Author	treadasaurusrex (France, Morocco)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Germany
Participants	waynebaumber (AAR)
Play Date	2022-03-28
Language	English
Scenario	FaoF051

This was a 6-session, online play-though with the indomitable, Wayne Baumber, leading the eventually triumphant German side in an extremely hard-fought, and bloody clash. The final score was 90 for the Germans and 69 for the French side, resulting in a major German victory. The scenario was actually fun to play, even though we used the dreaded FOW rule which shortened 7 of our game turns. In fact, we found it to be a very well-balanced scenario, unlike most Fall of France actions.

My distinguished opponent benefited from a very long string of excellent morale checks rolls that more than compensated for the strong French OBA, especially in our the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th sessions. The German Commander's movement to contact was well-planned and implemented with a very strong infantry attack in the north and a weaker southern attack that stalled for most of the scenario at the Gembloux Cemetery hex. A series of minor German feints in the center of the map, managed to draw off a significant portion of the French OBA, thus saving multiple German units in the northern prong and making it easier for the German tanks to follow up a brutal series of close assaults in the north. The initial German Commander was killed by an artillery concentration in the 5th session. In spite of this leader decapitation, the Teutonic onslaught continued without pause and the tanks in northern prong proceeded to capture many town hexes in Gembloux with inconsequential armor losses (4 steps).