Newbie: Which PzC game to begin?

[Ricky B]

Definitely - pick the battle that most interests you. If any of those four titles, here is a summary of them:

Smolensk, the first but updated. It has wide open battles, some add-on scenarios that give more alternatives and better historicity to the campaign, and both sides can do some attacking although the Soviets mostly fight defensively.

Stalingrad, lots of small battles plus the biggie. A wide range of forces to play with and varying situations.

Kursk - mostly a slugfest getting through the lines, high unit density, little maneuver in any of the scenarios, with a few exceptions, but some fun tools to play with.

Moscow, not sure which you are interested in. '41 has the Germans attacking to the gates, or into, Moscow, little to nothing of the Soviet counteroffensive. '42 is mostly the Soviet attacks, in heavy snow/blizzards that slow things down quite a bit.

Rick