I played Operation Cyclone Scenario 1 –Standing on the beach.

I (Dan) was the allies with the following units:
2x BBQ Squads
Bazooka Joe with The Gunners
Rosie with the Gunners
Bot Hunters
2x Recon Boys
2x Pounders
Steel Rain

Up against (Jay) the axis with the following units coming on each turn:
Turn 1 Ludwig
Turn 2 Ludwig
Turn 3 Lothar
Turn 4 Sigrid Von Thaler and Laser Grenadiers
Turn 5 Manfred and Recon Grenadiers
Turn 6 Panzer Killers
Turn 7 Laser Grenadiers
Turn 8 Luther

Well the game started with me moving all my units across the board as fast as I could. I didn’t think Jay stood a chance. I had all these units and he was just receiving what seemed like not very many units. It did not help me that three hexes from the defenders side of the board was a wall with two entries. I could not use my artillery or the long range of my weapons very much. But I would still take out units when I could. The goal I had to accomplish was have one of my units end up on his reinforcement deployment zone. Piece of cake, well so I thought.
Below I listed the turns. I am sure it is hard to follow without seeing a map each turn, but I didn’t take pictures.

• Turn 1 Axis brings a Ludwig onto the playing field.
o Allies bring 2x BBQ squads onto the playing field moving them three spaces, Bazooka Joe with The Gunners, Rosie with the Gunners, Bot Hunters and 2x Recon Boys all moving two spaces.
• Turn 2 Axis move Ludwig one space firing on Bazooka Joe and the Gunners causing one hit on Joe, Second Ludwig moves two spaces onto the playing field.
o Allies move all squad’s two spaces, BBQ squads three spaces, four squads end in cover. Steel Rain arrives, moving two spaces, Pounder moves onto playing field firing at a Ludwig causing four hits, eliminating a Ludwig. Second Pounder moves onto board firing on the other Ludwig causing one point of damage.
• Turn 3 Axis fires sustained with Ludwig at Pounder causing four hits, eliminating a Pounder. Lothar moves two spaces onto the playing field.
o Allies move 2x BBQ 3 spaces bringing them up against the wall. Pounder shoots sustained at Ludwig hitting five times, eliminating Ludwig. The remaining squads move two spaces. Steel Rain moves two spaces.
• Turn 4 Allies move BBQ next to Lothar missing with the flamethrower, but taking the Lothar out with five satchel charges. All others move up two spaces. BBQ squad moves three spaces and is in the back row (which is the mission).
o Axis Sigrid Von Thaler and Laser Grenadiers move on to the playing field next to the BBQ squad. They attack the squad eliminating the BBQ squad with the first roll of hits.
• Turn 5 Allies move BBQ next to the Laser Grenadiers and Von Thaler. One hit with flamethrower, four hits with the shotguns, (out of 15 dice), and one hit with the knives. Axis fight back with knives causing three hits. Everyone else moves two spaces forward.
o Axis player attacks Joe and the gunners with the remaining laser grenadiers and Von Thaler, with a little Berserk action causing four hits, then attacks the adjacent BBQ with knives killing both of them, but losing one Grenadier. Manfred and Recon Grenadiers move one space on to the playing field attacking Joe and the Gunners with everything including the panzerfausts eliminating Joe and the Gunners.
• Turn 6 Axis Manfred and Recon attack Rosie and The Gunners with sustained fire causing four casualties. Von Thaler and Laser Grenadiers move one space and attack Rosie and The Gunners causing one casualty. Panzer Killers move two spaces onto the playing field.
o Allies have Rosie and the Gunners attack Von Thaler and Laser Grenadiers causing two casualties eliminating the Laser Grenadiers, but leaving Von Thaler. Recon Boys move up one then attack Von Thaler eliminating Thaler. Pounder moves one hex and attacks Manfred and Recon causing two casualties. That was with the 17pdr, .50cal and .30cal. Bot Hunters move forward one space and attack Panzer Killers causing one casualty followed by another casualty to the Panzer Killers and two casualties to the Bot Hunters in the knife attack.
• Turn 7 Axis have Manfred and Recon assault move and attack Recon Boys hitting seven times eliminating the Recon Boys. Then attack the Pounder with four panzerfausts hitting twice, eliminating the Pounder. Panzer Killers attack the Bot Hunters with sustained causing one casualty. Then follow up killing the last two with knives but loses one Panzer killer to the knife attack. Laser Grenadiers move on to the board and attack The Recon Boys causing two casualties.
o Allies have Rosie and the Gunners attack Manfred and Recon causing three hits. Then attack with knives eliminating two Gunners and one Recon. Recon Boys move one space and attack the Panzer Killers causing one casualty. The knife attack eliminated one Recon Boy and one Panzer Killer. Steel Rain finally gets into the action. Moves one space attacks Laser Grenadiers with Petard Mortar causing two casualties followed by the 4.2 Rocket with four hits eliminating the squad.
• Turn 8 Allies go first but it looks bleak. Recon Boys move two, to try and secure the win. Steel rain moves two spaces and Rosie and the Gunners attack Manfred and the Recon squad eliminating one unit. In the knife attack both sides lose one unit eliminating the Gunners and the Recon squad.
o Axis has Panzer killer attack the Recon Boys killing one. Manfred attacks Rosie killing her. Luther arrives on the board if it can kill the remaining one member of the Recon Boys the Axis win. First roll on the 5cm Flak 43 kills the Recon boy with two hits.

Game over Axis win.

All that remained:

Axis: Manfred
Luther
One member of Panzer Killer Squad
Allies: Steel Rain

The game was very close and fun. I really thought I had it made but my units just started to disappear. Can’t wait to play scenario 2.