Korsun Pocket Game Info(PC)
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In January 1944, Von Manstein's Army Group South clings tenaciously to its last foothold on the Dnepr River. The German High Command dreams of a counterattack and has ordered this dangerous salient held at all costs. Stalin demands the earliest possible expulsion of German invaders from Russian soil, and Marshals Vatutin and Konev are eager to oblige. In the middle of the salient, the otherwise unremarkable town of Korsun and its airfield are about to become the focal point for a desperate and bitter conflict. Will the Battle of Korsun Pocket be a testament to superior generalship and fighting skills, or yet another graveyard for a German army, misled, surrounded and ultimately crushed? Korsun Pocket places you on the Russian Front in January 1944 in command of the German or Soviet forces and masterfully re-creates the savage and desperate fighting in what historians have said could have been another Stalingrad along the Dnepr River. Korsun Pocket includes all of the historical forces available to each commander and their challenges as well.
The Decisive Battles game system features an integrated move/combat system that exploits the computer's processing and data storage powers to create a system that is more fluid and realistic than traditional strategy games. Prior combats can influence movement, units have a wide variety of combat and supply abilities and SSG's legendary AI routines make for a fearsome opponent. The Decisive Battles combat system faithfully reports all aspects of a battle to you as the commander. This allows you to make fully informed decisions before a battle, and to determine whether a particular outcome was the result of generalship or luck. BONUS BATTLE: The Ardennes Offensive A new and improve version of SSG's Ardennes Offensive on the Battle of the Bulge is also included as a special bonus. In December 1944, the German Army launched a furious surprise attack against American forces in the Ardennes. This special bonus now gives you two great battles to command.
Features
- Superb new terrain and unit graphics reflect changing ground conditions
- New interface and game support elements
- Unique integrated move and fight combat system
- New combat system includes Overruns, Alert Units, Minefields, and Detachments and Unknown Units
- Play By Email and hotseat games with full in-game replay and auto-email of game turns
- Extensive tutorial for new players
- Full Map and Scenario Editor included
- Full campaign game plus historical scenarios
- Fearsome AI opponent controlled by SSG's legendary AI routines
Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets Game Info(PC)
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Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the latest strategy title from the award-winning team at Strategic Studies Group. A synthesis of the very best elements of two critically acclaimed and top-rated game systems, Decisive Battles and Battlefront, and a successor to both, the new Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets brings to life a campaign of epic scale and dynamic battles on the Eastern Front of World War II.
Command the Soviet forces, newly confident after stopping and throwing back the Barbarossa offensive, or try the elite and seasoned German army now reconstituted after Winter losses and ready to regain the initiative. Two separate forces prepared offensives in the same area in the Spring of 1942. When the dust had cleared the Germans had managed a great victory that opened the doors to the drive on Stalingrad. But the outcome was far from certain and in Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets, history is yours to rewrite.
This new system allows both regimental and battalion level combat, while incorporating many innovative features such as off-map reinforcement decisions and on-map historical areas of operation with mystery variants to increase replayability and limit the effect of hindsight. Along with the substantially improved and simplified supply and movement systems, a new bonus and advantage system for headquarters effects, simplified direct fire and better combat tables, an improved strong points system and the ability to create hedgehog defenses make this the most advanced and realistic SSG design to date.
Perhaps the most innovative new feature of Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the on-map area of operation and mystery variant system. This new system takes away the advantage of hindsight by restricting mass unit relocation while allowing the areas to change as you achieve your objectives, with mystery variants keeping the opponent from predicting your limits. These new rules represent a realistic modeling of historical command restrictions and add a new and fascinating layer to each side’s decision-making.
Features
- Successor to the highly popular and award winning Decisive Battles and Battlefront engines, combining the best elements of both
- An innovative and fun area of operation system which limits unrealistic redeployments for both players, with changes triggered as local objectives are achieved and based on mystery variants to keep the enemy guessing
- Improved and simplified supply, movement and direct combat systems
- Improved combat tables that better model diminishing returns and new HQ bonuses that can affect Direct and Indirect Fire
- Improved strong points and new hedgehog rules
- Models both battalion and regimental combat
John Tiller's Campaign Series Game Info(PC)
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World at War exemplifies tactical war-gaming at its finest by bringing you the entire collection of TalonSoft's award-winning Campaign Series. Containing TalonSoft's West Front, East Front, and Rising Sun epic platoon-level combat series, as well as all of the official add-ons and expansion packs, World at War allows players to dictate the events of World War II from the tumultuous beginning to its climatic conclusion. This edition also includes Fall of the Reich , the official expansion for East Front II and never before available in stores. This exclusive compilation proudly offers more than 350 scenarios, fought by more than 20 countries stretching from France to the American coast. Reinforce your countrymen at the Western Front. Swarm Japanese strongholds on your way to their homeland. Crush the enemy on the Eastern Front. Protect the U.S. coast from Japanese invasion. March into Germany standing victorious with your allies.
Features
- Complete Unit, Map, and Scenario editors allows users to create battles from scratch. Users can now use the Rising Sun and West Front map editors to create maps from all five major climate zones.
