A quick and small scenario. The Americans set up at the lock awaiting the Germans. Because of the swamp, there is no long range fire and slow movemewnt, so the game starts slowly as the Germans advance towards the objective. The Germans split into two forces, one to hold the attention of the defenders and one to circle around across the river and approach the defenders from the rear. As the Germans advance to contact, the Americans fire and with the adjacent bonus and swamp column shift, the Americans inflict many morale checks. The Germans low morale of 7 coninually results in disrupted and demoralized attackers. The flanking German force runs into the same situation. The Germans regroup to try again, but the American causes the same result. This prevents the Germans from dislodging the defenders, and the Americans win!

The Germans started strong on this one, knocking out a step of the paratroopers' machine gun platoon on consecutive demoralizations. After that it was all the other way. The Americans disrupted and demoralized the attacking Germans, preventing them from getting any further results. The Americans had trouble inflicting any step losses, largely because the Germans kept fleeing out of range.

After a step loss and two of the three German leaders deserting due to compound demoralization, they did manage to take out the other machine gun step on a lucky shot (snake-eyes on the '7' column).

One more German step loss and the Americans called for them to surrender, which they did with two turns left. The American position was never seriously threatened.

In this scenario a large group of Germans is charged with the task of pushing the Americans out of the way so that they can continue to run away from the beach landings. They outnumber the defenders 2-1 but must advance through swampy areas. The "good" thing is that they start out quite close.

The Americans start out with a firebase in advance of the lock with the HMG and two platoons of paratroopers. The idea here is that, if the Germans get too close they can always fall back into the lock before it gets assaulted.

Of course a perfect strategy never exists. The Germans move forward and the Opportunity Fire is not very effective. The Germans then assault the firebase in order to stop the Americans from firing at the two separate groups passing by to attack the lock. As they get past the firebase, the Americans at the lock cause some losses to the advancing Germans and disrupt their advance. The German assault on the firebase is not very successful but does not cause much damage to the attackers.

On the next turn the Americans completely forget their preferred approach as the Germans assault the firebase again, suffer losses and become completely demoralized. The Americans, vastly encouraged ignore the strategy and counterattack the German force, completely eliminating two units and leaving the other with the need to recover from demoralization. The rest of the German force converges on the lock assault but lacks the force to force its loss.

The following turn the Americans request surrender and are successful. If the request was not accepted the Americans would have pulled the machine gun into the lock hex and pursued assault against the only remaining German reserves for the lock assault.

This one is definitely stacked against the Germans. Even with a 9-1-2 major the Germans were unable to hold themselves together. I give it a "2".

A very quick small scenario with a large but fragile German force attempting to escape through an American defensive position. Right up front, not a single arty shot from either side rolled anything but a 6, 7, or 8, so arty was never an effect. Everything in this play was up close and personal.

The Americans put their Capt, the HMG, and one Para in front of the victory hex, flanking each side with one para, and a half step of Para with the Col and 1Lt in the victory hex. The Germans bum rush the American position. The Americans deal death with close range direct fire, and wipe out three steps of Grens and smack the morale of a couple HMG and Grens units, as well as breaking the German Lt with a starting morale of 6. The German Maj, 9-2-1, gathers up what is around him and jumps the front American position while sending some flanking units against the American right. The American right reinforces with the 1Lt and half step, holds well, and eventually chases down and kills the German Lt and another step of Grens, while a full Gren breaks and retreats. The American left forces a slow retreat of what Germans are on that side, but the German Capt keeps things tidy.

The center assault starts out well for the Germans, killing two American steps while suffering the same. But as the American flanks clear, in come reinforcing Paras. It's too much for the Germans. Despite taking out another American step (three of five required for victory), the total German losses from assaults and direct fire total four units, with the loss of the Lt as well, and one demoralized Gren, means the American demand for surrender only requires a four or higher. The Germans surrender for an American victory.

Since the scenario was only half over, I played through with the assumption that surrender rule did not exist. At that point both sides had had enough and total morale failures on both sides left everything a shambles, to include an American 1Lt desertion. In the end, the Americans fled with half an HMG and half a Para, while the Germans were down to 2 Paras, 1.5 HMG, and the mortars. Only the mortars were in good order.

The scenario really wasn't that bad for what it was, but it just wasn't dynamic enough to catch my interest. The surrender rule is really the Americans' best hope for victory, but that means the scenario largely rests on a single die roll. Not my cup of tea. With poor morale even the 9-2-1 Maj couldn't hold the Germans together. Interesting little diversion, but it felt more like a tower defense game than a PG scenario.