Combat Commander: Battle Pack #3 – Normandy

Combat Commander:Battle Pack #3:Normandyis the third themed collection of scenarios for use with theCombat Commander:Europeseries of games. The theme of this third Battle Pack shifts to the West Front in June, July and August 1944 as various Allied forces landed on French soil to fight the occupying German forces.CC: Normandyfeatures seventeen new scenarios printed on cardstock — one of which is a multi-scenario Campaign Game — as well as eight new maps, addedmarkers necessary for some of the scenarios and a new feature to the series: a majority of the leader counters represent individuals who fought in the depicted actions.

Rules relevant to the characteristic fighting on the invasion beaches and inland bocage are included.

Rural Roads and Bocage;

Limited Smoke Barrage;

Mortar Spotters;

Invasion Terrain (Beach, Shingle, Water Barrier, Communication Trench, Hedgehog)

Bunker Busting;

Night

Additional special scenario and campaign rules cover well-known individual features of the fighting such asWiderstandsnests, Casemates, CoastalBatteries, Commando Movement, Cliff Scaling, Bocage Clearing Doctrine, Pre-Registered Mortar Batteries, Armor Support and Air Superiority.

The maps depict specific locations in Normandy: the Pegasus Bridge, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach (one directly on the beach at Widerstandsnest 61 and two on the bluffs above the beach, one on the western cliffs and the other on the eastern flank heading towards Cabourg), the villages of Crisbecq and La Madeleine, and finally Sword Beach (atLa Brèche d’Hermanville).

The scenarios included inCC: Normandyare:

“PegasusBridge” using an accurate map, with British Airborne units, 6 June 1944;

“Taking the Point” set at Pointe du Hoc, with US Rangers, 6 June 1944;

“Taking the Point (Planned)”,revised version allowing players to try the planned assault, 6 June 1944;

“Widerstandsnest 61” set atOmahaBeach , with US Army units, 6 June 1944;

“Mazed and Confused” set in the communication trench network aboveOmahaBeach , with US Rangers, 6 June 1944;

“This Man Was Good” set in the bluffs aboveOmahaBeach , with a German Counterattack of US Army units, 6 June 1944;

“The Uneasy Wait” set onSwordBeach at Widerstandsnest 20 (codenamed Cod), with British units, 6 June 1944;

“The New Highlanders” set at thevillage ofAuthie inland fromJunoBeach , with Canadian units, 7 June 1944;

“Deeds not Words” set at Battery Crisbecqinland fromUtahBeach , with US Army units, 8 June 1944;

“East by Northwest” set inland inBrittany , with French SAS Commando and FFI units facing Ostruppen (as represented by conscripts with Georgian and Ukrainian leaders), 18 June 1944;

“Graveyard of theNorthShores ” set near the Carpiquet airfield outsideCaen , with Canadian units, 4 July 1944;

“Bingham Must Hold” set at thevillage ofLa Madeleine outside of St Lô, with US Army units, 15 July 1944;

“Compagnie Scamaroni” set inCaen at night, with a combined force of Canadian engineers and FFI commandos facing Luftwaffe troops at the opening of Operation Atlantic, 18 July 1944;

“Cheux’d Up” depicting action at Cheux during Operation Epsom, with Scottishunits, 25 July 1944;

“Old Hickory Resolute” set at Mortain, with US Army units facing a German assault that was part of Operation Lüttich, 8August 1944;

“Surrender is out of the Question!”, set at the infamous Maczuga Hill depicting the brave night defense by the Polish units of the 1^stArmoured Division, 20 August 1944;

and the “29 Let’s Go!” multi-scenario Campaign Game recreating eight days (11 July through 18 July 1944) of the 116^thRegiment of the 29^thInfantry Division’s assault on St. Lô; players are encouraged to see whether they can push the 116^thRegiment to reach La Madeleine by 15 July (to match the historical scenario above).

NOTE:CC: Normandyis not a complete game and requires ownership of bothCombat Commander: EuropeandCombat Commander:Mediterraneanto play.

Designed by John Foley

Developed by Kai Jensen

Additional scenario designs in this third Pack are courtesy of John Butterfield, Bryan Collars, Ric Van Dyke, and Volko Ruhnke.