Montélimar: Anvil of Fate

monteacutelimar anvil fate august ally invade south france operation dragoon major general truscotts vi corps land mile stretch french coast objective isolate major german force defend western france link normandy force break beachhead southern beachhead secure day americans establish inland scatter occasionally strong resistance americans land french advance north rhone valley highway n mdash head quickly key rail road junction aixenprovence capture august th point general truscott activate provisional force call task force butler roughly regimentally sized unit race ahead main force objective capture main route escape german army task force set defensive position high ground north monteacutelimar hold relieve german throw task force butler race return germany large allied formation come south east join task force butlerin end side claim victory mdash ally maul enemy force german suffer casualty thousand soldier large amount heavy equipment unable escape ally suffer casualty german army away great opportunity lostmonteacutelimar anvil fate game company scale system game liberation series cover battle western europe game share similar system saipan bloody rock guam return glory offer completely different feel playsgame scalegame turn hour daytime hour nighttimehex meter yard mileunit companygame inventoryfive x quot color mapsheetssix dualside print countersheet quot countersone page monteacutelimar rulebookone page monteacutelimar scenario bookone sequence play chartone timedateweathervp charttwo crttec chartsfour divisional display chartstwo side diesolitaire playability highcomplexity level mediumhighplayer moreplaye time hour