Played with Matt in two hours.

Matt's Americans set up in the victory hexes, all dug in. I did not inspect any hexes until I had troops next to it (even if I had LoS) so I went for a flexible German setup.

I set up the guns and the mortars so they had LoS to a portion of the hills but none had any effect on the game except a few as casualty points. I set up four INF units and two leaders on foot on my left flank and the remaining mobile force on or near the road. I kept the SPW's as a reserve to enter action when the the AT assets are identified or eliminated.

I moved up for three or four turns and accurate American fire caused four or five steps lost. Precise OBA on an anchor hex (it helps when all morale check rolls were 10 or higher) allowed the German to climb the hill at low risk and be in a position to assault a weak hex. The American responded with opportunity fire from other hexes (with some success) but this allowed my left flank to move adjacent to them. The Germans won the initiative next turn and launched a few assaults, which went in their favor.

Another turn or two and with the AT assets identified, the SPW moved up and combined with armor, they moved adjacent to dug in infantry. Repeated fire attempts eventually took their tolls on the Americans and they started to flee away from the hills. The Americans had one last big success (a "3" result on the Direct Fire table) but not enough to change the outcome because they had no answer to the German armored assets.

We gave up with a few turns remaining with the Germans already leading by 7 VP's and sure to increase their lead.

German major victory.

Rating: 3

I believe this one is hard on the Americans if the Germans are patient and careful with their armor.