PZC System not much being said

[Jazman]

Here's a point about victory objectives. I remember in the old days of boardgaming there were many objectives that were general in nature. For example, in Market Garden you might have something like, "Have a bridge over the Rhine, with X units of 30th Corps north of the Rhine, in supply: xxx points." Etc. etc. etc. If you managed to do that while not capturing Arhnem, well, so what? The Rhine was crossed, and Monty looks brilliant. The PzC way is to capture specific objectives (plus kill enemy).

Note in that above victory condition there is serious motive for the Germans to cut the lifeline on the highway, and for the Allies to keep it open.

I just finished a MG44 campaign as the German, and won (minor) despite 30th corps being in strength across the Rhine. I had Arnhem, but another day and I was finished. It seemed a strange end to both of us.

Maybe the objectives just need to be expanded and victory levels tweaked.

Another point is the "fight to the death" nature of surrounded isolated doomed troops. Always. There are no mass surrenders possible. In other words, the Russian must grind the Stalingrad pocket into fine dust, there is no "surrender level" at which resistance ends.