Another patrol

During Xmas holidays I came back to my house rules and tinkered with them a bit and then tried a scenario. 

I don't know about you guys but tinkering with house rules has been for me another part of the hobby that I love as much as painting, playing games and collecting and reading rulesets.

I played an US regular squad on patrol in a 80x80 cm board for DBA 3. Their mission was reaching the opposite side and come back, with a plus bonus if they get a prisoner for interrogation.

I divided my squad in a 2 men scout team on the left, a BAR section in the middle and the rest of the them with the sergeant on the right to check the big house in front of them.

The BAR section moved at the double and took position on the top of the hill, ready to give firing support, and immediately after that they spot some enemies.

Half a elite squad with a MG34 that engaged fire with them. I forgot to take pictures of the sergeant with the section killing a German scout team hidden in the house and then entering and helping the BAR section to kill the MG34 team. Only one member of the BAR section survived.

On the other side, the American scout team had almost reached their objective. Again, forgot to take pictures of German coming down the road and finishing them after a fierce shootout.

Meanwhile, German soldiers sneaked behind sargeant's boys who were finishing the MG34, and fired at some of them outside whereas assaulted the house in hand-to-hand combat. There were two rounds of intense fighting, with grenades flying from both sides and shooting through the windows.

My squad won the fight but ended with only two men standing, and more Germans were coming down the road. However, the managed to get one prisoner alive and leave the place.

 

So they didn't scout the whole board but brought one prisoner. There were 2 KIA, 2 maimed, another 2 in hospital and the rest recovered. I had fun so it was a victory ;-)