041 Fire and Brimstone

Late July 1944. After Operation Cobra's successful bombing of the area outside of Saint Lo, most German survivors fled.
Even so, intense fighting continued as the Americans attempted to crack the now thin German front so that their armored division could sweep southwards and westwards.



041 Fire and Brimstone

Posting here some comments found online.
www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/37980/tid...1-player-comments-ba

• I'm a big fan of this one! The two board system makes for an interesting game and is a great way to simulate the off-board artillery.
• I found this one a little too favoring of the Axis and decided to replace the Flamethrower specialization with 2 home-brewed Forward Observers.
• For me this one seems to be the best scenerio from TOI: Designer Series. Great fun with using artillery cards every round.
• Proper use of anti-tank and flamethower specialization, and also mortar crew, is a key to winning a game for Axis.

Have just played this great scenario - solo - and was a walkover for the Axis. The vp building boards just seemed too much open terrain to get across that the amount of fire from the units and artillery just seems way too difficult for the Americans.
Not sure just substituting the flame thrower for forward observers would even the balance on this one?

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