Reflections on Sicily

[Kharkov]

A little while ago I enjoyed a long campaign game of Sicily--I lost as the Axis but it was very interesting and challenging. Highly recommend this campaign.

Two issues which came up in the game may be worth considering for future PzC games :

1. Supply dumps. With explicit supply the Axis player has many supply dumps. As the Allies advance it is difficult for the Axis to defend all supply dumps, so it would be useful to have the ability to destroy supply dumps before they are captured. This is certainly what happened historically in many cases. Would it be possible to factor this into future games ?

2. Headquarters units. As the Axis was greatly outnumbered ( or so it seemed !) I found myself succumbing to the temptation to use HQ units as defensive units and recon units. Inevitably many HQs were eliminated. The consequences of this were not as devastating as it could have, or in my opinion should have, been. The HQ units reappeared a few turns later and their loss did not have a major impact.

I would like to see a more serious penalty for losing a HQ unit. Even something as simple as all immediately subordinate units becoming disrupted for 24 hours would I think better reflect the confusion the loss of HQ would have have caused. So if a Corps HQ was lost the subordinate Divisional HQs ( not all units in the Division) and attached Corps troops would be disrupted ; if a Division HQ was lost all subordinate Regimental HQs would disrupt; if a Regimental HQ was lost all subordinate units would disrupt.

This would make players hesitate before deliberately committing HQ units to unhistorical roles such as line defence or recon units.

I realise that this topic has been discussed a number of times before, but the Sicily experience has convinced me that it may be worth another look.

Just a couple of suggestions. :chin: