Once war was declared, Italy looked to expand its empire in East Africa by invading from Ethiopia northwards into British Somaliland. At the same time, Italian forces would drive west into the Sudan and south into Kenya and attempt to take the border posts at Gallabat and Moyale.
Attacker: Italian (11th "Monteferato" Blackshirt Legion, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale)
Defender: British (No. 3 Company, Eastern Arab Corps, Sudan Defence Force)
A tale of two sets of dice, where Rootin's wasn't paying off and mine were taking advantage of the lack of TEM/Cover. I think this scenario could be improved with some minor changes, like not forcing the Italian MMG to come in DM'ed. Otherwise, not too bad of a scenario, but it does punish the Italians for the poor squad design that they suffer through.
2026-06-19
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
British win
2.5 hrs
2026-06-19
(D) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
British win
2.5 hrs
2025-01-21
(D) Diane Spangler
vs
Lawrence Spangler
D
Italian win
1.5 hrs
2024-03-09
(A) Tuomo Lukkari
vs
Mikko Lukkari
British win
[Imported from ROAR]
2022-03-06
(D) Andy Bagley
vs
John Kennedy
Italian win
This scenario has second-line (hence they can cower!) British defending a fort, and is pretty-much a fixed defence with few options and little movement. My opponent chose what I think is probably the best strategy, with attacks from North and South complemented by a small force (with the mortars) coming in from the east. This gives the British a significant problem in that any units that break outside the fort may be prevented from routing by a LOS to some Italians the other side of the map.
I lost a couple of squads in that way, and was further hindered by my guys repeatedly cowering and – most serious of all – by Italian 6-morale squads that kept on passing MCs when fired on! So my shots at the advancing attackers were ineffective, and by Turn 3 they were at the gates of the fort.
Then came a crucial DR, the climax of the game. Could my 8-1 leader, stacked with two squads and a MMG, pass a 1 MC? If he could, and the squads made it, I’d have a 24 +1 shot against the adjacent Italians, and might be able to save the situation. So he rolls……..a 12! The squads broke too, and it was all over. Quite an interesting scenario, but one I’m unlikely to play more than once.
2021-12-12
(A) nathan wegener
vs
Doug Kirk
British win
Attacked three sides which worked well but got diced badly.
Fun situation for it’s size.
2021-11-14
(D) Rob MacGinley
vs
Tom Arnold
Italian win
Very unique - defending a special fort in the desert
Attacking from both sides the Italians wore the Brits down and down
Eventually with nowhere to go they surrendered
Straight out of the "French Foreign Legion" movies
2021-10-20
(A) Richard Jenulis
vs
Tycho Granville
British win
The British snipper won the Victoria Cross in this scenario. The Italians came in from three sides. Splitting the attack was not effective. The Italians made it up to the building, but never entered the door. Not much for the British to do except hold position and shoot.
2021-10-02
(D) Michal Sedlacko
vs
David Soucek
British win
[Imported from ROAR]
2021-09-30
(D) Indy Lagu
vs
Rob Oler
Italian win
Don't forget the Alamo! Or whatever the British equivalent is.
The Brits have to defend against 18 Italian squads coming from as many as three sides.
Rob chose two adjacent sides and planned to merge his two forces into an unstoppable mass.
It worked.
The Italian has to have a high personal morale as they take a lot of fire as they are
crossing open ground. I tried to get a pinned Italian squad in CC with two concealed squads
and the 8-1. I didn't get ambush, nor did I kill the Italian. That turned out to be a disastrous
gamble.
