Squad Leader Scenarios

The original core scenarios from the 4 games are numbered as follows:

Squad Leader - 1 through 12

Cross of Iron - 13 through 20

Crescendo of Doom - 21 through 32

GI: Anvil of Victory - 33 through 47

These are illustration evocative of the events portrayed in the scenario, usually a black and white interpretation of an actual Second World War photograph. Rodger MacGowan did the artwork for the original SL, COI and COD scenarios and Charles Kibler took over with GI: Anvil of Victory.

A paragraph description of the military situation, placing the scenario in context, possibly introducing the personalities portrayed on the map. Prefaced by the actual location (usually the nearest town or city) and date.

A graphic representation of which boards to use, how to orient them, which direction is "north" and placement of terrain overlays (if any).

The four Squad Leader games use Programmed Instruction to teach the game system; each scenario included with the games listed the new rules sections introduced with that scenario.

Squad Leader scenarios use unique sets of victory conditions, in some instances being complicated. The Victory Conditions often model real military objectives. For example, a scenario about an assault on a village might specify occupying buildings as victory conditions. A scenario based on withdrawal might specify that a certain number of units have to be exited from the map in order to win.

Fixed game turn limits govern each scenarios, and one side is required to set up first and/or move first. The turn record chart also shows turns on which reinforcements arrive.

Each official scenario is based on an actual historical event (with the exception of Scenario 26 which was based on a hypothetical operation). Historical names are provided for the forces of each side (sometimes broadly, as in "elements of the 62nd Army" and often specifically down to the company or platoon level.)

Counter-mixes are listed for both sides, with number of units being specified as well as where they are set up (or enter, if reinforcements).

Scenario Special Rules (or SSRs) provide flexibility to designers; helping recreate an historically accurate scenario. Rule modifications can achieve specific effects on game-play.

A paragraph summary of the outcome of the situation being depicted.

Avalon Hill released Series 100, ten new scenarios for Cross of Iron, in 1979. The scenarios were designed by Courtney Allen (SL playtester and designer of Storm Over Arnhem).

#	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
101	Blocking Action at Lipki			3 July 1941	near Borisov, USSR
102	Slamming of the Door			17 August 1941	Panikovo forest, USSR
103	Bald Hill			11 September 1941	Leningrad, USSR
104	The Penetration of Rostov			24 July 1942	Rostov, USSR
105	Night Battle at Noromatyevka			1 January 1943	Noromaryevka, USSR
106	Beachhead at Ozereyka Bay			4 February 1943	Ozereyka valley, USSR
107	Disaster On The Dneiper Loop			24 September 1943	Dnieper River, USSR
108	Block Busting in Bokruisk			29 June 1944	Bokruisk, USSR
109	Counterattack On The Vistula			6 August 1944	near Wola Chodkowska, Poland
110	The Agony of Doom			19 April 1945	Muncheberg, Germany

Avalon Hill released Series 200 with 10 new scenarios for Crescendo of Doom.

#	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
201	Sacrifice Of Polish Armor			1 September 1939	Novy Targ region, Poland
202	Under Cover Of Darkness			12 September 1939	Gdynia, Poland
203	Bitter Defense At Otta			28 April 1940	Gudbrandsal valley, Norway
204	Chance D'une Affaire			14 May 1940	Chehery, France
205	Last Defense Line			15 May 1940	Bouvellemont, France
206	Fighting At The World's Edge			28 May 1940	Tarladsvikfjell, Norway
207	The French Perimeter			2 June 1940	Spyckar, France
208	Road To Kozani Pass			13 April 1941	Komanos, Greece
209	The Akroiri Peninsula Defense			20 May 1941	Profitilias, Crete
210	Commando Raid At Dieppe			18 August 1942	Varengeville, France

The Rogue Scenarios Series 200, named because they used boards 9, 10 and 11 which were not "official" boards at the time, utilized rules up to Crescendo of Doom. Some of the scenarios needed multiple copies of several boards; if one wanted to play Scenario R220, which combined Scenarios R218 and R219 into one large scenario played in three parts - foreshadowing campaign games in Historical ASL.

#	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
R211	Auld Lang Syne			1 January 1945	Gerimont, France
R212	On The Road To Andalsnes			24 April 1940	near Andalsnes, Norway
R213	Traverse Right...FIRE!			23 June 1941	S of Bialystok, Poland
R214	The Front In Flames			22 August 1943	S of Kharkov, USSR
R215	Hasty Pudding			27 May 1940	near Dunkirk, France
R216	A Small Town In Germany			8 April 1945	Friesoythe, Germany
R217	The Whirlwind			18 April 1945	Aschaffenburg, Germany
R218	Operation Switchback			6 October 1944	Scheldt estuary, Holland
R219	Scheldt Fortress South			25 October 1944	Scheldt estuary, Holland
R220	Clearing the Breskens Pocket			6 October 1944	Scheldt estuary, Holland
R221	Vitality I			24 October 1944	South Beveland, Holland
R222	Infatuate II			1 November 1944	Westkapelle, Walcheren Island, Holland
R223	Night Drop			6 June 1944	Cherbourg Peninsula, France

Avalon Hill released Series 300 with additional scenarios for GI: Anvil of Victory.

