Mission 6 – Attack on Schöneseiffen

2^nd January 1945

Part 4 – Turns 8-10

We’re ready for the final assault, hopefully there are enough commands to go around and get the job done.

Turn 8 – Street Fight

The orders are to take the town by sundown, and we’re starting to feel the time pressure now.

Savage fighting on the outskirts of town has caused massive damage to both sides. 2/2 captures the secondary objective, driving away the enemy spotter. But not before one of our Shermans explodes after a direct hit from the mortar fire he called down last turn. A second StuG III joins the fight supported by an assault rifle wielding squad. The lack of commands going around is really hampering us. We have two spotters, but they never seem to get a break. And we have a green 1st PLT HQ with no radio struggling to get anything done but somehow still moving forwards. 

Someone needs to hit the town with as much firepower as we can manage. And quickly.

Mission 6 – Attack on Schöneseiffen

2^nd January 1945

Part 3 – Turns 5-7

Returning to our efforts to walk across the beautiful open snowy fields while Germans drop artillery on us. We’re making progress. Half the map is secured, but there are hidden spotters and snipers out there that we need to deal with.

Mission 6 – Attack on Schöneseiffen

2^nd January 1945

Part 2 – Turns 1-4

The first few turns of an offensive mission in Fields of Fire tend to be characterized by the plans falling apart as enemy contact is made, minefields are stumbled into, artillery and mortar hit you and snipers pick off your HQs. That and a feeling of dismay as you realize too late that a well timed skill or smoke grenade could have saved you a lot of headache. The feeling of being overwhelmed and only gradually learning over a few missions how you might put pyrotechnics and skills to good use is all part of the experience. Let’s see how well we do.  

Mission 6 – Attack on Schöneseiffen

2^nd January 1945

The Fields of Fire Bulge campaign puts us back in the shoes of a company commander of the 9th Infantry. This time during the Battle of the Bulge. Ben Hull presents us with seven finely crafted missions (4 offensive and 3 defensive), and a handful of special rules to bring across just the right amount of flavor, all contained in a newly designed Mission Book which clearly presents the missions in a new format that is not afraid to take the space to explain things properly.