Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Germany
Play Date	2022-12-17
Language	English
Scenario	DeRa014

On the surface this looks like another poor scenario with the Brits taking on a combined arms force with nothing but armor. It actually does play differently, which made it somewhat interesting.

Brits start with a long, thin screen of Stuarts opposing entering German armor. Similar to the past, there are IIs, IIIs, and IVs. The IIs hide in the corner while the IIIs and IVs advance into the Stuarts. The Stuarts immediately fall back and try to keep their gaps. The hope is that they can establish the flanking shots for crossfire once their reinforcements come in.

The Stuarts keep dancing, and the Germans keep chasing. I may have been a bit overconfident in the German armor after the last few scenarios, and drove the Stuarts right up to the edge of the map, well ahead of their reinforcing infantry support. The fleeing rabbits even spread the Germans out a bit, as I said, I played to aggressive. Then they hit their reinforcement roll.

Bad as they may be, 32 steps of armor surging onto the board is a lot more than you realize until it is there :). Brits are able to force their way in and cause chaos on the western board through sheer numbers. They end up knocking out most of the IIIs and half of the IVs before the German fall back to their infantry cover. As night begins to fall it ends up in a stalemate, as the Brits have enough tanks to scare off the German armor, but still cant move the infantry bodies off the board.

If the VCs only measured the steps, with Germans counting double, this would be pretty fun and balanced. Unfortunately the Brits also must clear all Germans from the board, so while both hit their step loss requirements, it ends in a German victory due to INF bodies.