A is for Absence of Amiens wargames. Want to mark the Battle of Amiens centenary by recreating the dazzlingly successful Allied push on your PC? Good luck with that. Amazingly, no-one except the odd Open General and Panzer Corps modder seems to have deemed “the Black Day of the German Army” as scenario- or game-worthy. I can only assume that no dev has ever stumbled upon the incredible story of 'Musical Box', a (relatively) nippy Whippet tank, that, during the battle, advanced so quickly it became cut off and spent nine hours trundling around behind German lines shooting-up infantry positions, artillery batteries, and observation balloons before finally succumbing to enemy fire. If I had the requisite skills to make a top-down tank sim, Musical Box would be the star.

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