[jivemi]

Hi Ts4EVER. Just finished the first bocage scenario (campaign battle #5) with no problems getting to the next.

Got a marginal again--about 3,050 to 950. Captured all the VH's but lost six Shermans in the process. Still, even without losing even one there wouldn't have been enough for a decisive (8:1 ratio, I presume). Seems like I was also a bit careless with the groundpounders. I need to balance
my focus on mission accomplishment with more consideration for casualties--with only one(!) fix point some of my core guys won't be around for the next battle.

Truly a marvelous challenge. Your devilishly clever placement of AT guns once again caught me napping. Didn't expect a 7.5cm Pak40 to be placed out of the way (but on high terrain)in that dead zone in the south center (hex 43,48). It got two kills from distant side shots, one tank to the north and a second to the southeast part of the map, before I finally figured out what was going on. Serves me right for being too lazy about scouting the map for likely locations!

It's too bad Spww2 engineers can't blow holes in hedgerows, but you found a good solution with obstacle hexes. One little quibble: Some hexes that looked like hedgerows were in fact clear terrain, but since it helped save time I shouldn't be complaining, eh?

Definitely had a good time. As a former Spwaw devotee it's taking awhile to get used to a different (but more realistic IMHO) system, and scenarios like this make the learning process an enjoyable experience. Hope the next one's just as fun.

Thanks again for taking the time to make this campaign available. Have a great day.