First Panzer Battles Tournament

[Dog Soldier]

I'll send the first turn this evening.

The new version gives the Soviet defender a lot more options for the opening. Releasing multiple battalions on turn 1 is usually bad news for the Germans. There are quite a few tricks the Soviets can pull on the Germans now.

The reduction in smoke also hurts, for balance I would have preferred increasing the corps-sized scenario smoke levels and perhaps reducing smoke in Yakovlevo to 30 or so, as 20 is fairly drastic.

Good luck everyone!

From the images below taken from the old version of the start positions to the new version of the start positions, I only see five hexes being released by normal visibility. This is not that drastic.

Dog Soldier



Note the five hexes marked by red arrows that released in the new version due to the new full battalion release schedule for the Soviets.