Today we played the "Son Bridge", Flames of War game that we've had planned for a few weeks now.
This took place at the Sanctuary Gaming Centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield and we had 6 players on a 12ft x 4ft table with 4,500 points of British, 4,500 points of German and 2,600 points of US airborne.
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The road XXX Corps would have to advance down from Eindhoven. Son in the forground. |
The US troops started dug in around the Son Bridge, The paratroopers were on the north side of the river and the Glider Troops on the south side. They faced off against a German force of the 107th Panzer Brigade, consisting mainly of Panthers.
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Son Bridge, the calm before the storm. |