#decisive campaigns

[dspacefear]

decisive campaigns: barbarossa is a black comedy disguised as a wargame

Army Group Center has been out of fuel for two months straight. The guy in charge of trains won’t fucking talk to me because I converted our trains to coal to save fuel, so I can’t get winter clothes for anyone. My objective has been changed for the third time this month. There are seventeen different models of truck parked outside of my command tent and none of their parts are interchangeable.

[strongpointgaming-blog]

German Turn 2 - The fighting in Stalingrad is increasing as Russian forces try to turn 6th army and 4th Panzer Army's flanks.  I am working to withdraw my troops on the southern flank to form a new line to protect 6th Army HQ outside the city.  The breakthrough there is almost cutoff though I have to stretch one division across a wide front. 

On the northern flank (shown here) I pulled front line units out of the city and pushed them west to meet the Russian breakthrough and on the other side of the breakthrough some armored units and kampfgruppes are forming a new line to pinch off the breakthrough. 

One thing you can't see here is my transfer of air assets from airfields west to airfields closer to the city.  During the real fighting the Luftwaffe was incredibly ineffective and unable to keep up resupply of the city because they didn't allocate enough planes and couldn't get close enough.  I am anticipating that problem and trying to prepare for it.

Really enjoying the game so far. Decent immersion.

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Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue

Another screenshot from turn 2 of decisive campaigns: case blue game. I am really enjoying it, even though I am brand new to the rules. The Russians punched three holes in my lines at the beginning of this turn. 2 armies are now fighting off encirclement. 6th army in stalingrad and 1st panzer army deep in the caucuses (historically i believe 1st panzer makes it out). Even knowing what I do about the fighting during the war I have been unable to move my troops back far and fast enough to regroup and the Russian attacks have been relentless. I have limited intelligence about their disposition of troops beyond what i can see in an around the front lines and my aerial reconnaissance units cant penetrate their air defenses to see where their reserves are concentrating. To save 6th army, I am trying to marshal forces miles away from Russian breakthroughs for a counterattack, but I don’t see how i get there in time. i think they lasted into January of 43 before they surrendered but it will be over by December most likely for me.  The start of this scenario uses the actual troop dispositions for both armies. I have never played a game where the start was so one-sided. I can’t believe the Germans found themselves this over extended but lucky for the world they did.

[lyalljbcw027-blog]

Axis and Allies Guadalcanal

Axis and Allies Guadalcanal Axis and Allies: Guadalcanal challenges you to control sea zones and island groups while managing troop and supply transport and directing land, sea and air forces in one of the decisive campaigns of the Second World War's Pacific Theater. Axis and Allies: Guadalcanal incorporates crucial elements that were key factors in the historical campaign, such as air strip construction, troop and supply transport, and furious land, sea and air battles. It introduces the Cruiser unit as well as mechanics for land, sea and air combat in the South Pacific using a randomized casualties system. Features one Game Board, 172 Combat Unit Playing Pieces, 85 Plastic Chips, 20 Supply Tokens, 12 Six-Sided Dice, one Battle Box and one Rulebook. Axis and Allies Guadalcanal