Great review, I was so disappointed with the very flimsy quality of the books. Also like you I got from cover to cover over 2 nights. I printed out the SHAEF from the website and I am not a fan of the text font on the cards. But, the rules themselves seem to be very streamlined and look very good. I am going to try it out this weekend. I look forward to seeing your future posts using these rules. A great introduction, Cheers!
I got the pdf and printed it out last week, along with a 4'x6' mat with 12x8 squares from Deep Cut Studio. Working on US Army and German Wehrmacht 3mm forces now. Can't wait to get it to the table!
Ive bought these too. I agree about the print quality vs Blucher. I do think it's an improvement over the paper used in Nimitz, which appeared to me not much better than newspaper. Perhaps amazon has listened to the comments on that. Looking forward to playing Eisenhower. As you say, the simplicity of the mechanisms means you concentrate on the command/control. Simple logistics stops you going too Patton. The reserves entering from any friendly edge means you have to leave flank guards out on both sides, so something for the less capable units to do.
@@StormofSteelWargaming so, how shall I graft the combat system onto Rommel? Now there's a question to ponder during a long night shift....... A combat rating of four becomes a 4+ when worn it drops to 3, so that's a 5+, cf2 becomes a 6+ when attacking. Shifts give you an extra or lesser hit. Worth a go I guess.
'Leg Infantry' is the US term for non mechanised infantry. Describes foot infantry, or lorried infantry transported to the battlefield but move and fight on foot on the battlefield. Mechanised infantry can use their APC or IFV for movement and, sometimes, fighting on the battlefield. Learned this using SPI's Firefight in the 1970s.
Great review, I was so disappointed with the very flimsy quality of the books. Also like you I got from cover to cover over 2 nights.
I printed out the SHAEF from the website and I am not a fan of the text font on the cards. But, the rules themselves seem to be very streamlined and look very good. I am going to try it out this weekend. I look forward to seeing your future posts using these rules. A great introduction, Cheers!
I got the pdf and printed it out last week, along with a 4'x6' mat with 12x8 squares from Deep Cut Studio. Working on US Army and German Wehrmacht 3mm forces now. Can't wait to get it to the table!
Nice review. So far I only know Blücher and Rommel from blogs and YT. Maybe I should take a real look here. 🤔
You should!
Nice review. The game sounds interesting. BTW, "Leg Infantry" is an American term AFAIK.
Cheers, yeah someone else mentioned that, everyday is a schoolday...
Nice review 👍I picked it up earlier this week
Nice 👍
Ive bought these too. I agree about the print quality vs Blucher. I do think it's an improvement over the paper used in Nimitz, which appeared to me not much better than newspaper. Perhaps amazon has listened to the comments on that.
Looking forward to playing Eisenhower. As you say, the simplicity of the mechanisms means you concentrate on the command/control. Simple logistics stops you going too Patton. The reserves entering from any friendly edge means you have to leave flank guards out on both sides, so something for the less capable units to do.
It looks interesting. I enjoy Rommel, so ill be getting this one too. PDF and doxdirect i think.
Good review. I picked up the pdf of this and have to say, I think the combat system is a big improvement over Rommel.
Cheers, yes, I agree. It's a much smoother system.
@@StormofSteelWargaming so, how shall I graft the combat system onto Rommel? Now there's a question to ponder during a long night shift....... A combat rating of four becomes a 4+ when worn it drops to 3, so that's a 5+, cf2 becomes a 6+ when attacking. Shifts give you an extra or lesser hit. Worth a go I guess.
'Leg Infantry' is the US term for non mechanised infantry. Describes foot infantry, or lorried infantry transported to the battlefield but move and fight on foot on the battlefield. Mechanised infantry can use their APC or IFV for movement and, sometimes, fighting on the battlefield. Learned this using SPI's Firefight in the 1970s.
LOL, that explains it then.
Look forward to seeing some games of this. Maybe when you have a gridded map you could try out PBI by Peter Pig?
I already have two games of PBI on the channel one of which I played live.
Nice report Alex,
Thank you!