An Army At Dawn, scenario #35: Kasserine Pass: The Reports Were Wrong

I shouldn’t have waited a week to write this but I’ll do a short AAR off of memory. First this was a pretty balanced scenario and I enjoyed playing it. The Americans setup on the west side of the road and have a lot of territory to protect or prevent the Axis Forces from exiting the West edge of the map but they can dig-in and have a lot of off-board artillery support. The German & Italians enter from the east and push into the American lines. The Axis actually had two more points than the Americans by the end of the Scenario but a side as to win by four or more points to get a victory, so this scenario ended in a very close Draw.

The American advantage was the dug-in units which help give their armor an extra defense modifier and the off-board artillery. The Axis advantage was being able to exploit the large area. Step losses for either side and exited step for the Axis side are all that matter. Really a few dice rolls differently and either side could have won this scenario. Lots of different setups, attack groups and counter-attacks at the right times and adjusting of forces to different locations all could make this playout differently. This one needs to be played 2-3 more times to get the strategies right. Stacking all three Italian Sem. 75/18 into one stack was fun. I’ll have to play this scenario again someday.