World War I

1918 Western Front

Sample Skirmish

Designed For 28mm Figures

by Jade Tower Studio
HALT THE HUN!
Sample Skirmish
By Rob Lusk

Great War Minis

This is a sample skirmish for the Halt the Hun! late World War I skirmish game. It serves as a
walk-through of the game, providing detailed examples of the mechanics. Hopefully by reading
through this scenario most of the questions you have about how the game is played will be
answered. Please send any questions or comments via email to Blaheee@gmail.com.

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 Sample Skirmish: Salvage Operation
Introduction
This is a very small skirmish of 10 points per side
(smaller than a Small Skirmish in the rules) to
illustrate the game’s mechanics. A German dirigible
with experimental navigational equipment was
attacked by British fighters over No Man’s Land,
& broke apart & crashed. Small British & German
detachments – all that can be spared – are sent to
salvage the equipment in the nose.
The Battlefield
The battlefield should have light cover and some
craters (heavy cover) without giving one side an
advantage. The wrecked nose of a zeppelin is in
the center of the field. Here’s a sample map (4’x4’
with 2” squares overlaid). The craters count as
hard cover if you are behind them or in them. You
can see over them. The brownish areas are mud,
& count as difficult terrain.
The
Battlefield
Objectives
• The first side to reach the nose of the zeppelin
must have 4 figures spend 1 action (after
walking) retrieving the equipment. If you have
fewer than 4 figures adjacent to the nose, they
can keep working until a total of 4 actions have
been spent. It will take 2 adjacent figures to
carry the equipment (they can run a maximum
of 3 extra inches, for 9” total, & don’t need to
maintain cohesion with the rest of their unit). A
player who gets the equipment off their starting
edge of the gaming area wins a major victory.
• If neither side is able to get it off the table, the
side in possession of the equipment at the end
of the 10th turn (if the game isn’t over by then)
wins a minor victory.
• If no one is in possession of the equipment at
this point, the game is a draw.
 Sample Skirmish Continued
Battlegroups:
• British (from the 33rd Division, 98th Infantry
Brigade)
• 8 Regulars; 7 with rifle & bayonet (1 of these
has unlimited rifle grenades); 1 with LMG &
trench knife; all have helmets & 2 grenades
each. Cost 4 points. Led by a Sergeant with a
rifle, a helmet, & 2 grenades.
• 8 Elite Veterans; 7 with rifle & bayonet (1
of these has unlimited rifle grenades); 1
with LMG & trench knife; all have helmets
& 2 grenades each. Cost 6 points. Led by a
Sergeant with a rifle, helmet, & 2 grenades.
• Germans (from the Imperial German 18th
Army, 6th Corps, 11th Division: 21st Infantry
Brigade, Regiment #51):
• 8 Regulars; 7 with rifle & bayonet; 1 with LMG
& trench knife; all have helmets & 2 grenades
Initial Troop
Deployments
each. Cost 3 points. Led by a Sergeant with a
rifle, a helmet, & 2 grenades.
• 8 Elite Veterans; 7 with rifle & bayonet; 1
with LMG & trench knife; all have helmets
& 2 grenades each. Cost 5 points. Led by a
Sergeant with a rifle, helmet, & 2 grenades.
• Grenade Launcher Team (unlimited ammo;
2 crew); rifle & bayonet; helmets, 2 regular
grenades each.
Start of Game: Start on opposite sides of the
playing area (we recommend around 4 feet by
4 feet). Both sides set up anywhere within 6” of
their edge of the playing area. The diagram below
shows a sample set-up.
While the players could roll to see who sets up first
(& then alternate units), for this game each side
will set up simultaneously.
 Sample Skirmish Continued
First Turn, First Action (German Elites):
We won’t use Event Cards for this demonstration,
so players start by choosing initiative tokens. The
British player chooses Glory; the German chooses
Honor. Since Honor beats Glory, the German
player chooses which unit will act first (& would
typically get another Event Card). He also gets
+1 to all Panic rolls this turn. They choose their
Elite unit to move first – they move forward 6” so
they can still fire, & all go prone (free action). 2
are behind a crater, giving them heavy cover. The
other 7 go prone.
Now they all fire at the British Regulars. The
British regulars are around 31” away, which is
