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Playing one scenario of Tide of Iron: Next Wave. This is scenario #9: "Siegfried Assault". 

In October 1944, the U.S. 1st Army begins its attack on the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Heayy artillery pounds pillboxes, barbed wire, and mine fields for several days before the assault. The 30th Infantry Division, joined by the 2nd Armored Division, tries to link up with the Big Red One, the American 1st Infantry Division, in the south to surround the German town.

Clarification on 5 rules that can be easy to miss (and that I sometimes forget)
- You cannot fire at long range when doing a "fire and movement"-action. Firing at long range is only possible with a "concentrated fire"-action.
- Medics will provide a +1 cover for every squad that is in the hex of the medic, not just the squad with the medic specialization.
- You can only try to "Establish contact" once every game round.
- If LOS is traced through an adjacent hex hill of the same elevation, LOS is blocked (Plateau rule)
- A unit moving in to a hex can only be attacked by opportunity fire once. If there are several enemy units within LOS set to OP, the commander of those units have 2 options. 1: Decide one unit with OP to lead the attack, then use the other units with LOS and OP as support in  "Combined fire", or 2: Fire with 1 unit in OP,  then fire with the next if the unit moves 1 more hex and so on. Again, only one OP attack may be done for every hex the target moves (within LOS).


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Tide of Iron: Next Wave - Playthrough [Siegfried Assault]

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Playing one month of the "North African Campaign" in British Tank Ace 1940-1945. This is episode 22. 

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British Tank Ace 1940-1945 - Playthrough [North Africa - Episode 22]

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This is the Wilderness scenario for Rebel Fury. This second video with the May 6 PM turn. Lee mounts attacks while Grant continues to maneuver for the strategic victory conditions.

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Rebel Fury - Wilderness Intro and May 6 PM turn

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IHOF2138 Season (Front Office Football 8)

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GBACW SImple Rules Play (Battle TBD)

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Playing one scenario of Tide of Iron: Next Wave. This is scenario #8: "Stavelot Express". 

On December 17th, Lt. Col. Joachim Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division broke through the American lines and started his race to the Meuse River. By 1600 hours his advance units reached the outskirts of Stavelot. The town was jammed with supply trucks trying desperately to flee when Peiper’s tanks started shelling the town.
At dawn on the 18th, after penetrating the U.S. anti-tank defenses, Peiper’s armored units move through the town and seize the bridge. The Americans withdraw, but not before the 526th Armored Infantry Battalion is able to blow up the fuel dump that is vital to Peiper’s advance.

Clarification on the Bazooka: It gives you a normal anti tank range of 3, not a +3 (for a total of 4 in normal range).

Clarification on 5 rules that can be easy to miss (and that I sometimes forget)
- You cannot fire at long range when doing a "fire and movement"-action. Firing at long range is only possible with a "concentrated fire"-action.
- Medics will provide a +1 cover for every squad that is in the hex of the medic, not just the squad with the medic specialization.
- You can only try to "Establish contact" once every game round.
- If LOS is traced through an adjacent hex hill of the same elevation, LOS is blocked (Plateau rule)
- A unit moving in to a hex can only be attacked by opportunity fire once. If there are several enemy units within LOS set to OP, the commander of those units have 2 options. 1: Decide one unit with OP to lead the attack, then use the other units with LOS and OP as support in  "Combined fire", or 2: Fire with 1 unit in OP,  then fire with the next if the unit moves 1 more hex and so on. Again, only one OP attack may be done for every hex the target moves (within LOS).


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Tide of Iron: Next Wave - Playthrough [Stavelot Express]

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Youtube Reviewer Fraud Scandal

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Army of the Potomac Play (Should be the Final of Cold Harbor)

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