How do i crack this nut? (Bulge '44 Getting Started Scenerio)

[tonyhernandez]

Here's what i'm looking at. Historically, the Golden Lions lose but as the Axis player i get DESTROYED. And this is just the Getting Started scenario!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n3xqvh286rle9r...er183&dl=0

I put the four VPs in stars (the top left gives you VPs if you leave the board). The blue line is where the image at the end of this message ends, the historical way.

I also have the Fixed Units on as you can see by the yellow squares.

My inclination is to go around the Schnee Eifel even though history says to go straight at it.

How do you beat this scenario? One of the trickiest things is moving then setting up artillery in a timely manner. 14 turns is QUICK. I can't even imagine having one unit reach Amel (Ambleve)!

WHAT DO I DO?!


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jg1bsnobn...ee79y&dl=0

The historic advance took four days to get to the positions shown in your reference, and three days to get to the edge of the game map.

The historic map also suggests that they went around the ridge, following the roads, and not right through the ridge.

This would be a better game approach, as well. I played a quick and sloppy game against the A/I just now, and focused on causing casualties more than on taking objectives, and I got a major win before end game.

Wow! I played my fifth game and went classic pincer move. i have had tanks and as of yesterday, troops exit space 0,1. Nada. All right. Gonna fire it up now and stop feeding myself to the wood chipper for VPs.

I’ll let you know how it goes!