The Competition & Teaser Thread

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David,

Another one

You stated this early in the thread:

It is built on the Panzer Campaigns engine with Squad Battles features as well as new routines to reflect this scale.

Can you explain a bit on the Squad Battles features? I see the PzC features so far, but being a Squad Battles junkie I am very interested to see (hear about) the SB features in this new game!

From the continuing 'hidden' FAQ....

What features have come from Squad Battles?

Persistent Concealment. Dependent on the terrain, units will not be revealed until they either fire, are recon spotted or are assaulted. It is possible to assault a hidden unit in a hex.

Unlimited opportunity fire. Units during the Defensive Fire phase may fire an unlimited number of times. A previous tactic from Panzer Campaigns of soaking up Defensive Fire with a ‘cheap’ unit no longer applies.


The unlimited opportunity/defensive fire has already been mentioned.

The persistent concealment has not. There is a lot to discuss with this feature and I will provide a lot more info on this a little closer to release. There has been a lot added in its implementation in Panzer Battles - beyond what is in Squad Battles.

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OK, after doing some math:

Assuming the average German infantry company consists of two units, with an infantry and MMG component and the mortars being in the HW company, the average infantry division could have at least 120 units when merged into companies or the maximum merge level for the heavy weapons, AT units and artillery, depending on the variety in equipment and thus in units (at this scale, mixed units don't sound like an option considering the smallest unit size is 2-3 guns or so, possibly even single guns). Compared to about 25 on average in PzC.

So, a full strength 9 battalion division would have about 4-5 times as many units compared to PzC? Compared to PzC, there would be more support units than true infantry combat units I guess.

For a 3-4 division corps that would be some 400 to a bit over 500 units if support assets are included. I guess it might be a pain to move the many 2-3 gun units each turn, but all things considered 500 units doesn't sound too bad.

I don't think its as many as that (though you're probably not that far off!!).

Divisions are quite manageable, its only the Corp scenarios that are getting big.

This screen shot shows a Panzer Korp. There are three Panzer Divisions shown. All units are combined where possible. I have highlighted an example support stack - please note that the game deliberately only shows four counters (maximum) in a stack on the game map - this is deliberate to reduce counter clutter. Rarely is there four or more counters in a single hex at any one time during play.




David