bulge game. A traffic jam followed by a German defeat. Actually, it was far more interesting than that. Traditionally, Allied armour is too light to play with the big cats. Yet, having limited turns, the German player could not hang back and press their advantage. So just these two things balanced the 2 forces. I have never had any luck with 2 tank platoons. The not in good spirits rule consuming 2 good tanks, and I see it was just as cruel here. So I prefer to leave 2 tank platoons at home. I actually can't repeat what a friend has to say about them. He had 2 platoons of 2 M1A1s each. By turn 3 both platoons were gone without actually hitting anything. It just was not his day. I like the German AA tanks as they are excellent anti infantry weapons. For the Germans, they were caught between stopping to fight and losing the game or bypassing the US positions and being shot to pieces losing the game. German side armour is often too light to be able to bypass and push through. For this game, the Germans just did not have the numbers to work through the issues. Try this game again at some point using Panzer 4s only and add another unit capable of firing smoke. Many of the German unit commands found that in this terrain, the Kingtigers were nothing more than fuel guzzling dead weights. There is much to think about and consider in this game, so I found it very interesting.

The battle happened in Belgium for the most part. Thanks for the video.

This was a very difficult mission for the attacker. A scenery of an old wargame (squad leader) was the same and it was impossible for the German to win. The map is always great.

hello guys really love your battle reports. I noticed in this game you ran a mounted assault, and the halftracks were destroyed by defensive fire, so this means the infantry that were mounted in the halftracks do not get 3 up saves they are destroyed with the halftracks.

At around 10:43 , the US tank destroyers try “shoot & scoot”. But they already did a blitz. US can do only 1 move order, no? (Unlike germans w “stormtroopers”

So when can I make a trip across the border and play with y'all?

This is a terrible mission for balanced lists. The defender has all the advantages and the attacker will always struggle to reach the back end of the table in time for turn 6. Thanks for the game folks.

Your table is nice !