Schwerpunkt Volume 1

SP #1 was issued in October of 1996. It contains 12 scenarios and designer's notes.

# Title Turns Description
SP1 Raiders at Regi 5.5 Japanese skulk v. Marine attackers on half of board 36.
AARs: Appel v. Lyman
SP2 Holding the Hotton Bridge 6 An ad-hoc collection of US infantry, armor and AT guns tries to defend the Hotton Bridge v. first-line German infantry, halftracks and Panthers. Boards 16 & 40.
SP3 Duel at Rueler 5.5 Shermans with 76L guns and infantry take on PzIVHs and a small infantry force on board 17. Mud makes this a tight one.
SP4 Point 270 5.5 Brits attack besieged Germans on a hilltop in Italy. Lots of bloody action on boards 39 & 42.
SP5 The Hornet of Cloville 4.5 One of the most popular and well-balanced scenarios in the first Schwerpunkt packs. Half of board 42 sees combined-arms forces of US and German OBs battle it out for possession of a small hamlet.
AARs: Luellen v Smith
SP6 Udarnik Bridgehead 3.5 One of the "Guripa" series, following the Spanish 250th Division de Infanteria in its exploits in Russia. This micro-scenario is extremely well-balanced and can be played in under an hour! Half of boards 7 & 18.
SP7 Delayed on Tiger Route 5.5 British Commandos storm into a small villiage, only to find it well-defended by a small but well-hidden force of SS and assault guns. Board 42.
SP8 The Getaway 4 Germans try to overtake fleeing Russian units on boards 34 & 37.
SP9 Gun Copse 6.5 Brits in Burma take heavy punishment as they cross open ground to attack Japanese in a bannana plantaition. Board 33.
SP10 Bring up the Boys 5 Early war action pits a company of the Dorsetshires against a typical Panzer blitz. Half of boards 10 & 19.
SP11 Pomeranian Tigers 7.5 A suprise encounter on board 41 between Tiger IIs and late-model Stalin tanks in Northern Germany late in the war.
SP12 Piano Lupo 4.5 American airborne attack a mixed force of Italians and Germans in heavily-defended pillboxes on board 11.
AARs: Abela v. Stewart