{"id":7984,"date":"2018-07-16T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7984"},"modified":"2018-07-16T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:21:44","slug":"sea-lion-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2018\/07\/16\/sea-lion-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Lion Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:\u00a0 Sea Lion Begins<\/em><\/p>\n

Rules:\u00a0 Combat Patrol\u2122: WWII<\/em><\/p>\n

Period: WWII<\/em><\/p>\n

Description:\u00a0 France has fallen.\u00a0 Though invasion is expected, the people of Little Basely by the Sea are nonetheless surprised when a barge full of Germans appears on the beach.\u00a0The Home Guard and other auxiliaries take up arms and rush to repel them.\u00a0 Will they be able to throw the Germans back into the sea, or will the Germans secure their first foothold in England?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germans land on the coast of Little Basely by the Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a continuation of our Thursday night scenario, Greg and I ran a Combat Patrol(TM): WWII game Friday morning in which the Germans landed on the coast. \u00a0We used the ending situation (with minor adjustments) as the starting point for this scenario. \u00a0The Home Guard had been badly mauled in the Thursday nigh game as had the Land Girls and the church ladies. \u00a0We reset some things a little and then had the Germans hit the beach.<\/p>\n

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German landing forces were supported by two Czech 38(t) tanks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The German bomber crew and few remaining Fallschirmjaegers occupied the town. \u00a0A platoon of British regulars arrived to throw them back into the sea. \u00a0The remaining Home Guard and ladies of town with improvised weapons pitched in. \u00a0The Land Girls had been wiped out Thursday night and so didn’t participate in Friday morning’s action.<\/p>\n

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The church ladies pinched the vicar’s car and headed off to “fight them on the beaches.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The few remaining Home Guard troopers are flanked by Germans in a copse near town<\/dd>\n
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The Germans destroyed the British Rolls Royce armored car with a lucky shot from one of the 38(t)s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game was a lot of fun and came down to the last couple of card flips. \u00a0Unfortunately when Greg and I were resetting the scenario we forgot to remove a machine-gun from the German side, and we were part way through the scenario before we realized we had done so. \u00a0The German player took full advantage of the extra gun and really tore up the advancing British. \u00a0This skewed our play balance a bit, but the game still went well.<\/p>\n

This game won an award from the Historicon convention staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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