Played in one session this AFV only battle has efficient Indian Stuarts taking on Hyderabad Valentines supported by Stag A/C's. This is a meeting engagement played over fairly open terrain. As both sides moved carefully onto the board it was clear that the Valentines were superior to the Indian Stuarts and even with inexperienced crews. On the second turn long range fire from the Indian side took out a rebel Stuart while a lucky shot from the Hyderabad's tanks took out a enemy tanks. The Hyderabad commander seemed to gain confidence and advanced to engage the Indian tanks. The Indian commander had a choice here whether to engage or maneuver in the hope of getting cross shots. The Indians chose to maneuver and split their forces to try to outflank the Hyderabad. This was in fact the turning point in the engagement as the Hyderabad player seeing his chance switched all his forces to attack these flanking units. These units now face 6 shots from the Stags plus as shot from a Valentine, once the smoke cleared there were the charred remains of 8 Indian Stuarts and the battle had now swung firmly in the rebels favour. In effect that was all she wrote, the Indians were unable to close with the now jubilant rebel tanks who were happy to hold their positions. This is a fun game and in fact would be an excellent into to tank tactics, as long as the Indian player is prepared to go for the win, I can see though a canny Indian player moving onto hills to the south of the board and waiting for the Hyderabad player to attack. In fact both players could play a similar game which would make for a bore draw,hence the lowish rating.