1918: The War in France & Italy – Great War Scenarios 1

This book of scenarios for 1918 has been chiefly designed with the Bloody Picnic rules in mind, although the games could be played with other rules. These battles provide variety.

While they all involve an attacker and defender, there is plenty of variation on the theme, ranging from a two battalion trench raid up to a divisional attack supported by tanks as well as terrain which includes mountains and river crossings.

Stormtrooper involves the players all taking the part of the attackers, while The Taking of Montdidier is a mini-campaign which can be played as a board game /scenario generator or just as a board game.

All the games can be played with variations in the nationalities being used. For example, The Green Fields is described using Germans attacking the British. Actually, during 1918 nearly all the nationalities had opportunities to be both attackers and defenders in the green fields. To this end, army lists for multiple nationalities are provided.

Some of these scenarios are suitable to be played solo. Included are a few tips for playing the games solo at the end of each scenario.

Some rules clarification to Bloody Picnic and some specific weapon types have also been addressed in a final chapter.

Scenarios

 Monte Valbella, Battaglia Tre Monti, Italy 28th January 1918 
 Stormtrooper, France 21st March 1918 
 Manchester Hill, France 21st March 1918
 The Green Fields, France March 1918
 The Taking of Montdidier, France 27th March 1918 
 Beaumont Hamel, France 8th June 1918
 Battle of the Piave,Mini Montello, Italy 15th June 1918
 Hamel, The Perfect Battle, France 4th July 1918
 The Rock of the Marne (1), France 15th July 1918
 The Rock of the Marne (2), France 15th July 1918

Army Lists:

 Austro-Hungarian Cavalry Division
 Austro-Hungarian Infantry Division
 British Cavalry Division
 British Infantry Division
 British Tank Units
 French Cavalry Division
 French Infantry Division
 French Tank Units
 German Cavalry Division
 German Cavalry Schützen Division
 German Infantry Division
 German Tank Units
 Italian Cavalry Division
 Italian Infantry Division
 United States Infantry Division
 United States Tank Units

— extracted description from the publisher