Monte Cassino March, 1944. The third battle of Monte Cassino consisted of bitter street fighting in which gains were measured in rooms instead of blocks. Whole divisions had to settle for the clearing of a single house as the prize for their days work - accomplished at a terrible cost. Towering above them, assualts were launched and repulsed by both sides across the rocky slopes of Monte Cassino. And on castle hill,a medeival siege was reinacted with machineguns and mortars replacing catapults and arrows as German paratroopers stormed the fuedal castle. Tanks, restricted by the rubble and the mountain, proved decisive but could only be brought to bear only with the greatest difficulty. Artillery and machine guns ruled the battlefield. It was indeed a return to the horrors of The Great War. Designers notes: I started this scenario about 6 months ago and had put it off many times as well as restarting it because of SP errors - Grr. I used the great map from the Avalon Hill board game "Thunder at Cassino" for reference.Any comments, please E-mail me at RCS@kermode.net Enjoy! Troy Ritter aka RitterKrutz
