Craig Benn
Senior Member
I'm going to be playing this as the Americans when my Red Factories CG ends. (Currently on Turn5 of 3rd date - reckon there will be a 4th but not a 5th date).
Looking forward to getting out of Stalingrad and I have to say it looks very good.
There doesn't seem to be too many AARs of this so wondering if any advice for playing the Yanks? I know my opponent has already played and won this twice as the Germans.
On a very quick analysis - on raw squad numbers the US start with an advantage of 5-10 squads depending on purchases but lower quality, start separated so can be defeated in detail, and Germans have better armour.
From that point on, each side can only buy a company a date, so total infantry purchases are going to be fairly even. Although the US gets bonuses on 3rd date and either date 4 or 5 effectively they have to be spent on toys not extra infantry.
There doesn't seem to be as big a shift from US defence to attack as say KG Peiper. It seems unlikely either side will annihilate the other - to shift to attack the US needs to husband armour to begin with so it has the numbers to swarm later. Maybe.
Thoughts?
Looking forward to getting out of Stalingrad and I have to say it looks very good.
There doesn't seem to be too many AARs of this so wondering if any advice for playing the Yanks? I know my opponent has already played and won this twice as the Germans.
On a very quick analysis - on raw squad numbers the US start with an advantage of 5-10 squads depending on purchases but lower quality, start separated so can be defeated in detail, and Germans have better armour.
From that point on, each side can only buy a company a date, so total infantry purchases are going to be fairly even. Although the US gets bonuses on 3rd date and either date 4 or 5 effectively they have to be spent on toys not extra infantry.
There doesn't seem to be as big a shift from US defence to attack as say KG Peiper. It seems unlikely either side will annihilate the other - to shift to attack the US needs to husband armour to begin with so it has the numbers to swarm later. Maybe.
Thoughts?