DLC43 Beta 2, Mission 1 Kharkov, Lieutenant Difficulty, Prestige 10500, Default Core
DV 17/20, End Prestige 436
Core Units Lost: 0
Aux Units Lost: 0

I followed the mission briefing by not crossing the Donets. The scenario feels similar to beta1 except for more prestige. I decided to go with Tiger ...

I agree with you nikivdd. Russian air was more challenging and made the air war much more interesting.

LOL I went south also.
Last report on Beta 1. D/l V2 after report.

DLC43, Mission 4 Yakovlevo, Lt Difficulty, Prestige 7625, Default Core
DV 18/20, End Prestige 424
Units Lost: Core, 1xGrenadier 14STR with 2 Heroes 1 was +3 Attack!
Aux Units Lost: 1x7-1 AA, 1x7-2 AA,
Awarded 1xSE Panther D ...

Good work on a great concept.

DLC43, Mission 3 Orel, Lt Difficulty, Prestige 3642, Default Core
MV 16/16, End Prestige 65
Units Lost: Core, 1x88mm Anti Air, 2xPzIV-G, 2xPzGrenadier
Aux Units Lost: 2x Wehr Inf, 3x Ital Inf, 1xM14/41, 1x47mm AT, 1xM40 75 da 18 SPG
No Captures

Orel was the hardest mission for me yet. During the ...

DLC43, Mission 2 Belgorod, Lt Difficulty, Prestige 2418, Default Core
DV Turn 16-17, End Prestige 1365
No units lost
Captured, 1xT34-41

I followed the advice in the mission briefing leaving about 1/4 of my units to defend the crossings along the lower Donets (Panzers and artillery). The Luftwaffe’s ...

Kharkov, Lieutenant Difficulty, Prestige 9750, Default Core
DV Turn 20, Prestige 195
Losses 2xInf, 2xPzIII, 1xWerfer, 1xStuka
Captured 1xSU-122

I haven’t had much time recently to participate in Beta testing. Knowing I would be able to get more involved I was really looking forward to the ’43 Beta ...

I mentioned establishing an "official" file or at least standard a while back. I would hate to see what happened to PG PG2 and PGF occur with PZCorps. Eventually each iteration had several e-files that were not compatible with each other, some being incomplete. I don't have the solution but I am ...

DLC 42 #07 Novoanninsky
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 5197

Moderate mission with the enemy units remaining mostly static in defensive positions guarding objectives. One of my damaged Stuka core units was intercepted returning to base and destroyed.

The AI is capable of some local problems ...

DLC 42 #06 Voronezh
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 4658

Easy mission. Enemy content to sit in city hexes. No lost units.


Decisive Victory
Turn 10
Ending Prestige 3197

DLC 42 #04 Sevastopol Siege
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 2772

I swear these missions are getting harder. I lost 5 core units all infantry. The numerous forts are almost invincible and cannot be surpressed. Took 8 turns to decipher how to beat the mission. I won’t disclose the solution ...

DLC 42 #03 Simferopol
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 3633

By far the hardest mission for me so far. The map appeared simple without many geographic obstacles. I wondered why the extra long range aux arty units were added. The answer came soon enough. The Soviet units are hard to finish off ...

DLC 42 #02 Kharkov42
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 2920

My strategy during previous runs had been to attack on 3 sectors from the North, West and Southwest generally able to secure DV on turns 11 thru 16. This time I evacuated all remaining garrison units to safe positions and initially ...

Mission: Vitebsk
Difficulty: Colonel
Starting Prestige: 4000
Purchases: 3, Panzer IvF2, Gebirgjager Inf with 251-1, 150 mm Arty with 251-1

If Vitebsk is any indication of the direction the devs are going on the Ost front Ivan is going to be tough to handle and rightfully so.

Colonel difficulty ...

Regarding Mountaineer's first point: "Should the smaller caliber AA go direct fire mode also?" Yes I believe they should. Historic precedent exists making direct fire logical.

Great work Kerloc!

I have played thru Kharkov42 several times at different difficulties. Something I thought interesting. If I tried an offensive the AI gets much tougher to defeat no matter what difficulty is. The harder I pushed the AI pushed back! If I assumed a defensive or limited offensive posture the mission ...

Just started this mission and am shocked to see: After deployment, movement phase a single Matilda II(e) appear as a German aux unit at hex 11,5. Actually I had this same thing happen in this mission several days ago while doing my first playthru.

Wondering if this is intentional???

Colonel difficulty with assigned core units. Reading comments from other testers I used a zone with units defending general areas. The Russians have the element of surprise keeping my units almost constantly on the move to counter suddenly appearing enemy formations. While the enemy infantry is ...

Avalon Hill's Midway on the Commodore 64.

Started war boardgames in 1969 with AH's original Gettysburg. Through 1970 to early 1980's a whole host of offerings from SPI,AH,VG etc. Many call that time the Golden Age of wargaming and for me it was. My favorites were the monster games. War in Europe ...