Complete listing of all Alan Arvold scenarios

[Crossroads]

Another new batch of PanzerBlitz situation conversions from Alan, six of them, to be precise.

Thank you again, Alan!

Download link to Scenario DB --> LINK TO THEBLITZ SCENARIO DATABASE

Seydlitz.*

The scenario that I am sending is called Operation Seydlitz. Operation Seydlitz was an operation that occurred on 2-12 July of 1942. The Germans had recently re-established their front lines, trapping group of Soviet forces behind them. In this case it was the Soviet 39th Army and 11th Cavalry Corps that was trapped behind the German 9th Army's lines. The Germans assembled units from four panzer, one motorized, and four infantry divisions, plus one ad hoc cavalry brigade for this operation. This scenario involves that cavalry brigade, whose proper designation was "Kavallerie Brigade z.b.V. Beim Armeeoberkommando 9", although it was more popularly known as Cavalry Brigade Model.
This scenario was based on an original Panzerblitz scenario created by Chris Fawcett back in 2007, who based it on a miniatures game that he had recently played.

Alan R. Arvold
7 July, 1942
30 Km W-SW of Rhezv, Russia [Best played against a human opponent.]
Following the Soviet 41-42 Winter Offensive, the Germans reestablished their front lines, sometimes trapping Soviet forces behind them.
The cut-off Soviet 39th Army and 11th Cavalry Corps were one such force, dug into a wooded swampland area, threatening the supply lines of the German Ninth Army. The German Ninth Army commander. General Walther Model assembled a scratch cavalry/panzer force, as part of Operation Seydlitz, to root out the Soviets.
This scenario is based on an original Panzerblitz scenario by Chris Fawcett.

Seelow Heights.*

Here is another Panzerblitz scenario that I have converted to East Front. Its title is the "Seelow Heights". It is based on an original Panzerblitz scenario by Tom Williams, which was itself based on a microarmor miniatures battle that Tom participated in back about 2007. It looks interesting. Let me know what you think of it.

Alan R. Arvold
19 April, 1945
Seelow, 65 km East of Berlin. [Best played against human opponent.]
For three days the German forces in front of the town of Seelow, consisting of the Muencheberg Panzer Division, along with elements of the 25th Panzer Grenadier, 11th SS Panzer Grenadier, and 9th Parachute Divisions, have held off assaults by the Russian 8th Guards Army. Today would be no different as reorganized units from the Russian 4th Guards Rifle Corps (47th and 57th Guards Rifle Divisions), supported by the 11th Tank Corps again make their attacks upon the German line. Although the Germans would again repell the Russians, eventually they would have to withdraw back towards Berlin due to a breakthrough of the German line north of the their positions.
(This scenario is based on an original Panzerblitz scenario by Tom Williams.)

S&T #22.*

This East Front scenario is a special one. It is a conversion of the very first Panzerblitz scenario that was published back in the summer of 1970.  Now you are probably wondering how can that be since Panzerblitz wasn't published until October of 1970. Well, the Strategy & Tactics magazine #22, which came out in July of 1970, had among its contents a preview of the then new Panzerblitz game that was to be released in the fall. As part of the preview there was an abridged set of the rules, some counters, and a minigame for people to play. It used the map sheet of the main game in that issue (Renaissance of Infantry) which was a tactical on the same level as Panzerblitz. It was an introductory game to get people interested in the main game when it came out.

Back in February of this year, a man named John Cooper updated the old mini-game. He took the mapsheet and redid it using the proper artwork from the boards in the game. He made a countersheet using the same artwork as the counters in the game and he made a proper scenario card for the minigame. He posted it on Consimworld, which is where I downloaded it from.  The mini-game is meant to be played using the normal Panzerblitz rules. However, the scenario is rather unbalanced in favor of the Russians, at least that's what most gamers who have tried it say. Anyway, I took the mini-game and converted it to East Front. I include the three files for the scenario, plus a zip file which contains the mini-game as it was downloaded from Consimworld.

Alan R. Arvold
November, 1944
The time is November, 1944. The Russian fall offensive has just swept into Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. To the southwest of the city the Germans made a penetration, using a kampfgruppe from the 25th Panzer Division, in an attempt to throw the Soviets back. The Russian 195th Rifle Division had one rifle regiment (the 491st) in a blocking position to stop them. Behind them, tank and motorized units from the 20th Tank Corps were beng held in reserve, to resupply, rebuild, and prepare for the next push or German counterattack, whichever came first.
(Based on the original Panzerblitz Mini-Game published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #22.)

Minsk 41.*  (+ Grodno fix)

Here is another Panzerblitz scenario that I have converted to East Front. Minsk 41 is an early battle where the German northern pincer is pushing hard to close the Minsk pocket and the Russians are trying to prevent this.

I also include the corrected scenario file for Grodno, my previous scenario. In it I changed the game length from 10 turns to 12.

Alan R. Arvold
26 June, 1941
30 Km north of Minsk (Best played against human opponent.):
Elements of the German 7th and 20th Panzer Divisions, of the 39th Panzer Corps, from General Hoth's Third Panzer Group, attack the Russian
64th Rifle Division, commanded by Colonel S.I. Iovlev, in order  to seal the Minsk pocket.
Based on a Panzerblitz scenario byRick Northey.

KalachOnDon.*

Here is yet another East Front scenario, Kalach on the Don. I include not only the three files for the scenario, but also the original Panzerblitz scenario that it is based on.

I had to make some changes to the scenario when converting it. I left out most of the mechanized brigade as historically they did not get into the fight until after it was over, so I only had the actual Soviet units in the battle present. The main problem with Panzerblitz is that you can bring on a whole mass of units to the board in one turn, even if they have only one entrance hex. in East Front you are limited on what you can bring on the board in a single hex in one turn.

Alan R. Arvold
22 November, 1942
Kalach on Don (65 Km west of Stalingrad): [Best played against
human opponent.]:
The Russian 19th Tank Brigade along with attachments from the 14th Motorized Rifle Brigade and other elements of the 26th Tank Corps, under the command of Lt Col G. N. Filippov, atttack the bridge at Kalach-on-Don. Engineers and other rear elements of the German 16th Panzer Division, try to block the attack and blow the bridge, in order to preserve an escape route for General Paulus's 6th Army that is nearly trapped to the east.
This is the last crucial battle of Operation Uranus.
Based on an original Panzerblitz scenario by Rick Northey.

Kutuzov.*

Here is another scenario for your perusal. Although it is listed as a Panzer Leader scenario, it is really an Eastern Front battle so I treat it as a Panzerblitz scenario. As usual, I have included the three files for East Front and the original scenario itself. I did include off-the-board artillery for the Russians in the way of a battalion from the Heavy Mortar Regiment that was part of the Russian force.

Alan R. Arvold
28 July, 1943
Beyle-Berega [Best played against human opponent.]:
As the Soviet assault into the Orel salient contiunes to gather pace, German operations in the area quickly degrade from stand-and-fight type
defenses to desparate delayng actions. Here, a battered kampfgruppe from the German Grossduetschland Panzergrenadier Division tries
to cover the retreat towards Briansk. As if the odds weren't steep enough, the approaching Soviet spearhead from the 1st Tank Corps includes the 1536th SU Artillery Regiment, which fields a terrifying new weapon first introduced at the recent Battle of Kursk, the SU-152 assault gun.
This scenario is based on an original Panzerblitz scenario by Rick Northey.