Allied forces pushed forward after Normandy, but Germans fought back fiercely from Viller Bocage to the Falaise Gap, through Operation Market Garden, Maginot Line assaults, and Bastogne's winter battles en route to the Rhine. This expansion for Heroes of Normandy delivers six scenarios across five maps, including three new snow maps. Three scenarios feature British and Canadian troops, while three highlight American forces.
Players command infantry with a new half counter sheet and deploy vehicles firing smoke or white phosphorus shells to shift battlefield dynamics. These rules open fresh tactics for assaults and defense in this indie strategy simulation. Tactical enthusiasts who relish scenario-based WWII combat find a focused challenge here.
After the break-out from the Normandy beachhead, the German army was on their back foot. The war was now going against them and Allied forces were advancing every day. However, the Germans were unwilling to roll over and still put up a fight wherever they could. At Viller Bocage where the German Tank Ace Cpt Wittman forced the British to pay a heavy price for every bocage line they captured, to the dogged fighting around Carentan, the rapid encirclement of the Falaise Gap. Through the bloody fighting of Operation Market Garden, to attempting to break the Maginot Line and the winter hell that was Bastogne. The Allies would still have a hard fight on their hands as they fought the Battles to the Rhine!
Battles to the Rhine is an expansion module for Heroes of Normandy. Fight 6 new scenarios with 5 maps based on maps from Heroes of Normandy including 3 new Snow maps to reflect the cold and bitter fighting outside of Bastogne in December of 1944. 3 Scenarios focus on British/Canadian forces and 3 scenarios focus on American forces. Included is a new ½ counter sheet of American and British Infantry forces involved in these fights. We have also included new rules and counters that allow vehicles to use Smoke and White Phosphorus shells, allowing tanks to have a greater impact on the battlefield and opening new tactical possibilities for attacking and on the defense.
