Played in a six hour single session against Daniel (Hugmenot) this scenario has Italian colonial troops trying to wrest control of a village from the Ethiopians. The problem for the Italians is the first attack is launched by low morale troops with lower firepower and range then the Ethiopian units they are attacking. The second wave enters more than three hours later these are FAN troops well supported by MG, they though have to enter from the south and cross a major river at the single ford. Have chosen sides by random selection, Daniel was unlucky to get the Italian side, however he bravely marched on the board in two groups, one group was headed for the ford in order to secure it for the reinforcements while the second larger group massed to the north of the village. In my opinion the Ethiopians can not just sit in their dug outs but have to try and inflict casualties on the BAN units and take the ford and dig in on the river bank to hold off the second and stronger Italian attack. The counter attack went well and and BAN force with the Lancia A/Car were surrounded and wiped out before the Italian reinforcements could enter the fray. Meanwhile in the north an interesting cat and mouse game was carried out as the BAN units tried to sneak into the now undefended village while not having to fight the Ethiopian troops, in fact due to some excellent marksmanship from the Imperial troops (lucky die rolls) the BAN lost several steps without stretching the defense in any way. When finally the Italian reinforcements arrived on cue, they quickly forced the ford but the dug in defending units made them pay a heavy price, seeing his colonial troops morale badly shaken the Italian commander wisely called off the attack leaving the victorious Ethiopians still in control of the village and it environs. An enjoyable if some what lopsided battle, not sure if the Italians can win against an opponent who is prepared to counter attack from the word go. Daniel had some very average die rolls during the game which certainly did not help his cause.