It’s been a while since my last blog, the reason will be
immediately apparent. Battlegroup Barbarossa is complete and to prove it, here
are few spreads from the book, which is now with the printers. It been a hard
graft for the past two months finishing the production work and getting all the
photography done, but it’s looking good and I think it’s another excellent addition
to the Battlegroup range. Our first foray into the early war years (but definately
not our last), it covers June 22nd to December 1941 (and maybe into
January as Operation Typhoon was driven back from Moscow).
Again, I’ve attempted
to get a different feel to these Barbarossa game from other books, and from
tester it seems to have worked, with the Russian colossus being intimidating in
size, but actually something of a car-crash on the battlefield, suffering from
command chaos and a lot of unreliable tanks. The Germans are the all-rounders,
good in all aspects, with good command and control, artillery and air support
and superior morale. In testing the battles proved balanced fights, even with the
Russian problems, so I think we’ve managed to achieve game balance whilst
changing the overall feel of the battles. Be warned, playing a Russian
commander in 1941 is not for the faint-hearted, but very rewarding when you
bring the blitzkrieg to a standstill.
The book will first be available at Salute in April (fingers
crossed), and is up for pre-order with Plastic Soldier Company now. Take a look
and enjoy.
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