AAR:

• Feb 1942 - Right away, the Allies box Axis in El Agheila, forcing the Germans and Italians to push them out
• Mar 1942 - A new front is created along the highway up to Benghazi, but the Axis are still trapped with their backs to the Gulf of Sirte
• Apr 1942 - New strategy. Axis goes south.
• May 1942 - Axis masses several units in the Jalo Oasis.
• Jun 1942 - Nothing happens. Nothing happens. And then boom. Axis rushes out from behind Sabkha El Jeneinen to encircle the Allies in the west! The Allies are routed, OOS, and destroyed.
• Jul 1942 - Axis screws up and leaves all three of their recon units in the middle of nowhere.
• Aug 1942 - Allies consolidates around Tobruk. Axis takes Benghazi. Axis hugs the highway next to the Gulf of Sirte
• Sep 1942 - Allies create a front west of Tobruk. Axis moves a bunch of units to the Jalo Oasis again
• Oct 1942 - More maneuvering, but no major moves.
• Nov 1942 - Allies move around Jebel el Akhdar, while Axis creates a long supply chain on the trail from Jalo Oasis to Jarabub Oasis. And then, a sharp turn northeast! Cutting off supply lines again. And in a final move, three Axis units rush to and lay siege to Tobruk.

Thank you to Tor at rally-the-troops.com for implementing this digital version of “Rommel in the Desert” (1982) designed by Craig Besinque, published by Columbia Games.