OAF 28.3 "Reversing Roles; SQL 11 Variant"

Scenario published in ON ALL FRONTS, issue #28. Design by Harvey Newcomb III; Modifications/clarifications made from its published form; Updated 060826

Rhine Valley, St. Goar, Germany, March 24, 1945: Under cover of early morning mist, two battalions were shuttled across (the Rhine) near the village of Rhens, outside St. Goar. The Germans, though totally disorganized, formed a semblance of defense based on a local HQ unit. The Americans made good use of a heavy morning mist to get across the river undetected, but there was shortage of boats and the units had to be shuttled over.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: To win, the Americans must completely clear any one game board of all non-broken German squads from any of that board's full hexes. The Germans win by avoiding the American Victory Condition.

RULE LIMITATIONS: Rules Introduced: Section 60

BOARD LAYOUT:

SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

AMERICAN FORCES:

• AT START: set up on any whole hex using Hidden Initial Placement:
  1x9-1; 2x8-1; 1x8-0; 1x6+1; 4x847; 1x847; 10x666, 9x246; 2x50calHMG; 4xMMG; 4xBAZ; 1xM4A4; 1xTruck; 6xWire; 4xEntrenchment. (Substitute a blank leader for the 6+1).

GERMAN FORCES:

• TURN 1: Start landing on TURN 1 on South edge as per 60.3:
  1x9-2; 2x9-1; 1x8-1; 1x8-0; 29x467; 14xLMG; 4xMMG; 3xHMG; 12xPF; 1xFT.

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

• OAF28_3.1: TERRAIN: Wheatfields are out of season.
• OAF28_3.2: Neither side may move into river hexes (60.1) once on the mapboard.
  OAF28_3.3: Place all units which are still hidden on the mapboard with concealment counters as soon as all German squads have landed.
• OAF28_3.4: The American command structure at this point was very confused. The American player must roll one die at the beginning of each American player turn. The resulting number is the maximum number of STACKS (all units in the same hex compose a stack) which the German can move in that Movement Phase. There is no limit to the number of units he can move during the Advance Phase.
• OAF28_3.5: The Americans are critically short of fuel and ammunition. Any time a vehicle moves it must roll one die. A "6" die roll immobilizes the vehicle
  at the end of the current Movement Phase. The crew does NOT have to check morale after running out of gas.
  OAF28_3.6: Whenever the AFV throws an unmodified TO HIT die roll of 11 or 12, it has used its last round of ammunition. Place "Gun Disabled" counter on the AFV for the DURATION OF THE GAME. MGs may still fire but may run out ammunition in a similar manner.

VARIATIONS:

• A. Add one Radio with one module of 105s artillery support to the German force.
• B. Add 1xUHT, 2xTruck, 4x666 to the American force.

CREDITS: This scenario published in ON ALL FRONT, Issue 38. The scenario was designed by Harvey Newcomb III as part of an article "Reversing Roles: The Trilogy is complete". No rights are assumed by Wargame Academy. Refer to OAF issues 18 and 25 for similar conversions.