The Cauldron of Fire

[Cole]

If anyone is interested in playing the Russians in Earlmann's excellent Cauldron of Fire please let me know.

I have never played as the Germans and would like to sharpen my skills in conducting an offense. I have played three times as the Russians and while each game was exciting (2 games were decided on the last turn - either draw or minor German victory) I personally think the Russians cannot do better than a draw if faced with a German player of equal or better experience.

The Russians have a lot of artillery that just decimates the advancing German infantry. The Germans have powerful assault guns that the Russian T-34's and single regiment of SU-152s cannot do much against. In fact the Germans will lose more armor to artillery fire than from the Russian tanks. I think of this game as a competition between an impenetrable shield of Russian artillery versus unstoppable German tanks.