Has anyone had success with RV's 2nd training scenario?

[FroBodine]

Hey congratulations! I tried the scenario twice more myself. I quickly surrendered the first time after my leader with the radio got blown up in that hex along with another leader and a good number of men to the minefield. The second time I got a major victory with 92 points.

I am glad you called attention to that scenario. As you guessed, I would have bypassed it for the other scenarios thinking that I didn't need a bootcamp. However, Oz (the designer) makes a mean bootcamp worthy of gnarled veterans. : )

You have got to be kidding me with this scenario! It is brutal!

I've played about eight times now, and the best I've managed to score is 20 points. I have secured one of the two objectives one time. Usually I get up the hill with my squads down to 3-5 men, and the fortified locations are still almost maxed. It takes me multiple assaults before I even start reducing their men. Then time runs out.

How the heck can you get up the hill fast enough on the ground, moving one space at a time, rallying pinned units who then can't move for the rest of the turn even though they have full movement remaining, and still have enough turns remaining to assault both locations?

This is a brutally tough mission. Or maybe I just still majorly suck and need to work on my skills. But, I have had better success with the other training missions. This one is just a killer, but I WANT to beat it! :o)

And that brings up another of my questions? How come newly rallied units cannot move at all even though they have plenty of movement points remaining?

Thanks!
-=Jeff