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@37mm A good little video. This campaign deserves all publicity it can get. Now that you've thrown down the gauntlet perhaps other video makers will pick up the ball and run with it.
Elizabeth lifts her eyes up from her copy of The Whitehall Gazette and says "My God, I married a plonker."

Nice work! Mods look and sound great.

The urban sprawl of Tluszcz has err... sprawled! Well the outskirts at least. Interestingly there are significant differences between the period Polish 1;25,000 map and the aerial images of the buildings from May 1944.
First overview of the map. Its 4km wide by 3km deep.

The outskirts of Tluszcz (below). In the actual action a small force of Soviet tanks and infantry broke through into the town and seized the railway station and NE outskirts. But out of scope for what I'm doing here for now though.
Keep in mind an understrength panzergrenadier battalion pretty much held this whole sector, with some armour support... The bottom left hand side is the boundary between Wiking to the NE and Totenkopf to the SW.

Looking south west along along the main drag.

Looking from the NE corner of Tluszcz to the SW.

Now onto telephone poles...
 

I expect that I'll give some of these a go as stand alone battles in the future. Meanwhile I'm really enjoying the campaign.

https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-final-blitzkrieg/cmfb-sn35-katz-und-maus/
All 35 individual scenarios are now uploaded.
I've modified some of the battles to reflect campaign losses, however you may want to do more.
It may be worth amending some and releasing as Quick Battle maps. 

https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-final-blitzkrieg/cmfb-sn35-katz-und-maus/
All 35 individual scenarios are now uploaded.
I've modified some of the battles to reflect campaign losses, however you may want to do more.
It may be worth amending some and releasing as Quick Battle maps. 

https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-final-blitzkrieg/cmfb-sn35-katz-und-maus/
All 35 individual scenarios are now uploaded.
I've modified some of the battles to reflect campaign losses, however you may want to do more.
It may be worth amending some and releasing as Quick Battle maps. 

Help!
I've finished a campaign build, BUT the zip file is 26MB...therefore breaches the 20MB limit on https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/
If anyone can help it'll be appreciated. Already to go on the 16th Dec as well!
 

December 16th 05:35, the “Ghost Front” erupts in a maelstrom of noise and violence as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein begins.
The Rollbahn D Campaign contains 35 linear scenarios built as historically accurate as I’ve been able to achieve. 
You control the fortunes of KG Peiper, SG Knittel, and Panzer Brigade 150, along with elements from KG Hansen, KG Sandig, and the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division.
Boy did this project snowball!
The Campaign begins with a choice. Either starting at the very beginning or on Day 3 of the offensive. The latter will be an easier route as you’ll have not suffered any losses to your core units. I’ve included here what it takes to progress within the Campaign as not every engagement is balanced. The scenarios range from small to medium to Ben Hur like epics. 
I’ve made minor changes to the Day 1-2 scenarios based on the feedback from the Rollbahn D Part 1 Campaign.
Day1-2
SN01: Murky Merlscheid / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN02: Leaving Lanzerath / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN03: Minen The Gap / Spitze / Minor Victory
SN04: Breakthrough / Spitze Kompanie and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN05: Hurrying Through Honsfeld / Spitze and Gndrs / Draw
SN06: Bull in gen China Shop / Spitze and Spitze Komp / Minor Victory
SN07: Butchers Of Baugnez / Spitze and KG Peiper / Minor Victory
Day 3 
SN08: Laying Down The Recht / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN09: Poteau The Priority / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN10: Storming Stavelot / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN11: Trois Is A Crowd / KG Peiper and FSJ / Draw
SN12: Jabos! / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN13: Probe At Stavelot / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory 
SN14: Neufmoulin Rouge / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 4
SN15: Duel In The Mist / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN16: Too Tight At Targnon / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN17: Vorauskompanie Searches For Gas / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN18: Ster Way To Heaven / KG Peiper, Sandig, SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
Day 5
SN19: Stationary At Stavelot / SG Knittel / Major Defeat
SN20: Chewin Them Up At Cheneux / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN21: Treachery At Les Tcheous / KG Sandig / Draw
SN22: Closing The Door / SG Knittel / Draw
SN23: Ambush At Chenai / KG Sandig / Draw
SN24: Violence At The Preventorium / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 6
SN25: KG X Factor / Panzer Brigade 150 / Tactical Defeat
SN26: No Prizes At Noupre / KG Hansen, SG Knittel / Minor Victory
SN27: Punishment At Parfondry / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN28: TF Jordan Storms Stoumont / KG Peiper / Draw
SN29: Cold Hearts At Froidcour / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN30: Persistence Prevails / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 7
SN31: Borgoumont Blitz / KG Peiper / Major Defeat
SN32: Kicking Coblenz / SG Knittel / Total Defeat
SN33: Festung La Gleize / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN34: Hansens Surprise / KG Hansen / Draw
Day 9
SN35: Katz Und Maus / The Survivors / Minor Victory
 
