Memoir '44: VE-Day Scenarios

Memoir '44: VE-Day Scenarios Rulebook

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Western Front. Operation Nordwind (Unternehmen Nordwind), January 16, 1945.

Setup order: 1 x7; 2 6x; 3 x12; 4 11x; 5 x2; 6 3x.

Briefing

Conditions of Victory

7 Medals.
The towns of Hatten and Rittershoffen are each a Permanent Medal Objective worth 1 Medal for the Allied player if he manages to relieve their garrison. To relieve a garrison, a friendly unit must begin their turn in a hex that is adjacent to a town hex occupied by a garrison. There are three garrison units in this scenario: the infantry unit in Hatten and the infantry and artillery units in Rittershoffen. Place a Battle Star on these units to identify them as garrisons.

Special Rules

Re-Supply rules (Action 24 - Resupply) are in effect for Half-Tracks (Troops 18 - Half-Tracks).
Place a badge on Axis elite infantry and armor units (Troops 2 - Specialized Units), and on Axis Engineer units (Troops 4 - Combat Engineers).
Place a badge (or use the proper figures) on the Allied Mobile Artillery unit (Troops 14 - Mobile Artillery).
Special Weapon Assets late war rules (SWAs 4 - Special Weapon Assets, Late War) are in effect for units equipped with Anti-Tank Guns (SWAs 5 - Anti-Tank Gun).
The Allied player may conduct Air Strikes (Actions 3 - Air Strikes).
Air Rules are not in effect. The Air Sortie cards are set aside and are not used in this mission.

Western Front. Operation Veritable, February 8, 1945.

Setup order: 1 x5; 2 21x; 3 x4; 4 3x; 5 x6; 6 6x; 7 x1; 8 2x; 9 x4; 10 2x; 11 x4; 12 3x.

Briefing

Conditions of Victory

7 Medals.
Exit rules are in effect across the entire Axis player's baseline, for the Allied player.
Each town hex is a Temporary Medal Objective (Turn Start) worth 1 Medal for the Allied player.

Special Rules

British Commonwealth Forces Command rules are in effect (Nations 5 - British Commonwealth Forces).
Place a badge on Axis and Allied elite infantry units (Troops 2 - Specialized Units), on the Allied Engineer unit (Troops 4 - Combat Engineers), and on the Allied Flame Thrower Tanks unit (Troops 13 - Flame Thrower Tanks).
Place a badge (or use the proper figures) on the Allied Mobile Artillery unit (Troops 14 - Mobile Artillery) and Axis Tank Destroyer units (Troops 24 - Tank Destroyers).
Special Weapon Assets late war rules (SWAs 4 - Special Weapon Assets Late War) are in effect for units equipped with Anti-Tank Guns (SWAs 5 - Anti-Tank Gun) or Machine Guns (SWAs 7 - Machine Gun).
The Axis player lays out the Minefields (Terrain 29 - Minefields). Draw 4 mines from a set of the following strength: four (0), two (1) and one (2).
Air Rules are not in effect. The Air Sortie cards are set aside and are not used in this mission.

Western Front. April 6, 1945.

Setup order: 1 6x; 2 x19.

Briefing

Conditions of Victory

6 Medals.
The six town hexes of Hitdorf form a Temporary Majority Medal Objective (Turn Start) worth 1 Medal for the Allied player and 2 Medals for the Axis player. The Allied player controls the city at game start and thus has 1-medal head start.

Special Rules

The Allied player rolls 1 die for each Allied paratrooper unit in a town hex at game start. When an Infantry or Star symbol is rolled, place a sandbag in the occupied town hex.
All Allied infantry units are elite units (Troops 2 - Specialized Units). Badges are not required. Place a Battle Star (or use the proper figure) on the Allied Sniper Unit (Troops 10 - Sniper).
Special Weapon Assets late war rules (SWAs 4 - Special Weapon Assets Late War) are in effect for units equipped with Anti-Tank Guns (SWAs 5 - Anti-Tank Gun) or Machine Guns (SWAs 7 - Machine Gun).
The Axis player lays out the Minefields (Terrain 29 - Minefields). Draw 3 mines from a set of the following strength: four (0), two (1) and one (2).
Air Rules are not in effect. The Air Sortie cards are set aside and are not used in this mission.

Eastern Front. April 16-18, 1945.

Setup order: 1 x1; 2 1x; 3 x10; 4 7x; 5 x7; 6 2x; 7 x10; 8 27x; 9 x13; 10 1x; 11 x2; 12 15x.

Briefing

Conditions of Victory

18 Medals.
The Axis side gains 1 Medal for each Recon 1 Command card that their side plays.
Exit rules are in effect on the portion of the Axis baseline in between the 2 Exit markers for the Allied player.
The 8 town hexes form a Temporary Majority Medal Objective (Turn Start) worth 2 Medals to the side that occupies the absolute majority. The Axis player controls the towns at game start and thus has 2-medal head start.
Seelow Heights is made up of three groups of hill hexes (6 on the left, 10 in the center, 12 on the right). Each hill group is a Temporary Medal Objective (Turn Start) worth 1 Medal for the Allied player if one of their units occupies it AND no Axis unit occupies it.

Special Rules

Re-Supply rules (Action 24 - Resupply) are in effect for Supply Trucks (Troops 17 - Supply Trucks).
Place a badge on the Axis and Allied elite infantry and armor units (Troops 2 - Specialized Units) and on the Axis Engineer unit (Troops 4 - Combat Engineers). If you run out of Soviet infantry units, use US standard figures as elite infantry.
Place a badge (or use the proper figures) for the Mobile Artillery units (Troops 14 - Mobile Artillery), the Axis Tiger Tank (Troops 16 - Tigers) and the Axis Heavy Anti-Tank Gun unit (Troops 23 - Heavy Anti-Tank Guns).
Special Weapon Assets late war rules (SWAs 4 - Special Weapon Assets, Late War) are in effect for units equipped with Anti-Tank Guns (SWAs 5 - Anti-Tank Gun) and Machine Guns (SWAs - 7 Machine Gun).
Air Rules are not in effect. The Air Sortie cards are set aside and are not used in this mission.