- New countries have been added. These are:
- For Rising Sun: French Indochina, the Netherlands East Indies, Thailand, Nationalist and Communist China, and the Soviet Union.
- For East Front: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and a Soviet force pool that can attack Allied Nations.
- For West Front: Bulgaria, Nationalist and Republican Spain, Croatia, Iran, Iraq, Albania, Brazil, Ethiopia, and the Soviets (pro-ally and anti-western).
- Not only can traditional Allied versus Axis be played, but scenarios can be created depicting an early Soviet/Western Allies confrontation, not only in Europe, but also in the Far East.
- Hundreds of new unit types for almost every country to include Cossacks, operational trains, Chinese Junks and Sampans, river gunboats, captured equipment, siege mortars, river ferries, German landing barges, sea going warships (for the Baltic), amphibious tanks, mine clearing tanks, and dozens of pre-war models and prototypes.
- Players can either fight single battles or else fight in a series of linked campaign battles against the AI.
- Battles can either be fought on 3d maps using 3d icons, or else through the use of a more traditional 2d board game style of counters and maps.
John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars Game Info(PC)
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John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars puts the player in command of the mighty armies of the Napoleonic era, combining the time-tested interface and turn-based game mechanics that made John Tiller’s original game designs famous. With the choice of 2D or 3D battlefield view, dozens of scenarios and more historical information then can be found in most public libraries, John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars brings gamers some of the most exciting battles and campaigns from Napoleons famous career.
Players can march across Eastern Europe against the Czar's armies with the original Napoleon in Russia, compete for position and advantage in Prelude to Waterloo, or fight the dramatic final battle of Napoleon in the original Waterloo or even take to the seas in Age of Sail, a bonus game included in this amazing package. Fans of John Tiller’s Napoleonics game mechanics will find this compilation to be a comprehensive and lasting addition to their strategy library. With a convenient difficulty slider and many optional rules, newcomers to the series can also enjoy John Tiller’s excellent game design. Furthermore, the terrain and order of battle for each scenario and campaign has been meticulously researched to create some of the most in-depth and immersive recreations of Napoleon’s major campaigns ever made!
Command the mighty armies of Napoleon and redraw the map of Europe in John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars
Features
- Includes all of John Tillers famous original Napoleonic titles in one compilation: Napoleon in Russia, Prelude to Waterloo, and Waterloo
- Includes Age of Sail: Naval Combat in the Napoleonic Age
- Loads of original historical research on the battlefields and orders of battle makes each battle stand out from the rest in accuracy and realism
- Meticulous reconstruction of each battlefield in both 2D and 3D for an added layer of realism and historical accuracy
- 2D and 3D units supported along with multiple zoom levels so players can view the battlefield exactly as they wish
- Custom tune difficulty settings and optional rules to meet your liking
- Each main battle includes many historical and what-if variants, as well as some smaller related battles. In total, this means dozens of scenarios (including the full multi-day battles) and hundreds of hours of quality Napoleonic historical gameplay!
- ... and more!
John Tiller's Battleground Civil War Game Info(PC)
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Relive the brilliance and excitement of John Tiller’s classic Civil War games in this updated compilation, John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War. Included in the compilation are the original titles that gave the Battleground battle system the fame that has endured over years and years of play. Gamers can refight famous battles like Shiloh, Antietam, Bull Run, and Gettysburg with the fantastic realism and intuitive interface many fans of John Tiller’s gaming systems have come to expect and love
John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War includes multiple views of the battlefield to assure commanders can make informed decision in the heat of battle. To compliment the multiple vantage points is an option to view both 3D and 2D models to suit any gamer’s preference. Newcomers to this venerable strategy series will still enjoy their tactical splendor as much as the John Tiller's Battleground veteran. A simple advantage slider and a host of optional rules allows for custom tuning the AI’s difficulty and play experience to suit everyone’s needs. Finally, John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War includes stunningly accurate reconstructions of each battlefield, described as works of art by many, in addition to meticulously executed historical research, giving even the most learned Civil War buff the accuracy and realism they crave!
There’s no time to delay, soldier! Fall in and prepare to charge across the Battlegrounds of the Civil War!
Features
- Includes all of John Tillers famous original Civil War titles in one compilation: Battleground Antietam, Battleground Bull Run, Battleground Chickamauga, Battleground Gettysburg, and Battleground Shiloh
- Loads of original historical research on the battlefields and orders of battle makes each battle stand out from the rest in accuracy and realism
- Meticulous reconstruction of each battlefield in both 2D and 3D for an added layer of realism and historical accuracy
- 2D and 3D units supported along with multiple zoom levels so players can view the battlefield exactly as they wish
- Custom tune difficulty settings and optional rules to meet your liking
- Each main battle includes many historical and what-if variants, as well as some smaller related battles such as South Mountain and Wilson's Creek. In total, this means dozens of scenarios (including the full multi-day battles) and hundreds of hours of quality Civil War historical gameplay!
- ... and more!