This 2-session, face-to-face play-through featured two opponents, both of whom have mothers born in South America! I played the Peruvians against a steadfast, rookie player -- who owns the other 2 games and the associated maps needed for this scenario. As others have noted, this is a fun, quick scenario to play, in which the Ecuadorians must hold a single town hex or the bridge hex to win. The Peruvian side must take all the town hexes north north of the river and also control the key bridge, while also eliminating more steps than lost. Though the Peruvians had the much stronger force and better morale -- inflicting more step losses than they absorbed in the time allotted proved to be a tall order.

As others have reported, a significant delay was caused by the well-positioned Ecuadorian 75/97 gun in the Southern town near the bridge. Once this artillery piece and the surrounding garrison were taken in close assault, my combined arms team was able to make great progress until the Ecuadorian police reinforcements showed up on Turn 4. At that point, fierce fighting erupted around the northern town. In a rather slow slog, superior Peruvian combined arms, OBA and air support came into play, counteracting my lousy dice rolls, and allowed a close approximation of the results of the actual battle. All Peruvian objectives were achieved by the end of Turn 13 and my worthy, slightly-less-experienced, opponent conceded a victory for Peru at that time.