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Desert Rats #17 - The Tomb Of Sidi Rezegh Jungle Fighting #7 - Line Of Departure
Desert Rats #18 - A Pibroch's Skirl South Africa's War #5 - Irish Eyes
Doomed from the Start
Author Hugmenot (United States)
Method Face to Face
Victor North Korea, North Korea
Participants Matt W (AAR)
Play Date 2015-03-15
Language English
Scenario KWPP022

Played face-to-face against Matt W in 3.0 hours. We ended the game before the midway point so it's probably best to play 6-7 hours if you do a full play.

I believe this would be a very good scenario if the bulk of the North Koreans forces entered on board the Americans set up (maybe at least 5 hexes away from the middle board) and a small contingent could enter on the middle board. The large North Korean force would apply pressure on the Americans and the Americans would be forced to fight through a small blocking force to reach their lines. The victory conditions suggest this may have been the plan.

Unfortunately the North Korean entry conditions allow them to enter everything on the middle board and set up as a blocking force. The Americans are forced to punch through a huge blocking force to score some VPs but it's unclear to me why this is necessary as the American front is not under any pressure.

Punching through a hole through a much larger, higher morale force which also happens to have much better tanks is not an easy task. Let's just say I was not up to the task and resigned soon after it became clear that getting one unit off the map would be difficult. Not fun, at least from a competitive point of view.

I gave the scenario a 2 because I felt the Americans never had a chance. Probably more interesting solitaire.

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