Team Game

[Zemke]

That is five including me. I think eight would be ideal, two higher commanders with three subordinate commanders each.

The process would work like so, each "Overall" commander would give orders/guidance to his subordiante commanders, who would then do the "work", (or have the fun) of moving their respective units as best they can in accordance with orders given. For example, the German side, player one starts the turn, moves his troops, saves and sends the turn to the next player on his side who does the same thing. The third and last player of the German side would complete his turn, send the turn to his higher commander, (who more than likely has been getting a copy of all this as it goes along anyway), and he hits end turn and sends the game to the other side. The turn comes back to the German Higher Commander who then sends it out to the other players with a order of turn, and the proces starts again. Granted this will take a long time to finish, and perhaps far shorter battle would be in order. It would really be better if both higher commander could not look at the re-play turns at all. The only way they could get "reports" of the combat would be by asking their subordinate commanders to report. The report could be written, or a "blank" map of the battlefield, with no units showing, except graphics created by the reporting commander. This would be the most realistic, because I can just see subordiante commanders getting really tired of giving reports if asked for one each one minute turn....lol. We could even have a house rule where the higher commander could watch one replay turn, as this could simulate his "trip to the front" drive forward for a quick meeting with his Battalion Commanders.
I want to try this, because I know all I have to do is plan, and most of the work is "up front", afterwords I would let my Commanders do what they get paid to do, go find and kill the enemy.