Wargame Thread - America Edition

Discuss all wargame related things here.


A wargame is usually in the vein of tactics and strategy games, but significantly more autistic. Examples include but are not limited to:


What is your tactical situation, Holla Forums?

Getting buttfucked in the Low Countries in Panzer Corps because I can't break through, and the terrain actively prevents me from doing any sort of maneuvers. Fuck this game is hard.

That's the obsolete version of Order of Battle, isn't it?

It's a spiritual successor to Panzer General.

Most campaigns in Order of Battle are way too short. I went through the US Pacific campaign and was giving major upgrades to units every 2-3 missions, skipping several months from one battle to another. There were also quite a few bugs with the secondary objectives, like being able to sink the Yamato only for it to show up in a later mission to get sunk again. It'd be a great game if only it had the scenario design and game length of Panzercorps. The winter war, on the other hand, was also pretty fun and seemed lengthy enough for that particular campaign. The ski troops and supply mechanics in the game blended very well.

Also, Panzercorps 2 supposed to come out next year. I don't know if Order of Battle is supposed to be a sort of tech demo or if there's two different groups working on each. Either way, I wouldn't say that Panzercorps has been made obsolete.

What about a WAAAAGH game?

why can't we have nice things? why is there still no decent chechen war game? are we here just to suffer?

Panzer Corps is developed by Slitherine themselves, while Order of Battle is made by another developer. I wonder what they'll do with the sequel. I'm hoping for more ahistorical scenarios for Germany, especially a bigger focus on invading the US, or something set in the Cold War era where Germany won the war.


Warhammer 40k: Armageddon?

There's always a hypothetical conflict between NATO and Russia over Ukraine.

We could play if you want.

Yeah it's called Arma 2

Has anybody here played John Tiller Software games? Are they any good?

I think i played one of his games about spainish civil war
It was very "meh"

But CM is more fun user

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Graviteam tactics Operation star has a soviet-afghan war scenario. It's pretty good but the focus is mostly on Iranian support for the afghans and is largely a series of armored engagements between Iranian pattons and centaurians against soviet t-55s and t-62s.

What is your tactical situation, Holla Forums?
Pretty bad. In the north I have numerical superiority but virtually zero artillery so the advance is really slow. Meanwhile in the middle and south I'm getting fucked by their bombers and artillery. Hopefully I'll get Tver soon.

Now that looks very interesting. What game?

Advanced Tactics Gold

L-looks like there are no good torrents for it user. Mind uploading your copy?

Seconding.
I will metaphorically suck your dick if you upload it.

thirding
does it work on gnu/linux?

What's the game in the second webm. OP?

Combat Mission: Black Sea of the renowned Combat Mission series of tactical wargames.

Which march music is that? Very catchy.

This triggers my autism

Thanks, user. I only played Beyond Overlord back in the day. Gonna try to grab this one now

I like submarine games. Most of the time, you don't see what you're fighting, forcing you to trust your calculations. It's the lack of information that makes the experience truly terrifying.

A bombastic rendition of "The Army Goes Rolling Along." I plucked it out from a Japanese compilation video entitled "世界の軍行進曲" but I can't seem to find it on YouTube anymore.

I want to love the SH series, but Ubishit wrecked it.

Also: SSN(I)688:HUNTER/KILLER was my jam

It may not be your thing necessarily, but Steel Armour: Blaze of War, has an Afghan scenario.

It's a tank sim, not a wargame, but it's built on the same basis as Operation Star. You do command forces on a tactical level. Either just the armour, or you can also do everything. Bit more detached than Operation Star for commanding though, as you're locked in a tank (think, using the map to tell units where to go), but it's quality.

The Afghan scenario in SABOW has you going up against insurgents with insurgent tier equipment, as opposed to Operation Star that tried to level the playing field by giving significant Iranian armour support. The battlefield also has a more Afghan feel to it.

I found it quite comfy at least.

With regards to Chechnya, I feel you. I want to say Squad has such factions available, but that's a very different genre.

WHY IS THERE NO PACIFIC VERSION OF COMBAT MISSION

behold, the Sherman tank in its natural habitat :DD:DDD

This campaign is actually quite enjoyable; I didn't expect to enjoy TW:Tunisia as much as I have. Always figured Eastern Front was my preference - sandstorm fights are fairly comfy though, and fighting Sherman's or the US tank destroyers long range with anything but Tigers, is quite the entertaining challenge. The huge sight-lines complicate things a fair amount. Plus, there are plenty of little parts of the map where you can angle into sweet hull-down positions. US infantry too, with their M9 rifle grenades and bazookas, can actually be a bit of a threat to tanks.It causes an interesting issue in that when crossing desert, you want infantry to screen, but if the enemy are there, the infantry will have a terrible day - If they don't screen, often your first indication of contact will be a hit on your lead vehicle. This is particularly emphasized during the sandstorms.