Author	treadasaurusrex (France)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Draw
Participants	ACav
Play Date	2023-06-01
Language	English
Scenario	FaoF031

This was an oft-delayed, 3-session play through with the fun-loving, determined and high morale, ACav leading the attacking Germans. I played the defending French side. We used the consolidation, smoke/ilum, excess initiative optional rules and ignored the FOW. Both sides drew good leaders, and oddly, 7 of the German's leaders managed to get themselves eliminated. This probably was the primary cause of the French achieving a draw in this rather unbalanced (in favor of the Germans) scenario. Ironically, once the Les Boches lost their Bufla SPAT platoon and fiendish AT gun platoon, hope was kindled in a big way for the French during the costly, 11th game turn. A combined 23 combat 7-die rolls happened in this 16-turn play-through.

Others have filed detailed AARs on this one, so I won't take the time for a thorough play-by-play, but will say that the Germans had consistently poor luck with the die rolling fates in all three sessions. Few tactical mistakes were made by the Teutonic horde, but losing so many leaders - 3 in one turn - made it very hard for the Landsers to properly stage their close range fire & multiple assaults.

I give this one a 3, but can only recommend it for SOLO play, as it is just too hard a pull for the French defenders.