First Turn,
First Action
(German
Elites)
short range for both the rifles & the LMG. The Elite
troopers are +1 to hit; with no other subtractions
or bonuses they need to roll 6s or better. The LMG
gets 4 shots, so they roll a total of 11 dice. They hit
4 times. The Sergeant fires his rifle at +2 to hit (for
being an NCO); he also hits. The British regulars
get 5 saves for their helmets, but have to roll 10s.
They miss all of their saves, & 5 are removed. This
is a good illustration of what happens when a unit
is caught out in the open!
Since they have lost more than half their original
number, the British unit has to make a Panic roll.
Their Sergeant gives them +2; they roll a 5, so
they barely stay put.
 Sample Skirmish Continued
First Turn, Second Action (British Elites)
The British player goes next, & chooses his Elites
to act. They move forward; the Sergeant & the
soldier with rifle grenades move into the crater
on their right, which slows them down; the LMG
moves into the crater on their left, & the others go
prone.
They open fire; the rifle grenade fires an explosive
grenade at the center of the unit of German elites.
He has a -1 penalty to hit since the Germans are
prone, another -1 since it’s an indirect weapon, &
-3 for long range, so he automatically misses. The
grenade deviates; the player drops the Oops! stick
& it points almost directly away from him (see
diagram); it travels 6” (since it’s long range) and
explodes harmlessly.
The Sarge takes a rifle shot at the elites at -1 since
First Turn,
Second Action
(British Elites)
they’re prone, but +2 since he’s an NCO for a net
of +1. He hits; the German fails his helmet save &
is eliminated.
The other British elites shoot at the German
regulars; the rifles are at short range, but the LMG
is at long range (-3 to hit). They can all (barely) see
Germans in the open, so they get their +1 bonus
for being elite & no subtractions except for the
LMG. The 6 riflemen get 4 hits; the LMG gets 4
chances at -2 & manages to hit once. None of the
Germans makes his helmet save, so 5 are removed.
This triggers a Panic check, & the Germans get +2
for their Sergeant & +1 for choosing Honor for
initiative; however, they roll a 2 & panic! Sadly, this
means they immediately run for the safest cover
or battlefield edge away from the enemy; they
head off their edge of the field & are eliminated!
Suddenly it’s looking a lot worse for the Germans.
 Sample Skirmish Continued
First Turn, Third Action (German Grenade
Launcher)
The Germans activate their grenade launcher
team. They aim for the 2 British elites just outside
the crater. They are at the edge of the grenade
launcher’s short range, but the Germans are at
-1 for firing indirect & -1 since their enemies are
prone. They still manage to roll a 9 & hit! Both
elites are hit & don’t get saves since the grenade
launcher is AP 3; they are eliminated.
First Turn, Fourth Action (British Regulars)
Finally, the British regulars activate, get back into
cohesion, & move forward & closer to the Elites.
The Brits also go prone, & fire at the German
elites. The 2 with rifles are in short range, but get
-1 since the Germans are prone, so they need 8+
to hit. One manages to hit, & the German doesn’t
make his helmet save so he’s eliminated. The
British sergeant gets a net +1 to hit, & also hits
& eliminates another German elite. The trooper
with the rifle grenade decides to just take a rifle
shot (at -1) & misses. The LMG opens up (-1 for
prone targets) & only hits once, but the German
misses his helmet save & is eliminated as well.
The German elites didn’t’ quite lose enough men
to take a panic check, so they stay put, & since
everyone remaining has acted that’s the end of the
first turn.
Second Turn:
Both sides draw for initiative; the Brit again
chooses Glory & the German player again chooses
Honor, so the German goes first again.
Second Turn, First Action (German Elites)
The German Elites take their action, get up (taking
the 3” penalty for having been prone), get back
into cohesion, & begin to move into a nearby
foxhole. They go prone at the end of their action
again (except for the Sarge, who is in the foxhole
& now has heavy cover). They fire at the British
regulars remaining in the open.
The 3 elites with rifles shoot with no penalty (elite