All the maps are my own, apart from Cheneux, which is stock that I’ve modified. Ranks/uniforms can be inaccurate as command units are above the battalion level.
Each Scenario will be available as a separate download in January.
 
Good Luck!
 
 
 
 

On to Au Rosier -a different challenge altogether, and with only a few Puma recon units, much smaller scale than anything else. 

Love the screenshots...and AAR, really capturing the spirit of why this campaign was built, thank you.
Bouck's outfit had spent the week prior improving the ridge position with overhead cover.
A bit tricky to model in the design as you go from foxholes to a more formidable bunker structure.
I went with bunker in the end, to provide some mortar protection, making the scenario more of challenge.
Also the scenario abstracts the fighting in the area throughout the day, showing the earlier bug out of TD teams, leaving Bouck's men to fight it out.
The Devil's Adjutant provided much of the information and timeline within the campaign build... so a good accompanying read to use as a comparison as you progress.

"Targnon" - Another great map to fight on. For those of you who know your history this stretch of road saw the limit of Peiper's advance. I managed a Minor Victory but I lost five Panthers and two of my runners have lost their Main Guns, so not really a victory to crow about.
OK now I'm off to look for some Benzedrine to put in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine. No, hang on a minute, that should be look for some Benzin.
 

Love the screenshots...and AAR, really capturing the spirit of why this campaign was built, thank you.
Bouck's outfit had spent the week prior improving the ridge position with overhead cover.
A bit tricky to model in the design as you go from foxholes to a more formidable bunker structure.
I went with bunker in the end, to provide some mortar protection, making the scenario more of challenge.
Also the scenario abstracts the fighting in the area throughout the day, showing the earlier bug out of TD teams, leaving Bouck's men to fight it out.
The Devil's Adjutant provided much of the information and timeline within the campaign build... so a good accompanying read to use as a comparison as you progress.

While they're truly devastating against enemy infantry, I'm finding that the single greatest threat to my infantry on the battlefield are my own Wirbelwinds 😅

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah and Happy New Year and anything else going on for y'all!
I have been delayed in my progress in RollBahnD campaign due to the evil real world, but finally have finished second mission.  What an excellent infantry fight.  And the visuals look just like pictures from the era, rolling terrain, woods, fields, fences. 
Here, paratroopers advancing into the unknown in the dull, overcast afternoon light, wondering what awaits them in the village/ridge beyond.


I take the buildings in the village area, get some eyes on the ridge.  I spot enemy assets and begin hitting with mortars and MG fire.  As the battle develops, I have a three pronged attack forming using ~safe areas of approach.  Left via dead ground below ridge, right through the woods, and the least safe route up the center, which will wait until the wings engage.  Enemy MGs appear to be knocked out and so once in position I use mortars for smoke left & right then attack.  One tough bunker falling at a time, via small arms suppression then panzershreks.  Right and left flanks, respectively shown below.


Now the middle moves up and engages while the flank attackers knock out bunkers one by one....

But the toughest Ami of the war just won't flee or surrender -- he won't even stop firing when there's hundreds of bullets hitting all around him!


Alas, he is finally wounded and the panzershrecks move in to finish off the bunker.  Total german victory, low casualties.  I did have one cheat point in the spirit of full disclosure.  An enemy MG that I was flanking was shooting through a bunker that I expected would provide cover/concealment for my movement -- I thought this was un-physical so went back to previous save and didn't assume that. 

All in all, great fun.  Currently reading The Devil's Adjutant, about Peiper's advance, and this really felt right.  On to battle #3, the PanzerSpitze mine incident well known from this and other books on the subject.  I don't know where the mines are and maybe I can somehow miss them?  I am expecting not so, but we'll see.

