My first FTF play ever of PG! I met Rich at PGHQ and he was generous enough to help a noob like me. I took the Soviets on defense. I deployed most of my troops dug in in an arc in front of the town, using the entrenchments to give them cover to get back to the town when necessary . I placed the mines between the entrenchments. Rich advanced carefully at first, but later pressed his attack more quickly, due to our personal time constraints. He was having mixed results when we ran out of time. Because the result of a full play remained in doubt we called it a draw.