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Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:17 pm
by balto
When I opened Steam today, I found this sort of hidden on my Home Page which generally draws Turn Based Military/Strategy games.., etc.., Hex of Steel popped up. I have to leave for the evening, but for the past 20 minutes I watched some youtubes and was reading the manual.., jeezus, how did this get under my radar? Looks like it went under a lot of people's radar because there is not a lot of info on it.

If anyone knows anything about it, love to see it. I will be studying this over the next couple of days. The developer is one young guy.., could it be another Vic (God of Wargaming)? I doubt it, guys like Vic only appear once every ten years.., but yeah, who knows.

Lastly, the have a Free Demo on Steam.., I might try that out. Hopefully some of you try it also and provide some feedback. Thanks.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:11 pm
by 76mm
Isn't this the new name of the Operation Citadel game (which actually has nothing to do with Operation Citadel)? If so, it is a good, solid game. If it had stacking I would actually play it!

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:27 pm
by Bamilus
ORIGINAL: 76mm

Isn't this the new name of the Operation Citadel game (which actually has nothing to do with Operation Citadel)? If so, it is a good, solid game. If it had stacking I would actually play it!

Yes, same game.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:26 pm
by Kuokkanen
Another monster wargame, eh?

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:03 am
by Lobster
Several different size scenarios. Not a monster at all.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:56 pm
by ncc1701e
Interesting

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:30 am
by ernieschwitz
If anyone knows anything about it, love to see it. I will be studying this over the next couple of days. The developer is one young guy.., could it be another Vic (God of Wargaming)? I doubt it, guys like Vic only appear once every ten years.., but yeah, who knows.

Curiously, ATG is now 10 years old...

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:19 am
by eastwindrain
Another more substantial thread on this is on the following page, where I enquired about the bare manual included in the game download, meanwhile over at " steam " you can find a very comprehensive colourful manual which cannot be downloaded, WTF is going on !!!.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:06 pm
by Greybriar
ORIGINAL: eastwindrain

....meanwhile over at " steam " you can find a very comprehensive colourful manual which cannot be downloaded, WTF is going on !!!.
I was able to download the manual from the Hex of Steel Steam page (here is the link to the .pdf manual). It is a slow download and if you have a slow internet connection, it will take several minutes. So don't give up too quickly.

Hope that helps.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:46 pm
by eastwindrain
ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: eastwindrain

....meanwhile over at " steam " you can find a very comprehensive colourful manual which cannot be downloaded, WTF is going on !!!.
I was able to download the manual from the Hex of Steel Steam page (here is the link to the .pdf manual). It is a slow download and if you have a slow internet connection, it will take several minutes. So don't give up too quickly.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for that, it was'nt possible when I last paid a visit to the site, took 12 seconds.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:27 am
by goodwoodrw
This Dev has just added a battle generator to this super little gem.

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 4:19 pm
by LarryP
ORIGINAL: goodwoodrw

This Dev has just added a battle generator to this super little gem.

Val is an amazing dev! I couldn't believe it when I read this in Steam today. Going to give it a try now...

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:29 am
by RogerBacon
I'm playing Hex of Steel now and can't get enough of it. It's also highly modable. I own Order of Battle WW2 and, of course, plaued Panzer General back in the day. This game is better than either of those.
It's also similar to Warplan, another game I own. Warplan though is like just one single scenario in Hex of Steel. I can highly recommend Hex of Steel to anyone who likes this type of game (which is probably everybody on a Matrix forum).

RE: Hex of Steel.., where in the heck did this come from?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:26 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: RogerBacon

I'm playing Hex of Steel now and can't get enough of it. It's also highly modable. I own Order of Battle WW2 and, of course, plaued Panzer General back in the day. This game is better than either of those.
It's also similar to Warplan, another game I own. Warplan though is like just one single scenario in Hex of Steel. I can highly recommend Hex of Steel to anyone who likes this type of game (which is probably everybody on a Matrix forum).

Previously known as "Operation Citadel" on this forum . . .