A view of the Sidi Rezegh battlefield, with the town of that name at the road intersection at bottom right and the airfield at top left. The British must hold the escarpment that runs through the center of the table (left to right).	Another view of the battlefield, showing the length of the escarpment held by the British. The corner at lower right would become the focus of the German attack. The brown road-like lines represent shallow wadis (dry stream beds).	British commanders (the CinC is wearing red and black) prepare their defensive plan.	The German CinC (light blue shirt) divvies up his units to patient commanders. A plan of attack is born.	The opening German move consisted of a full attack on the right flank, sending dismounted motor infantry up the sloping pass to gain the heights of the escarpment.
A German command group, with staff radio truck is preceded by a couple of recon motorcycle patrols. (If these latter look suspiciously like Italian Bersaglieri to you, you might consider getting an eye exam. They're German, through-and-through. Honest.)	German motor infantry storm the pass. Note the mass of truck-towed support weapons and elements of the MMG battalion moving to take Sidi Rezegh to protect the left flank.	British cruiser tanks (A15 Crusader I and A13 cruiser) materialize out of the desert on the top of the escarpment to threaten the enemy infantry. They are taken under artillery fire immediately.	An unidentified British unit on a rise guarding the edge of the escarpment takes a generous helping of German artillery. Is is a real unit, or a fake?	German commanders fine-tune their handiwork.
In response to the appearance of British armor, trucks tow 50mm anti-tank guns (center right) up the pass to wreak havoc. Note the support company at upper right being pounde by enemy 25-pounders.	A British infantry company (with Bren Carrier) is discovered, straddling the road to the airport. The men slide lower in their sangars as fire from two German artillery battalions hammers their position.	German motor infantry and recon motorcycles climb to the top of the escarpment.	Two more British tank companies of 7th Armoured Brigade break cover. The headquarters squadron (right) has an A10 cruiser and A9 CS tank. The other squadron is equipped with an A15 Crusader I and an A13.	A panzer battalion drives straight up the pass to engage the enemy armor. The front company contains two Panzer IV F2's and one Panzer II F. The next company behind is a mix of Panzer II F, Panzer III G, and Panzer III H.
A third panzer company follows the advance, armed with Panzer II, Panzer III G and Panzer III H. The infantry is much relieved to see the armor helping out.	More forces from the arriving Kampfgruppe drive to the road to follow the tanks. We see a couple of towed ordnance on the road (including a dreaded 88mm Flak gun, center), a company of motor engineers (top left), and the headquarters company (top right).	The panzer battalion headquarters company, with a recon Panzer II F and a command Panzer III BefWg (actually only armed with a single MG and a wooden cannon to camouflage its purpose).	German motor infantry are still held up by the doughty enemy infantry in sangars. The punishing artillery barrages continue, causing increasing damage each turn.	A lunch break for the Allied commanders. Note the pool of blood smeared on the side plate, bottom left.
A quick beer refreshes more than one German officer. One eccentric fellow believes he is massaging a large, invisible rabbit named Helmut.	Back to the game after lunch. We are half way through, and already their faces are grim.	The carnage is already beginning to grow on the tabletop. Columns of black smoke are becoming more common.	This t-shirt is apt, as the named unit is precisely the force defending British territory today.	The German attack has taken some serious losses, as you can see from the depleted companies taking cover in the rugged wadi. Still, many enemy tanks (upper right) are burning, so not all is dire.
German machine-gun companies begin to spread out across the escarpment as the next panzer company takes enemy fire.	A view of the follow-up German units attempting to make it up the pass. Note the heavy enemy 25-pounder artillery fire in the center of the mass, making forward movement very hazardous.	The engineer company is sent to cover the German left flank. Here they are just about to disembark into a wadi beside the main road.	The escarpment is littered with brewed-up British vehicles, salted with some wrecked German equipment.	Dessert! (Not desert--although this delicious home-made cheesecake is a nice mixture of browns and yellows, just like Sidi Rezegh.)
German 50mm anti-tank guns (center) are finally in position to deal with any enemy armor that might show up.	And sure enough, a couple of British tank regiments (depleted battalion-sized units) motor onto the table. A plucky German infantry company assaults a squadron of two A15 Crusader tanks, and takes a hammering for its trouble.	The remnants of the German tank battalion fight their way forward in a hail of 2-pounder shot. The two front tanks are the Panzer III H with the extra frontal armor, which explains their survival.	The panzer regiment command tank and staff halftrack (foreground) support the panzer advance.	British A15 Crusader I tanks top a rise and bring the enemy armor under fire.
German machine-gun troops (bottom) bring another enemy infantry company in sangars under fire as the engineer company moves up the wadi towards the escarpment edge.	The German engineers change the direction of their advance to stop an enemy infantry company from dashing deep into the German left flank. The enemy (not pictured) were roughly handled by the MMGs behind these engineers, and no penetration was made.	A full view of the near-complete destruction of the armor of both sides. Vehicles burn hither and thither, and the game master almost ran out of black smoke columns. A Valhalla moment.	One of a number of German towed guns hides in a wadi. Note the 50mm guns (top center) under artillery fire, and the towed 88mm flak gun on a rise (top right) that was whisked into position only to be blasted out of existence.	A few scattered British Crusaders are dispatched by superior gunnery from surviving Panzer III's and long-range fire from the 50mm anti-tank guns.
The British brigade headquarters is nailed by enemy artillery, and loses its staff radio truck.	The British support group command unit (top right) is hit by machine-gun fire from the staff radio halftrack. The German were throwing every unit into the breach to eke out a victory. But a costly one.	This madness that infects the souls of men and trammels righteousness to disgorge dark storms of angsty-wangsty...um, well, what a swell bunch of gamers. They wouldn't hurt a fly, but put a cheesecake in front of 'em and you'll have a gourmet massacre!