The biggest weakness of civilian wargames is the ignorance of OOB. Military wargames are staffed as an actual battle would be. In the civilian sector, we try to be everybody from General to Sergeant, which removes possibly the most important aspect of warfare: CCC. There is no practical solution, but it's a noteworthy limitation.
Someplace I will discuss 'who does the player represent'? Is the player one officer, or is the player everyone making decisions on different levels? The choice is related to "Are we trying to simulate a conflict, or are we trying to create an enjoyable game?"
Russian organization is complicated, and does not match NATO. For example, it seems that the Russian naval infantry currently has divisions that appear to be divisions. Combined-arms Armies appear to be Western Divisions. Names refer formations not similar to western usage, generally by being smaller. I once had a discussion with, iirc, Frank Chadwick about 1940 Russian armored 'diviziya', and proposed that despite the homophony the unit was a Regiment or brigade, not the division it sounded like.
I love the history he can just expound on nearly without effort! It's so interesting! Thank you George Phillies!
The biggest weakness of civilian wargames is the ignorance of OOB. Military wargames are staffed as an actual battle would be. In the civilian sector, we try to be everybody from General to Sergeant, which removes possibly the most important aspect of warfare: CCC. There is no practical solution, but it's a noteworthy limitation.
Someplace I will discuss 'who does the player represent'? Is the player one officer, or is the player everyone making decisions on different levels? The choice is related to "Are we trying to simulate a conflict, or are we trying to create an enjoyable game?"
And then there's the battalion tactical group. :D (which I believe has been abandoned.)
Russian organization is complicated, and does not match NATO. For example, it seems that the Russian naval infantry currently has divisions that appear to be divisions. Combined-arms Armies appear to be Western Divisions. Names refer formations not similar to western usage, generally by being smaller. I once had a discussion with, iirc, Frank Chadwick about 1940 Russian armored 'diviziya', and proposed that despite the homophony the unit was a Regiment or brigade, not the division it sounded like.