Smolensk '41: Strategy and Tactics

[Mr Grumpy]

I am glad that you realise that the AI is a poor opponent (although it is a great tool to learn the game system with) because like myself and many other here if your first PBEM opponent is not against a newbie you would have been in for a hell of a shock when your opponent punish's your every mistake and lack of experience!

However i found the learning curve great fun and i improved with each game, until i was able to hold my own against all but the best players.

In a scenario with a possibility that your opponents units will appear in your rear you need to have a security force available to surround and destroy these units, when you realise that they will be suffering from low fuel/ low ammo (or both) what looks like a strong force can actually be very weak in combat abilities, but that is of course hidden by FOW and that is where a players experience plays a key role, if you know what to look for you can tell that a unit is low on ammo due to its low fire results.