Storm in the East - Round 4

[Neutral Party]

I just played Tripps in round 3 and while I didn't have any frustrating game-bugs (all my frustrations were self-inflicted) I have experienced quite a few, especially as as the Germans, in previous games. Most seem to be armor LOS-related, where German units just don't see Soviet units that see them - even when the Soviets are in exposed positions. My feeling is that this is also unit-dependent e.g., in the round two game my IVJ's had this kind of problem while the IVH did not. In addition there are other less critical but still annoying bugs such as infantry units splitting apart where one guy runs in the opposite direction from the rest of the unit, effectively stopping the unit from being able to maneuver at all. In most cases I think it's unrealistic to have saved games that show the issue because often you don't know you have the issue until a few turns have passed.

On another subject, we're now at round 4 which is a repeat of round 3 with the sides swapped. Players who have already played as Germans are now the Soviets and are (i) familiar with the German defensive positions and (ii) in possession of an large amount of artillery. This is the downside of the sequential mirrored game approach. Given the size of this scenario and the time investment required, it's pretty hard to work up much enthusiasm.

Joe