New Hill 112 Scenario

[Dan Caviness]

I'll tell you Ed...that book Malsom put me onto was what did it.
One of the best I've read.

It's got that feel you used to get watching Vic Morrows on COMBAT (you young'uns won't get that one)(but to be clear ED sure as Hell will...;), and the personal recollections make the entire book a joy to read.
Nothing like a Scotsman when it comes to dry wit.  The German recollections are equally poignant.
In the end you get the feeling both sides were sacrificed needlessly.  That feeling is incorrect IMO.

We Yanks, or at least this Yank, have always loved to bash Montgomery.  They even put it in Private Ryan for god's sake...but while this battle may not be recorded as a victory by historians what Monte and the British did at Hill 112 was directly responsible for the success of Operation Cobra.  Imagine if the 1st/2nd SS Corps were intact and viable units facing the Yanks at St Lo and it's environs.  War, sex and football are team sports.    

HIGHLY recommend it..."HILL 112  Cornerstone of the Normandy Campaign" by Major J. J. How, MC, who was there.

As designers you study the battle until it feels like you've got it.  The forces, timing, actions and consequences.
You sweat away in your basement having the time of your life (really...it's that good) doing your best to get it right, and it's good to hear feedback.

These days just about every player is a de-facto designer as the majority of us have been doing this for decades...