THE FINAL RESULTS!

Initial Analysis

Looking at the results of HUMAN WAVE 2020 (virtual), some interesting stats emerged:

• Allies won 21 matches and the Axis won 19
• Attackers won 21 matches and the Defenders won 19
• Allies and Axis both were attacker in 20 matches each!
• As the Attacker, the Allies won 11 and lost 9
• As the Attacker, the Axis won 10 and lost 10

In other words, the play was very evenly balanced!

Main Tournament Scenarios

Round 1: Poor Bloody Infantry

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
105	Going to Church	France ‘44	26/42 GE	88/63 CA	Meyer
TAC43	Massacre in Paradise	France ‘40	61/55 GB	61/55 GB	Naud
SP4	Point 270	Italy ‘43	3/4 GE	39/24 GE	Sherry
AP134	Death Takes a Toll	France ’44, DASL	1/0 GE	1/0 GE	Shelling

Round 2: Brazen Chariots

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
AP141	Currie’s Favor	France ‘44	3/3	41/35 GE	Shelling
J161	Riding to the Rescue	France ‘40	7/6 GE	20/29 GE	Bays
OA21	Gunter Strikes Back	Italy ‘43	3/4 GB	10/19 GE	Rogers	Play with British balance?
J43	3rd RTR in the Rain	France ‘40	27/23 GB	162/154 GE	Johns

Round 3: Special Branch

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
93	Tavronitis Bridge	Crete ‘41	13/3 GE	30/26 NZ	Swann
YASL7	Making a Break for It	Holland ‘44	2/1 GB	19/18 GB	Povey
J140	All Down the Line	Holland ‘44	13/9 GB	61/44 GB	Welley	Play with GE balance?
#6	Flames on the Borders	Holland ‘44	0/0	1/1	Kelln
WO30	As Luck Would Have It	France ‘44	3/7 GB	16/13 GE	Shelling

Round 4: Colonials and Proxies

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
A119	Showdown in Syria	Syria ’41. Mixed Indian and Free French vs Vichy French	2/1 Vichy	15/18 GB	Meyer
TAC44	Lebanese Drama	Lebanon ’41; GB & AUS vs Vichy French	0/0	24/19 GB	Naud & Béchennec
A89	First Day of Diadem	German vs Free French	4/2 GE	24/25 GE	Unknown

Starter Kit Scenarios

Round 1

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
S5	Clearing Colleville
S19	Purple Heart Lane				Youse
S31	Going to New York				Dunn

Round 2

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
S4	Welcome Back				Argent
S20	Joseph 351				Dunn
	Putot en Bessin				Martin

Round 3

Number	Name	Comments	Rating		Author	Notes
			ASL Scenario Archive	ROAR
S13	Priority Target				Youse
S15	Hammer to the Teeth				Shelling
S17	A Ridge Too Far				Hickman

Abbreviation Key:

Rating: wins by each side; the side with the most wins is indicated by the country code.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_country_codes

GE: Germany

CA: Canada

GB: Great Britain

Optional Scenarios

Players may select one of these scenarios to replace a scenario in the round by mutual agreement.

MANY THANKS TO SLITHERINE!

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