Snuck in two scenarios. The first was BFP-80 Ratushniak's Sacrifice. Wanting to finish up this Kursk campaign my friend and I have been playing, I moved my German units with way too much impetuousness. I pushed my guys hard and got them caught in a lot of kill zones. Sad to say, I didn't really care. I wasn't playing to lose, but I definitely was playing to move on so I took chances I normally wouldn't. We were halfway through the scenario when my fourth tank went down. I congratulated my friend for a fine defense, apologized to him for not giving it my best effort, and cheered that we were one scenario closer to moving on.
And move on we did, to BFP-81 Iron Coffins. Yikes! The Russians were slaughtered! We got through a turn and a half, about 3/4 of my tanks had yet to fire in the turn 2 PFPh, and roughly a third of the Russian tanks were destroyed. My friend called it at that point. All he was basically doing was watching me roll dice over and over. ROAR has it 84% pro German (on only 13 playings) but my question is: how did the Russians get even two wins? Did all the German guns malfunction? Well, I suppose a large all tank scenario was the appropriate way to end this Kursk foray.
So I ended up wining nine, losing four, and one called due to major screw ups on both sides during this Kursk campaign. They ended up playing out pretty much as their stats show in ROAR with me winning seven of the nine the Germans were favored in, taking one that was even prior to our recorded play, and winning one the Russians were favored in. Overall, I'd say this campaign (the first two days, and one a day prior to, Operation Citadel) was just OK. It kind of started off exciting, but my enthusiasm seriously waned as each scenario seemed like basically a rehash of the previous one. Move through open ground and/or wheat fields, deal with mines/pillboxes/trenches/wire/HIP Guns, and exit (in most scenarios) forces. The problem wasn't the scenarios, though. It was in the way we played them. Since we always stick to the same sides, I was the Germans the whole time. My fatigue with Kursk could have been abated somewhat had we switched sides each scenario. But as my friend would say, "Sacrilege!" Now on to mainland Italy for another short campaign. At least my Germans won't have to face any mines now. Oh wait, the first scenario is AP26 Flea Circus. The Italians get 18 mine factors. sigh