Played solo over several 1-2 hour sessions.

This is a large scenario - 30 turns, over 200 units. The plan for the German was to split their forces into three groups: one group east, another west, and a smaller central group to flank the first hill to show signs of stress and to prevent the Soviets from reinforcing the hills.

It almost work as the Soviet defense on the northwestern hill was starting to crumble midway through the scenario. But eh Soviets got their reinforcement on the first turn they were available and these fresh troops repulsed the attack and help stabilize the situation.

The Soviets achieve their minor victory condition on turn 21 and it looked like the Germans would be defeated. As step loses did not matter anymore, I had the Germans close in without prepared fire and have them assault every opportunity they had, The Germans troops must have thought they were turning Japanese on this day as they vaporized stacks after stacks of Soviet defenders in no time flat. The certain defeat was turned into a draw on turn 29 and almost into a major victory on the last turn.

Draw!

I rate this one a strong "4" and thinks it plays well solo or ftf over several sessions. It's also one of those scenarios where playing it safe as the attacker and just aim for a minor victory may not be wise as the Soviet artillery will likely inflict many loses on the Germans.

In retrospect, one thing I should have considered was to use the limited available German air support early in the scenario to try to shut down, or at least reduce, the Soviet artillery hiding behind the wooden 40-meter hill. That group bombarded the Germans on the 42 column until almost the very end and their effectiveness was one reason why I believed the Soviets were in a great position until the last few turns.