TIMMES' ORCHARD 2nd Edition—The
All American 82nd Airborne Division is a new VARIANT Historical
Module for owners of Beyond Valor(tm) and/or Paratrooper(tm)
that tells the story of the Battle of Normandy from the perspective
of the 82nd Airborne Division, the American paratroopers tasked
with protecting the Utah Beach exits from the Hitlerian boast
that the invaders would be...driven back into the sea...and the
efforts of the tyrant's generals to carry out that wish.
LES HEUTES, NORMANDY, 8 June
1944: By D+2 Lt. Colonel Timmes and his men received an enormous
psychological boost in the form of a telephone line across the
marsh to the far shore of the Merderet River. He also had the
shaken glidermen who had fallen back to the orchard after the
confusion of the night. As dawn broke, the men of the 1/325th
were in the process of regrouping, and had yet to dig in. There
was no relief in sight for Timmes and his men. The “secret
ford” was a precarious lifeline, swept by fire and barely
usable during daylight hours. As casualties continued to mount
among the men in the orchards scores of wounded threatened to
overwhelm the wholly inadequate medical facilities. And the German
determination to retake the crossing would soon prove to be undiminished.
Note: Timmes' Orchard 2nd Edition
is an updated version of the game by the same name published
in 1997 by Critical Hit, Inc. All known errata has been resolved
and some scenarios tweaked for balance and entertainment purposes.
This is NOT a complete game! Ownership of Paratrooper(tm) and/or
Beyond Valor(tm) + Yanks(tm) is necessary to use this product.
