Played with Matt W in 90 minutes.

A small force of Italians have to survive against a much larger force of Ethiopians.

Matt launched the Ethiopians on the attack immediately. I made a critical mistake from the outset because I decided to fight (in favorable terrain) instead of just harassing the Ethiopians and fight a moving battle. We both thought initially (after 3 or 4 turns) than it would be a Ethiopian cakewalk.

But it's not, the Ethiopian force which starts on the board have only 2 leaders and their attack lost steam at some point. I should have put my force on the move at that point and force the Ethiopians to leave their disrupted and demoralized behind. I did not realize this in time and lost.

The Ethiopians also receives two more leaders with a several units as reinforcements. So a strategy for them may be to contain the Italians with their initial force and only proceed on the offensive when their reinforcements arrive. Time will be an issue in that case.

Ethiopian major victory.

I gave this one a "4" because I like that it is more subtle than it first appeared, with both sides having important decisions to make.

A very good 90-minute scenario in my book.