An experienced solo player has reviewed this scenario positively, so we had high hopes of a good game in a face-to-face matchup with relatively-skilled & somewhat experienced opponents. Alas, our hopes were quickly dashed on the rocks of this poorly-designed and improperly play tested episode.

I played the defending Mexican Carranzistas, and Tambu led Pershing's Finest dismounted cavalrymen on the attack. We both drew middling leaders, but played without the defense-favoring, but mandatory, FOW rule in a relatively quick, and seemingly-balanced, play-through.

The Mexican side managed to prevail in the end, primarily due to an excellent defensive setup and a great deal of bad luck for the attacking American force. US artillery was uniquely ineffective in this battle. The GIs broad front attack started off with considerable promise, but rapidly became disorganized & scattered in an extended series of adjacent-hex fire fights, in and around the town and margins the main road. In our 4-session play-through, the US side threw a frustrating 17 combat 7-die rolls, almost always in critical circumstances, that ruined what was an otherwise well-led & executed approach and 2-pronged attack. The senior US leader was killed during the 8th game turn, and it was all downhill from there.

Clearly, this one is best played in SOLO mode. There is very little for the Carranzista (Mexican) player to do if he or she sets up with interlocking fields of fire along the expected approach of the Americans. I give this dog a generous rating of 2. Oh, and the DIY counters for the Mexican side are poorly designed, as the appropriate national flag emblem is misrepresented: the Mexican tricolor flag's 3 bands were, and are, vertical, not horizontal.