Their Baptism of Fire ETO (id:#62737)
(Blitzkrieg in the West: Northern Campaign ID: BWN 1)
Heumen, The Netherlands
1940-05-10 (77 others)
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (2nd Edition))
A 104: In Front of the Storm (AH:ASL Annual `96)
J 39: Indeed! (ASL Journal # 3)
G 7: Bring up the Guns (AH:The General # 25.3)
NEWS22: Tricks of War (ASL News # 14)
NEWS68: Art Nouveau (ASL News # 32)
CH133: Group Iron (Critical Hit # 6.2)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN3: End of Command (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN4: Tentative (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Critical Hit # 7.1)
FE15: Contested Landing (Fanatic Pack 2)
FE36: Wings of War (Fanatic Enterprises: Internet)
FE87: Lightning War (Blitzkrieg Pack)
NFNH 3: The Hatert Bridge (Waffen-SS III: Neither Fear Nor Hope)
: Eben-Emael (Journal du Stratège # 39)
GD 1: La Guerre Finie!! (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
GD 2: Operation NIWI (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
O88.2: The Cupola Smashers of Eben Emael (On All Fronts # 88)
PJ3.7: The Unexpected Ambush (OAF Playtester's Journal # 3)
TAC21: L'Infanterie Attaque (Tactiques # 3)
VV27: Pas Savoir (Vae Victis # 37)
SL 25: Resistance at Chabrehez (ASL Digest # 6.10)
: Taking the Bridge (Gamex `91)
GD 1: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Gun Duel 2001)
SFS 9: Appointment With Royalty (Origins `93)
#7: Cracking Fortress Holland (To Battle By Air 2)
FE 152: Millwork (The Dutch Pack)
FE 153: Battalion for Special Missions (The Dutch Pack)
FE 154: The Hero Maduro (The Dutch Pack)
FE 155: Moerdijk Massacre (The Dutch Pack)
FE 156: Ypenburg Airfield (The Dutch Pack)
FrF28: Luftlandekommando Hedderich (Friendly Fire Pack 4)
FF14: The Hunted (FireFights! #2)
U17: Resistance at Chabrehez (Turning the Tide)
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OA26: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Out of the Attic #2)
FrF46: Dutch Courage (Friendly Fire Pack 6)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz)
VHN3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz)
VHN4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz)
VHN6: Battling for Belgium (Facing the Blitz)
CH133: Group Iron (A Few Rare Men)
BP1 BONUS #1: Code Name "Iron" (Battle of the Bulge I)
RM-1: Wisembach Roadblock (Race For The Meuse)
RM-2: Prelude to Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
RM-3: Forcing The Sure (Race For The Meuse)
RM-4: The Final Stand (Race For The Meuse)
RM-5: Battle For Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
RM-TM: Race to the Meuse Tactical Mission (Race For The Meuse)
VHN 1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz II)
DB120: Start Fall Gelb (Dispatches from the Bunker #40)
#1: The Enemy's Behind Us (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#2: Bridge Blown! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#3: Clearing A Flank (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#4: Snafu! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#5: Enlarging The Bridgehead (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#6: "Resistance Great" (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#7: Group Eisen (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
S60: Operation NIWI (Special Ops 7)
FrF85: Junkers Junkyard (Friendly Fire Pack 11)
RP 131: Boot's Scoot and Boogie (Rally Point #14)
RP 132: Probe Toward The Hague (Rally Point #14)
RP 133: The Recapture of Ockenburg (Rally Point #14)
RP 134: Von Sponeck's Woods (Rally Point #14)
231: In Front of the Storm (ASL 10a Croix de Guerre)
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (2nd Edition))
A 104: In Front of the Storm (AH:ASL Annual `96)
J 39: Indeed! (ASL Journal # 3)
G 7: Bring up the Guns (AH:The General # 25.3)
NEWS22: Tricks of War (ASL News # 14)
NEWS68: Art Nouveau (ASL News # 32)
CH133: Group Iron (Critical Hit # 6.2)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN3: End of Command (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN4: Tentative (Critical Hit # 7.1)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Critical Hit # 7.1)
FE15: Contested Landing (Fanatic Pack 2)
FE36: Wings of War (Fanatic Enterprises: Internet)
FE87: Lightning War (Blitzkrieg Pack)
NFNH 3: The Hatert Bridge (Waffen-SS III: Neither Fear Nor Hope)
: Eben-Emael (Journal du Stratège # 39)
GD 1: La Guerre Finie!! (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
