How realistic is directly attacking artillery-fortified lines? I have no gestalt on military actions during this period of history and remember when playing this mod that trying to charge into those lines always was very troublesome.


Breaking through such lines has always been a gruelling ...

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The strategic map shows the overall course of events once again, which closely resembles the actual historical sequence. Although Benedek, with a slightly larger force – particularly in the early stages of the battle – found himself in a strong defensive position, he was unable to ...

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By the 16th round, the enemy has been significantly weakened. Their reserves are almost exhausted. With my 2nd Army, I focus on the easternmost section of the Austrian line and wear down the II Corps. The X Corps in the west is also growing increasingly weaker. Gaps are beginning ...

A few weeks ago, the Franco-German television channel ‘arte’ broadcast a documentary on the Battle of Königgrätz (also known internationally as the Battle of Sadowa) in 1866, to mark the 160th anniversary. As this important battle – which was, after all, the second-largest battle of the 19th century ...

From Saudi territory, the journey continues southwards into Yemen, to the far south-western corner of Arabia, home to the strategically important port of Aden, which was under British control at the time. This time, naval forces from both sides are also deployed. Due to the strait at the mouth of ...

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Just two turns later, both sides have reached full strength and a massive exchange of fire begins. At Djebel Abiod, German bombers are attacking my units, whilst my air force is firing on his ground troops. In the centre, a second Tiger has advanced; it was attacked by one of my ...

This time, I’m presenting the final scenario from the 1942 campaign, which I’ve put together over the last few days. It is set in November and December 1942 and is historically known as the ‘Run for Tunis’. It covers the Allies’ attempt, following their landings in Morocco and Algeria, to seize the ...

--> Locarnus: Ultimately, it is the overall balance that determines whether a game works or not. A balanced weighting can be more helpful in this respect than historically realistic values. Especially as individual values can only ever be viewed in relation to one another. Naturally, massive ...

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Now you might ask why no other variants were added. I can't speak on behalf of Sonja or whoever contributed to DAW, but it may be due to time constraints.


In the original, there are around 650 different units in the list. In DAW, there are approximately 1,300 – so already double the number ...

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It has now grown light. The airplanes join the fighting. But it is not only my own air force that is springing into action. The French air units are also striking hard. At the top of the map, they hit one of my core tactical bombers, which I had deployed without fighter cover ...

-> Rubyjuno: I’m always delighted that you find the examples I’ve shared interesting. This time, I’ve got something with a British connection again…

Towards the end of 1942, the focus shifts (naturally) to North Africa, alongside the Solomon Islands. Various stages of the Allied landings in Morocco ...

This map is tricky the first time because one does not know how much needs to be diverted to the sides. I think I recall having a 6 spotting recon and 5 spotting fighter in my first playthrough which helped massive.


That’s right; on a map as elongated as this one, a broad overview is ...

The ‘Jeddah’ (Dschidda) scenario marks the start of the actual offensive on the Arabian Peninsula. The mission takes place entirely on the western side of Arabia, along the long coastline of the Red Sea. As the British are expecting the main strategic attack to come from the oil-rich eastern side ...

I have a Fog Of War question for DAW: I have it checked when starting DAW (so FOW on), but still I am able to see all of enemy s units and their movements. When using the FOW cheat code, it only changes the visibility of the hidden mg nests.


When you start the campaign, you can also set the ...

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A few rounds later, back on the western flank. The Japanese have crossed the river at several points, as the existing forces are unable to cover the entire length of the river. A more serious crisis is looming here too. From the eastern flank, depleted units are heading towards the ...

Another example scenario for the upcoming 1942 campaign. Here we see a battle that took place in September 1942 in the Solomon Islands, specifically on Guadalcanal. There, fighting raged for months over the airfields, particularly Henderson Field. In the 1942 campaign, these individual battles ...

The second scenario in this campaign section, ‘Lebanon’, is, strategically speaking, something of a large-scale flank protection operation. A distinctive feature of this mission is the very limited deployment of core troops. Only 8 + SE units can be deployed. The rest must be handled by the ...

Thank you for your response. I suppose the inherent imbalance caused by the elite Amulet units also explains why you added the attrition/Naturereignis Grim Reaper unit/mechanic, which only harms the player and not the opponent. I'm still not a fan of how it's implemented, but I understand that ...

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I want to ask if this choice was due to time constraints—as I know that creating all of these scenarios and building a plausible alternate history timeline is already incredibly time- and resource-intensive—or if it was a deliberate design choice based on the idea that the German arms industry ...

St Etienne: de French counter attack in turn 14.
I have no problem with units emerging from off map left or right. But getting caught off guard with units SPAWNING at locations next to my units and then surprise attacking is a bit too much. Lost 2 units and 2 heavily damaged.


Here is the ...