Heraklion, scenario #1: The Thin Red Line

Most of the game was focused around the farm hex of hex number 0308, as it is worth 4 points and probably the game, there are some other points award for various things but Cheretis Farm is the key.

The Germans started the game in control of Cheretis Farms with a reduced PARA and one leader. As the larger British force enters the map, a few turns later, they expel the Germans but the Germans roll well on their reinforcements and they enter the map on turn three. The German then assault the farm and have an engineer units to boot. Meanwhile the British are busy existing the Matilda tank unit off the northern edge of the map for 2 points.

The Battle at the farm raged throughout the game, back and forth, pushed out, recover enter again. The British got lucky and were able to stay in the Farm hex but so did the Germans, so the Farm hex was contest and no points were awarded for it.

Point totals; The Germans got 5 points for eliminated British steps and one leader as well. The British got 1 point for eliminated German unit and also a leader as well but got the additional 2 points for exiting the Matilda. So with a final score of Germans 5 point to the British 3 points this game was a Draw.

Nothing special about this scenario but the fact it is a low unit count and only 18 turns so you can setup fast, play fast when you don’t have too much time, for this reason I gave it a 4 out of 5 but it should maybe be 3.5.