I might as well sound off too...Both Fionn and Martin have played pretty well and made some serious mistakes, but aking into account fog-of-war...
It seemed to me that early on Martin concentrated too much on the important point of locating his teams with good fields of fire, apparently forgetting completely to think about how they were going to retreat. Fionn earlyon over-estimated the ability of comand and control in his plans in the town, which somehow inevitably fell apart when his units tried to regroup.
However it seems to me that Fionn, despite one or two serious mistakes (the Puma...) and some extreme bad luck (the airplane...) is playing better than Martin, because he is playing the psychological game, which can be devastating when well-used. That is why I am in the minority who voted that Fionn would win, even though I voted around move 25.
Early in the game, it seemed to me that neither player tried very hard to disrupt his opponent's thinking by means of maneuver. Fionn was considerably hampered by having his starting positions determined in advance. Had he had the choice, I doubt that he would have chosen the one given. Personally, I would have used a feint along one axis followed by a thrust with the main force along another axis, hoping that the enemy would have started to move to face the threat.Or maybe thrown a 50/50 die to determine if the feint should not really be the main thrust, which could be deadly if the opponent doesn't react ("Keep your enemy on the horns of a dilemma").
It's hard to say from this game, but inexperienced players in any game game can't stand uncertainty, and can be made to try to resolve the situation when it would be better to wait and to maneuver. Fionn used this to some extent in the later part of the game.
Everything considered, I think that the US had the original edge because of the constraint of German lines of approach, and especially because of the airplane. Would it have been reasonable in WWII to expect such a German force to engage without at least one AA gun? How many would give the edge to Martin at this stage if Fionn still had his Panther?
Henri