Author	treadasaurusrex
Method	Solo
Victor	Germany
Play Date	2022-10-05
Language	English
Scenario	DeRa040

This was a fun, 3-session, solo effort while in homebound isolation with Covid. This scenario is best played in solo mode, as the defending British side has very little chance of attaining a victory as the 22nd Armored Brigade is cursed with only flimsy Crusader I and Honey (M3 Stuart) tanks. Unusually for me, I played with the FOW rule in hopes of shortening this massacre in a fashion that would favor the Allied cause. As it turned out there were only 4 FOW-shortned turns in this solo play-through.

The action came in the form of a wonderful, swirling tank vs tank battle that was a blast to play as the Germans, but there was no joy for the Tommies in thier fast-but-fatally-flawed tanks. By the end of turn 26, there were no longer any British units for the Afrika Korps to fight, proving that, as written, the scenario is overlong at 36 turns. Only 4 steps of Germans light tanks were lost (all the Pz-IIs) while all 36 steps of British armor were eliminated in combat. The Tommies' artillery was effective as 4 steps of German INF, some trucks, and a pair of 50mm AT guns were eliminated by bombardment fire.