Sword beach in N44

[Volcano Man]

Well, it depends on what you are talking about here. If you are talking about the standard game, which at one point I assumed you were, then I don't recall how the defenses are setup anymore. However, in the _Alt scenarios (which is sounds more like that is what you are referring to), the defense is *purposely* setup the way it is and very well playtested to make for a better (more historical overall advance rate) HTH campaign. It intentionally allows the Germans to form a defensive position to provide historical resistance, because almost everyone can tell you that in the original game (at the time) a human vs. human campaign was too easy as Allies, since you can rush inland far too quickly. I recall the original game where the Allies would break out of the beaches in the non-bocage east, and then are able to threaten Caen some weeks before what is historical. The Germans have no hope but to fall back to the bocage, which is totally a-historical behavior of course.

So, in that regard it is all intentional in the _Alt scenarios and tailored to the campaign. From there the situation is cut into all the smaller scenarios to allow people to practice the landings before playing the _Alt campaign. So with that in mind, they were never really edited to be "balanced" as small scenarios, although I am sure the VP levels were adjusted at various points.

But besides that, like I said, you are free to make your own changes. The _Alt scenarios for N44 are pretty much where I think they need to be after all these years. ;)