This was my first meeting engagement and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found it quite interesting to begin the action with no enemy positions that were already in place to either attack or avoid. There was also the horrific thrill to know that somewhere, just up there. you were going to run into them. But it was only at that meeting could a course of action be determined.

As the action progressed, though, I realized that this one may not be everyone’s cup of tea. If you’re looking for a “slam-bang shoot ‘em up from the first activation” scenario, this won’t be for you. For such a short action, it unfolds at its own stately pace. Also, the fast and maneuverable MTC units make it fairly easy for the Axis to meet its VC’s.

Yet it can have its moments. The Axis forces set their MTC units out on the flanks, Germany on the left, Romanian on the right. The Romanian MTC’s, all but surrounded, ran a gauntlet of fire from Soviet armor and SMG’s, adroitly maneuvering themselves and exiting the board with all units intact. There was the jawdroppingly accurate AT fire from the SdKfz-222’s and the AT guns that took out step after step of Soviet armor and both Soviet tank leaders. There was the wild determination of the Soviet SMG’s that led them to charge the Axis position on the hill that defined their right flank. If only the Soviets had a little more time and leadership-!

In short, the action is a little slow-paced, but really worth playing.