The "Duel" ended with a fairly costly "Tactical Victory" . And it was a lot of fun to fight.
Next stop Targnon.

Neufmoulin Rouge - I only managed a Draw for this one, but that was enough to take me into Day 4.

Yep, not a scenario just for future reference by other designers. If for example someone wanted to focus on Knittel or build a Stavelot only campaign.
All the tanks are individually numbered and commanders named. 
All the Kompanie commanders are named.
For Knittel naming goes down to the Zug level and the Spitze down to SPW driver level.
I've used a broad mix of uniform options and troop experience is mixed, green, regular and above.
The pic on the few goodmen is the last status report before the offensive. Unfortunately its not a particularly good copy. The November ones are good quality but don't reflect the new equipment and reorganisations in that last month of preparation.
 
 

posted the core units file.
Not all units make an appearance.
https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-final-blitzkrieg/cmfb-rollbahn-d-core-units-file/
 

Help!
I've finished a campaign build, BUT the zip file is 26MB...therefore breaches the 20MB limit on https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/
If anyone can help it'll be appreciated. Already to go on the 16th Dec as well!
 

December 16th 05:35, the “Ghost Front” erupts in a maelstrom of noise and violence as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein begins.
The Rollbahn D Campaign contains 35 linear scenarios built as historically accurate as I’ve been able to achieve. 
You control the fortunes of KG Peiper, SG Knittel, and Panzer Brigade 150, along with elements from KG Hansen, KG Sandig, and the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division.
Boy did this project snowball!
The Campaign begins with a choice. Either starting at the very beginning or on Day 3 of the offensive. The latter will be an easier route as you’ll have not suffered any losses to your core units. I’ve included here what it takes to progress within the Campaign as not every engagement is balanced. The scenarios range from small to medium to Ben Hur like epics. 
I’ve made minor changes to the Day 1-2 scenarios based on the feedback from the Rollbahn D Part 1 Campaign.
Day1-2
SN01: Murky Merlscheid / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN02: Leaving Lanzerath / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN03: Minen The Gap / Spitze / Minor Victory
SN04: Breakthrough / Spitze Kompanie and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN05: Hurrying Through Honsfeld / Spitze and Gndrs / Draw
SN06: Bull in gen China Shop / Spitze and Spitze Komp / Minor Victory
SN07: Butchers Of Baugnez / Spitze and KG Peiper / Minor Victory
Day 3 
SN08: Laying Down The Recht / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN09: Poteau The Priority / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN10: Storming Stavelot / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN11: Trois Is A Crowd / KG Peiper and FSJ / Draw
SN12: Jabos! / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN13: Probe At Stavelot / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory 
SN14: Neufmoulin Rouge / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 4
SN15: Duel In The Mist / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN16: Too Tight At Targnon / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN17: Vorauskompanie Searches For Gas / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN18: Ster Way To Heaven / KG Peiper, Sandig, SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
Day 5
SN19: Stationary At Stavelot / SG Knittel / Major Defeat
SN20: Chewin Them Up At Cheneux / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN21: Treachery At Les Tcheous / KG Sandig / Draw
SN22: Closing The Door / SG Knittel / Draw
SN23: Ambush At Chenai / KG Sandig / Draw
SN24: Violence At The Preventorium / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 6
SN25: KG X Factor / Panzer Brigade 150 / Tactical Defeat
SN26: No Prizes At Noupre / KG Hansen, SG Knittel / Minor Victory
SN27: Punishment At Parfondry / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN28: TF Jordan Storms Stoumont / KG Peiper / Draw
SN29: Cold Hearts At Froidcour / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN30: Persistence Prevails / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 7
SN31: Borgoumont Blitz / KG Peiper / Major Defeat
SN32: Kicking Coblenz / SG Knittel / Total Defeat
SN33: Festung La Gleize / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN34: Hansens Surprise / KG Hansen / Draw
Day 9
SN35: Katz Und Maus / The Survivors / Minor Victory
 
All the maps are my own, apart from Cheneux, which is stock that I’ve modified. Ranks/uniforms can be inaccurate as command units are above the battalion level.
Each Scenario will be available as a separate download in January.
 
Good Luck!
 
