Balance discussion/suggestions

[Dog Soldier]

Butovo's not too difficult to win in my opinion, it might actually be too easy.

All you need to do is outflank the town from the west, where there are only a handful of Soviet units, capture the supply VP that the Soviets can't possibly defend against a concentrated assault and move into the town to capture a few victory hexes.

It's one of the scenarios where how you advance matters a lot. If you move into the town, you might run out of time. If you outflank the Soviet positions, the Germans will win most of the time.

I disagree that Butovo is an open an shut case as ComradeP suggests.

The missing piece here is to be aware of the soft ground conditions in this scenario makes a broad flanking maneuver take too long.
The Soviet defense can shift using the principle of interior lines faster to the flank threat than the Germans can make that threat. End result is that by the time the Germans get past the few Soviet units delaying their grand single flank move, they reach the village to face the full strength of the garrison strongly holding the objectives in bunkers that the Germans need to win.

FWIW, anyone who wants to show me how very wrong I am can score an easy ladder win on me. Send me your first Axis move of #0705_09 Butovo - The Gatekeepers of Cherkasskoye. Default optional rules.

Dog Soldier