A Legend Is Born DAR (Now completed)

[Crossroads]

CONCLUSION

What a fight! Playing this blind, having read the books, I was quite pessimistic about my chances for getting a result here. That, plus the fact I was doing this DAR as I went alone, ment I paid a lot of attention to this game, more than I would normally do.

For the German player, a lot of fun, sneaking through the fog towards Arracourt. The US artillery was the ever present shadow, always there.

Still, should the German player play this safe, I am not sure how the US player can get a result here... I seemed to have been able to seal off Arracourt just before the US reinforcements arrived, and also was able to fight them in a piecemeal fashion, always having my battlegroups together to punch hard when necessary.

I feel this scenario is not so balanced as the statistics would point out. I played Across The Seine before this, again a scenario that seems to be fairly balanced, and failed just miserably, so take these comments with a pinch of salt, as we say.

I do recommend playing this with AF=OFF, to nullify the forward facing Panthers a bit.

Also, I was a bit disappointed on the shallow rivers around Arracourt. Maybe the designer could throw out a versio where the rivers are deep, so that the bridges would play a more important role. There would be enough turns for the German player having enough time for a detour...

With these caveats, highly recommended!