Historical Background:
06th of June 1944 - Sword Beach.
With the support fire of "Bombarding Force" and field artillery pieces shipped in LCTs, DD amphibious tanks of 13/18 Hussars and "Flails" of 22th Dragoons were the first to land on Sword Beach at 07h20. 10 minutes later, 20 landing crafts landed infantrymen of 8th Infantry Brigade (3rd British Infantry Division), 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment on Queen Red sector and 1st South Lancashire Regiment on Queen White sector. Houses on the seaside had been fortified by German defenders who opened a heavy fire on the landing troops. In front of Wn18 German strongpoint at Hermanville-la Brèche (codenamed "COD" by the British), East York soldiers suffered heavy losses (200 men in crossing the beach). In the second assault wave, commandos units landed at their turn. On Queen White, 41st RM Commando had to seize Lion-sur-Mer then get liaison with Canadian troops landed on Juno Beach. On Queen Red, 1st BFMC (1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos), the only 177 French commandos of Kieffer, had to seize Riva-Bella and to capture the "Casino" strongpoint, while 1st Special Service Brigade under the command of Lord Lovat had to take Ouistreham harbor then to advance inland to join British paratroopers at Pegasus Bridge. At 12h00, in spite of casualties, all objectives of 8th Infantry Brigade and Commandos were realized. The advance towards Caen could began.
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.

Briefing:
Allied player [United Kingdom] : 6 command cards, you move first.
Axis player [Germany] : 5 command cards.

Conditions of Victory:
7 medals. Strongpoint Wn12 is a temporary medal objective for the Allied player.

Special Rules:
- Use "Specialized Units" rules for commandos units with badges (Troop 2).
- Use "Sniper" rules for the two German infantry units with single figure (Troop 10).
- Use "Mobile Artillery" rules for allied artillery. These units can fire even in sea hex (Troop 14).
- Use "Landing Craft" rules (Troop 15).
- Use "Combat Engineer" rules for Tanks units with "engineer" badges. These AVRE units may also clear a minefield hex instead of firing. (Option : you can use the "Funnies" figures of the Equipment Pack with one accessory by AVRE unit).
- 88mm gun in blockhaus give only direct fire on beach hex. Any obstacles could block its line of sight/line of fire. No medal for its destruction.
- The Axis player lays out the minefields (Terrain 29).
- "Air Power" card is not allowed to the Axis player. Discard it and take another in the pile.

Scenario Bibliography:
- Magazines Historica hors-série n°74 et 75 - Sword Beach.
- Album Mémorial Overlord - Ed. Heimdal.
- Carte IGN 1/50000 - Caen.

Warning:
Please note that this scenario was not approved by Richard Borg or Days of Wonder, so you have to check yourself about playability, potential gaming issues, etc.