This was a short and simple scenario pitting an Italian infantry company against a dug-in Australian infantry company. The objective was for the Italians to capture an Australian OP. The Aussies began the scenario dug in, in front of the OP, with the Italians a couple miles away advancing on the position.

As the Italians came into range of the Aussie HMG platoon, they began to side slip to the left to avoid the fire. As they approached the position they were subjected to constant opportunity fire and spent the majority of the time deploying and re-deploying in an attempt to setup their assault. Both sides settled in for long range ineffective fire resulting in zero step loss for either side. A couple platoons were disrupted but always managed to rally, but the Italian attack never materialized, as the Aussies simply switched their front, constantly screening the OP against the Italian out-flanking attempts.

It is a good scenario to introduce new players, as many of the basic elements of the game system are introduced here (activations, movement, direct/indirect/opportunity fire, OBA, morale, etc.). I may try this again with a more aggressive stance in the future, but first, I have to gear up for scenario 2, the 199 turn Capture of Giarabub!!!