Up Front Scenario JHJ/TAC19: Christmas Fields Adapted from ASL Scenario TAC19 (Tactiques #2) Champs, Belgium, 25 December 1944 German Attacker: 1-9, 15, Radio and choice of (13) or (11, 22, 26) Reinforcements: 10, 19, 27, any of 11, 13, 22, 26 not selected to start, and 33 American Defender: 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27 and choice of (3 and 14), (15), or (3 and 28 with Mor/Pan 4/6) Reinforcements: 5, 11, any of 3, 14, 15, 28 (Mor/Pan 4/6) not selected to start, and an M18 AFV. Attacker Sets Up and Plays First. Number of Decks: 4 Remove all the Hill cards to be discarded unused or as a RPC/RNC draw. Special Rules: A.1 The Reinforcements are eligible to enter anytime after two decks of Action cards have been used. The AFVs may be brought in before or after the infantry group(s) -- they need not be brought in in the order listed, and the infantry may be divided as desired. A.2 The Pillbox and Minefield cards are treated as Cower cards. A.3 Weather conditions are Ground Snow (99.82). The attacking player has Winter Camouflage (99.86). A.4 Troop selections are made in secret and revealed before set-up. The defender gets at least one functioning Terrain card to use during Prepare for Play Terrain Placement. If he has none in his hand at start, he draws cards until he gets one. All other cards drawn in the process are returned to the deck and reshuffled. A.5 The defending force is Elite (39). A.6 The M18 has the following stats: 4/9 Tth/mg [(0)2 (01)3 (02)4 (03)5 (04)6 (05)7] 4[4] bog:9/0 ovr:2 armor:2/3 flank:0/1 BACK: [(2)2 (1)3 (0)3 (01)4 (02)4 (03)5] 4[4] bog:8/9 ovr:1 armor:2/3 flank:0/1 Victory Conditions: The attacking player wins immediately if he has five unpinned Personality cards in one of more non-infiltrated groups at range chit 5 in terrain which will reduce the Fire Strength of an attack against it. The defender wins by avoiding the attacker's Victory Conditions.