 
 
 

Yep, not a scenario just for future reference by other designers. If for example someone wanted to focus on Knittel or build a Stavelot only campaign.
All the tanks are individually numbered and commanders named. 
All the Kompanie commanders are named.
For Knittel naming goes down to the Zug level and the Spitze down to SPW driver level.
I've used a broad mix of uniform options and troop experience is mixed, green, regular and above.
The pic on the few goodmen is the last status report before the offensive. Unfortunately its not a particularly good copy. The November ones are good quality but don't reflect the new equipment and reorganisations in that last month of preparation.
 
 

Hope everyone has a relaxing and peaceful Hol Season.  

looks like I'm not as smart as I thought I was.
No surprise there, may as well had him stood on the bridge with a target on his back.
He is never a unit objective but still...

now that never happened in testing! I thought tucking him away in that bunker he'd be nice and safe. 😱

Help!
I've finished a campaign build, BUT the zip file is 26MB...therefore breaches the 20MB limit on https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/
If anyone can help it'll be appreciated. Already to go on the 16th Dec as well!
 

December 16th 05:35, the “Ghost Front” erupts in a maelstrom of noise and violence as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein begins.
The Rollbahn D Campaign contains 35 linear scenarios built as historically accurate as I’ve been able to achieve. 
You control the fortunes of KG Peiper, SG Knittel, and Panzer Brigade 150, along with elements from KG Hansen, KG Sandig, and the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division.
Boy did this project snowball!
The Campaign begins with a choice. Either starting at the very beginning or on Day 3 of the offensive. The latter will be an easier route as you’ll have not suffered any losses to your core units. I’ve included here what it takes to progress within the Campaign as not every engagement is balanced. The scenarios range from small to medium to Ben Hur like epics. 
I’ve made minor changes to the Day 1-2 scenarios based on the feedback from the Rollbahn D Part 1 Campaign.
Day1-2
SN01: Murky Merlscheid / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN02: Leaving Lanzerath / Fallshirmjager Regiment 9 / Minor Victory
SN03: Minen The Gap / Spitze / Minor Victory
SN04: Breakthrough / Spitze Kompanie and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN05: Hurrying Through Honsfeld / Spitze and Gndrs / Draw
SN06: Bull in gen China Shop / Spitze and Spitze Komp / Minor Victory
SN07: Butchers Of Baugnez / Spitze and KG Peiper / Minor Victory
Day 3 
SN08: Laying Down The Recht / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN09: Poteau The Priority / KG Hansen / Minor Victory
SN10: Storming Stavelot / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN11: Trois Is A Crowd / KG Peiper and FSJ / Draw
SN12: Jabos! / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN13: Probe At Stavelot / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory 
SN14: Neufmoulin Rouge / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 4
SN15: Duel In The Mist / KG Peiper and FSJ / Minor Victory
SN16: Too Tight At Targnon / KG Peiper / Tactical Defeat
SN17: Vorauskompanie Searches For Gas / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN18: Ster Way To Heaven / KG Peiper, Sandig, SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
Day 5
SN19: Stationary At Stavelot / SG Knittel / Major Defeat
SN20: Chewin Them Up At Cheneux / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN21: Treachery At Les Tcheous / KG Sandig / Draw
SN22: Closing The Door / SG Knittel / Draw
SN23: Ambush At Chenai / KG Sandig / Draw
SN24: Violence At The Preventorium / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 6
SN25: KG X Factor / Panzer Brigade 150 / Tactical Defeat
SN26: No Prizes At Noupre / KG Hansen, SG Knittel / Minor Victory
SN27: Punishment At Parfondry / SG Knittel / Tactical Defeat
SN28: TF Jordan Storms Stoumont / KG Peiper / Draw
SN29: Cold Hearts At Froidcour / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN30: Persistence Prevails / KG Peiper / Draw
Day 7
SN31: Borgoumont Blitz / KG Peiper / Major Defeat
SN32: Kicking Coblenz / SG Knittel / Total Defeat
SN33: Festung La Gleize / KG Peiper / Tactical Victory
SN34: Hansens Surprise / KG Hansen / Draw
Day 9
SN35: Katz Und Maus / The Survivors / Minor Victory
 
All the maps are my own, apart from Cheneux, which is stock that I’ve modified. Ranks/uniforms can be inaccurate as command units are above the battalion level.
Each Scenario will be available as a separate download in January.
 
Good Luck!