Slitherine

After finishing the normal grand campain on Colonel, I decsided to play it again with an improved version.

So far:
Poland decisive
Norway decisive
Low Countries decisive (3 restarts)
France* decisive
Sea Lion 40 decisive (1 restart)
Barbarossa marginal
Kiev decisive
Moscow 41 marginal

After Moscow 41 you go to Sevastopol 1941 in Mannock's campaign.

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Here is my start position.

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After 12 rounds I was victorious.

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Close view!

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My casulties so far.

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And the tactical view.

You achive decisive victory if you caputre all victory hexes 3 turns left.
So far I must admit that Sevastopol 1941 fits in very well to the core campain. Although there are a few bugs mentioned in an other thread!

I report to the other new maps when I stumble on them later.

The battle continues. Next

Stalingrad decisive (15 of 28 rounds)
Kharkov decisive (10 of 22 rounds)

About Kharkov:
The scenario is a bit too easy at my opinion. Although i played on a high level. The enemy is no match for my forces.
I must admit that I managed to build up quite a strong core force.

As you can see the enemy starts not with full strength and the auxilary forces are good overstrength troops:
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Quick strike, almost no resistance!

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My casulties so far.

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Full view! Notice my paratroopes far in the north. Without them no quick victory.

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And the tactical view. The map is quite big. So Panthers are needed here!

So this is it with the new maps from Mannock. There are 2 more maps, but you have to loose against the British to see them.


Next:
Kursk decisive (9 of 18 rounds)
Moscow 43 decisive (9 of 22 rounds)
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Note: It seems on this custom campaign you can earn much prestige. 2 more scenarios in my case really make a difference.
I start USA East Coast invasion with 19000 prestige. Since I already had full strong army in Moscow 43.

USA East Coast (marginal):
I upgraded all units to the best whats available. And overstrengthen them all. I landed only in the upper half of the map and lost so only 1 unit at sea battle. If you play this scenario safe you can only achieve marginal vicorty, but your experienced troops are spared.

USA Mid West decsisive (12 of 21 rounds):
With over 40 experienced troops i could rush though the scenario with full force. That was great fun!

USA West Coast decisive (13 of 23 rounds):
As expected my strong army crushed the enemy like a bug. I even could counter attack the mountain invasion force in the north above.
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Also this time I splitted my army from the upper half into 2 parts and encircled then enemy.
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Minimal losses:
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Tactical map:
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Conclusion:
The 2 additional custom maps I played alter the campain a lot. Meaning the make it easier at the endgame. So experienced players can play General or Field Marshal. But beware with Field Marshal you may have a though start.

I rate the campaing with 9 of 10 points.