The Romanians have to cross a river and exit 10 steps off the east edge. Soviets can force a draw by eliminating 10 Romanian steps. The Soviets covered the bridges, set up pickets and covered the roads. During the first turn the Romanians focused all their arty & OBA attacks on the lone Soviet HMG covering the north bridge and managed to Demoralize it. It failed to Recover and fled. The Romanians immediately captured the bridge. By the end of the second turn the Romanian cavalry "crossed the Rubicon". The Soviets formed a line and stretched it north to block the speedy horses. The cavalry galloped north and behind the fields. By the end of the 5th turn the Soviet OBA managed to halt three units but the remainder of the cavalry exited the board.

With the Romanian victory condition completed the Romanian player must avoid step losses! The remaining tattered cavalry is encircled by Soviet infantry. A certain loss of 6 steps!

So here is the "gamey" part. To avoid losses the Romanians retreat back across the river! Most managed to reach the safety deep in the woods or town but a few get snagged in assault. Things grind down but after 11 turns of a 36 turn scenario the Soviets managed to eliminate 10 Romanian steps and force a draw.

It seems unrealistic that the Romanian commander would retreat from a successful river crossing but it appeared to be the best way to avoid a draw. But the Soviet grossly under-guarded the bridges.

So broken? Or badly played?