I have played this is the IE version and have found it to be very difficult to win as the Germans if the second group ends up being destroyed before the game starts (a 2/3 chance). When I rolled a 3 and saw these units go up in smoke I felt that the game was over before it started. But what the heck, I'm in Florida on business, can't travel for a couple days due to a leg problem so I figured I'd give it a shot anyhow.

Joke's on me, the Germans won!

They won the initiative on the first turn and immediately ran a platoon next to 0509 (one of their objectives along with 0410). They were hoping desperately to win the second initiative roll and again I thought the game was over when the Americans assaulted the Germans on turn three and had destroyed the aggressive platoon and its leaders. This left the Germans with a single platoon of Grenadiers in one of the American objective towns. Since the Americans had no losses the win had to be in place.

I advanced boldly towards the Germans but lost a step to opportunity fire. In the ensuing assault on the town the Americans proceeded to lose three more steps and could not muster anything better than an attack on the "1" column on the final turn. Needless to say, the Americans lost.

Due to the surprise of the scenario results I give this a "3".