Tobruk vs El Alamein

[Ricky B]

Hi Jan,

The EA'42 scenarios cover a wide variety of battles from Gazala through 2nd Alamein. As you say, 2nd Alamein is fairly static, huge amounts of mines, fairly short lines, etc. However, all the other battles, including Gazala at the start, are much more mobile and have wide open areas for maneuvering. So rest assured that this game will have plenty of maneuvering, more than any other game I think, outside of the final battles.

Tobruk is also open, but at least for the stock scenarios the forces might be considered to lack their historical punch. In my battles in it, the fighting seemed to break down into actions where small units penetrated gaps in the line to isolate units, then the other side penetrated gaps to isolate yours, on and on but with relatively light casualties considering all this movement. Which was okay up to a point but it was hard to reach a decisive point.

Rick