Started: A Route to Ribera or "A Bridge Too Far" - PzC 08 Sicily '43

NW of Agrigento, July 19th 1943: After an initial attempt, mainly on the US side, to drive the invaders into the sea, the Axis powers decided to withdraw toward Messina and give up all efforts to contain the Allied beachheads. This scenario examines what might have happened had the Italians put up more of a fight, and if the US had to pay for the ground it captured as the GIs drove up the coast. Use this scenario along with the STARTED.HLP file in order to learn not only the basics of play, but also the basics of the New Strategy | Operations rules, which give you more control over where reinforcements will arrive. This scenario features a small "end-run" by US Rangers, and the arrival by air of the tough 509th Parachute Battalion, veterans of the North African campaign, who were resting but available for a quick mission. [Size small] Designer Note: This is a hypothetical scenario for the purpose of illustrating the basic game rules as well as the new Strategy | Operations feature.