Enter Rommel

[Dog Soldier]

Situation at the end of Allied turn 7 (below) and end of game.


The last turn has a dramatic climax, a last ditch Axis assault on the Bir el Ginn oasis (blue oval) is successful and gives the Axis the 13+ points they needed for a draw!
I retreat my surviving recce units north to lick their wounds, while on the main road the Axis achieve a slight breakthrough isolating the Allied units on the coast, but they have run out of time to take advantage of this.

Conclusion
I felt my defense was solid and it was only the last gasp loss of the VP hex that snatched victory away from me, I thought my opponent played a great game, but possibly the sending of so many units to the south of the marsh prevented him from achieving a victory? Only further games of this scenario would prove that theory as in fact there are four clear attacking strategies for this little game.
This was a really fun scenario that went right to the wire just as any H2H scenario should do, if this AAR has whetted your appetite for a H2H scenario, why not check out the list of other scenarios available for download there?