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RE: What game for beginners
With Eastern Front, you will get a game with mostly wide open terrain with a few large limiting terrain features. The defender will usually get the opportunity to fire at units advancing in the open.
As a second game, you may want a game which plays differently.
Saipan includes many tiny and small scenarios that can be played in 1 to 2 hours. Limiting terrain is plentiful and the defenders will not get many opportunities to fire at attackers in the open. Assaults will be the word of the day. Line of Sight may be difficult to assess for your first scenario or two because there is so little open ground.
1940: Fall of France includes a very good variety of small, medium, and large scenarios. The maps include many terrain features which makes it more difficult to set up the defenders and easier for the attacker to advance under some cover. Interesting Orders of Battle in my opinion. One drawback is the scenarios often include terrain mods (ignore hills on board XYZ for example) and some players do not like that.
Cassino '44 includes several small scenarios which can easily be played in less than 2 - 3 hours. Gorgeous maps with larger hexes. Many terrain features which will make play different than Eastern Front. Very well rated and often recommended for an introductory game (with a price caveat). Beside the high price, another drwaback is the maps are not geomorphic and thus it's extremely unlikely they will see further use in an expansion.
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