How do you play?

[Hugmenot]

Dean, you're not alone in thinking that coming up with strategies at the start to be the most difficult part of the game. I am still struggling setting up good defensive positions on anything but small rural assault scenarios and I have already played 63 scenarios!

Two things that may be of interest to you.

Winter Soldiers contain several small 1-2 board scenarios that can be played with Elsenborn Ridge components only. I bought the download after I played 1 or 2 Elsenborn Ridge scenarios as I wanted even shorter scenarios to learn the system. It was money well spent.

Skype matches are typically smaller scenarios as they take longer to play than ftf or solo. The thing is I (and I suspect most other players) write the locations of every unit after a session and put the components away until the next session (which can be one or two weeks away). Playing via Skype was much easier than I expected and it's fun to battle wits against someone who you know through PG-HQ!