Across The Seine DAR

[Don Fox]

CO-DESIGNER'S COMMENTS:

I'm delighted to see the during-action reports in this scenario! It was a real pleasure working with Huib on the design.

A real challenge in the deisgn was recreating the terrain west of Troyes. The real nature of the area is that of a gentle slope, which would provide a relatively unobstructed view from the initial American positions all the way to the edge of the city. Unfortunately, that effect cannot be achieved within the map engine, if one is still seeking to keep the factual elevations across the only map. The only way around it would have been to have made the entire area west of the city flat, and that would have not been an acceptable compromise.

As you can see in the early part of the game, the Germans have been able to make take advantage of the gradient intervals in the terrain. Neverthless, the flavor so far is very mcuh like the actual battle. Generals, (or Captains, in this case!), carry on! I look forward to reading more.