War in Europe

Von Earlmann · 09-23-2012, 01:54 AM,

Does anyone have this game? If so I am looking for a 1939 mirror campaign.I have played a couple and this is a great game.

VE

XLVIII Pz. Korp · 09-23-2012, 01:35 PM,

Earl, is this the title by Wasteland Interactive?

You like it? Worth checking out?

Gary

Von Earlmann · 09-23-2012, 10:28 PM,

(09-23-2012, 01:35 PM)XLVIII Pz. Korp Wrote: Earl, is this the title by Wasteland Interactive?

You like it? Worth checking out?

Gary

It's made by Decision Games. Used to be a board game of WW II eto and N Africa at division level. I never played it then as it must have been a nightmare to set up and play but now that it is on computer version it is very playable. Still a complex game but very challenging and fun to play H2H. I am playing my second campaign against the same opponent and the learning curve is very steep. I never made it past 1941 as Allies in the first one.....getting better tho as the second one is halfway thru 1942 and still alive.....albeit by a thread:-).

Depends if you like a higher level as it is division and brigade level. Player is in charge of every aspect from production of units to assigning naval and air along with ground forces movement. There is no AI. There are numerous start points for campaigns from 1939 thru 1944. I enjoy the 1939 start as you get to control everything from the beginning of the war. Of course that's a double edge sword as I have found just trying to plan the production to be a very challenging phase.Also lots of options to use or not.

Anyway if you like that level of play I recommend the game. Company is always releasing patches and upgrades and they have an extensive forum.

www.decisiongames.com

VE

Wolfman · 09-23-2012, 11:05 PM,

It was originally an SPI boardgame from about 1980, released as two separate games - "War in the West" and "War in the East", it was truly the mother of all boardgames - covered no fewer than 9 SPI regular maps (to anyone not familiar with SPI games they were about 3' by 2'), Around 5-6000 counters. Each side's turn took at least one full gaming session. The maps took up all of my bedrooms floor, and god help anyone with a cat! Even in 1980 it cost around £50 which was a LOT of money then.

AHH - happy days Big Grin

Now I see its been released in Computer form I really must take a look Crazy

Von Earlmann · 09-24-2012, 02:20 AM,

(09-23-2012, 11:05 PM)Wolfman Wrote: It was originally an SPI boardgame from about 1980, released as two separate games - "War in the West" and "War in the East", it was truly the mother of all boardgames - covered no fewer than 9 SPI regular maps (to anyone not familiar with SPI games they were about 3' by 2'), Around 5-6000 counters. Each side's turn took at least one full gaming session. The maps took up all of my bedrooms floor, and god help anyone with a cat! Even in 1980 it cost around £50 which was a LOT of money then.

AHH - happy days

Now I see its been released in Computer form I really must take a look

yes that's the original.....I have only met one guy who actually got the whole thing set up in his basement..........wife got mad at him and tipped over all his tables.........I don't think they are still together anymore :-)

VE

von Manstein · 09-24-2012, 02:47 AM,

It's not cheap. 60$ (37£) but it sounds (not looks) quite interesting.

Von Earlmann · 09-24-2012, 03:21 AM,

(09-24-2012, 02:47 AM)von Manstein Wrote: It's not cheap. 60$ (37£) but it sounds (not looks) quite interesting.

You can download a free demo of Barbarossa Campaign from the web site. I thot $60 was high at first but have found it to be well worth the price the more I play and the company has patched at least 4 or 5 times since I purchased it. Only shortage I have found is opponents :-)

VE

Wolfman · 09-24-2012, 11:19 AM,

(09-24-2012, 03:21 AM)Von Earlmann Wrote:
(09-24-2012, 02:47 AM)von Manstein Wrote: It's not cheap. 60$ (37£) but it sounds (not looks) quite interesting.

You can download a free demo of Barbarossa Campaign from the web site. I thot $60 was high at first but have found it to be well worth the price the more I play and the company has patched at least 4 or 5 times since I purchased it. Only shortage I have found is opponents :-)

VE

I'll take a look at it tomorrow, and possibly I can take you on if I like the look of it.

Von Earlmann · 09-24-2012, 11:36 PM,

I'll take a look at it tomorrow, and possibly I can take you on if I like the look of it.
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The demo doesn't support PBEM. It is only designed to give a feel for how the game works.

VE

Outlaw Josey Wales · (This post was last modified: 09-25-2012, 02:50 AM by Outlaw Josey Wales.)

If I had the 60 bucks, I'd give it a go. It will have to be sometime in the future. My birthday is next month, but I am also looking for somoe new books to read.

Of course, it would be cool to get the game and enough players for a great team game. It screams for it. I once saw the War in the West setup once at a place called The Armadillo Soldier Shop, which no longer exists. They had the maps mounted on either a large piece of plywood or sheet metal and it was leaned against one wall in the large game room area next to the store area. They owned both, it was a nice setup. I can't remember what was used for the map mounting, but they were using either the magnets or clay to hold the pieces on the map. It was a large team game. I also once saw War in the Pacific setup in a guy's house, actually three, one in each of the two spare bedrooms and the other in the den between them. They had worked out a way for the two teams in each bedroom would make their plans and record their mooves while the den had the battle area with an umpire to read all the moves (they were written on small pieces of paper and tossed in a bucket and then stirred up) in a random manner so that what happened many times with no two moves happening back to back in the same area. It was pretty cool, but very time consuming and I was only there for the one day observing. I have no idea how far they went, but the day I was there was late 1942/early 1943.