diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/ScriptTests.cs b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/ScriptTests.cs
index c9afade..4e790f7 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/ScriptTests.cs
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/ScriptTests.cs
@@ -19,21 +19,37 @@ public class ScriptTests
     [TestCaseSource(nameof(DatcTestCases))]
     public void Test_DATC(string testScriptPath)
     {
-        Assert.Ignore("Script tests postponed until parsing tests are done");
         string filename = Path.GetFileName(testScriptPath);
         int line = 0;
+        bool expectFailure = false;
+
         IScriptHandler handler = new SetupScriptHandler(
             (msg) => {/* discard */},
             World.WithStandardMap(),
             Adjudicator.MovementPhase);
+
         foreach (string input in File.ReadAllLines(testScriptPath)) {
             line++;
+
+            // Handle test directives
+            if (input == "#test:skip") {
+                Assert.Ignore($"Script {filename} skipped at line {line}");
+            }
+            if (input == "#test:fails") {
+                expectFailure = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
             var result = handler.HandleInput(input);
-            if (!result.Success) throw new AssertionException(
+            if (expectFailure && result.Success) throw new AssertionException(
+                $"Script {filename} expected line {line} to fail, but it succeeded");
+            if (!expectFailure && !result.Success) throw new AssertionException(
                 $"Script {filename} error at line {line}: {result.Message}");
             if (result.NextHandler is null) throw new AssertionException(
                 $"Script {filename} quit unexpectedly at line {line}: \"{input}\"");
+
             handler = result.NextHandler;
+            expectFailure = false;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.1.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.1.txt
index 3352544..b5feb72 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.1.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.1.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ F North Sea - Picardy
 ---
 
 # Order should fail.
-assert North Sea holds
+assert hold-order North Sea
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.2.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.2.txt
index 527d035..4967325 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.2.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.2.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ unit England A Liverpool
 ---
 
 England:
+#test:fails
 A Liverpool - Irish Sea
 
 ---
 
 # Order should fail.
-assert Liverpool holds
+assert hold-order Liverpool
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.3.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.3.txt
index d160bef..af7fe42 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.3.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.3.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # 6.A.3. TEST CASE, MOVE FLEET TO LAND
 # Check whether a fleet cannot move to land.
 
-unit Germany Army Kiel
+unit Germany F Kiel
 
 ---
 
 Germany:
+#test:fails
 F Kiel - Munich
 
 ---
 
 # Order should fail.
-assert Kiel holds
+assert hold-order Kiel
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.4.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.4.txt
index 3ff5c48..c53f886 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.4.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.4.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # 6.A.4. TEST CASE, MOVE TO OWN SECTOR
 # Moving to the same sector is an illegal move (2023 rulebook, page 7, "An Army can be ordered to move into an adjacent inland or coastal province.").
 
-unit Germany Army Kiel
+unit Germany F Kiel
 
 ---
 
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ F Kiel - Kiel
 ---
 
 # Program should not crash.
-assert Kiel holds
+assert hold-order Kiel
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.5.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.5.txt
index 8eb3c6b..807cffe 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.5.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.5.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # 6.A.5. TEST CASE, MOVE TO OWN SECTOR WITH CONVOY
 # Moving to the same sector is still illegal with convoy (2023 rulebook, page 7, "Note: An Army can move across water provinces from one coastal province to another...").
 
+# TODO convoy order parsing
+#test:skip
+
 unit England F North Sea
 unit England A Yorkshire
 unit England A Liverpool
@@ -21,11 +24,11 @@ A Wales Supports F London - Yorkshire
 ---
 
 # The move of the army in Yorkshire is illegal.
-assert Yorkshire holds
+assert hold-order Yorkshire
 # This makes the support of Liverpool also illegal and without the support, the Germans have a stronger force.
-assert North Sea holds
-assert Liverpool holds
-assert London moves
+assert hold-order North Sea
+assert hold-order Liverpool
+assert moves London
 # The army in London dislodges the army in Yorkshire.
-assert Wales supports
-assert Yorkshire dislodged
+assert support-given Wales
+assert dislodged Yorkshire
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.6.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.6.txt
index cc01be9..832ec47 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.6.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.6.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ F London - North Sea
 ---
 
 # Order should fail.
-assert London holds
+assert hold-order London
diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.7.txt b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.7.txt
index 3057bde..1ec1303 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.7.txt
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacyTests/Scripts/DATC/6.A.7.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # 6.A.7. TEST CASE, ONLY ARMIES CAN BE CONVOYED
 # A fleet cannot be convoyed.
 
+# TODO convoy order parsing
+#test:skip
+
 unit England F London
-unit England North Sea
+unit England F North Sea
 
 ---
 
@@ -13,4 +16,4 @@ F North Sea Convoys A London - Belgium
 ---
 
 # Move from London to Belgium should fail.
-assert London holds
+assert hold-order London