bonus cancels prone penalty), so they need to roll
7+ to hit. One hits; the British regular fails his save
& is eliminated. The LMG also needs 7s to hit, &
gets 2 hits. One saves, so 1 more British regular is
out of the action. The German Sergeant fires with
a -2 net penalty at the rifle grenadier in the crater
(he’s in hard cover), & misses.
The British regulars have now lost more than half
their number, so they roll for Panic (with +2 for
their Sergeant). They fail the roll, & the remaining
LMG & Sergeant run off the field!
Second Turn, Second Action (British Elites)
The British now take their turn, Most of the elites
run forward toward the zeppelin nose; the Sarge
& rifle grenadier stay in the crater. The others need
to spread out a bit to allow everyone to stay in
cohesion, & most had to sacrifice movement for
getting up from being prone. So, only the Sarge &
rifle grenadier didn’t run & can fire. The Sarge gets
his usual net +1 bonus for a prone target, & hits.
The German misses his save & is removed. The
rifle grenadier is still at long range with the rifle
grenades, so he shoots his rifle again. He hits, &
once again his target doesn’t save & is eliminated.
The German elites have now lost more than half
their unit, so they need to make a Panic roll (at a
+3 bonus). They succeed, & are still in the game.
Second Turn, Third Action (German Grenade
Launcher)
The German grenade launcher now fires. It’s crew
can’t see the British troops directly, so it fires at the
crater with a -3 penalty (for being unable to see its
target). They miss, but the grenade cluster deviates
onto 2 other troopers! Neither gets a save due to
the AP of the grenade cluster, so they are both
eliminated. The British elite unit is now down to
half their starting strength so they make a Panic
roll (at +3 due to their Sergeant & Elite status).
They make the roll, & the turn is over.
Third Turn
Third Turn, First Action (British Elites)
The Germans take Survival & the British take Glory
yet again; finally, the British win the initiative. The
remaining British elites decide it’s time to get to
the zeppelin, so they all head for it.
All of the British elites make it to the zeppelin’s
nose. They have enough troops in contact to
retrieve the navigation equipment (4 are needed),
& spend their action doing so.
Third Turn, Second Action (German Grenade so first the grenade launcher fires at the back of the
Launcher) zeppelin nose, & is at -3 to hit. Sure enough, they
The Germans go next. They can’t see the British, miss, & it lands far enough away that no one is hit.
Third Turn, Third Action (German Elites)
The German elites get up, run, & go prone again (not shown on a map). They figure they’ll hopefully
get a shot when the British head out. That ends the 3rd turn.
Fourth Turn
Both the Germans & the British initially take
Survival. They draw again, & the British take
Honor but the Germans take Survival again & win
the initiative. The German elites go At the Ready
(on hold). The British send 2 men back toward
their lines with the equipment (as noted, they can
run 9” & don’t need to maintain cohesion). The
others walk out to fire at the remaining Germans,
& the Germans attempt to interrupt. However, the
British roll higher, & they get to go first.
Fourth Turn, First Action (British Elites)
The British elites fire at the German elite troopers -
with no penalty since their elite bonus cancels the
prone penalty, & a +1 bonus for the Sergeant. The
rifleman & the Sergeant hit, & the LMG hits twice!
One of the Germans makes 1 armor save, but not
the other; the other German misses his second
save, so both go down, & the Sergeant takes 1
wound (he misses his save too). The Sergeant must
make a Panic test since his unit lost more figures;
he rolls poorly & panics! The British let him run off
the field as they bring the navigational equipment
to safety & earn a major victory!
Notes: Using Event Cards would have made the
game more unpredictable, & smoke would have
probably been helpful. Being out in the open -
especially at short range - can be a death sentence
for a unit.
 World War I
1918 Western Front
Sample Skirmish

This is a Sample Skirmish for Halt the Hun!

A Battle Report on the skirmish provides a walk-
through of the game with detailed examples of the
game mechanics.