playing red front

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by Caspian


Hey Palaiologos...that's wot I just said!!!

You propably posted yours while i was writing my own answer. Judging from the post time, that is.


BTW how is your scenario about the Reich's last days going?

[Caspian]

Yeah, I thought that was what happened, I was only foolin with ya there
Thanks for your interest in my scenario. I am bursting with ideas and I can definately see an end in sight, however I'm stuck on the map on the moment. It is custom built for the scenario but I am terrible at fillinging it with realistic terrain. If anyone would like to take up the challenge the scenario would be advanced a great deal. Anyone PM if they would be prepared to take the map and complete it.

[Palaiologos]

I have no problem in helping you out in any way OTHER THAN the map.

It would take a lot of my precious free time i'am afraid.

But for playtesting and such i am available.

[klesh]

No luck finding that Guide. It was on PolarisGL's forum, but thats gone. Its somewhere....


Here's a tip thats lead me to never lose Stalingrad. Build a minefield right in front of the to-be pontoon bridge with the 2 engineer type units you have in that area from turn 1. The Germans won't even get off the bridge to fight.

-FMK.

[DarthVeda]

I always liked the line-the-roads-with airbases trick

[our_man]

It's also possible to set up a ZOC surrounding the Pontoon Bridge to prevent the Germans from getting off (just make sure it isn't compromised or you're in a lot of trouble)! You can also attack the bridge with Cruisers and Partisans, which do far more damage to it than their statistics indicate they should be able to do. 5-6 partisans usually destroy it.

[Caspian]

It just so happens that I have two Red Front Strategy guides on ma hard drive. So here thet are, hope they help. The first is by our very own FMK I believe.

[Caspian]

And the second is by Xin Yu. It is a little more in depth. I wish someone could do this with Second Front because I just can't get the hang of it. Red Front for me is easy.

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by Field Marshal Klesh
No luck finding that Guide. It was on PolarisGL's forum, but thats gone. Its somewhere....


Here's a tip thats lead me to never lose Stalingrad. Build a minefield right in front of the to-be pontoon bridge with the 2 engineer type units you have in that area from turn 1. The Germans won't even get off the bridge to fight.

-FMK.

That is exactly what i did just on a larger scale. I surrounded the whole city with minefields, and gathered all that i could inside. The Germans did not even come close in capturing it.

[St Leo]

http://aow.apolyton.net/

[ravagon]

Well, I've seen Berlin fall at least once.
I was playing as the Germans though so that may not count.

Leo

[Caspian]

Well, I think it is fairly easy if you can withstand the onslaughts in 41 & 42. In the centre the Key cities to hold are Orel & Tula as they provide a good platform for counter attack. They also support Fortified positions to the east that will prevent the Germans advancing further. Try to recover as many T-28s to this area as they will be re-equiped with T34/85s during the Winter. Moscow is not difficult to hold if you cut the roads to the West and concentrate your units in the fortresses. The primary objective of your first winter offensive should be to retake Kaluga. I often liberate several cities but usually they are retaken by the Germans and all the units I've employed are wasted and are better used to defend what you already have. Besides, you'll want to think about bolstering your forces in the south to counter the German assault on Stalingrad which begins in summer.

[Palaiologos]

BTW has Nemo ever made a scenario played from the German perspective?

[Shaka Naldur]

2194 days of war,
you could play as the axis

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by Shaka Naldur
2194 days of war,
you could play as the axis

Oh yeah, forgot about that one.