What do the Canadian Army and Panzer Ace Michael Wittman have in common? They both makes appearances in the new ATS ‘Hot Stove Mini Pack 1’ from Critical Hit!
The year is 1944 and the fate of World War II in the west hangs in the balance, to be decided at heretofore unheard of places like Villers-Bocage, Bardenberg, Verrieres, and Authie. Men and machines from storied Commonwealth units like the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Mont-Royal Fusiliers, 43rd Wessex Division, and the 4th London Yeomanry literally crash headlong into die-hard Waffen SS soldiers, Tigers, and Panzergrenadiers hell-bent on defying the will of the West, aimed to crush Hitler’s empire.
Mighty feats of war all boil down to the individual soldier and his weapon, or crews behind their all-to-vulnerable armored shield and no system brings the historical gamer close up to the sound and fury like ATS. And things are hotter than ever on this ‘hot stove’, but be warned: if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the cauldron of war—you’ll only get your fingers burned!
HOT STOVE MINI PACK 1 is CH’s way to keep the ATS fires burning while major releases assemble on the horizon. And what better way to stay ‘plugged in’ than to fight it out at Villers-Bocage, as Tigers, Panzers, Fireflys, Cromwells and Stuarts...not to mention Panzerfaust carrying soldiers...hunt one another amidst the buildings of this tiny Normandy village? Or handling a unit of Canadian soldiers as they attempt to withstand th...(
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What do the Canadian Army and Panzer Ace Michael Wittman have in common? They both makes appearances in the new ATS ‘Hot Stove Mini Pack 1’ from Critical Hit!
The year is 1944 and the fate of World War II in the west hangs in the balance, to be decided at heretofore unheard of places like Villers-Bocage, Bardenberg, Verrieres, and Authie. Men and machines from storied Commonwealth units like the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Mont-Royal Fusiliers, 43rd Wessex Division, and the 4th London Yeomanry literally crash headlong into die-hard Waffen SS soldiers, Tigers, and Panzergrenadiers hell-bent on defying the will of the West, aimed to crush Hitler’s empire.
Mighty feats of war all boil down to the individual soldier and his weapon, or crews behind their all-to-vulnerable armored shield and no system brings the historical gamer close up to the sound and fury like ATS. And things are hotter than ever on this ‘hot stove’, but be warned: if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the cauldron of war—you’ll only get your fingers burned!
HOT STOVE MINI PACK 1 is CH’s way to keep the ATS fires burning while major releases assemble on the horizon. And what better way to stay ‘plugged in’ than to fight it out at Villers-Bocage, as Tigers, Panzers, Fireflys, Cromwells and Stuarts...not to mention Panzerfaust carrying soldiers...hunt one another amidst the buildings of this tiny Normandy village? Or handling a unit of Canadian soldiers as they attempt to withstand the full-on counter-attack of Eastern Front veterans from the 12th SS Panzer Regiment?
HOT STOVE MINI PACK 1 consists of FOUR new Western Front 1944 scenarios printed on their own cards, each playable on the first of a BRAND NEW SERIES of 8” x 24” connectable maps.
NOTE: The following counter sheets are needed to play the scenarios in HOT STOVE PACK I: German, American, British, and British and German 1944 Western Front AFVs and Guns. (
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