The Competition & Teaser Thread

[Strela]

I have in mind the same game, for me this game made Tiller engine even more obsolete, realtime with WEGO turns and true tactical AI where units have separate infantry from his transports (an infantry unit has the infantry squads+transports+other support elements)... if they do a WWII version no colour and of course if they improve infantry model to made it based in number of soldiers no like in TOAW with squads model.

We have very few info about the game but in this moment i see things a little strange, relative small scale with no facing and long turns...

We do have transport capability available in PzB just like Squad Battles (SqB). We made a decision not to include it as separate units in game for this first release as we found that it added a lot of counter clutter and little value in the battle covered. If either side had had limitations on transport historically then that may have driven a different decision.

We looked at the way Panzer Campaigns had handled this area previously with motorized & mechanized infantry units in one of three states, deployed (i.e. on foot), in travel mode (i.e. riding in trucks or halftracks) or 'on foot' (i.e. a unit had abandoned their transport). We felt that the PzC approach reflected all the situations that historically happened in this particular battle. Other than mechanized (SPW halftrack) formations, units rarely used their transport in actual combat. Mechanized units get benefits (and risks) if they ride their SPW's into combat and their combat values reflect the additional armament of their transports. Players can ride their trucks in combat if they want but will have the negative impacts of being in travel mode.

Finally the riding of foot units on non transport type vehicles/tanks has been included (with limitations) and this comes both with the advantages of faster movement but the higher exposure of riding on the outside of armoured vehicles.

David