Panzer Battles 2 - The Official Teaser Thread

[GerryM]

Hi GerryM,

It's manageable (generally). In most cases, units are setup as full companies and that means your average battalion is 4 - 6 units. I promise you when playing there never seems enough friendly units, yet heaps of enemy ones! 

At this scale a battalion vs battalion is a very small scenario with a regiment being the first 'size' to give a decent number of units. As ComradeP mentions, we have a good mix of scenario sizes as is evidenced in the scenarios shown to date and I think there should be a situation to satisfy most. I just completed a small battalion vs two companies, 7 turn scenario so we do have micro sized scenarios.

As far as Epsom, yes it's big (actually its huge), but it's broken into a scenario for each of the four days with between 24 to 27 turns in each. It's more manageable than you think, with many of the British formations fixed (as they were) waiting for their introduction into the battle. We've tried to breakout smaller scenario from the bigger battles (as we did with Kursk) and also tried to get representative examples of the different situations the combatants fought in (think bocage, think Hill 192).

Kursk is also very playable, its just that the quality differences and slog through heavy defenses in the early scenarios is a little polarising. The fact is, its a reasonable facsimile for the fighting that occurred in that battle. Normandy is no different, I'm pretty happy with how much the scenarios 'feel' like Normandy.

Hopefully, other will see/feel this once the game is released.

David

Thanks David. Your answers are always thoughtful.

1. You mentioned 4-6 units in a battalion. Do you split those companies up into Platoons in play for any reason?
2. How many counters approx. in a regiment and division.
3. Would the answers be the same for Kursk?
4. I am looking at Dog Soldier's AAR on Klyuchi (Division) and there are quite a few units on some screenshots.

Everyone now and then I go hunting for a computer wargame. I have been here before of course but I am wondering again would this system work for me. Thank you for your patience.

Gerry