Author	treadasaurusrex (Germany)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Germany
Participants	Tambu
Play Date	2021-11-13
Language	English
Scenario	FaoF010

We played this miserable scenario over 3 sessions online with an opponent who conceded the game after 7 turns. I frankly agree with his choice as this is a seriously unbalanced scenario where the pathetically weak French side must simply wait to be routed by overwhelming German force and intense OBA. I must beg to differ with my more experienced brethren who have played this scenario and think it worthy.

Starting with the pre-game aerial bombardment and the disruption of all French units, it becomes a major challenge for the French to rally their few infantry platoons and casemates. Unfortunately, we played with the awful FOW rule, which made for a more-difficult-then necessary opposed river crossing attempts for the Germans. We did use the smoke and consolidation optional rules. Trying to smoothly sequence the actual crossings turned out to be real work - even on the easier to cross eastern half of Map 30. Most crossing were chaotic at best, in part caused by my inexperience; my opponent's stout defense; and also the by the relatively low crossing numbers. This combination made each move across the river a dangerous proposition. However, a series of bad die rolls by the single French mortar unit and weak OBA inevitably resulted in easy to master morale checks for the fast moving fascist invaders. Even without the concession, this scenario was simply another wipe out for the hapless French side and resulted in a decisive German victory with a final score of 21 to 9.