Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont

Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont is a Historical Advanced Squad Leader (HASL) module covering the first three days of the battles around the important Norman bridge at Chef-du-Pont and the heights of Hill 30. It is the second in a series exploring Airborne operations on D-Day and shortly thereafter in Normandy as part of Operation OVERLORD. It focuses on the key actions to control the bridge across the Merderet River just west of the French village of Chef-du-Pont, whose capture was assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). Matched against the Americans were the German infantry of Grenadier-Regiment 1057, Luftlande-Infanterie-Division 91, assisted at times by the re-purposed French armor of Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 100.

Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont comes with a historically accurate map of the town of Chef-du-Pont and its surrounding environs jointly crafted by designer Ken Dunn and artist Charlie Kibler. There are six individual scenarios each recreating a portion of the battle, as well as a Campaign Game of the full three-day battle.

Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont follows in the footsteps of the successful Drop Zone: Sainte-Mère-Église (which is not required to play Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont, but it is a much different experience. It is much more compact, with only one mapsheet, one simplified Campaign Game, and no new counters (and no cows). Slope rules (from earlier HASL modules) are introduced, but their use is limited, and a comprehensive LOS Example of how slopes interact with bocage on the historical map is included.

Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont is not a complete game. Ownership of the Advanced Squad Leader Rulebook, Beyond Valor and Yanks is only required for play.

• One 22" x 34" Map Sheet
• 6 Scenarios
• Campaign Game
• 1 Chapter Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont
• 1 Chapter Divider