Alarm! Alarm! Festung Budapest!

My apologies for this sloppy post. It was a work in progress. I did not want to delay the news. The module is massive and the most interesting that I have seen from MMP. You can have a look at some of the details below. Most of the description is lifted from the MMP website. However, if you want to get a better idea of what is inside that big grey box, check out my new post here.

Festung Budapest

The Siege of Budapest, 1945 

With the issuance of Order Number 11 on 1 December 1944 declaring Budapest to be a “fortress” city, Hitler effectively sealed the fate of 70,000 defending Axis troops, and approximately 800,000 civilians.

Just one of many new squad types found in FB

Festung Budapest, the eighth Historical ASL module, takes players to the western side of the Hungarian capital. Seventeen scenarios and three Campaign Games cover the fighting on the Buda side of the Danube just west of the Castle Hill area during the period from 1 January through 10 February, representing the bitter struggle for the heart of the city.

Festung Budapest led me to reorganize my counters.

Festung Budapest comes with 4 maps and 9 counter sheets. In addition to the entire German SS MMC order of battle (from 8-3-8 to 4-4-7, including assault engineers), counters are provided for several new types of Hungarian infantry: SMG units, assault engineers, the fascist Arrow Cross Militia, and the anti-communist Vannay Battalion, as well as the Buda Volunteer Regiment, Hungarians fighting for the Russians. Counters are also provided for both Hungarian and Russian air support. There are also special counters to distinguish between certain German units such as the 13th Panzer Division and Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle.

Contents:

• 4 22” x 28” maps - check out a sample!
• 9 countersheets - check out a sample!
• 1 full-color, 3-hole punched rules Chapter FB
• 2 Chapter Dividers
• 3 Campaign Games
• 17 ASL scenarios

Scenarios: 
(all take place in Buda, Hungary) 
Axis = Hungarians and Germans

• FB1 Uncles and Pups (1 January 1945) Axis vs Russian: 4½ turns
• FB2 The Devil’s Free To Have A Try (19 January 1945) Axis vs Russian: 7 turns
• FB3 Furor Hungaricus (20 January 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6 ½ turns
• FB4 HKL 259 (27 January 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6½ turns
• FB5 Siesta Time (29 January 1945) Hungarian vs Russian: 6½ turns
• FB6 Came Tumbling After (29 January 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6½ turns
• FB7 The Terror of the Castle (31 January 1945) Hungarian vs Russian: 9 turns
• FB8 For Want Of Either Crust Or Crumb (1 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6 turns
• FB9 The Shooting Gallery (2 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 7 turns
• FB10 The Black Company (3 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 5½ turns
• FB11 Boy Soldier (4 February 1945) Hungarian vs Russian: 6½ turns
• FB12 The Black Ravens Are Flying (5 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 5 turns
• FB13 Don’t Economize (7 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 7 turns
• FB14 At The Narrow Passage (7 February 1945) Hungarian vs German vs Russian: 5 turns
• FB15 The Taking of Object 59 (7 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6½ turns
• FB16 Crossing The Bloody Meadow (8 February 1945) Axis vs Russian: 6 turns
• FB17 Stalingrad Redux (10 February 1945) German vs Russian: 5½ turns

Festung Budapest was released at Winter Offensive 2012, held in Bowie, Maryland January 12th - 15th 2012.