in this scenario a worn down battalion of RKKA infantry, boosted by the normal AT guns try to keep a battalion of Grenadiers mounted in SPWs and with tank and engineer support out of a town. The scenario is small in counters and turns so everything matters. The Soviets set up to deny the German armor (both the tanks and the SPWs which can be critical force multipliers) access to the town. The problem is that they have to set up and as usual, once in place they are hard to move.

The Germans work to flush out an AT gun in the fields to the SW of the town and notice that, once the fields are cleared, they will be able to put the bulk of the town between them and the AT guns. The town is terribly crowded with RKKA troops so moving the guns without exposing some of the town hexes to advantageous assault is troublesome for the Soviet player.

There are plenty of burning SPWs on the advance, however and the RKKA puts up a strong fight for the town with plenty of disruptions and demoralizations for the Germans (even the tanks which sucumb to DF morale checks (X results), leaving them open to a counterassault. The Soviet losses, however were substantially higher than the Germans and the resulting victory points leaned heavily towards the Germans once they contested enough town hexes.

This is a quick and fun scenario. Nothing terribly out of the ordinary and it leans towards the German player, just as happened in real life. I give it a "3" but as a quick Skype or ftf scenario it is well worth it. It plays fine solo but I think that it perfectly fits a single session shared play.