Minsk 44 No fixed Campaign game wanted

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If the 8800 points were removed I would have a major loss. I would prefer to elliminate all the objective hexes except for the goals the russians had in mind. Minsk as the prize and other intermediate towns along the way.

But it would also leave no reason for the German to stay and hold terrain. They would escape fast and far, contrary to history and Hitlers orders.

After all the goal of the russian attack was the destruction of army group center not capture the towns.

Depends on how you see it, from what I have read the goal of the Russians was the destruction of the enemy through the capture of various important objectives. If I were to change the scenario I would make a Russian major victory impossible without the capture of Minsk itself. A Russian minor victory would be the capture of the bigger cities along the Berezina river and lots of killed Germans. A draw would be slightly below this, say if the German player manages to escape with many divisions. Anything else should be a Russian loss. In the game I'm playing (historical campaign) we got a minor victory around turn 30 and it's only in the beginning of the offensive. Maybe your way is better, but I would raise the VP levels and a lot too.