WG100: "Friend or Foe"

This scenario is based on that originally published in ON ALL FRONTS number 25.1 'Battle for Berlin' within an article by Harvey Newcomb III. Clarifications and modification have been made to the original scenario and modified by Bill Thomson. Updated 190213

Potsdam Germany, just outside of Berlin, April 25th, 1945: With the end of the war looming just days away both American and Soviet forces clash as their corresponding commanders seek to claim an important provincial capital and the territory surrounding it for their respective sides.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: To win the Soviets must completely occupy two more of the stone buildings initially occupied by the Americans than they lose or their own initial stone building to complete American occupation, OR have a favorable 3:1 ratio (Russian/American) of unbroken squads at game end. To be completely occupied in your favor, no no enemy squad or officer can be in the building at fame end and your forces must have been the last to have occupied any hex of the building with an unbroken units. The Americans win by avoiding the Soviet victory conditions.

RUSSIAN FORCES:

• AT START: Elements of the 28th Guards Rifle Division

  In Building N4: 1x80, 4x447	In Building M2: 3x447
  In Building J2: 1x91, 1x447, 1xMMG	In Building F3: 1x10-2, 12x628
  Building N2: 1x447

AMERICAN FORCES:

• AT START: Elements of the American 1st Army; setup within building per hex ID:

  In Building F5: 1x9-1, 3x666	In Building M7: 1x8-1, 2x666. 1xMMG
  In Building I7: 1x9-2, 3x666	In Building M9: 1x8-1, 1x666, 1xMMG
  In Building K5: 1x8-0, 3x666

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

• WG100.1: Roll 1 die; the highest number sets up first; the opposing player moves first.
• WG100.2: Duing American setup, The American may substitute a Bazooka for one or both MMGs at his option..
• WG100.3: Rule 57 [Upper Buildign Levels] is not in effect. Play buildings as per Scenario 1 [Guards Counterattack].
• WG100.4: SIDE SELECTION PROCEDURE: Each player takes one marker of each nationality and simultaneously reveals their choice of side. If opposing sides are selected, those sides are assigned. If the same side is chosen, the players bid for side with the lower rated (seed) player bidding first. Bids may start at '0' and progress in whole numbers only. The bid is the number of dominant AT START squads to be added to the opposing side. The bid continues until one player accepts the opposing side whose force is augmented with that bid. Please report the bid, winning side and comments (i.e. uneven die rolls at key moments) as this data will be used for balance modification the scenario prior to its published form.

PLAYTEST STATUS: This scenario is currently in playtest (Beta Release), please contact Squad Leader Academy to join this effort. The 'final' version will be published as a SQLA/Wargame Academy (WGA) scenario pack.