
2009Dean Essig
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Bastogne: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, 18-27 Dec '44, is the thirteenth game is the Standard Combat Series. This game covers the defense of the little crossroads town of Bastogne from 18 December to 26 December 1944. It is not a game about the whole Ardennes Offensive, but rather a close-up look at the actual perimeter battle to protect the town and the mechanized delaying actions leading into it. The map only extends as far east as Longvilly and north to Noville at 400m per hex. Each turn is a day, units are generally companies. Bastogne comes with special rules for road marching, Team SNAFU, barrages, and air strikes - but is built around a quick-to-play, simple-to-learn framework. Bastogne has three scenarios: an introductory scenario covering the Battle for Noville, a medium-sized one covering the Battle for Longvilly, and the withdrawal of Team Cherry plus the counterattack by the 501st Airborne Regiment, and the campaign game itself covering the whole action in a jam-packed 10 turns. A number of variants have been provided so you can experience the game over and over looking at fresh insights. Game Scale: Game Turn: One day Hex: 400 meters Units: Platoon to Battalion Players: 2 (suitable for solitaire play) Playing Time: 4+ hours Complexity: Low Solitaire Suitability: High
Bastogne: Screaming Eagles Under Siege 18-27 Dec '44 has 4 videos from 2 creators: 3 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from March to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Bastogne (SCS) - Reading the rules" by Nathan Wailes Gaming, which runs 28 min. For a quicker teach, "Bastogne (SCS) - How to set up the first (tutorial) scenario" by Nathan Wailes Gaming runs 8 min.
To see it played, watch "Bastogne Standard Combat Series" by Gaming with ER Bickford.
If you like it, try Arracourt, DAK: The Campaign in North Africa, 1940-1942, Inflection Point: The Battle for Kalach and the Battle of Chir and Afrika: The North African Campaign, 1940-1942, also by Dean Essig.
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1 - 2 players120 - 720 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Bastogne: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, 18-27 Dec '44, is the thirteenth game is the Standard Combat Series. This game covers the defense of the little crossroads town of Bastogne from 18 December to 26 December 1944. It is not a game about the whole Ardennes Offensive, but rather a close-up look at the actual perimeter battle to protect the town and the mechanized delaying actions leading into it. The map only extends as far east as Longvilly and north to Noville at 400m per hex. Each turn is a day, units are generally companies. Bastogne comes with special rules for road marching, Team SNAFU, barrages, and air strikes - but is built around a quick-to-play, simple-to-learn framework. Bastogne has three scenarios: an introductory scenario covering the Battle for Noville, a medium-sized one covering the Battle for Longvilly, and the withdrawal of Team Cherry plus the counterattack by the 501st Airborne Regiment, and the campaign game itself covering the whole action in a jam-packed 10 turns. A number of variants have been provided so you can experience the game over and over looking at fresh insights. Game Scale: Game Turn: One day Hex: 400 meters Units: Platoon to Battalion Players: 2 (suitable for solitaire play) Playing Time: 4+ hours Complexity: Low Solitaire Suitability: High
Designer
Dean Essig
Artists
Nicolás Eskubi, Dean Essig
Publisher
Multi-Man Publishing
Categories
Mechanics