GD 2: Operation NIWI (Grossdeutschland Pack 1 - The Early Years)
O88.2: The Cupola Smashers of Eben Emael (On All Fronts # 88)
PJ3.7: The Unexpected Ambush (OAF Playtester's Journal # 3)
TAC21: L'Infanterie Attaque (Tactiques # 3)
VV27: Pas Savoir (Vae Victis # 37)
SL 25: Resistance at Chabrehez (ASL Digest # 6.10)
: Taking the Bridge (Gamex `91)
GD 1: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Gun Duel 2001)
SFS 9: Appointment With Royalty (Origins `93)
#7: Cracking Fortress Holland (To Battle By Air 2)
FE 152: Millwork (The Dutch Pack)
FE 153: Battalion for Special Missions (The Dutch Pack)
FE 154: The Hero Maduro (The Dutch Pack)
FE 155: Moerdijk Massacre (The Dutch Pack)
FE 156: Ypenburg Airfield (The Dutch Pack)
FrF28: Luftlandekommando Hedderich (Friendly Fire Pack 4)
FF14: The Hunted (FireFights! #2)
U17: Resistance at Chabrehez (Turning the Tide)
48: Toujours L'Audace (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
49: Piercing the Peel (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
88: Art Nouveau (ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition))
OA26: Vogt's Ritterkreuz (Out of the Attic #2)
FrF46: Dutch Courage (Friendly Fire Pack 6)
VHN1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz)
VHN2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz)
VHN3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz)
VHN4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz)
VHN5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz)
VHN6: Battling for Belgium (Facing the Blitz)
CH133: Group Iron (A Few Rare Men)
BP1 BONUS #1: Code Name "Iron" (Battle of the Bulge I)
RM-1: Wisembach Roadblock (Race For The Meuse)
RM-2: Prelude to Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
RM-3: Forcing The Sure (Race For The Meuse)
RM-4: The Final Stand (Race For The Meuse)
RM-5: Battle For Bodange (Race For The Meuse)
RM-TM: Race to the Meuse Tactical Mission (Race For The Meuse)
VHN 1: Winged Devils (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 2: A Matter of Coordination (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 3: End of Command (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 4: Tentative (Facing the Blitz II)
VHN 5: Wiped Out (Facing the Blitz II)
DB120: Start Fall Gelb (Dispatches from the Bunker #40)
#1: The Enemy's Behind Us (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#2: Bridge Blown! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#3: Clearing A Flank (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#4: Snafu! (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#5: Enlarging The Bridgehead (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#6: "Resistance Great" (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
#7: Group Eisen (Sturmgruppe Eisen)
S60: Operation NIWI (Special Ops 7)
FrF85: Junkers Junkyard (Friendly Fire Pack 11)
RP 131: Boot's Scoot and Boogie (Rally Point #14)
RP 132: Probe Toward The Hague (Rally Point #14)
RP 133: The Recapture of Ockenburg (Rally Point #14)
RP 134: Von Sponeck's Woods (Rally Point #14)
231: In Front of the Storm (ASL 10a Croix de Guerre)
Designer: George Kelln
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
German (SS)Dutch
Overview:
Just before dawn, units of SS-Leibstandarte Der Fuhrer Regiment attacked the Dutch border-crossing site on the Maas-Wall Canal, heralding the launch of Germany's Blitzkrieg in the West.Attacker: German (SS) (Elements of Gruppe Grave, SS-Standarte Der Fuhrer Regiment)
Defender: Dutch (Elements of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment)
8 turns
Players: 2 OBA: Dutch Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:8.0 D:7.5 |
| AFVs: A:0 D:0 |
| Guns: A:2 8cm GrW 34 x 2 D:07.5cm leIG 18 x 2 15cm sIG 33 x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | Both sides have Variable OOB on drs. Germans get 2 Guns from above |
| Map Board(s): | 40 | u |
| Overlays: | Wd2 | Wd4 |
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| hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules | 2019-08-08 01:34:54 |
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| Avg Rating: 5.71 | Votes: 7 | Views: | 243 |
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| Estimated Play time: | 3.7 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 5 | |
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| German (SS) | 2 | |
| Dutch | 3 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019) Their Baptism of FIre [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Dutch | 1 |
| [D] German | 1 |