Hunter Johnson — Up Front

Random Scenario Selector

Weather Rules

Campaign Rules

Scenario Balance

 These webpages are dedicated to the enjoyment of Up Front ™, which was originally published by The Avalon Hill Game Company (TAHGC) and is now owned by Hasbro and licensed to MMP. This effort is independent of TAHGC, Hasbro, and MMP, is not run for profit, and accepts no paid advertising. All copyrights are reserved by the proper owners.

 Up Front is The Squad Leader Card Game, a card-based tactical WWII war game. Along with its two official supplements, Banzai and Desert War, it is able to simulate any squad-to-squad engagement in any of the WWII theaters. It is a game system, with 24 published scenarios (almost all playable with over 20 different attacker/defender combinations). I've included here some historical scenarios mostly adapted from ASL scenarios (and largely unplaytested) as well as variant weather and campaign rules. There's also a perl script for random scenario selection, which I frequently use when determining my next PBW game.

For other Up Front info on the web, start with Andy Maly's Up Front site

Halha River Bridge

Elite Japanese

Russian

8 July 1939

Desert

Sudden Death

Elite French

2nd-Line German

27 May 1940

Ice Devils

Elite Russian

German

25 March 1942

Snow; Ski Troops

Guadalcanal

Japanese

American

August 1942

1 Deck

In Sight of the Volga
See Fire & Movement #133

German

Russian

14 Sep 1942

Staff Sergeant

Pavlov's House

Elite German

Elite Russian

20 Oct 1942

The Commissar's House
See Fire & Movement #133

German

Russian

9 Nov 1942

Counterattack at Sidi Bou Zid

German

American

15 Feb 1943

Desert; AFV-only

Werden's Ambush

Elite American

Elite Japanese

July 1943

Jungle; 1 Deck

Rodger Young's Assault

American

Elite Japanese

31 July 1943

Jungle; 1 Deck

Able at Cesaro

American

Italian

8 Aug 1943

Taking the Left

American

German

11 May 1944

Night

Strayer's Strays

Elite American

2nd-Line German

6 June 1944

2 Decks

White Tigers

Elite Japanese

Gurkhas

7 June 1944

Jungle; Type 97 CHI-HA

The Puma Prowls

German

Russian

28 June 1944

AFVs

Bone of Contention

German

French Partisan

31 Aug 1944

Soldiers of Destruction

Elite Russian

Elite German

10 Oct 1944

AFVs

Aachen's Pall

American

German

15 Oct 1944

1 Deck

Christmas Fields

German

Elite American

25 Dec 1944

Snow

GOYA

Elite American

2nd-Line German

7 Jan 1945

Snow

Men of Stone

Elite Japanese

American

4 May 1945

Mud

Flame Tank

German, Russian, American, Canadian, or Italian

German, Russian, British, Japanese, French, or Italian

Rock Clearing

German, Italian, or Japanese

American

Sgt. Rock; G: variant

Uphill Battle

Any

Any

H: variant

Wasp in a Hornet's Nest

British

German

C: variant