Played this face-to-face against the up and coming MLaPanzer. This was the first FTF game of PG I played for a long time.

I set up the Italian defense with good inter-locking fields fire. The Americans hit my left flank and slowly and methodically climbed the Djebal and with their awesome firepower took apart the Italian defense piece by piece. The Italians achieved none of their VCs. Although the Italians got effect with their shots, the US soldier just shrugged them off and kept coming.

I think the VCs are upside down in this one. It should be the US that has to achieve the 40 meter hill hexes and have to control all of them to win; this and a simple casualty cap on the Americans would work. The preventing the crossing of he road VC is nearly impossible for the Italians to achieve with the size of the US force. But if the US has to take all the 40 meter hexes to win, this one would be a nail biter.