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First, this scenario was inspired by a write up for an upcoming board game I am very interested in called Less Than 60 Miles. You can read the play test that was the muse here: <LINK><s>[link]</s>https://warwithoutkia.blogspot.com/2018/11/less ...

ORIGINAL: sulla05

The Conquerors by SPI

Hell yes!

ORIGINAL: wodin

DC:Barbarossa

Recommended without a shadow of doubt. Highly innovative and totally engrossing.

+1

I must say that last decade scenarios are full of surprises for me ("Whoa, a submarine with cruise missiles! And what the hell is that Air strike loadout?")

Nothing can beat Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

<t> Strategic Bombing, not to be confused with Close Air Support, is not particularly effective in asymmetric conflicts and COIN operations.<br/>
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During Vietnam war, it was decently effective against NVA but totally useless against Vietcongs. Same in Afghanistan, where Soviets planes bombed ...

<t> Most of Russia actions, in every historical period, are made to impress the internal public opinion and to maintain an overall scenario of continuous struggle against hostile powers, à la 1984. <br/>
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Putin is no different from Stalin, Ivan the Terrible or Brezhnev in that.<br/>
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My personal ranking (definitely cold war biased):
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Fail Safe
3. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
4. Young Frankenstein
5. Seven Days in May

I'm not going to miss this one!

The only system I know is switching to Unit View, then checking every single unit in the group

<t> I think that, as in most WW2 strategic / operational games, it's really difficult to replicate the initial German victories, let alone doing better; <br/>
you'd need a Soviet player / AI counterattacking immediately at turn 1 with almost every available division and not retreating at all.<br ...

<t> I am now playing with Russian too. The big error I made in the first attempts was thinking that losses were not a problem as they would have been replaced by reinforcements.<br/>
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Actually, losses ARE a problem. <br/>
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In order to survive, Russia must save as much troops as ...

<t> I had the same behavior after choosing "military independence", but I was able to win after taking Leningrad even though Hitler's no. 1 priority was Moscow.<br/>
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I think that Hitler goes on defining his personal objective priorities, but the game will use your victory conditions if you ...

<t> I've some knowledge of Italian WWII army, and unfortunately our "motorized" divisions were, well, not motorized. Same thing applies to our "armored" division, who was an infantry division equipped with 100 light tanks and 40 "medium" ones with 45mm gun.<br/>
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So in my opinion the game is ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: freeboy<br/>
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This game is nothing short of brilliant
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Yes, it definitely is.<br/>
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I was able to win as Germany at my 8th attempt and started a new campaign as Stalin.<br/>
To my surprise, it's even more fun than ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>What turn do most of you refit, and move your FSB? <br/>
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What is the proper order for refitting and moving the FSB; do you make the decision to move the FSB, and then choose to refit the same turn? <br/>
-because it's a decision that comes up for multiple FSB moves ...

You probably already know, but this game engine HAS to be used for other fronts / scenarios / time period; for example, I think it would work great in a Napoleonic setting.

Wonderful work.

I have a better one! I lost an entire Army group

Well, that's a real achievement on a whole different level

Sad but true, Jodl was a real butt-kisser. Never a word of disapproval, as far as I know.

<r> Generally speaking, my advice is to move, fight and advance at a SLOWER pace than your desire to conquer the steppes suggests <E>:)</E><br/>
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I made the same error in my first attempts: "push forward at maximum speed, nothing else matters dammit". I reached Smolensk at August and after ...