Fireball Forward: Villers-Bocage, Britain’s Lost Opportunity

Villers-Bocage, Britain’s Lost Opportunity is a book of tactical scenarios for the Fireball Forward! game system. It is centered around the British attack on the town of Villers-Bocage and the larger Operation Perch against German positions west of Caen, in Normandy, on 12-14 June 1944.  It features engagements between the British 7th Armoured Division—the famed “Desert Rats”—and the 50th Infantry Division against the elite German Panzer Lehr Division, the 2nd Panzer Division, and the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion.  Those varied fights included panzer ace Michael Wittmann’s famous, single-handed counterattack against a column of British armor and others less well known but also fun to play. The book includes 15 game scenarios, a campaign game, an historical summary, orders of battle, and designer’s notes.  The book has been updated for the 3^rd edition Fireball Forward! rules.  This is not a stand-alone game—you must have the Fireball Forward! rules to play these scenarios.