Desert scrub replace forests and act as fields.

Rommel supposedly exists as an unarmed unit with his crew card abilities, save for the +3 initiative bonus because the transport has a static 10 initiative. It bears repeating that the opponent scores and point if Rommel is killed, presumably meaning if his Crew card is discarded, or his tank/transport is destroyed. The transport point cost and stats are on one side of a chit, with the vehicle rules on the reverse. Fucking bizarre, if you ask me.

You must take Rommel if you're Germans, but you can choose to use his crew card instead of the Transport template. Germans are always the attackers. After terrain, the defender choose one of the buildings to put the objective token in the center of. They deploy their tanks within two arrows of the objective. The attacker deploys within 1 of the entire board edge. Scoring happens when a unit is within close and no opponents are within close of the objective. No scoring occurs during the first two turns off the game. The attacker needs two points to win while the defender needs three, else eliminating all enemies.

Wasn't El Agheila in late 1942?

Ahem Rommel was from Jan 41 the chief of DAK "Deutsches Afrika Korp" operation Sunflower.

Ok But with out Rommel there where Only Italians in the Desert. German Afrika Korp was sended because Musollinis Troops where Loosing. And it was under the Command of Rommel. So the first battles where totaly other Tanks. Then the first Battles with Rommel where with also other Tanks then Tiger & Co. They where so poor perfarment that Rommel came up with teh Idee to use the Antiair Guns and mutch tricks.