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- From: viktor@mgr.hjf.org (Viktor Kaufmann)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.board
- Subject: Fire in the East, German Strategy
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 12:22:54 GMT
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- My big question deals with the German strategy. When a group of friends
- and I played the Leningrad scenario, and then another scenario of our
- own creation, which expanded the Leningrad scenario to include
- Army Group Center (and Army Group South, if it fit on the same map), we
- found that the Germans were having a hard time breaking out. Although
- it may be a result of our playing in too restricted an area, we decided
- that the Germans were attacking incorrectly.
-
- What is a good strategy for the Germans to use while attacking? Is it
- a good idea to create three overrun stacks per Army group, and use a
- "damn the torpedos, attack at all cost" approach, in which defenses are
- completely ignored? Or can the German achieve similar effects on a
- broad frontal attack. It struck me that encirclement of the Soviet
- units was a better choice, since they would ultimately die anyway,
- yielding many fewer replacement points. How difficult do experienced
- FITE/SE players find this to achieve? As mentioned before, as far as
- the eastern front goes, I've only played the Leningrad scenario from
- The Europa Magazine, and a slightly expanded one of my own creation.
-
- Thanks much for any input,
-
- Viktor
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