#	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
300	Trial by Combat			27 February 1945	Elsdrof, Germany
301	The Clearing			10 October 1944	Huertgen Forest, Germany
302	Stand Fast			10 December 1944	Obergeich, Germany
303	Thrust and Parry			15 March 1945	Pfaffenheck, Germany
304	Riposte			15 March 1945	Pfaffenheck, Germany
305	The Duel			15 March 1945	Pfaffenheck, Germany
306	The Rag Tag Circus			12 April 1945	Barby on the Elbe, Germany
307	Point D'Appui			9 October 1944	Bardebberg, Germany
308	Han-Sur-Neid			11 November 1944	Han-sur-Neid, France
309	The Roer Bridgehead			23 February 1945	Koerrenzig, Germany

Over the years, Avalon Hill also released scenarios in issues of their The General Magazine.

#	ID	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
15-6	A	Burzevo			2 December 1941	Burzevo, USSR
15-6	B	Hill 253.5			9 July 1943	North of Kursk, USSR
15-6	C	The Burkin Bridgehead			24 September 1943	SE of Kiev, Ukraine
15-6	D	Delaying Action			30 October 1944	Western Lithuania
17-2	E	The Niscemi-Biscari Highway			10 July 1943	Biscari, Sicily
17-2	F	The Pouppeville Exit			6 June 1944	Normandy, France
17-2	G	Devil's Hill			19 September 1944	Kleve-Nijmegen, Holland
17-2	H	The Attempt to Relieve Peiper			21 December 1944	the Ardennes, Belgium
17-2	I	Hunters from the Sky			24 March 1945	Rhine River, Germany
18-2	J	Semper Paratus			27 September 1944	Oorderen, Holland
18-3	K	Fast Heinz			7 August 1944	Roslayl, USSR
18-4	L	The Long Road			16 September 1942	S of Andriba, Madagascar
18-5	M	The Dead of Winter			29 December 1941	NW of Staritsa, Russia
19-5	TS1	First Crisis at Army Group North			25 June 1941	Daugav River, USSR
19-5	TS2	Pavlov's House			20 October 1942	Stalingrad, USSR
19-5	TS3	Land Leviathans			3 July 1941	Lipki, USSR
19-5	TS4	Soldiers of Destruction			10 October 1944	Radzymin, Poland
19-6	N	Faugh A'Ballagh!			16 May 1944	Sinagoga, Italy
20-2	1000	Operation Marston			14 July 1943	Catania, Sicily
20-4	O	Strayer's Strays			6 June 1944	Normandy, France
20-6	SSTK 1a	Death's Head at Lusho			24 September 1941	Lusho, USSR
20-6	SSTK 1b	Death's Head at Lusho			24 September 1941	Lusho, USSR
21-2	P	Aachen's Pall			25 October 1944	Aachen, Germany
21-3	Q	Gambit			21 May 1941	Maleme, Crete
21-4	2000	Operation Hubertus			11 November 1942	Stalingrad, USSR
22-5	3000	Assault on Round Top			30 September 1944	N of Riga, Latvia

The final "official" scenarios issued by Avalon Hill for the original Squad Leader game were in the first two issues of the ASL Annual.

Issue	#	Title	Allies	Axis	Date	Location
ASL Annual '89	A1	On the Borderline			30 November 1939	Artahuhta, Finland
ASL Annual '89	A2	Sbeitla Probe			17 February 1943	Sbeitla, Tunisia
ASL Annual '89	A3	Regalbuto Ridge			31 July 1943	Regalbuto, Italy
ASL Annual '90	A4	King's Castle			26 November 1944	Frenzenberg, Germany
ASL Annual '90	A5	The Professionals			7 April 1941	Pirot, Yugoslavia
ASL Annual '90	A6	A Meeting of Patrols			26 December 1944	Hofen, Belgium
ASL Annual '92	ACG	Commando Campaign Game

All official Squad Leader scenarios printed by Avalon Hill have been reissued for Advanced Squad Leader and released in either The General Magazine, ASL Annuals or scenario packs. The ASL Journal had released seven scenarios for Squad Leader but Multi-Man Publishing has indicated no intention to support the original SL game system.

The Wargamer Magazine also released scenarios 81-90, and a pack with scenarios 91-100 in 1982. These were designed by many of the contributors and players who helped design "official" scenarios.